Nicholas Cardot over at Site Sketch 101 is holding a comment contest. For the next 14 days, you have the opportunity to leave as many comments as possible on his blog, and at the end of those 14 days, on Valentine’s Day, three winners will be announced.

First place gets $50, Second place $30, and third gets $20.

What a great opportunity here to actually get a little bit back for all you give through your comments!

If you don’t win, never fear. You will have another shot at this great contest NEXT MONTH here on Masters of SEO. On March 17th, we will be giving away $100 (just like Nick) to the top commentors on the blog here. But don’t jump the gun, the contest doesn’t start until March 3rd. So get ready!

Site Sketch 101′s Valentine’s Day Giveaway!

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With guest posting you can achieve large amounts of traffic, and links, without too much effort. But the question is, how can you maximize the great potential of guest posting, I’ve written up a list of guidelines, hopefully these can guide you in the process. Read the rest of this entry »

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Please take note, some SEO plugins can conflict and give you duplicate information, which is not good. So please, pick your favorites and stick with them. (Those that WILL conflict will be noted in their description.)

We all know that “Content is King,” but if your content can’t be found, it won’t be a help to anyone. But be honest with yourself, do you really want to spend hours on end on SEO? Don’t worry – you won’t have to if just let these plugins go to work for you while you focus on the main thing, and that’s content. Read the rest of this entry »