I have recently posted about my experience of link building. In continuation of my article, ideas on the future of link building expressed by Abhilash just prove my own conclusions – link building is and will be just a waste of time, you will not achieve the desirable effect by adding your website to directories, submitting press releases, contacting webmasters for a link exchange and leaving your signature in forums and blog comments.

To summarize the observations in the article: websites will have no way to gain links, but buying them (and taking into the account many things to make that link work for you) and getting natural links. Yes, Google has progressed greatly and is very good at spotting and closing any flaws that webmasters are lucky to find when working at the link popularity.

SEO is not likely to last long since now. It simply does not work. Webmasters can work at their websites improving the quality of content, but I think ‘big companies’ will take niches one by one leaving individual webmasters no space for activity.

Summary: I have an impression it is time to change the industry. Or at least it is time to look around for other kinds of projects.

Those webmasters who started 5-7 years back have advantages over those who joined the game 1-2 years back. They have more online property and space for manoeuvre.

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When you start your blog with the purpose of making some money online I will not focus on design issues. From my experience – it will take time (much more than you expect) and it will cost you money. The sound decision is to choose some free blog template on the Internet and start your blogging process.

Once you achieve some success and see that your idea to start blogging was not too bad and it generates some income it is time to make your precious online resource look more professional. This is the time to think of the design changes. It does not matter if you do the changes yourself or hire a professional designer – you need ideas how you would like to see the outcome of the update.

I suggest you bookmark these blog designs that are called top, but no doubt it is a matter of taste. You can find more ideas by browsing Technorati.com blogs and similar resources.

[tags]blogs, blog design, technorati, design, webmaster, web developer, designer, work from home, home business[/tags]

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That’s it. The project is then closed, and the webmaster is put in contact with the chosen Freelancer who will begin working, leave a review, and pay them when the project is complete or per agreement and terms.

Get an estimate from dozens of qualified professional Experts and then choose one. Save time because there is no need to shop around the internet, and save money because Experts are competing for business.

Summary: just add the new website to your list of freelance job sites and keep an eye if they succeed to attract a considerable amount of projects. If they do – join them and try to win a few. I just wish them good luck. Nowadays any online business sector is so crowded that it is difficult to stand out and succeed.
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