Link building is one of the most important if not THE most important Off-Page factor in Search Engine Optimisations. Newbies to Search Engine Marketing usually get this point but fail to grab the most important aspect of it being the fact that you do not want just any links linking to your site, it has to be a quality, well themed links. Some webmaster just build link based on PR, so they end up having links from a page with good PR but where the link contents has absolutely nothing to do with there website or sometime even worst, you have a Viagra link sitting side by side with a link to a cloth manufacturer and a web hosting link side by site with gambling links.  The list below contain ten tips of what to look for on a page that is linking to you.

1. Ensure the page your link is placed has a direct link from the homepage of the site, if the page does not have a PageRank.
2.  Avoid getting link from a page called ‘link’. Best name for a link page will be the name of your contents, for example, if you are a web hosting company, a page called web-hosting.html is a good page.
3.  Avoid over crowded link pages.  If the link page already has over twenty links on it, avoid placing your link there. Ideally, fewer than ten links is the best.
4.  Avoid link page with all sorts of links, a themed link page is the best.
5.  Your link should be placed with your desired anchor text, a link with just your site url is not very good.
6.  Ideally some text relating to your link should precede it and after your link there should be some text relating to your link.
7.  Direct text link will benefit your site better in terms of SEO thank link with nofollow tag added to it
8.  Links placed on plain HTML, PHP or ASP page will benefit your site more thank link redirected to your site with JavaScript.
9.  Link placed above the fold on a web page is more valuable than links below the fold.
10. The best place to get a link from is the index page of a site, on the top half of the page.

Your can discuss Search Engine Optimisation and other aspects of Search Engine Marketing at UK Webmaster Forum

Recent slamming of paid links by Google has pushed Webmasters into looking for other ways of building back links for their website. It is widely accepted that one way links is the best form of linking, reciprocal link exchange is time consuming, can be expensive when you think of all the time spent contacting potential link partners and reminding them to link back to your site after you have linked to them. The inherent problem in getting link using the aforementioned method makes Link Baiting one of the most desirable ways to build quality back links these days.

This article defines, explores and offer tips on how to link bait correctly, it concludes with top link baiting tips you can use to build quality back links for your website.

Link baiting undoubtedly got the baiting part of its name from fishing, and like fishing, using the right bait will reward you with a good catch.
Link bait is defined as:  any content or feature within a website that somehow baits viewers to place links to it from other websites.

In Link baiting definition, the emphasis is on “baits viewers to place links to it” this puts clear blue waters between link baiting and another form of online marketing its often confused with; viral marketing.  The object of link baiting is to get viewers and visitors to your site or contents to link to it rather than just view or talk about it, though viewing and talking bout it is a good thing, but the linking is the primary aim of link baiting.

The direct link generated to your site from link baiting will bring traffic to your site from people clicking on it, but the largest traffic will be from Search Engines, because your site will be ranked higher in SERPs as a result of links pointing to it from those who tool your bait.

Now that you know what link baiting is about, here are some tips for creating link baits that could help you build more back links.

Powerful Link Baiting Techniques
Create and expert authoritative article on a subject in your field of expertise.
Create solution to a problem other people have been looking for solution to.
Create a Step-by Step guide to a topic you are very good at.
Create and article about or interview leading/ successful people in your niche.
Create widget or a tool. This bait is very successful in the webmaster/SO Industry.
Create a free service for a popular application, for example WP template.
Be the first to break and important news story.
Share interesting photo, images or sound.

Romania domain name extension, .ro is probably not the most highly sought after domain extension in EU, but in Romania, just like in other countries, the national domain extension is the best domain extension for your business or personal website. Using your countries domain extension will help ensure your site is well associated with your country by your visitors as well as Search Engines. So, if you want to set up a website or a blog with Romanians as your primary audience, .ro is the domain name extension to get for your project.

With the above in mind, when Mihai Jepan, a Romania webmaster wanted to start his blogs, he choose the appropriate domain name, via a third party paid for the domain to be registered through one of Romania leading domain registrar GlobeHosting. The ultimate authority for .ro domain name registration rotld.ro insists all domain name are checked manually before the domain is activated, competent rotld.ro authorised reseller tends to get their domain name to rotld.ro queue very quickly, rotld.ro, though technologically challenge is pretty efficient, they tend to activate a domain name within a few hours of registrar submitting domain names to them.

Without getting into too much details, it took GlobeHosting about ten days to get Mihai Jepan’s domain name activated, other Romania domain name registration companies such as www.claus.ro have been know to get .ro domain names activated within six hours The moral of the story is, if you want to register a Romanian domain name efficiently, the last Romania domain name reseller you should think about is GlobeHosting.

Nominet, the organization that manages the .uk domain name space has been awarded the contract to run tier 1 registry for ENUM.  The contract was awarded to Nominet by BERR, the new name for Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) the same arm of UK government that awarded the managements of .UK domain name to Nominent.

ENUM is said to unify traditional telephony and next-generation IP networks, and provides a critical framework for mapping and processing diverse network addresses. The IP network part of ENUM would merge traditional telephone services including VoIP with domain names. The suite of protocols in EMU  makes it possible to relate a domain name to a telephone number, and then use that domain name to identify various communications devices such as fax, mobile phone, voice-mail, email, IP telephony addresses or web pages.

The contract was announced on Nominent website, however no mention was made of a time table or information on how Nominet will proceed with development of ENUM.

Popular webmaster forum,  DevHunters has been promoting the fastest growing bid for position directory script, PHP Link Bid Script. In the latest promotion, DevHunters offers one of their lucky members a web hosting, domain names, basic customization and installation of PHP Link Bid Script.  The winner of the package would also be guaranteed and instant $10 link purchase in the LBS powered site he or she wins.

DevHunter founder GH, has been working closely with the Link Bid Script team to further expand the usage of the rapidly growing directory script.

You can find out more about DevHunters Link Bid Script competition here.