Well, don’t really get why I chose the title in this way, but, I thought I would cover a little bit more around Google and the so called friendly backlinks, which, by the way, really doesn’t make sense, but here goes.

In all our SEO efforts, both here at Assertive-Media, and worldwide, we are all going for the same thing, and thats improved rankings. But what is the story on good backlinks, and why do they carry so much value. With all of the hype over the past few years surrounding links, it seems that without a good link profile, your website will sit in the deep dark depths of Google’s results for nearly all decent keywords. Ok, so you might catch a page 1 position for “Can I get a car with really bad car credit in London”, but honestly, how many people are likely to search that, and if they do, they are not likely to go past the first or second result for something so long tail.
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Recently announced was the release of Visual Studio 2010 which is next in the line of authoring tools from Microsoft, following the suite of web design, development, programming and application development. Visual Studio 2010 is to boast an enhanced IDE, additional functionality, smarter intellisense, faster application production and lots more. But, as with many Microsoft applications, will we find ourselves wrapped up in multiple security updates, program patches and compatibility options? Or will Microsoft’s attempt go without flaws? Well, unfortunately, many users of the Beta, Beta 2 and RC candidates have been hit by instability issues and application failiures.

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Well, since we are so pitted against Apple, for some reason, we’re not sure, but what we do love, is the boxing ring. In the corners tonight are, Google’s Android OS vs. the iPhone. Ok, lets give Apple some slack, the iPhone is a shiny TV remote, which, as All Apple products are, simple, no buttons, just sleek materials.

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OK, so not everybody includes Youtube videos within their pages content, or even within their website, BUT! for those of you who do, ever wondered if you could embed a video, and start the video from a particular minute, or even a particular second? Well, now you can.

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