Free the Internet - Blog Carnival - 7th Ed.

Welcome to the 7-th, April 10, 2009, edition of the Free the Internet Blog Carnival. Some statistics: Submitted Articles - 126. Published Articles - 21. I want to thank all the authors contributing to the issue. Some articles were excluded from the review, since their topic of discussion did not match the main target of the carnival. I am sorry, that not all submissions were accepted, as some of the excluded articles carried a significant value.

Tim Grice presents SEO - Clearly Defining Black-Hat Techniques posted at Search Engine Optimisation, saying, "As an SEO consultant there is nothing strange in speaking to a potential client who has never heard of black hat seo. This is slightly worrying as many unsuspecting online business owners may fall into the black-hat trap and find their sites banned."

Tim Grice presents A Few SEO Issues posted at Search Engine Optimisation, saying, "After doing my usual SEO reading over the weekend (like a good SEO consultant should) I stumbled across a few things that a) I don’t agree with and b) provoked thought."

Wendy Limauge presents How to Find Free Swag posted at Sweeties Swag, saying, "My site is a collection of the best freebies available on the Web. This article gives the reader ideas for finding free "swag stuff."

Andrew Rondeau presents WordPress Blog - Which Plugins Do You Use? posted at We Build Your Blog, saying, "There are hundreds and hundreds of WordPress Plugins to make your blog easier to maintain and more ‘search-friendly’. Here are some you may not of heard of..."

Burak Bilgin presents Twitter Is Like Life posted at Distiller’s Corner, saying, "Twitter is like life, it’s what you make out of it. A brief introduction to Twitter."

Carole Gold presents Download Alert! posted at Carole Gold, saying, "Free advice on how your computer can teach you model how to get through the economic downturn."

Jimson Lee presents Don’t Lay-off Employees for SaaS - Go Open Source posted at CRM Help Desk Software.com, saying, "Don’t lay-off your employees in favour of SaaS. Keep them and go Open Source and support their training costs."

Sarah Scrafford presents 25 Surprising Things That Google Knows About You posted at e-Justice Blog.

Cory Threlfall presents How To Start A Blog Using Wordpress Blogging Software posted at The Blogging For Beginner Bloggers Blog, saying, "I really enjoy blogging now that I have learned the essentials of how to start a blog and keeping it updated regularly. While you can"

Jeonard Cook presents Reverse Cell Phone Lookup - A Great Way to Catch Your Cheating Spouse Or Find a Prank Callers Name posted at How to Find Phone Number.

Sarah Scrafford presents The 50 Best iPhone Apps for Relationships and Networking posted at Edu Velocity.

Erika Collin presents The Free Online Tax Filing Toolbox: 25 Sites for Tools, Printable Forms, Software and More posted at Bankling.

Winson Yeung presents Making Money With Adsense A Beginners Guide posted at Singapore Internet Marketer’s Blog, saying, "Would you like to start making money with Adsense Adsense is Googles program to place ads (known as Adwords) on individual publishers sites. These ads are contextually related meaning that wedding ads appear on wedding sites and fishing ads appear on fishing sites. If you have a website, it is not hard to start making money with Adsense."

Jim DeSantis presents YouTube: Making and Uploading Your Own Videos posted at Google Traffic Secret Free at On Line Tribune, saying, "If you are not yet a fan of You Tube, you will be if you enjoy watching free videos online, from a number of different genres. And, you might get the bug to do your own video and post it for the world to see. Here are some tips that will help you decide if you should do it."

Sarah Scrafford presents 100 (Non-Design) Blogs that Every Web Designer Should Read posted at Web Design Schools Guide.

Erika Collin presents Top 100 Librarian Tweeters posted at Best Colleges Online.

Tushar presents SEO Checklist for Creating a New Website posted at TUSHARVICKKIE, saying, "SEO Checklist, a must to know while developing the website. SEO Checklist lists all the necessary elements to keep in mind while developing the website."

Kurt Tasche presents How To Get Backlinks posted at Kurt Tasche - Online Business Mentor|Home-Based Business Expert, saying, "How To Get Backlinks - If you"

Margaret Garcia presents 100 Best Web Tools and Tips to Organize Your Inbox posted at Radiology Technician Schools.

Erika Collin presents 100 Tips, Tools, and Resources for Librarians on Twitter posted at Learn-gasm.

Silicon Valley Blogger presents Where To Get Free Stuff Online: 9 Sites For Freebies, Product Samples, Coupons posted at The Digerati Life, saying, "Thanks!"

The Smarter Wallet presents Wesabe Review: A Free Online Money Management Tool posted at The Smarter Wallet, saying, "Thanks!"

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