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Some of the editors on Dmoz (and other authority sites) are there explicitly to allow their own sites and mates sites in but not others (anyone can apply to be an editor).  Hopefully search engines will realize this soon enough and prioritize good content over closed shop and kick them to the curb.

Content because that is link bait as well as future proof through being the most likely thing for search engines not to discount in the future and pick up on more as their algorithms improve (content already goes hand in hand with genuine social likes and bookmarks of human approval).

"Coupon Huntnig" instead of "Coupon Hunting" for no. 7. on the plagiarized version.

I woudn't use that place it can't be possible for them to vet standards.  If you click on any of those big company names it seems to take you to media coverage about freelancers not that those companies use that site.

I found your site from its name within your profile,  you have no page descriptions and all your page titles are the same which is keyword cannibilization.  http://www.seomoz.org/blog/how-to-solve-keyword-cannibalization

You need to get onsite as best as you can before you do offsite (e.g. link building).  I would suggest that SEO moz is a good source of information to learn to be able to do it yourself if that's an option for you.

"Open Site Explorer" tool on SEOmoz finds links. The starter guide PDF is a good place to start, I got to about chapter 7 then most of what I learnt is from the search box on here for the relevant terms like "exact match domain" or "meta tags" etc.

As the title says.  What is your idea of a good amount of social shares to be given per day or week or month for a website?

I’ve decided to do guest blogs. I have written 10 tutorial articles, most are 500 - 600 words and none less than 300 words, there’s no fluff or padding, and I have ideas for 7 more. Is it best to spread your work across various sites and blogs? (assuming they are all good / high PR etc.) or could this make me come across as bit of a content whore?

If one place likes my work and asks for more, are there any more benefits to me other than just ones internal to their site (that being increased exposure on their site)

I’m also thinking about including my guest post tutorials on my own website as downloadable PDF’s with short descriptions so that the content remains original where my guest posts are. I also want to make video versions of the tutorials to put on youtube and embed within the guest posts too, but also my own website. Is all that a sound idea SEO wise?

On other question if that’s OK.  I have seen the following in google’s guidelines…

“The following are examples of link schemes which can negatively impact a site's ranking in search results: sending someone a “free” product in exchange for them writing about it and including a link.” http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=66356

That’s a bit of grey area for me knowing that normally a professional book reviewer receives a free review copy, in this case perhaps a blogger receives a free review copy. This has never been seen as suspicious so long as interests are declared. Do you think those google guidelines include this kind of activity?

Regards,