This Weak in SEO - 10/19/07

Okay, so Adam’s not here today. I don’t know where he is. I think he’s selling sand bags to Egyptians or something, I dunno. He’s an idiot. Who cares what he’s doing?

But he asked me to do some posting on SEO-related topic. I didn’t know what to write about, so I figured I should just steal some guy named Steven Bradley’s idea and post about This Weak in SEO. But unlike Steven, I’m only gonna post about stuff I make up, stuff that may or may not be true, and everyone else’s opinion. You know, like most SEOs.

I also figured I should say something on the site this week, since spammers seem to be in short supply over the last few days and I’m really really bored. The Northern Manitoba middleweight boxing scene is in decline, with a 50% drop in the number of eligible fighters (from 2 to 1, but I’m still only the #3 contender to the title). So I gotta do something. So yeah, here we go. This Weak in SEO.

So what’s on tap for This Weak in SEO? I dunno yet. I’ll figure that out when I write it. It’ll probably suck, though. Most SEO stuff does.

Advertiser is Mad

Anthony is upset because he’s getting spammed by blog publishers who know he buys advertising on blogs. In other news, my mom is mad at all the telemarketers who call because she’s stupid enough to pick up the phone and buy something every time.

Some Guy Pretends to Consider Not Blogging Anymore

Jim says he may not blog anymore because he’s run out of things to talk about. If he’d really run out of stuff to talk about, he wouldn’t consider not blogging…he would just stop. Nice try.

Publisher Loses PR, Gets Banned, Throws a Fit, Almost No One Notices

Chris is upset because he lost Google Toolbar PageRank and his Adsense account.

I’m sure the lack of real content in most categories and the zillion one-paragraph posts devoted to mattresses that all linked to different pages on the same dotcom had nothing to do with it, either.

Guy Wants SEO Advice on Content Thieves

In one of the few legitimate questions in the SEO world this week, Doug wants to know whether or not he’ll be hurt by spammer blogs linking to his site and using his RSS content on their blogs.

Peter says not to worry about it. Search engines are smarter than that. To show how smart they are, they didn’t even hire me and I have a fifth-grade education! They know what spammers are up to usually.

I Like Soup from a Can

This has nothing to do with SEO, and is totally irrelevant. But then again, irrelevant posts about stuff are cool, too. Like this one. I don’t care what Wikinomics says about it.

Get People to Comment on Your Blog

BlueJar.com tells you some things you can do to get blog commenters to comment on your blog. He’s also got a way cool logo. It gives me the urge to make spaghetti.

Useless Stuff on Useless TNX

Sha Money Maker posts about how great TNX, a new text link ad network that’s already on Google’s radar and will probably be the next scam to be busted and cause SEOs worldwide to be outraged for no good reason at all. Of course, this will have to be settled in the ring as Matt puts on the gloves and takes on the best boxer in the SEO community, which is probably some 98-pound weakling with a pocket protector, so a good time will be had by all.

Adam Lasnik Says Key to Guaranteed #1 Ranking is to Buy Off Google

This is one of those things that may or may not be true, and I’ve done all of the research (none) that most SEOs do to confirm such things, but Adam Lasnik’s uncle’s brother-in-law’s grandson’s cousin’s mother’s sister-in-law’s niece’s second cousin twice removed told me that. So I don’t have to research it. It’s true. Give ‘em a case of beer and you’ll be #1 in no time. Really.

So there you have it. This Weak in SEO. It sucked. I warned you. Time to go find some more spammers to write back to.

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