almighty_monkey - 3:52 pm on Feb 14, 2011 (gmt 0)

I've always wondered if Google doesn't give a small boost to validated code - if I were them, I'd want to encourage things that make life easier. (Another example of them doing this is them penalizing low slow times - I really don't think an extra 5 second loading time effects 'the user experience' to the same level it affects the 'Googlebot resource allocation teams experience')

Anyway. On-topic.

I've got one client who is punching way above his sites weight, and as much as I'd like to take credit for it, I think his social strategy (Which he's doing in house, mainly Twitter and Facebook) is what's actually giving him the push. I, of course, haven't told him that. :)

Google is, at the moment, really sensitive to anchor text abuse. If you are looking to make a quick buck, that's the way I'd go about doing it. As ever with blackhat, that loophole will be closed pretty sharpish. If your going to flog a crappy Ebook, now's the time!

If your like my clients and have generally narrow business focus, having keyword heavy domains is working a treat for me at the moment.