Well…right now it’s 9:00pm on a Sunday night, and I’m at the We Build Pages office (where I’ve been all weekend)….I’ve ended up working several nights past midnight for the past several weeks…but I’m about to have a lot of time away from the company…it’s all the ying to my yang in my time….I work hard, but I also am able to get away from it for periods to refresh.

Tomorrow I’ll be going under the knife again, this time a hernia…..but overall I’m in better health than I’ve been in 10 years, and am working to be in my best health of my life in less than a year from now. (I’m 40 pounds lighter than I was about a year ago, and I’m still loosing weight…and on a raw food diet)….and the business…we’ll, we’re back with a vengeance this year, and so am I.

But anyways, here’s my speaking schedule for the next 4 months.

Aug 16-20th I’ll be San Francisco for SES where I’ll be speaking on “How to Become a Link Magnet” and “Link Building in August 2010″…and I might drop in on the “Black Hat, White Hat” gathering.

Sept 21-23 I’ll be at SEO Oktoberfest Munich Germany – where I’ll be 1 of the 16 speakers at a very private gathering.

Sept 27-29 I’ll be at Performance Marketing Expo Affiliate Conference in Miami speaking on “Link Building Methods and Risks”.

October 7-8 I’ll be at SEMcon in the Philippines talking about link building with these characters:

* Aaron Wall of SEOBook.com
* Todd Malicoat of Stuntdubl.com
* Charlie Ellis of GallantFish.com
* Dean Chew of Ayima.com
* Mike Borras of Tupalo.com

November 8-11 – Pubcon Vegas, just confirmed last night -  I’ll be speaking on Link Building again, as well as we’re going to help sponsor pubcon this year.

It seems like a lot…but I feel like there’s so many conferences that I’m still missing because I don’t have time to attend them all….

I’m going to have to start to look into which conferences that I’ll be attending in 2011. If you’d like me to speak at your conference please see this page.

I hope to see you all on the 2010 World Tour!
I’m Feeling Lucky,
Jim

On Tuesday the 17th I’ll be at the Webmasterradio SearchBash party at the Ruby Skye Nightclub  from 8:00- Late…That’s always been one of the…if not the…craziest parties of the year…opps I meant craziest networking event…its not partying…it’s networking

Then luckily, I get to sleep in and get all my speaking done the next afternoon (wed), then “network” again all night.

On Wednesday Aug 18th, I’ll be at:

From 2:30 – 3:30

Link Building in August of 2010 with Jim Boykin
This isn’t your grandma’s link building session. Jim has been an industry leader in the area of link building for over 10 years as the founder and CEO of We Build Pages (www.webuildpages.com). Jim also won the search engine journal’s “Best Link Building Blog” in 2006 and 2007 (Jim rarely blogs anymore). Jim has seen and done it all when it comes to link building, and he knows which links effect search engine rankings, and the types of risks involved in certain types of link building. If higher search engine rankings are a major focus of yours, this is a “must attend” session. * Updated presentation for August 2010 SES.

Speaker:
Jim Boykin, CEO and Link Building Ninja, We Build Pages Internet Marketing Services

5:00 – 6:00

How to Become a Link Magnet
Some people just have to sit at a keyboard and type for ten minutes. Some people spend a little time mashing up a video. And some people develop a cool tool or app. What happens next? They become link magnets.

In search marketing, where content is still king, we’ve talked about how to make your web site a link a magnet. But with social media and personal branding, developing a great presence online can turn you personally into a link magnet. Some people have. Thousands want it.

How can you develop your personal brand so that you only have to mouth an opinion and a gazillion links follow? Andy Warhol once suggested that everyone gets their 15 minutes of fame. And social media is certainly making that little prediction come true.

Find out from a panel of experts how you can have your (metaphorical) 15 minutes of fame, become a link magnet and dominate search engines.

• Moderator:
  Brett Tabke, CEO, WebmasterWorld

Speakers:
Aaron Kahlow, Chairman & Founder, Online Marketing Summit
Rand Fishkin, CEO, SEOmoz.org
Jim Boykin, CEO and Link Building Ninja, We Build Pages Internet Marketing Services

From what I recall, the last dates that the wayback machine was showing for archived sites was the summer of 2008.

We’re now seeing some sites showing archived dates right up to 5 days ago.

It looks like bigger sites are starting to show newer archived dates…could this be the start of a big rollout of updated wayback information (isn’t that and oxymoron (“updated wayback information”)??

I just found a forum comment by Gordon @ IA  (Internet Archives) where he states on July 6th:

There was a very small index update last week. A result of this update is that some very-recent (as late as June 2010) content is now available, even as most content from the last 24 months awaits a bulk update.
The relevant FAQ items (and small note atop each date-results page) have been updated to reflect that this may sometimes happen.
- Gordon @ IA

so we still have to wait for the “bulk update”… any idea when that will come? Gordon?

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Google nicely has a wayback of 5 days ago!
Google.com in the wayback machine shows (today) up to June 10, 2010.

That was the only one I could find from 2010.

But here’s some 2009 ones that I believe are new updates (think the last dates they had was summer 2008.

Yahoo.com – Oct 27, 2009

ask.com – Oct 27, 2009

CNN.com – Oct 27, 2009

apple.com – Oct 27, 2009

digg.com – October 27, 2009

Then there the rest of us in 2008

seobook – August 22, 2008

seroundtable.com July23, 2008

seomoz.org – june 29, 2008

webuildpages.com – still April 1 2008

Sphinn.com – May 30 2008

Been a long time Internet Archive – glad to see some updates!

One email was sent by kishwer <seo.kishwer@gmail.com>, and the other email was sent by eajaz.eajaz <eajaz.eajaz@gmail.com>

The emails look like this:

Dear Webmaster,

Link Exchange Request

First of all let me introduce myself – I am Kishwer (Link Manager)

I handle online marketing for my client- http://www. seo depth company.com

To increase the link popularity of my client’s site , we are now looking for triangular Link swapping with some good quality sites. You are already aware that triangular Link swapping is much more popular and beneficial. This way both the sites gets the benefited . I would request you to place my client’s link at your site.

Here are details of my site :

Title:  Professional SEO Company
Url :    http://www. seo depth company .com
Desc : SEO Company India: Professional SEO Company in New Delhi India (gurgaon & noida), providing Professional SEO Services, Link Building, Web Designing India and content writing services. SEO Company with fully Professional SEO Experts.

“”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"
Or you can simply use the following Linking code:

<a href= http://www.seo depth company(a’holes..added by Jim).com/ >  Professional SEO Company </a> SEO Company India: Professional SEO Company in New Delhi India (gurgaon & noida), providing Professional SEO Services, Link Building, Web Designing India and content writing services. SEO Company with fully Professional SEO Experts.

i will be add your link here: http://webuildpages . 50webs.com/ Page Rank :-5 [Jim: I added spaced in that url to break the link]

Please forward me your linking details along with confirmation where my link have been added by you.

Hoping an early and positive response from your side.

Have a nice day ahead

Best Regards

Kishwer

So here’s these people using a scraped version of webuildpages.com (at http://webuildpages . 50webs.com/(remove spaces on each side of the dot) to make it look like We Build Pages is doing 3 way linking! And on that scraped We Build Pages.com page, there is a link to “Web Design India” going to syrup technologies . com.

SEO Depth Company You’re evil for using my company name for your Spam! I don’t care if you spam, but don’t use  my brand.

Syrup Technologies, you’re the Only link on the copy of my homepage…and I’m guessing you’re in the same bed with SEO Depth Company.

So here’s your Karma, deal with the reputation problem I just gave you.

I hate fighting, and rarely do…but my brand reputation is at stake, and sending emails offering links on a scraped webuildpages.com is just plain evil in my eyes. If you spam, don’t do it under my company name.

Jim

I’ll be speaking on Wednesday the 24th from 3:45 – 4:45 on “Link Building – Methods and Risk, Free to Paid”

It will be similar to the the presentation that I gave in London last month which seemed to be received pretty well.

I was looking over the party schedule last week…and it didn’t look like much of a party schedule… Bing is sponsoring a cocktail hour on Tuesday from  5:45 – 6:45 at the expo hall…and on Wednesday night from 6-7 at the Bridges Bar at the Hilton there’s the  “White Hat Black Hat: Unconferenced”…which should be interesting…if you can hear what’s being said (I’ve been to some of these “sessions” in bars, where if you’re not in the “inner circle” you can’t hear anything being said)…

and that was about it for “parties” going on… just didn’t seem right….Seems like we were missing a good ole night party…and a chance to help a charity…

So…I figured they needed another party…and hey,  we can also help a charity in the process.  Since this is pretty last minute (one week away) we’re going to keep this pretty simple… don’t even think  we’ll do drawings, or have a mic…and instead of the normal $50 to get in, we’re going to lower it to $30.

For $30 you get in, and you can drink all the Beer, Wine, or Soda that you’d like (between 8 and 10), and We Build Pages will pay for it. We’ll also have a bunch of Hors D’oeuvres for everyone. After 10:00 you have to buy your own drinks.

Every penny of everyones $30 entrance fee will be going to Common Ground, whom are based out of NYC and who’s mission is to end homelessness.

We’re limited to only 100 tickets, so this will sell out for sure. At the end of my presentation on Wed I’ll announce where you can get your tickets (we’ll hook up with someone who has an exhibit booth and sell tickets for an hour at that booth…not sure where yet)

Here’s our flyer for the Charity Party at SES NYC 2010 on Wed March 24th.

Hurley’s
232 W. 48th Street
212-765-8981

The party will be upstairs. I hope to see you there!

I’m Feeling Lucky,
Jim

I was lucky in that I had a 1 hours time slot all to myself, rather than the usual 10-15 minutes that one normally gets when you’re on a panel with others.

I’ve often felt that at conferences where a speaker only gets 10-15 minutes, that you tend to get an “introduction” to a topic…when often, what I’m seeking, is not an “introduction”, but “Here’s what’s important, here’s why, here’s what to do, and here’s how to do it”….at least with an hour I can get a ways beyond “introduction” and more into the “dirt” of the topic. At Hostingcon, SEO Class, and Internet Marketing Ninjas I often had an hour or more of talking time….and I always preferred that over 10-15 minutes of talking time…sheeet…when it comes to links, I can talk all day and all night….

For my talk, I split my time between “Link buying – methods and risks”, and “Trust Bait for Links”. I also talked about some of my ideas on how trust flows through sites, and  my values of different types of links. I also showed how content can get great links, and some ways to do this.   It was great to go a bit deeper into my topic of love (link building)…and I could have talked for hours if they’d of let me.

But in any case, I had a great time, met some great folks, and I can’t wait to get back to the UK again. I also had some nice things said on twitter about my presentation that I thought I’d share (and use for a selling point for those future conferences which I’m seeking to speak on)

philipmorgan:  I think @avinashkaushik and Jim Boykin @webuildpages stole the show at #ses - really enjoyed both, some awesome tips shared by both.

MartinHayman: Enjoyed SES but was gutted that JimBoykin had to rush at the enddue to lack of time… great link building advice… wanted more.

davedewar: @RelevancyStream Came across just how much @jimboykin loves his job!

JessicaWHealy: RT @evolutionuk: #SESKEY I think we all could had done with another hour with jim from @webuildpages.

evolutionuk:  #SESKEY I think we all could had done with another hour with jim from @webuildpages.

JessicaWHealy:RT @RedwebSearch:@webuildpages Best presentation of ses2010 so far! #seskey

I noticed that at SES London (feb 16-19) and SES NYC (march 22-26) that there were few organic panels…and no link building panels…what a shame..what a shame… so… I bought a session…  for London and NYC…and my session is:

Link Building – Methods and Risks with Jim Boykin
This isn’t your grandma’s link building session. Jim has been an industry leader in the area of link building for over 10 years as the founder and CEO of We Build Pages (www.webuildpages.com). Jim also won the search engine journal’s “Best Link Building Blog” in 2006 and 2007 (Jim rarely blogs anymore). Jim has seen and done it all when it comes to link building, and he knows which links effect search engine rankings, and the types of risks involved in certain types of link building. If higher search engine rankings are a major focus of yours, this is a “must attend” session.

Speaker:
Jim Boykin, CEO and Link Building Ninja, We Build Pages Internet Marketing Services

I have 1 hour…where I plan to blow the mind of everyone in attendance.  I can’t wait.

I went to a marketing party….. (can’t stop singing).

February:
SES London – February 16-19
Confirmed: Speaking on Link Building Methods and Risks.

March:
SES, New York – March 22-26,
Confirmed: Speaking on Link Building Methods and Risks.

April:
Ad:tech- Paris – April 7-8
or SMX – Toronto – April 8-9
or Pubcon – Dallas April 13-15
or ad:tech – San Fran april 19-21
or eMA – San Fran 21-22
or SMX Sydney – April 22-23

May:
SMX Advanced London – May 17-18
or SearchExchange – North carolina May 17-19

June:
SMX Advanced Seattle – June 8-9, 2010
or Affiliate Convention Denver ~ June 21-22

July:
Vacation ? Egypt, Africa, Cruise?

August:
SES San Francisco Aug 16-20  – Confirmed Going.

September:
ad:tech London sept 21-22

October:
SMX East – NYC – October 4-6

November:
ad:tech – New York – Nov 3-5
or Pubcon Vegas Nov ?

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If you want me to speak at your marketing conference, please email my first name at webuildpages.com.

Here’s a few speaking testimonials:

SEOMoz – Favorite Tidbits from PubCon 2009
This was seriously one of my favorite sessions. The speakers (including Rand) had a ton of great information but the one that really stood out to me was Jim Boykin of We Build Pages. He gave away some really great tips…

SEO Disco – Pubcon Feedback
Jim’s presentation was, by far, my favorite because he was very up front and told it how it is. Since he speaks at so many conferences, he makes it a point to present new information every time. I thoroughly enjoyed the candid nature and honesty of his presentation. He gave us a “behind-the-scenes” look into his actual link building processes. A lot of his methods are similar to what I have already been doing… but it is nice to have this type of confirmation from an industry expert. This information is priceless for the beginning SEOer and I hope they left with some good notes. Needless to say, I did indeed take-away a few great points from Jim’s presentation.

Peter Davis – Thanks Jim Boykin
The presentation by Jim Boykin was head and shoulders above the rest… .All the other presentations, in that session as well as in others, were very much more general and more focused on what not to do with your link building campaign. Jim’s presentation was very focused, and he gave concrete examples of a method that he uses for link building. If you ever have an opportunity to attend a conference where Jim is presenting, be sure to schedule yourself to be there to see him. If you’re looking for a firm that does link building too, you should consider giving him your business.

Mike Grehan – Webmasterworld wrap up.
Jim’s presentation was jam packed with actionable do it now data which I thought was just great. And really well presented.

On my linkedin Profile Page
If you’ve ever heard Jim speak at a conference there’s no doubt he’s on the leading edge of the Search Marketing arena. He delivers top notch advice, ideas, and strategies, without needing to resort to trickery or selling “snake oil”. He should be on every company’s short list of people to talk to.
Michael Gray, Owner, Atlas Web Group Inc. and SEO Blogger Graywolf

Scott contacted us about obtaining our services, and in our contact form we ask “How did you hear about us?” and his response was “your seminar in Chicago (Hostingcon 2007) — it was worth the entire trip!”
Scott R

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I love traveling, and I love speaking about SEO and Link Building.

I’m lucky that I get to do both.

I went to a marketing party to reminisce with my old friends
A chance to share new techniques and talk of links again
When I got to the marketing party, they all knew my name
No one recognized me, my hat color wasn’t the same.

But it’s all right now, I learned my lesson well
You see, you can’t buy links anymore, so you got to go long tail.

SEO’s came from miles around, everyone was there
Giovanna brought her SEOBook, there was tweeting in the air
And over in the corner, much to my suprise
Mr Sullivan in yellow shoes wearing a Rand disguise.

But it’s all right now, I learned my lesson well
You see, you can’t buy links anymore, so you got to go long tail.

Talked all night about link building, thought that’s why they’d came
No one believed I’m not link buying, even though I’ve changed.
I said Hello to Stuntdubl, he used to work for me
When I started talking about old site buying, he said it was time to leave

But it’s all right now, I learned my lesson well
You see, you can’t buy links anymore, so you got to go long tail.

Someone opend up a conference door and out stepped Matty C. Goode
Writing down SEO operators of interest, like he thinks he should.
If you gotta go to SEO Parties, I wish you lotts luck
But if SEO were all I sang, I’d rather drive a truck.

On Tuesday I’ll be Moderating the “Hot Topics and Trends in the Affiliate Space” panel.

Speakers:
Steve Schaffer, Publisher, Offers.com
Elisabeth Archambault, Freelance Affiliate Marketer, Wedding-Resources
Rae Hoffman, CEO, Outspoken Media
Jerry West, President, SEORevolution

On Wednesday I’ll be moderating the “Interactive Site Reviews: Focus on Links” panel

Speakers:
Todd Malicoat, Independent Marketing Consultant, Meta4creations, LLC
Aaron Wall, Author, SEO Book
David Klein, CEO, Purpose Inc
Dixon Jones, Managing Director, Receptional LTD

The Focus on Links panel reminds me of this old song I wrote about showing your sites to Mr. Cutts.

And also on Wednesday I’ll be speaking on the SEO/SEM Tools

Moderator: Kate Morris
Speakers:
Jon Henshaw, Product Manager, Raven Internet Marketing Tools
Jim Boykin, CEO, We Build Pages
Aaron Kronis, Director of SEO, Wpromote Inc.
Rand Fishkin, CEO & Co-Founder, SEOMoz

It’s been a long time since I spoke at an SEO conference (Besides SEO Class)…in fact it’s been 2 years….2 years ago at Pubcon I was on the “How to Buy Links with Little Risk” panel… Even 2 years ago the name of the panel seemed to scare me a bit….even at that time, buying links was a risk…and being on a panel whereby admitting that “yes, I buy links” seemed like a great way to paint a target on me (since I bought links back then)…I basically stood up and said, “Stay under the Radar, and Don’t piss off Google”… that was really the only advice I had back then…it was hard to give some of my real thoughts knowing that there were several google engineers in the room including Mr. Cutts.

And wow…. It was also almost exactly a year ago that we stopped buying links. I’m actually amazed to this day the types of links that our ninjas are able to get w/o paying a cent….Tomorrow I’m doing an hour and a half interview with Stuntdubl on MarketingMotive called “White Hat Link Building for the New Millennium” …can ya believe it??

For part of that interview I’m going to talk to Todd about the last 2 link building clients that Todd sent to us, and we’ll talk about how we were able to achieve these links in just a few weeks:

Both these clients are on our 10 links per month package and so far they’ve received:

Site 1:
out of 30 links so far for that client in the first 3 months:
12 edu’s
7 other colleges
1 org
1 k12
1 gov (library of congress)

Site 2:
so far we have 19 links in just over a month.
out of 19 links:
7 are edu’s
3 are schools that aren’t edu’s
5 are orgs (3 of those are schools)
2 are police websites
1 is a gov from NASA

That’s pretty dang good if I do say so myself…these are certainly links that I’d never have been able to buy….but with the right content, and writing to the right people, it’s amazing the links one can get.

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So I’ll be at Pubcon Mon -Wed…then I’m going to head out on the open road to Death Valley for a mini-vacation.

Chuck Price will also be at Pubcon with me…he’s got the morning shift, and I have the late shift.

….gosh, I miss blogging… but there’s something to be said for just quietly going about my business…but FYI,  I’m alive and doing wonderful….and yea, I’m still a link addict….just not shouting about it anymore.

Hope to see ya in Vegas,
Peace,
Jim