Personally, I never really saw the value in search-engine-friendly URLs, beyond being more pleasant for the eye. I have heard that they aren't even that effective because the URL is longer, and that can hurt SEO as well, but I'm not an expert in the field and wouldn't really know.

Of course I know that backlinks can significantly improve SEO. I do try to make use of signature links and post links to my website at as many places as possible, although it takes quite a lot of time to build a good list of backlinks. I also don't want to spam, and that means that I will end up writing high-quality content at many places to promote my website.

In addition, I don't really want to risk breaking any of the terms of use for Google and get my websites blacklisted. I prefer just to design my websites for the users, and let google take care of the rest.

So, for those who know more about SEO, is there an ethical method (i.e. not blackhat) that does not break any of Google's terms of use and is effective?

I partially run a Nation roleplay site, its like a sc4 union but we don't really care much for what game the pictures come from. Although the roleplaying is legislative and bill oriented, not much *I declare war on you*, but instead *lets come to an agreement/disagreement on an issue and vote on its passing*.

http://www.cinl.org/ is the link.

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Side note:

This is one place I use my maps for (not including the non-earth ones). I also made the webpage, and I still forgot to change some of the lorem ipsum into actual text.

Personally, I remember a while back when I posted hundreds of math explanations to help some who were less advanced in math on an education "forum," only to later find that many of my very lengthy explanations that were popular in the community were plagiarized by a couple of members in the community who gave no credit whatsoever to me for the many long hours I spent. Needless to say, I was frustrated and took it to the website's administrators, who did nothing basically nothing about it. Ever since, I've been more careful to protect my own work.

Has anyone here had a similar experience with work being plagiarized by someone?

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You can buy contents here. I sell forum posts, unique articles, PLR articles, blog comments, and many more.

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I actually love both.

When you travel alone, you have more flexibility.

When you travel with friends, you can have good fun.

I actually have many favorite quotes.

This one is my favorite: "I will prepare and someday my chance will come" - Abraham Lincoln.

I tend to sleep at 2-3 AM. Sometimes I may wake up up to 5-6 AM.

What about you?

Do you like the idea of long distance relationship?

I think it is kind of risky to have long distance relationship. If the partners are not in the same country, it can be difficult to stay loyal.

What do you think?

I will buy a lamborghini, a house.

Then I will put the rest on my bank.

How about you?

Brainstorming is often considered one of the most effective ways of getting inspiration. Personally, for me, sometimes it works well, and sometimes it just leaves me up at 3AM with eight pages full of absolute nonsense. It always depends on what I am trying to do.

Do you find brainstorming effective personally? What forms of inspiration work best for you?