We’re at the midpoint this week,
but that doesn’t mean we can skip LINK LOVE!
It’s been a pretty hectic week over here. I’m exploring job opportunities and am in the thick of it with presentations, meetings and exams. But now that most of that is out of the way, I’ll have some free time available to post here. Don’t forget about the Net Fool’s Fight to End Poverty, which runs till the end of the month! But enough of that, let’s get back to the best articles for the week:
- Search Engine Marketing Group – Why Does Digg.com Hate SEOs?
- Dean Hunt – The 5 Most Awkward Interviews of All Time
- Striking Up – Resume Tips for Tough Economic Times
- Hussein’s Blog – Top 5 Blogger-Friendly Make Money Online Tools
- The Melvin Blog – How to Get Sponsors for Your Contest
A few new names in this week’s lineup. The first comes form the Search Engine Marketing Group, and a very interesting piece on getting banned from Digg.com because of ties with “seo” content. Dean Hunt makes a debut in the lineup withthe top 5 most awkward interviews of all time, a subject that I thought was especially fitting in this current job market. Striking Up put forth a nice piece on resume tips for tough economic times (yes, there seems to be a theme with this link love, haha). Hussein gets us a quick list on “blogger friendly” MMO tools that you can use to harness the power of the internet. Finally, Melvin drums up a nice article on getting high-quality sponsors to your blog contests.
Stock Market Update
All the news this week has been equally bad as in weeks before. I have heard a good deal of “doomsday” forecasting in the air, and since the Dow Jones Industrial Average (the main benchmark for stocks) fell to around 7,500, investors are getting scared. Our previous low in November of 
2008 is now being tested… if we break to the downside and create a new low, this could spell trouble in the equity markets. If you still want to invest, why not invest in a nice high-yielding ETF or corporate bonds?
The “big news” of the week was this stimulus plan finally being signed into action. This stimulus package is supposed to provide funding to all of the growth areas of the United States economy to strategically stimulate our growth going forward. The size of it is $787 billion, and President Barack Obama signed it into law yesterday. What does this mean for you? Well, it really depends how old you are to be honest. If you are middle aged, you might just love this bailout money that gives money to everything from water infrastructure to hollywood producers. However, if you are a young whipper-snapper like myself… you might just find yourself in a bind down the road as we are laden with debt. It will be interesting to see how this eventually turns out 10 years down the road when we can accurately reflect upon our choice.
Blogosphere Update
Hmm… looks like I haven’t been around for awhile, eh? I was out this weekend from Friday to Sunday night for charitable purposes, raising money for the Penn State Dance Marathon (or THON, commonly). If you would like to donate to help kids with cancer, check out the official 
website at THON.org and hit “donate!” (choose to donate through the “Nittany Lion Fund” THON group to help our team out!). In addition to THON, I have been interviewing and getting summer plans in order. I am not going to reveal any offers that I have received thus far until things are set in stone for safety’s sake… but feel free to talk with me if you are at all interested.
Last week, I put together a highly anticipated two-part series on how to start your own business. Be sure to check back on those posts if you are interested in making profitable on your business venture. Registering for a business is actually one of the easiest things you will every do, so don’t hesitate to read up on how exactly to do this step-by step. We’re moving through the recession with strength, so be sure to keep fighting to stay ahead… and stay BULLISH on the net!
-Jimvesting
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The post about Digg is interesting. They seem so hell-bent against SEO that even naturally linked and popular content suffers too.
Anyway, looking forward to some more regular posting here too!
I don’t think the big plan is great for the world’s economy. We will see great inflation very soon.
Thanks for the links =)
I had not found the sem-group.net site before but it looks interesting and I really enjoyed their post on digg. It is interesting how they have been banned from digg – seems a little harsh. I read some of their other posts as well – interesting read. I also recently saw Dean Hunts webinar, I think he must do them regularly now with bigmarketing – he has some good points if you ever get the opportunity to hear him.
Twitter: @melvinblog
February 18, 2009 at 5:52 am #
hey dud thanks… btw, i like your previous 2 articles about starting an own business… just need to read it again..
Now is definitely one time that I am glad to not be in the stock market. Hey thanks for using my Why Does Digg.com Hate SEOs post
Great content. I really enjoyed… How to Get Sponsors for Your Contest
Thanks for the links
I like that IRS photo.
Dean Hunt’s awkward interviews post is awesome.
Great Link love. I specially liked Melvin’s post.
For a second I thought I was reading CNN’s website!
I like the “Why Does Digg.com Hate SEOs post”. I didnt knew Digg Hate SEO guys. I will be careful now not to Digg a story about SEO.
Hey buddy trying to contact using your contact form but getting an error. There is an example copy of this post here.
http://cash-bandit.com/2009/02/20/mid-week-link-love-announcements/
Thought you might like to know about it.
Excuse me I mean exact copy. Looks like someone just copied this post. Feel free to delete this and the previous comment.
Thanks.
How the big plan is better for the world economy? It is a good one site to provide useful information but please relate it with the world’s economy.
(Reading CNN’s website) ROLF.
the digg post is quite a good read.
thanks for the link love!
The link love idea is great. I hope I can contribute on that.
Thank you for the list of articles for the week.I find them to be good reading and exploring.
I like that. Thank you
Very nice and information post on mid-week link love I think good link love, bad link love, do we really care who links to us? A savvy blogger would say yes and no. Based on the 80-20 rule of business – 80% of your traffic will come from only 20% of your links. Is it true?
the digg post is quite a good read.