I like the idea of having a weekly or otherwise semi-regular link post, and so I did something every Friday called the better blogging link blast. Pretty ho-hum execution of a very common idea. Unremarkable. I wasn’t happy with it.
So, I introduce something new, fresh, and much more fun! It’s called Overheard in the Metablogosphere. The idea is to present a quote that’s either funny (especially out of context), or intriguing and mysterious enough to compel you to follow the link. The whole idea here is the mystery of decontextualization (and that, my friends, is your $3 word for the day). I hope you like it.
From Brian Clark at Copyblogger:
This is when I first realized that Google is truly making people retarded.
From ShoeMoney, commenting at 45n5:
Someday I hope you launch a product like this and the first couple days of the launch have some jackass write “WARNING GOOGLE MIGHT BAN YOU IF YOU INSTALL IT”
Skellie at Skelliewag:
That’s all you need to know. Do these things, and you’ll get everything you want.
Tad Chef at SEO 2.0:
So what do I do to get traffic? Almost nothing.
Yaro Starak at Entrepreneur’s Journey:
I’m not sure this will teach you a whole lot about Internet business but hey, you get to see what I had for lunch. Give a guy a camera and this is what happens…
Michael Martinez at SEO Theory:
I’ve looked at so many search engine results pages I can tell at a glance whether a query is competitive. There are subtle signals of competitiveness that stand out like sore thumbs after you have seen them thousands of times.
Yeah, You’ve Seen This Before
This idea isn’t the most original thing ever. Magazines have been doing stuff like this for decades. There are entire websites (with adult language, as far as these next two are concerned) devoted to such things, like Overheard in New York and Things My Boyfriend Says. So while it isn’t never-before-seen, it’s a lot more fun than the usual list of links.
Special Thanks
As I was about 3/4 of the way through this post, I thought… wait a minute… didn’t Skellie…?
Why, yes she did! Perhaps it worked on my subconscious, until, today, it floated to surface of my awareness (one thing you don’t know about me: I think of my own mind like a vast, deep ocean) with a sound like a golden chime: ding! You should do quote links! So if anyone really deserves some good karma kredit for this, it’s Skellie.
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