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Earlier today I made mention of the fact that on our weekly Webmaster Radio show Jim and I would be interviewing Neil Patel, Presellpageman and Eric Ward. Unfortunately Eric had to cancel at the last minute due to a prior engagement. Fortunately Rebecca Kelly from SEOMoz came to our rescue and more than filled the shoes left empty.

A huge thanks to Rebecca and the SEOMoz team for coming to our rescue on such short notice (5 minutes to be specific). And what's more - she was great and added huge value to a show dedicated to link building.

Rebecca, next SES I owe you a beer (at least). :)

Oh, and to top off our show Presellpageman held a contest for 3 months of hosted content (that's a page dedicated to your content complete with a backlink to your site) on one of his 20+ year old .edu domains. And he did this for 3 lucky winners. Just another reason to listen to The Alternatives on Thursday at 5 EST. ;)

Labels: eric ward, neil patel, presellpageman, rebecca kelly, seomoz, webmaster radio

No, this blog post isn't about how to get a link on Webmaster Radio. The show today is on link building and we've got ourselves a lineup of some of the best-of-the-best in the industry to discuss how it's done.

We'll be starting off with none other than Eric Ward. Eric is one of the worlds top link builders. We'll of course have MUCH to discuss there.

After Eric we'll be chatting with presellpageman on hosted content, paid links and more.

After presellpageman we'll be chatting with our good friend Neil Patel about the future of link building, social media and more.

It's going to be an excellent show so be sure to listen in at 5PM PST or download the show tomorrow from here.

Labels: eric ward, link building, neil patel, presellpageman, webmaster radio

Today was an exciting day at SES NY 2007. I haven't had the time to attend a session yet (that's right, 3 days in and still no sessions). On the plus side, I've had the opportunity to interview many of the people who's sessions I'd have most wanted to attend and ask them my own questions. :)

The Rest Of Yesterday:
After yesterday's blog post I had the pleasure of chatting with presellpageman (he doesn't want his actual name posted). We discussed links, the changes in how the engines treat different kinds of links, and what's coming up. We covered recip links, directories, paid links, articles, blog and forum commenting and of course, hosted content (his specialty). This was interview one of three I'm hoping to get on link building and how the strategies are and/or will be changing over the next year. I won't get into too much detail here as the interviews are for an article I'll be writing. I'll just post a link to it when it's completed so be sure to visit again for more details.

After the day was complete it was off to a fantastic dinner and pub crawl hosted by Efficient Frontier. A HUGE thanks to Chris Zacharias for an awesome night, a great dinner, and some fantastic company. We stayed up too late but it was worth it. :)

And Then It Was Today:
After a bit of a sleep-in (there was nothing pressing to do pre-noon so getting there at 10 seemed OK) the majority of my time was spent networking, research and hosting our weekly radio show live from New York.

We had a slough of great guests on today. I found that it's easier to interview when you've got a desk to jot notes on but with the guests we had it went smoothly. We had Kim from Cre8asite Forums, Li Evans from SEO Roundtable, Tim Daly from iMediaConnection, and Lori Weisman from Click Forensics. After that we just hit the crowd to ask a few questions.

I'll post a link to the show's podcast once it's online.

And Tonight:
Tonight we'll be off to Search Bash, a party hosted here are the Hilton NY by Webmaster Radio, LookSmart and Bruce Clay. But you'll read more about that tomorrow.

Labels: click forensics, creatasite forums, efficint frontier, hosted content, link building, lori weisman, presellpageman, seo roundtable, time daly, webmaster radio