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This post is an experiment to test the effectiveness of the eclectolink experiment over at Swollen Pickles .

The idea is one adapted from the successful Andy Coates Viralink experiment. This post on Andys site explains how Viralink can produce a very high number of links very quickly.

In this variation, instead of using asterisks, Swollen Pickles has chosen words for the links. This will give a better result as blogs will rate higher for their selected keyword as well as getting some page rank from the linking process.

Most of the words chosen will give good traffic volumes if your site rates highly for them.

The words were generated at random using an online random word generator. Hopefully this will encourage a wide range of websites to take part.

Participating is easy. Just follow the instructions below: Continue Reading »

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With Mother’s day gone in most parts of the world and almost gone in others those that missed or almost missed the boat can still send their mum something special for mothers day.

Check-out this post over at Mashable . They have a range of ideas including online gift cards, scrap books, mum’s domain name, her web page, ecards and more.

Another option is to arrange for her favorite song to be setup as a ringtone on her cell. (your need to sneak her phone for a couple of minutes though !)

Just in case you want to be very sure not to miss Mother’s day next year, try using Google Calendar which allows you to enter an event (mother’s day) then have a reminder text sent to your phone a few days before.

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Drove past this bike on the way to work and had to go back to get a picture.

I’m not normally a bike person but the lines and color on this beast are just beautiful.

Here are the specs: Continue Reading »

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