This week, I was too busy with the day job to even download my email, let alone read the posts at Sphinn. So I ended up doing all of my reading on Saturday, which meant that it was easy to pick my favorite blog post of the week:
27 Secrets to Linking Like a Networking Master

The five biggest mistakes you can make in the Thirty Day Challenge

• bad numbers - not enough searches or too much competition
• bad strategy - no way to sell (eg no affiliate products)
• not matching post title & headline with keyword
• putting affiliate links in too soon (wait until after you’re indexed)
• other Web 2.0 comptetitors - avoid Web 2.0 hosts where someone has taken your keyphrase

1) Use the SEO for Firefox plugin to analyse the Yahoo backlinks of your competition sites, as well as their age and Google Page Rank - then aim to get links on some of the same sites as your competitors, and to have a greater number of relevant links

About the future of the Thirty Day Challenge:

The site will remain open, and will set up monthly challenge teams - people will be able to do the Thirty Day Challenge year round!

Stages of the Thirty Day Challenge: