Google

1. Write something great about your niche and email other bloggers to let them know – there’s a good chance they’ll link to you.

2. Have a signature link in forums that  points to your site.

3. Post links to your pages to social        bookmarking sites.

4. Leave comments on other people’s blogs and link back to your site (tip: look in the digg upcoming section for blog posts about to get a lot of traffic).

5. Have the opposite opinion on everyone else on a popular topic. Everyone will link to you saying your wrong.

6. Answer questions on Yahoo Answers.

7. Post in Yahoo and Google Groups with a link to your site in your signature.
8. Make a 404 page that redirects to your homepage – no point losing visitors.

9. Have an opt-in form – trade links with someone else who has an opt in form on your confirmation page.
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We all know how Google  pampers its employees with lavish office environment and all kinds of facilities and these are a set of photos inside the Google building in Zurich, Switzerland from Picasa. Bathtubs where you can sit and relax while watching an aquarium, a hallway slide, peculiar meeting rooms makes you envious with awe for those who can work in the Google workplace.
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