The big event that I had worked for so hard with my colleagues went off smoothly; in fact it was super duper. No, am not blowing my own trumpet, check what Saptarshi has to say about it. The stars of the show held at Hotel Clarks Inn were of course Andy Hagans and Rich McIver. They held forth on SEO, Link Building, and Link Baiting techniques and the sixty odd lucky guys who attended the show were held in thrall.

The learning was great, the discussions yielded a lot on the subjects, thoughts, notes, and contact numbers were exchanged. The event was a great opportunity for SEO enthusiasts to learn about their craft and build relationships. Lest you think, it was all work let me tell you that there was a lot of play as well. A cocktail party with peppy Bollywood tunes had everybody in the mood for some dancing; Andy made a good fist of shaking a leg and Rich commandeered the mike and let us have his rendition of Hotel California.

The latest news is that am playing host to Andy and Rich and we are off to see the Taj Mahal, will keep you guys posted and add pics as well.

Google Dance is upon us once again, the time when nail cutter sales fall down and because the teeth take over. Why does this happen, because when Google dances, with its frenzied steps it rearranges where your site’s PR stands on the World Wide Web, which is Google’s dance floor. It seems though that there is activity only in one data center of Google. You can check for yourself at http://www.digpagerank.com or see here http://www.digpagerank.com/index.php?url=www.bollywood-stars.net&dc=18. If you see anything different, let me know. I am seeing changes in specifically this google datacenter only 216.239.51.19 .

So, if you’re PR goes up, you dance with Google, if stays steady you breathe easy, and if for any reason it goes down you head for an anti-depressant… no don’t do that, its just a silly rank which admittedly has some value in getting traffic but is not the end of the world. So chill and knuckle down to plan how you intend to wrest your PR back from the clutches of Google. I can help you do that, especially beginners who were at zilch three months back, have not improved their site’s PR now, and will probably stay that way even when the next update happens.

ReviewMe Roy, the mascot of www.reviewme.com, the SEO expert Andy Hagans had a splash at PUBCON in Las Vegas. Life does not get better for mascots of services that have just about kicked off. ReviewMe Roy got to rub shoulders with the who’s who of the web world, struck a pose with Todd Maliocat, Andy Hagans, Aaron Wall, Rand Fishkin, Brian Thibault, Nakul Goyal and Shoemoney among others.  And hey!! He got himself snapped with a Google banner in the background; is that smart promotion or what.

Speaking of promotions, ReviewMe Roy was there at PUBCON along with Andy Hagans to promote www.reviewme.com. This is a newly launched service that aims to bring together businesses and blog owners. Businesses and website owners can select blogs registered with ReviewMe for a review on their service. The bloggers get paid for their reviews (which, by the way, are totally honest and the post carrying the review mentions that this is a paid post). Of course, there isn’t any altruism involved; ReviewMe keeps a cut of the advertiser’s payment. It is 50% of what is paid by the advertiser.