Links Round up - May 1st 2007

Here’s another list of some of the best posts i have seen in the last 5 or 6 days. It should be noted that the majority of links i find are from blogs i read on a regular basis. Enjoy

Is Technorati Being Gamed - Do They Care? - Does it Matter? - Im glad im not the only one who hates link trains. Darren Rowse from Problogger writes about the recent technorati favourites exchange fad. After getting a few emails about it he clarified his stance with his post More on Technorati Favorite Swapping.

Design Bloopers Competition - Regular Blogging Tips commentator Tara posts a competition to win a $50 amazon voucher. All you need to do is email Tara with your design blooper.

One Day Blog Silence Linkbaiting - John Chow explains why he he didn’t take part in the one day silence yesterday. Although i didn’t post yesterday because of the silence, i have to agree with everything he wrote here.

Official AdTech San Fran 2007 Booth Babe Competition - Jeremy Schoemaker has made me reconsider whether i should attend these affiliate conventions i always get asked to. Those girls are stunning!

Does Digg even need a Bury Option? - Chris Stark talks about the Digg bury option and how good articles are getting buried by a select group of diggers.

Why do you blog? - Brian heys asks readers ‘Why they Blog?’

John Chow AdSense Ad On My Site - Jason Neuman puts the haters in their place and reminds people that using the same free theme as another blog doesn’t mean your copying them.

Are Freelancers Really Business Owners? - Yaro Starak asks whether freelancers are actually business owners or just self employed nutcases (im probably the latter)

and last but not least, here is the post from Kumiko which i talked about briefly in my previous post.

Into The Mind of Commentators? - A great example of how you can promote an affiliate program on your blog whilst also reminding us all again how easy it is for the ladies to manipulate us men!! haha.

Hope you enjoyed the list