Archive | October, 2007

31 October 2007 2 Comments

R Kelley speaks whats on my mind

This the best and only quality post on SEOmoz ever. Thank you Rebecca for saying what was already on my mind. A while ago some of my SEO/SEM friends started asking for diggs. They started out IM conversations with the usual small talk and catching up. Then came the “can you digg this for me?”. [...]

29 October 2007 1 Comment

Google Dupe Content Still Hosed

At SES SJ Dave Naylor and I had a chat about how broken Google’s “dupe-content/authoritative” filtering is. Dave posted on it back then. Matt and a few other Googlers were present and noted that its a problem. Here’s another great example of it: What do we find in supp? Come on Google. This content is

25 October 2007 1 Comment

hahahaha i’m a PR4

That is funny.

23 October 2007 Comments Off

Where I Fit on an Auto Insurance Actuarial Table

Having recently celebrated my birthday, I was talking about how lame 24 is. I mentioned looking forward to turning 25 so my auto insurance can come out of the stratosphere. I got to thinking, and this is what I imagine the actuary table looks like for me: Hat tip to my insurance agent for beating [...]

21 October 2007 1 Comment

UFC 77: Daddy Got Paid

UFC 77 this weekend was an awesome, awesome experience. We met some great people, partied hard, and watched some phenomenal fighting. I want to thank MMAJunkie for the Cincinnati hospitality and hooking us up over the weekend. It’s always great to meet the people who run sites you’ve been a long-time visitor of, but Junkie [...]

18 October 2007 3 Comments

Calvin Ayre is a Certified Badass

I always knew Calvin Ayre was a badass. Ever since I heard that he essentially couldn’t set foot on US soil because of Bodog I knew he was a hardcore badass. Today he made this post which confirms it. Calvin Ayre is officially one of my heroes. Here’s a quote, one of Calvins ideas for [...]

16 October 2007 3 Comments

Congratulations to SEOMoz, You are so Green

As of Monday, our friends at SEOmoz have officially gone carbon neutral.. I’m so impressed by this and relieved to know that companies in the SEO community are doing good too! Let’s see some fun facts from the SEOmoz blog: * 73.7% of SEOmoz’ carbon emissions are the result of air travel! Jeez, all of [...]

15 October 2007 17 Comments

How a Site Gets Built at SMG

A lot of people have asked Shoemoney and I what our process is for building things. Usually these are the same people who have been in the planning stages of their idea for the past 2-3 years. They wonder if we draw up a sketch of how things are going to look, or if we [...]

14 October 2007 2 Comments

Rollin Like an Unmarried Man

My friend Todd made a post about his rockstar lifestyle. I’m sorry buddy, but that’s what happens when you get married. This was my weekend: Friday afternoon fly in to Minneapolis on the Shoemoney jet. Happy-hour with potential client. Have a few drinks. Friend calls, in the unenviable predicament of having a date who was [...]

10 October 2007 2 Comments

I Knew IncrediBILL was Working on Something..

I’ve talked to IncrediBILL at a few conferences and he’s always raving about his anti-scraper tools. He’s been talking about about his ultra-anti-scraper technology. I was always skeptical of something scraper-proof. I finally found a site using his technology, and I have to say it is definitely scraper proof. Check out this screenshot in Firefox [...]