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Lots of great posts today.  I’m feeling a little sick today (head cold, bleh), so let’s just get to it.

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Extra for Every Publisher has a good post on why “Negative Comments Aren’t Negative – Ya Jerk”.  He explains why creating a little controversy, for the right reasons, is not a bad thing at all.  If you want to increase the comments you are receiving on your blog, it’s worth checking out.

http://xfep.com/feature/negative-comments-arent-negative-ya-jerk/

Other Great Articles

Daniel at DailyBlogTips has a great post on why it’s important for serious bloggers to keep an idea journal.  We all get ideas for possible blog posts during the day.  Most of the time, however, they don’t occur when we’re sitting in front of a computer.  Keeping an idea journal can help with this, and a lot more.

http://www.dailyblogtips.com/keys-to-an-effective-idea-journal/

Ask the Blogger answers the question “is Social Media Marketing a Good Strategy?”  The answer is yes!  What is great about this post is that there is a video of Darren Rowse explaining how to do this.
http://www.asktheblogger.com/is-social-media-marketing-a-good-strategy/

Carl Ocab has a valuable post on a shady link building tactic called Referer Spamming – and how to stop it.

http://www.carlocab.com/referer-spamming-a-link-building-tactic/

Gary Conn has a good post on why Search Engine Optimization is becoming less and less important.  If you run a quality blog or website, you have nothing to worry about.  If you don’t …

http://www.garryconn.com/can-google-seo-and-social-bookmarking-coexist.php

Mark at 45n5.com has a post and video (as always) on how to build profitable minisites.  If this is of interest to you, then Mark’s thoughts are definitely worthwhile.
http://www.45n5.com/permalink/how-to-make-a-profitable-minisite.html

Shawn Collins has a post on building affiliate pages ahead of the trends.  Even more important, he shows that he practices what he preaches by actually making a quick website for a new book that is coming out.  It will be interesting to see how he does with this.

http://blog.affiliatetip.com/archives/build-affiliate-pages-ahead-of-the-trends/