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Grandi, where are you from? Spain? I had home-pressed olive oil there, and home-flavored ones also, and it was oh sooo good!

I hear ya Brenda. I have two children with ADHD. I really believe that I have it but have not been diagnosed. I just told my husband that I need to go get tested so I can know for sure and treat it. You are right about it being an asset at times. Also it is hard for any child to sit still and concentrate in school for that long of a time. ADHD or not. Sometimes I feel like ADHD is it's own person in my house. It is sitting there laughing at me. That prompted me to write the article this way. Thanks for reading and commenting.

I'm ADD. I have a theory about all this. It's always been around, but at one time it was quite an asset, for instance, working on the farm. It can still be an asset if you're working in a physical labor type job. The problem is that in modern society we're all required to sit still and pay attention in school for 6 hours a day.

I could use a little hyperactivity with mine. lol

In my region, people with stomach diseases and problems take a table spoon of olive oil each morning - before anything else. Extra virgin dry-pressed oil, of course, and mostly home-made :)

Thanks for your comment, I do appreciate. Besides moderate, it is worth switching to a better one. The difference is huge.
In my area, some people actually drink sea water (diluted, of course), as they believe in its overall healing properties.

My comment really was to show those that are not conversant on the matter that it is better to have any sort of backlink, than none at all. Some search results algorithms take into account the number of domains sending links, referenced against the total number of links. This is reflected in the link value. So, a link from the pharma site has an influence, as it become a 1:1 link, rather than a 1:100 link, where 100 links have arrived from a single domain.
The problem G has with this is that, if the link is natural, there is no way the recipient has any control over the action of an unrelated site. To apply nil benefit would be against the logic of the algorithm. The logic would basically be that, in the real world, someone from a lesser University, citing an article from a Professor at Cambridge in an unrelated subject, would not cause any kudos to the Professor. Esp. if the student then went on to become a Professor. - I know, not quite the same, but hopefully you get my drift. In programming terms it is a piece of code that would have to be amended on occasion that factors changed. Not something one would put into an algorithm lightly.
Your example regarding surrounding text for an anchor, seems sensible, have you any quantitative proof of such? My tendency is to do this anyway, as it is a better experience for the reader.
Keep the articles coming - this is interesting.

Wonderful page about a wonderful person. Your openess about who you are and what makes you tick is an inspiration. I have come to know you a little through Squidoo and the FB groups and you are always kind and generous and that in my eyes makes you a wonderful person.

Thanks for commenting again, Humagaia ;-) Please note that I put the two intentionally together as in

"from a spammy site to an completely unrelated one is worth nothing."

What you describe, a link from a site that has some sort of Google trust, even if little, to an unrelated one would have some, but little, value in my experience. So in the scale of valuable links it would be close to the bottom, but not the least valuable one, you are correct. I simply wanted to show of the two extremes of the spectrum.

As for anchor text, also here things seem to be changing. It is true that anchor text is important, but it also seems to be true that it is important how the link is presented. It seems to me, and other seo nuts I speak with ;-), that Google takes more and more the wider text in account that surrounds the link, not only the actually linked text. Staying with your example, how does this link look to you?

"Our singywingy tablets cure wotsydangle, which can be caught when cleaning out ferret cages. If you have no idea how to do this safely, here a great article I really like about [ferret cages] [linked] and how to clean them safely."

Me, and others thinks that Google is slowly re-evaluating the real value of perfectly anchored back links in a text and is looking at the context to see if the link was fabricated or if it is a real recommendation. Because that is what a link is, a recommendation from one site to another.

As for "The link value passed from the pharma site is related to the number of external links, total links and PR of the site where the anchor text resides."

Plus the trust rank Google has assigned to that site, which can be very different from pagerank. For the rest you are again correct ;-)

If I'm ever in SC I'll have to stop by. I like how you introduced the staff. It makes it more personable.

@Janet
There are legitimate reasons for linking photos. I'm referring to the habit of not unlinking photos on a blog, for example. The default when you upload media to a blogger or wordpress blog is for the image to link to the jpg URL where the image is located. That is not helpful and is actually a possible problem when it comes to pinning.

Alexandra,
I'm not sure why you can't pin my intro graphic. When I use the Pin It button I have on my computer's browser (Chrome) I see the intro graphic that I made. Maybe someone else will pin it and you can repin it.

@Brian My saying this site is addictive especially for women I was referring to the demographics of Pinterest's users -- 80% women. I've added a link in the text for reference.
I'm not sure what you mean by show the source. I'm talking here about the blogger (or content writer's) perspective. When writing an article, avoid the default that many blogs have of linking an image to the image URL. Yes, there are valid reasons to link a photo. For example giving credit to the owner of the photo if it is not yours. Or as Janet mentions, linking to a site where someone can buy a product. I'm referring to the practice of allowing the photo to link to its URL. I will add some content to that section to make it plainer.

Sam, I agree with most that you say here. However, there is one point with which I disagree, in part. You give an example in "Off Page SEO" -
"So, for example, a link from Lonely Planet to another travel site is gold, a link from a spammy pharma site to one about ferret cages is worth nothing."
The first part I agree with. The last part I believe gives an incorrect idea of what the reality is. True, a spammy pharma site may not have any PR or link value, but if it had, then the fact that it was not related to 'ferret cages' would not be something that Google was particularly interested in. Especially if the anchor text had 'feret cages'. Example - pharma site says 'Our singywingy tablets cure wotsydangle, which can be caught when cleaning out *'ferret cages'*[linked], then the link would not be worth nothing - it would be worth something. The link value passed from the pharma site is related to the number of external links, total links and PR of the site where the anchor text resides.
Otherwise, good job.

I just tried to pin this..and I am not sure if I am doing something wrong, but it doesn't bring up your cute little graphic only the other 3 photos that illustrated your points. Help!

Thanks for the info Jimmie. I just began at Pinterest and am finding that it is a very simple way to find and promote interesting things, but I have much more to learn. I don't know how to add "pin it" buttons to my blog posts, but I have added pictures of my own with links to products - not the image itself. Good info.