Dawn, of Colours of Dawn, has a recent post which I thought was a really cool idea. She participoates in a PhotoHunt and this weeks theme was TIME. Being extra creative, she posted Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 using images from here life. The result was pretty impressive and has inspired me to try it out too. Look for my attempt later. In the mean time, go check out Dawn’s interpretation of Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
More comment spam for your reading pleasure…
Dr. Jim Moris recently visited my site which apparently left him - impotent. I guess the Haunted Car Commercial scared the left him limp. Maybe I should add a disclaimer - “WARNING: this video is known to cause erectile dysfunction in some viewers. Watch at your own risk”
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Thanks!
Wait, are you suggesting people need to take drugs to enjoy my site? Well, maybe that’s true. But I think reading my blog kills enough brains cells without the aid of the pharmaceutical industry. Thanks, but no thanks.
I think I’m going to move to Marquette, Michigan or at least be buried there.
Have you ever done a Google Search for your name to see what comes up? Of course you have. But have you ever done an Google Image Search? Go ahead, I’ll wait.
Welcome back.
Turns out there are some interesting things you learn about this way. For example, are you familiar with Park Cemetery? I am…now.
There you’ll find the simple headstones of a family that gave us a U.S. Supreme Court justice, the father of night-time wildlife photography And philanthropists who’ve graced our city with parks, a planetarium, pools, zoos, and many other community-enriching facilities.
It’s interesting to learn that there is a whole city that has benefited from your family. Makes me want to get back into our family tree and see what else is out there. Time to call the family historian and putting this stuff on the web.
What new things did you learn about after doing a Google Image Search for your name? If you write about it, leave a link in the comments.
theymightbegiants.com - From the album Here Come the ABCs which goes great with Here Come the 123s
No stranger to the realm of children’s records, They Might Be Giants have seen success with their CD No! and the book-and-CD combo Bed, Bed, Bed. Their latest CD, Here Come the ABCs, offers up 25 alphabetically themed songs. However, as is their charming way, the two Johns (Flansburgh and Linnell), use the letters as merely the connective tissue, allowing them to pursuit intriguing flights of fancy that consider everything from the relative power of letters and sounds to animal hijinks. Just as they’ve always done, there are wistful ballads and high octane rockers. TMBG have always been a family-friendly band, and this disc works just fine for adult fans, who can rightfully consider this simply their newest release. –David Greenberger
So it appears I’m addicted to SEOmoz now but there was a recent post that really hit home today. SEOmoz | Google Follows Nofollowed Links in SEOmoz Comments?
I may be totally wrong on this, or maybe I’ve overlooked some obvious explanation as to why some content on the end of nofollowed SEOmoz comment links has been indexed and ranked. Puzzling over this by myself and with friends hasn’t produced any good conclusions, so I thought I’d throw this out there to the community.
You see, about half my daily traffic comes from Google Image Search (check out the 5th image) Only problem is, it’s not my image. It’s not even hosted on my site. Come to think of it, it’s just a text link to the image that was left as a comment on another post.
So what’s the big deal? Google and other search engines are not supposed to see those links, or at least not follow them (hence “nofollow”) The extra traffic is good and all, but what the heck! Make up your mind already
For those not familiar with the Google OneBox concept, basically, Google Search offers basic relevant information that answers common search queries. For example: what is the answer to life the universe and everything (the answer is classic geek humor - see Hitchhikers guide to the Universe). Another example is found here.
Now the fine folks over at SEOmoz have compiled a short list of Search Results Missing from OneBox.
However, we feel that Google has neglected to include some important information in its OneBox offerings. As such, we’ve taken it upon ourselves to craft the next generation of OneBox results.
Go enjoy the humor of the situation and then check out the follow-up post. What’s interesting to “us” SEO types (stop laughing) is the unexpected consequences of the original post. But I suspect many of you already “knew” what would happen.
P.S. My apologies to SEOmoz for blatantly stealing the image above. Where does this fit in our discussion?
This is very disturbing and on so many levels. In other related spam news…
Yes, the title of this post is a recent addition to my spam inbox subject lines. I’ve been seeing this one a lot lately and it is quickly becoming one of the new spam favorites, starting to dislodge the cheap drugs, OEM software and “enlarging” aids.
Having a website tends to expose you to email junk since there are various ways to harvest your email - even if you’re extra careful. Unfortunately, one mistake can ruin all your efforts. Case in point - GreatAmericanPhotoContest.com (hereafter GAPC).
Let me be perfectly clear. They are HARVESTING YOUR EMAIL AND SMS.
Basically, you enter the contest with all sorts of information, then you get your friends and family to go vote for your baby’s picture - thus causing them to sign-up. Almost immediately, you are bombarded with spam emails from the GAPC and it’s “partners” which all claim to have opt-out and unsubscribe features. Forget about it. While those ones may stop emailing you, al their affiliates continue to email you and don’t associate themselves with GAPC.
You may say, “Yes, but how can you be certain that they are all from this one source. After all, I get spam everyday”. Simple, we used one of Julia’s email addresses for this “Entry” Typically, we use our main address which gets it’s own spam. So it’s quite clear what the source of the spam is.
If you’re a Gmail user, then I suggest you follow this simple trick to help track your email spam.
