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$200 Twitter Contest: 122 Characters Sent Back 2000 Years

Posted: March 10th, 2010, 1:05pm CST by QuadsZilla

Tags: SEO [edit]

Today, I saw what I thought was an interesting thread over on reddit:

If we could transmit a single, 140 character message back to the year 2000, what should it be?

But I misread it as:

If you could send a single 140 character message back 2000 years, what should it be.

And I think my misread is way more interesting. So much so, that I’m making a $200 twitter contest out of it.

Now we’ll need room for link, so lets make it 122 characters.
The Contest
Assume for a second that the message will be widely read, and that the readers can all understand English. What 122 character message would you send back to the year 10 AD (2000 years ago)?

Answer in a tweet: Up to 122 character answer followed by a space and then this url: http://tr.im/RllZ

Whoever comes up with the best answer wins $200 (via paypal). Best answer decided by me, but I may be influenced by the comments on this post.
Why 6th Place in Search Might Soon Be a Player

Posted: March 9th, 2010, 8:02am CST by QuadsZilla

Tags: SEO [edit]

Right now, Ask, Bing, Yahoo and Google control 99% of the search market. In Europe, Google controls close to 90% of that.

That sounds like about the same market penetration that lead to the EU decision to force MS to offer browser choice this month on new machines.

But right now, most (all?) of those browsers default to Google search.

Europeans need more choice. Just like they needed choice on the browsers. On new machines, after they download whichever browser, they need a screen with the top 6 search engines and to ask people who will be their default search provider.

Even if the browser is Chrome.

It’s only “fair.”

What’s good for the Goose is good for the Google.
Microsoft Cross Platform Flow

Posted: March 8th, 2010, 3:35pm CST by QuadsZilla

Tags: SEO [edit]

Via download squad:

It’s the same game, the same code, compiled to run on three different Microsoft devices. This type of thing really is going to be huge.
Hear That? It’s the Sound of Socialist Heads Assploding.

Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 2:17pm CST by QuadsZilla

Tags: SEO [edit]

Canadian Premier Danny Williams goes to the US for heart surgery.

An unapologetic Danny Williams says he was aware his trip to the United States for heart surgery earlier this month would spark outcry, but he concluded his personal health trumped any public fallout over the decision.

In an interview with The Canadian Press, Williams said he went to Miami to have a “minimally invasive” surgery for an ailment first detected nearly a year ago, based on the advice of his doctors.

“This was my heart, my choice and my health,” Williams said late Monday from his condominium in Sarasota, Fla.

“I did not sign away my right to get the best possible health care for myself when I entered politics.”

But . . . but . . . Canada has teh best health cares system evah!

There’s no place in the world I’d rather be sick or injured than the good old USA.

“If the US enacts these so-called reforms, where will the Canadians go for care?” – Jay Leno
The Real Reason Google Dropped Youtube Support

Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 10:20am CST by QuadsZilla

Tags: SEO [edit]

So you’ve probably heard that Google has decided to drop IE6 support for Youtube.

At first I just figured “Cool, we’ll get more people away from IE6.” But the real reason is that they want to promote Chrome:

That first Slot will get a majority of the clicks.

Very clever Google. Evil. But Clever.
“Mad Libs Converts!” says Case Study

Posted: February 25th, 2010, 8:35pm CST by 111-222-1933email@address.tst

Tags: Affiliate Marketing [edit]

When I was in 3rd grade, I got in trouble for putting curses in a Mad Libs book during lunch hour. We were laughing our asses off and the lunch lady monitor came over, took the Mad Libs book and sent me and my cohort “to the principals office.”

I remember crying for like 2 hours thinking I was going to be in so much trouble as they “called my parrents”. But when my mom came in she was like “OK but look, he got all the parts of speech right: adj, verb, noun – even the adverbs.”

Who gives a shit?

Well, probably no one, but it’s an anecdote that’s tangentially related to this cool case study: so go fuck yourself if you don’t like hearing my life’s story.

In the case study (should I hotlink the pic? – Fuck it, i gave ‘em a link, I’m gonna hotlink the pic.) here’s what they did:

And supposedly “Mad Libs style forms increased conversion across the board by 25-40%. ” If true that certainly doesn’t suck and should be added to your arsenal of split run testing.

Now zoom out: What other “games” can you incorporate into the offers you’re promoting? Off the top of my head, I do remember those banners that were like “shoot the duck” or “swat the fly”. They ran forever, so they must have worked.

What other games can you play with your potential conversions to get them to interact more?
Aaron: It’s not Spam, It’s a “Newsmaster Site”

Posted: February 22nd, 2010, 6:48pm CST by QuadsZilla

Tags: Computer Generated Content [edit]

Aaron, Aaron. You still don’t know the difference between a spam site and a newsmaster site?

While they may appear similar, they are actually quite different.

Since you’re having trouble with it (and you ARE an SEO expert), no doubt some of my other readers are struggling with it as well. So for all of you, I’ll give you this infographic cheat sheet:

It’s pretty clear to me.

Also note: If you spout off bullshit about purple cows or you have already made millions selling off your steaming pile of shit web “business” during a bubble, then from that point onward, you are incapable of making a spam site. The sociopaths over at Google are too starstruck to ever consider anything you do “spam.”

Hope that helps!

-q
Buzz Without the Buzz

Posted: February 19th, 2010, 6:34am CST by QuadsZilla

Tags: MSN [edit]

I logged into my Hotmail account today and saw this:

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It links here. (among other places).

Basically, Microsoft is integrating all the social media site into their Live platform. There was a hint of it on the Windows 7 Series phone video, but what this does is let’s you update your “status” at all the sites at once and integrates seamlessly into all the sites you already use.

I don’t use Google’s “Buzz”, but isn’t this the meat of it?

But somehow I doubt we’ll see umpteen million posts about how it’s this crazy game changer. Microsoft is just quietly executing on all fronts this year while the blogosphere almost completely fails to notice.
Open Thread: Who is the Best Banner Designer Out There?

Posted: February 18th, 2010, 1:08pm CST by QuadsZilla

Tags: Affiliate Marketing [edit]

Looking for links to the best banner designers out there.

Shameless self promotions invited.
Scary

Posted: February 18th, 2010, 6:55am CST by QuadsZilla

Tags: SEO [edit]

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