Not for the faint hearted

[fisicx]

If you really want to boost your ranking then read this:

1 Excellent Back Linke Or 4 Ok Back Links?

The two papers linked to in the thread are complex but if you are serious about improving your website they are essential reading.

[TWD-Tony]

Great thread...

I think the most important quote in there is

More than ever it is about real content, real value, real quality. Your chances today by just building a great site and getting the word out are much better than in the days when gaming the system could be so much more interesting.

To many people think that there are black arts at work when they talk about search engine ranking... Sure basic SEO helps but great content is the key to any successful website. Search engines have evolved in the last few years, there are no secret methods or magic tricks anymore to a good ranking...

[CanzDesign]

Hi didn't read the post you offered, but just saw the exact example of what was probably siad. I did a search for just the word "Cash" without the "" the first site from New Zealand was Johnny Cashes homepage, with zillions of back links, #1 was some other site that had only something like 5 backlinks to it..... obvuiously they were good links.....

[fisicx]

Yo CD,

Might be worth you reading the topic - it's not actually about the number or quality of links.

[big.gamma]

Very informative! thank you for sharing