gaming the engine – nigritude ultramarine
mostly in response to this comment.
It is not your content that is your advantage, but the audience your
content has created. Most people will not become icons with large
followings who can just make a statement on their site and get dozens
of inbound links for it.
can’t be. i have no audience (31 inbounds tracked by technorati at the moment). i have more posts (761) than comments (581). i’ve been at this blogging thing for less than a year. and with all that, i still manage to get some amazing googlejuice for things i think are important – at the end of 2003, i gave everyone a look.
having flirted with the #1 spot for some time in each case, i seem to be firmly placed at #2 for both hope stout and rafe esquith – and that’s important because those are inspirational people.
also important, the meta-roj blog has become a nexus for those concerned with 97 radio – so there is some community there, but it’s an exception. i’m glad i’ve saved some people the heartache and walletache by offering up an opinion and leaving the comments open, despite the efforts of blogspammers – many of whom still owe me money.
i also seem to hold the #1 spot for polyphenyls and hurricanes duration – so my credentials in the science fields are pretty solid too.
i’m not particularly fascinated with my googlejuice anymore, but it still amazes me when something prompts me to look at it again. perhaps more amazing is the sheer volume of human effort that seems devoted to search engine optimization – i have to believe that we all could be doing something more useful.
i’m not entering the contest. i’m here to throw some googlejuice on the fire. someone should send me an ipod anyway, because, i deserve one too. i am curious about where i’ll land with everyone trying to game the engine.
just because i’m a nice guy, here’s some nigritude ultramine for anil.