<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13473492</id><updated>2009-02-21T08:11:51.344-08:00</updated><title type='text'>My Vents &amp; Rants</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://listen-to-me-vent.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13473492/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://listen-to-me-vent.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>smindsrt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18441928502177637426</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13473492.post-112711385018232959</id><published>2005-09-19T00:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-19T00:10:50.186-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Are Link Exchanges Over?</title><content type='html'>Well, it would seem that some say link exchanges are over and done with but I'm not so sure.  Sure it's true that Google loves one-way links surroned by text but does everyone know that? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In many keywords link exchanges are still very useful since you are competing with sites that only have link exchanges.  Think about it for a minute, webmaster have been performing exchanges for a while cause it worked.  Now in some keywords you can try and sift out the link exchanges but you will only be left with sites that have 98% exchanged link anyway.  So link exchanges are not dead yet but rather will be dead when your comp. move on to better methods.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To have a better understanding of this &lt;a href="http://www.sitesift.com/"&gt;why not hire&lt;/a&gt; and Internet marketing specialist.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13473492-112711385018232959?l=listen-to-me-vent.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://listen-to-me-vent.blogspot.com/feeds/112711385018232959/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13473492&amp;postID=112711385018232959' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13473492/posts/default/112711385018232959'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13473492/posts/default/112711385018232959'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://listen-to-me-vent.blogspot.com/2005/09/are-link-exchanges-over.html' title='Are Link Exchanges Over?'/><author><name>smindsrt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18441928502177637426</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17573893793552219639'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13473492.post-111810464578329374</id><published>2005-06-06T17:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-19T13:25:09.256-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Link Exchange Crap Emails!</title><content type='html'>OK. Today I got two of the best link exchanges emails yet. One said "link exchange" and nothing else. &lt;strong&gt;What the fuck&lt;/strong&gt;! If you really want to get a link exchange for your website then give me some more information. BTW, the person that sent this gets "The retard of the year award."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The other one said:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Hello-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm writing this to inquire about a possible link exchange between our two sites. If so, please respond so we can discuss and exchange information. If you're not interested please disregard this E-mail.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is this...... More crap! Do people really think they are going to get link exchanges this way. Get a clue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next time someone want to get a link exchange from that long ago I will tell them to &lt;a href="http://www.last-minutes-travel-deals.com/"&gt;find a Palm Springs travel agent&lt;/a&gt; and book a ticket to ask me in person.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13473492-111810464578329374?l=listen-to-me-vent.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://listen-to-me-vent.blogspot.com/feeds/111810464578329374/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13473492&amp;postID=111810464578329374' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13473492/posts/default/111810464578329374'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13473492/posts/default/111810464578329374'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://listen-to-me-vent.blogspot.com/2005/06/link-exchange-crap-emails.html' title='Link Exchange Crap Emails!'/><author><name>smindsrt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18441928502177637426</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17573893793552219639'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13473492.post-111810341772295846</id><published>2005-06-06T17:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-06T17:16:57.726-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New blog</title><content type='html'>Great now I have my own blog were I can bitvh about things.  This this great!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13473492-111810341772295846?l=listen-to-me-vent.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://listen-to-me-vent.blogspot.com/feeds/111810341772295846/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13473492&amp;postID=111810341772295846' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13473492/posts/default/111810341772295846'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13473492/posts/default/111810341772295846'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://listen-to-me-vent.blogspot.com/2005/06/new-blog.html' title='New blog'/><author><name>smindsrt</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18441928502177637426</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17573893793552219639'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>