You’ve probably got e-mail and phone calls from SEO vendors who say they’ll get your site to the top of the rankings. But not all these people can be trusted. In this article, SEO expert Brandon Dennis offers 5 ways to spot some of the shady companies. Take a look at this ‘heads up.’

In this video interview, SEO expert Todd Friesen explains how over-optimizing keywords can get you in trouble, so that Google will downgrade you for what it perceives as unnatural linking patterns. Then he describes how to fix such a problem to regain your rankings.

Here are annotated links to a few recent Internet Marketing articles and resources I found this week that might interest you.