Google Page Rank Update
I am coming to you live from a hotel somewhere in the middle of nowhere Pennsylvania. This will be a quick blog as I have to get to sleep.
This might be a day or so late but it appears Google has done a Toolbar Page Rank Update. This is great to hear as this blog moved up from a page rank 1 to 2. I am sure in the next couple of days there will be more Google Smack Down talk and chatter about Nofollow. Stay tuned for more updates on Page Rank updates as it is always a fun time!
I did notice this one post from our friend Kimberly over at yicrosoftdirectorygirl.com. Congratulations!
Its raining its pooring
If you have been keeping track you know that I am in the process of moving. It was raining today and I was less than motivated to get on the road again. Thank goodness I decided not to go because of the storms that swept through the middle of my route. Tomorrow is the big day that my journey begins.
Last night and today I launched a new website, when I should have been packing. The site is still under construction and will be fleshed out in the next few weeks to come. The site will be owned and operated as part of SEO by Chris showcasing Birmingham, AL Search Engine Optimization Service. More information will be coming soon about the status of the new venture.
In tradition with the last few post about my journey here is a music video I found on Google Video Search.
Goodbye New York from yizzle on Vimeo.
Catholics use online marketing
Even the sacred life leads to online marketing. Does that mean I can do holy work and be a Madison Ave. marketer? I was reading the New York TImes this morning on my commute, as I do everyday, and found an article that caught my eye. In a discussion with a friend a couple weeks ago, we were discussing the priesthood and how their membership was dropping off. So I read, to have some interesting point to bring into the discussion. Instead I found something I wasn’t looking for, the Catholic Church using the internet to recruit priest. www.nypriest.com
The story isn’t about internet marketing as much as it is about recruiting to the Priesthood. If you want to read the article, go here.
After reading the article I had to see their website. I somewhat expected a Microsoft Word Style website from 1995 (not much better than mine). At first click I found a very powerful Flash Page. Somebody really did a great job on creating their website. It is neat, clean, and well laid out. One thing that surprised me - it didn’t look very “Churchy.” A good bit of thought went into it and it paid off.
As to the NYPriest.com SEO… There are very few Search Engine friendly elements and though they have a solid page rank could do considerably better. It looks like they have a $1million marketing plan without a complete online marketing campaign.
Find your Name Match
Have you ever met somebody with the same name as you? Have you at least cyber-stalked them? I have. In fact I have been working to push them from the top rankings for my name. On an SEO note all I may have been doing is legitimizing their prescience. My name pressence isn’t the point of this post. One of the fascinating things for me living in New York is having the New York Times at my door every morning before I go to work.
Today I opened the paper to find an interesting article about "googling" your name and making contacts with people with your same name. This is snapshot of the article. To read the whole article: Names That Match Forge a Bond on the Internet.
Names That Match Forge a Bond on the Internet
From time to time Sam Blackman, a pediatric oncologist in Philadelphia, checks up on people other than patients. Namely, other Sam Blackmans.
No stethoscope is needed to take the pulse of his namesakes, though — just a Google search. And while he has never met the men he refers to as Sam 2.0 and Sam 3.0, when one of those other Sam Blackmans posted a photograph of his wife on the Internet, Dr. Blackman, 39, couldn’t help but feel a twinge of pleasure.
“I’m like ‘Oh! Sam Blackman got married,’ ” he said. “I felt like I should send a card or check his registry on Amazon.”
Now that the telephone book has been all but replaced by the minutiae-rich Web, searching out, even stalking, the people who share one’s name has become a common pastime. Bloggers muse about their multiple digital selves, known as Google twins or Googlegängers (a term that was the American Dialect Society’s “most creative” word last year).
In “Finding Angela Shelton,” a book published this month, a writer named Angela Shelton describes her meetings with 40 other Angela Sheltons. Keri Smith, an illustrator, has posted drawings of six of her Googlegängers on her blog. There are name-tally Web sites like SameNameAsMe, and Facebook coalitions including nearly 200 people named Ritz (their insignia is a cracker box logo) and a group aiming to break a world record by gathering together more than 1,224 Mohammed Hassans.
But while many people are familiar with Googlegängers, a fundamental question has gone unanswered: Why do so many feel a connection — be it kinship or competition — with utter strangers just because they share a name?
I have never met someone with my same name. I think it would be interestingly creepy. What if they were better than you? What if they were worse? What if they were a criminal? These are all good questions. For now I belive I am content just "cyber-stalking" their name.
Calling all SEO Bloggers
Ever wanted to post about SEO? Ever wanted to be a guest blogger?
Here is your chance. Due to my impending move and job change I am not going to be able to up-date as frequently. So if you are interested in guest blogging use the contact form and we can discuss.
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