Episode 020 – Answering Mark Mason’s Voicemail, Whitehat vs Blackhat, Ethics of Linkbuilding, What’s Ranking Now and What Should You Do.

Summary: In this episode of the podcast, we talk about:  Answering a voicemail from Mark Mason; Are Google's algorithm updates as good as they say; Difference between whitehat and blackhat back links; Ethics and legality of link building; What type of sites are ranking now;  What should you do for SEO and link building right now. Remember, when you are listening, it always helps us out if you visit:  http://listeningtochrisandcurtis.com and share that you are listening on twitter (or if you just want to say hello!). The questions for this episode include: What is this article by Glen all about? What are whitehat back links and blackhat back links?  How are they different? What about the ethical and legal sides of this? What type of sites are you seeing rank well right now in regards to quality and backlinks? What should you do about seo/link building right now? The Curtishanger for the episode: A way to prep your articles with the markdown language, so you won't need to format them later in WordPress. Markdown is a very easy syntax that allows you to add things like # signs or * to preformat text, such as headers, bold, italics, etc.  If you use a markdown editor, you can output your text in html, which can then be placed directly into WordPress, saving you a lot of formatting time later. The links for the episode include: Glen's Post (Article that was the basis of discussion from Viperchill.com) Late Night Internet Marketing (Mark Mason's Site) The Basics of the Markdown language Markdown Pad (free Windows Markdown Editor) Mou App (free Mac Markdown Editor) Samsung 840 Pro SSD drive What is the Internet Marketing For Small Business Q & A Podcast? We've developed this podcast to help entrepreneurs, small business, and individuals who maintain personal, business or niche sites by letting them create the content.  They provide the questions and we do our best to research it out and provide the appropriate answers.  We cover everything when it comes to Internet Marketing including:  WordPress, Plugins, Themes, Stylesheets, HTML, CSS, SEO, Niche Sites, Adsense, Affiliate Marketing, Authority Sites, Social Media, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube, Podcasting, eBooks, Making Money Online and helping you, the listener, become an SEO and Internet Marketing Expert! If it comes to Internet Marketing, we've got you covered! Subscribing and Reviewing To subscribe directly using iTunes, Click here.  While you're there, we would really appreciate it if you would leave us a review! For android devices, use any major podcast app and search for "internet marketing for small business Q & A Podcast" Listen straight from this site! How To Ask Questions and Get In Touch We have several different methods you can use to get in touch with us: Visit this website, then just click on the "Ask Your Question" tab on the right of the screen and leave us a voicemail.  (You don't need to worry about voice quality or anything, we will just transcribe it and answer on the show) Email us at:  question@internetmarketingartist.com Join our LinkedIn group by Clicking Here Let the world know you are listening (or type in a question) through Twitter! In Closing Thank you so much for taking the time to read this post.  We hope that you've enjoyed the podcast and found the information to be helpful in your online endeavor.  Please remember, no question is too simple or stupid.  If you aren't sure of the answer, many others won't know the answer either, so go ahead and leave your question and we'll get it into the next available show! We'll see you again in the next Episode of the Internet Marketing For Small Business Q & A Podcast!