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Yes, 4,310 will be a bit tough to overcome :)

But the number 3 site on the list has a more manageable 605 backward links. That we can handle, with time.

I know this general topic has already been touched on here:
http://www.websitepublisher.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=42

But I have a few additional questions. We don't yet have a lot of...

I see. Well, only the top site, or top two, have a 7/10. The others all have 5 or 6, or show nothing at all.

How much higher is a 6 than a 5?

Oh right, missed that one. Thanks ozgression.

I was also looking at the PR of the top sites that come up in a Google search for "israel news." The highest PR I see is a 7. Seems that with some...

Ya, I imagine its gonna be difficult getting anyone except the smallest sites to agree to do anything like that. Especially since, as I said, we are usually listed along with 10-20 other Israel news...

Mmmm, the name thing is a problem. Most, in fact I would imagine all, would have a problem with linking to us using the text "Israel news from Jerusalem Newswire" or something like that. Most of...

Oh, that is good to know. Will Google figure out on its own that our content is frequently updated, or do I need to do something initially to get the robot to stop by more often?

I don't know if this is hurting me too, but the vast majority of the text on the homepage of our site changes daily, as it is mostly news story headlines.

Many of the headlines often contain...

Thanks for the quick reply. I know its a problem that "Israel" is not in our name, but to counter that somewhat, in most places that our name appears on the site (mainly in the title and alt/title...

We are trying to build up our traffic to an adequate level so that we can at least cover our operating costs. Our stats in terms of the search engines are not promising.

We currently have only...

I have used this method:

<a href="javascript:void" onclick="window.open('http://www.honestreporting.com/relentless/'); return false;">

Is the javascript technique of hiding a link from a search engine robot still valid? I have gone ahead and used this method, but was worried by a number of forums posts on other sites saying this...