October 2008
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10.20.08MacBook Bloodspray.WARNING: Not only is this post COMPLETELY juvenile, but the pictures are somewhat graphic. You've been warned. So, a few days ago, I'm laying on my friends sofa, smoking a cigarette and drinking a beer. This particular friend of mine is a master tailor (very handy guy to have around when you want to get your pants hemmed). Anyways, he had just recently given himself a nasty needle wound on his thumb, and him being the kind of guy that he his, he was trying to gross me out by shoving the disgusting bloody stump in my face and saying ...
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10.04.08People are talking about your niche, but where?!?!My curiosity has always been a great asset. I've always been interested in the social psychology behind word-of-mouth marketing, group trends, memes, etc. I've learned a ton from tracking emerging memes and seeing how/where they spread. The techniques and discipline applied to researching memes can also be applied to brands and niche specific search queries. Its useful to research this kind of information because it lets you know where your audience is communicating. Knowing where your brand/niche evangelists are communicating is an incredible asset, because they really have their fingers on the pulse of that brand/niche, and people LISTEN to ...
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10.03.08Google2001 search for finding domainsSo, I've been messing around a bit with Googles 2001 search (http://www.google.com/search2001.html) and I've found some great old domains with it. I got the idea when I found some domains that ranked for various viagra search terms back in 2001 that are now unregistered. They are old, plus have backlinks, which is a double bonus. We all know how much Google loves old domains! Anyways, I created a small script that goes through the 2001 SERPs and pulls each domain into a list that is run through a whois search to see if it's available. In under and hour I found ...
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