I always thought that a link to a subdomain did not benefit the main domain.  Alan, can you explain this more?  If an external website links to subdomain.mydomain.com will mydomain.com get link juice from this?

What I'm finding is that I rarely get success in asking for a link unless I have some kind of relationship with the person.  Sometimes all that it takes in order to have "relationship" is a few back and forth tweets or some facebook comments or for me to have left a few comments on their blog.

I think we all get so many spammy link requests that we tend to shut the door when anyone comes knocking!

Why do you need both plugins?  I would pick the one I like and then deactivate the other.

I don't think that having more fans puts you higher in the serps.  However, when fans share your stuff on facebook it definitely helps.

I'm not sure how much effect a "like" has though as opposed to a "share".

My experiment with facebook ads is on a REALLY small scale.  I have been running $2.00 per day ads for 5 days now.  I read somewhere that when you're trying to gain fans it's best to run CPM rather than CPC, but when I look at the numbers I'm not sure about that.

So far I've gained 10 extra fans on $2 per day at a cost of $1 per fan.  That's higher than I'm willing to pay.  So, the next step is for me to start optimizing the campaign by targeting particular demographics (for example, my site attracts more people in the 25-34 range who are female so I'll target those).  I'm also going to start playing around with my ad copy.

Back to the CPC or CPM, I'm currently paying $0.21 CPM.  I'm going to see how the ads run once they're better targeted, and with different ad copy.  If I can't get the cost per fan acquisition down then I'll try some CPC ads.

It's fun to play around with.  Once I get it figured out then if I can get good quality fans for a decent price I'll throw more money at it.

Although I've only gained 10 fans directly from my ads, I gained a lot more fans than I usually do over a week.  I'm not sure if this is indirectly because of my ads or not.

My fan interactions are improving as well and I'm really enjoying starting to have a fan base.

I agree 99%. 

The other 1% comes from the part of me that is more likely to become a fan of a page that has thousands of fans.  So, I have this thought that perhaps I will buy a thousand fake fans to make me look more credible.

But, then, the other side of my brain kicks in and says, "Look...you've done things by the book so far, so don't go looking for a cheap solution."  I want to create my brand with quality marketing, not cheap gimmicks.....but it can be tempting.    (It's that same kind of temptation that makes me want to go out and buy links sometimes.)

It's funny you should mention this today.  In the past I've always been against boosting your facebook or twitter fans.  I'm seeing some benefit now though.

As an avid user of facebook, if I see a page that has cool stuff and is followed by thousands of people, I am more likely to follow it.  I'm  not as likely to become a fan of a page with 100 members even if the content looks decent.

I'm experimenting with spending a few bucks on facebook ads to increase my fan base.  These would be truly targeted fans who want to connect with me and my product.

I am finding that I am building some good relationships via facebook and getting some conversions as a result of my fan base.

Plus it's kind of an ego boost to post something and see a bunch of people liking and commenting on it. 

I don't know that anyone knows 100% for sure, but I think it is extremely unlikely that font size would have any bearing on SEO.  The only place where I could see it having an effect is if you were trying to hide something in a miniscule font - this could get you penalized.

I think almost all of us have considered this strategy.  I know when I first started out I had a main niche and then I bought up a bunch of keyword rich domains and created microsites.  The thing is that these are rarely helpful at all.

A link from a site is only going to add significant value if that site itself is a good one in Google's eyes.  So, a link from a brand new site with no backlinks itself is not going to be worth much.  And, if this microsite is likely to accumulate natural backlinks, you'd get much more value if those backlinks were actually pointing to your main site.

The way I look at it is this - if you create links yourself, then they usually aren't worth much.  One of the main points of Google's evolving algorithm is trying to determine which links are worthy and which are not.  So, you'll find that self-made links are rarely helpful.

I'd put that time and effort into putting content on your main site and then alerting other webmasters of your awesome content.