Dazzling Summer Daze Link Share
Here in the US (as well as in Canada) the final holiday weekend of the summer is upon us — Labor (Labour) Day signifies what most people recognize as the transition from summer ease to an established autumn regimen. Yes, it is the last hurrah at the swimming pool as soon you’ll be raking up leaves and scraping the frost off the pumpkin.
Waxing Poetic No More
For your extended weekend pleasure, I offer to you a mix bag of links to blogs, sites, and articles that have recently caught my attention. Time to spread out the linky love and point by category some good reads.
SEO
- I like Tim Nash’s photo work on, “Is Selling Links A Crime?” Tim demonstrates with humor just how silly the whole link selling argument is — are you listening, Google?
- When you leave comments on other people’s blogs what name do you use? Chris at SuccessCREEations encourages people to carefully consider the name they choose for commenting with a gentle warning not to forget that you are dealing with people when leaving comments behind.
Writing
- A Guide to Overcoming Writer’s Block offers sound reasons from the physical to the emotional as to why you are having difficulty writing. The solutions offered by Moshin Naqi are some that I employ, but I must admit that opening up my feed reader hasn’t been one of them thus far.
- I am grateful to those writers who take the time to share job openings with other freelancers. This is a nice gesture that can help everyone out in a pinch, even producing viable long term work. For something a bit different go to the Figmeant Writing Studio & Community job board a site that pulls in some Craigslist ads, but also includes opportunities from major publishers including Simon & Schuster. Check it out: new jobs are added every Monday.
- Sharon Hurley Hall wrote, “How Have You Promoted Your Writing Today?,” which serves as a great reminder to freelancers to keep their marketing side of their business white hot. Sharon’s article reminds me that I absolutely must set up a Squidoo lens.
Miscellany
- For the work at home set, finding a viable business to bring in some money can be challenging. Scams abound and not everyone is gifted with pen (or keyboard). Wendy Piersall offers some valuable tips and suggestions with her Top 10 Internet Home Business Ideas You Can Start And Run In Your Underwear article. One job Wendy mentioned was a Virtual Assistant, a job that I believe will only grow in importance in the years ahead.
- Just how bad has the housing market gotten? Well, if you read this Orlando Sentinel article you would learn just how quickly some investors have gone from fortune to financial ruin.
I hope that you enjoy your holiday weekend and that you are able to take the time for some favored leisure pursuits.
Thanks for the link love, Matt, and have a great holiday weekend.
Hey Matt, thanks for the mention. I am honored
You are welcome, Sharon and thank you too.
Moshin, I am always glad to pass on anything of value to my readers.>/p>
Thanks for the Link Matt, I did that picture back in May/June when the Mr Cutts first discussing reporting paid links. I then sat on it thinking some one else would do a better job no one did and it went well with the article.
While I don’t for one minute think Google will listen to the arguments I hope businesses do their is little Google can do against paid links driving it under ground just makes it harder to control.
Tim, the pictures certainly caught my attention — in a funny way they express how many of us feel about the way Google is handling things.
Google seems to be blowing an opportunity to shape the internet without alienating users. There is just something about corporate arrogance that turns people off and causes them to seek other ways of doing business.
Thanks for the links, Matt. Especially those for writing.