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Yes. Just because we can't see PageRank doesn't mean it's not the primary metric Google uses. What else? Check out their ToS. It still warns against trying to "manipulate PageRank." Why do you think they would specifically want to protect that? "Any links intended to manipulate PageRank or a...

Yeah man he's pwned so hard with that. CrazyEgg is our main competitor so my hat's totally off to that guy.

So correct. I had no idea the goldmine I was sitting on. I had never owned a money site before so it wasn't even in my consciousness. Up until early 2012 I also thought the good times would roll forever because Google would never be able to shut us down. Dumb af.

Sam from Hubspot actually came up with the title, but I actually think it?s accurate to say ?spamming Google.? We spammed the crap out of Google?s index. Anyone who used ALN Service knew this, because we (unwisely) provided tokens that people could exact search to find the links we built for...

Not so subtle. :headache: I didn't include it in the first few drafts, but I figured sex sells.. It worked. Still makes me look like even more of a douche for sure. But hey, if the shoe fits.. lol

Nah, the main benefit from this post has been the inbound connections. Dharmesh, Rand, and even Matt Cutts now know who I am. That opens up the possibility that they might check out Ptengine and like it. Also, maybe I can get to meet them someday and they'll know who I am. If any of those guys...

I didn't mean to make it sound like SEO is dead. It's definitely not. As long as there are search engines there will be SEO. My point is that I think it's really foolish to get into the spam game these days for most people. To win at spam, you have to be very intelligent, technically skilled...

Very good advice. One of the suggestions a friend gave me at that time was to open a Subway restaurant in Sanya. Because Chinese LOVE Subway and there weren't any quick sandwich shops near the beach. He had even done the whole market analysis and found it would cost about $100k to open one. I...

Hi guys, I'm Jeff Deutsch, the guy who wrote this article on Inboundorg. I completely agree. with nanavlad. I should have leveraged my position while I was making money to build a sustainable business model. I have seen this tendency with a lot of guys the first time they make decent money...