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I would be intested in knowing what you guys think is the best way to name images?

say "rustic-oak-3-draw-bedside.jpg"

How long should the names be max and are hyphens ok do you think?

This is something I am considering myself, when I ask SEO companies where they source links from etc I  have had answers that range from...

"Our back linking methodology has been approved by the board" or

"It would be infringing on our intellectual property" or

"If we told you, you know enough about SEO to go out and do it yourself"..

My thoughts are if you have a number of responsibilities like I do, as long as you set out from the start what you need from an SEO company and keep them on a short leash for the first quarter you can get a good feeling if the links they are getting you are quality and equally as important are getting cached and indexed.

As with most things it comes down to budgets and resource.

I think this type of hands off approach is useful for smaller companies who are not accountable to share holders. I can well imagine the annoyance a team of link builders may experience documenting in forensic detail their activities.

There are lots of examples of blue chip's getting burned, by "don't ask don't tell" link building.

I only today saw a very high profile supermarket chain in the UK back linking to picture from "Japansesearthquakepictures.com"..

I don't know how much more tasteless back linking can get than that.