Note From Laurie Bullard: I Posted This To See How Others Feel About Such Tactics, Not Any Indicator Of My Personal Preference! As Google continues to improve its understanding of “natural” link profiles, the number of deceitful tactics working to rank sites is shrinking. That being said, there are still a few tactics that work very well to rank websites. In certain scenarios these tactics are more cost effective and better fit the goals of a particular website. I know some of you will be upset by the mere mention of the following tactics so be forewarned: the following tactics are risky and can lead to penalization or de-indexation of your website (and not endorsed by Website Magazine). Proceed with caution and do not try this is if you are not sure of what you are doing. 1. PBN LINK BUILDING This is a strategy that has been in use for at least six years and possibly even longer. The strategy involves buying auction or expired domains and setting them up as blog s...