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The whole point of the crappy rant of mine is if anyone complains about online reputations and others saying 'unkind' words then in fact is it not ridiculous to call the editor of a blog or a manager of a TV station a racist for showing what the man said? Is it? Also add to that making the comment on a personal blog that doesn;t show anythign even remotely related to anythign racist.
Tomorrow or tonight if I see a report on CNN on some idiot in the KKK, would it be right for me to go to the personl blog of the editor at CNN for that night and call him a racist and anti-semite and so on, for merely reporting word for word?
I really don't see it and in light of the conversation, I would call that a bit out of line, wouldn't you?
As someone who is really an outsider looking in (and staying that way since there is too much bullshit in SEO) I find that what people even in this thread don't realize is that everything 'is' as the group says it is regardless of the facts. There are people in this thread speaking of fairness in their posts and online reputations, but guess what?
I'll be specific and on topic Kimberly ( SpostareDuro) has an article on her site ( http://learningseobasics.com/archives/588) where she speaks of a friend. Her description was 'This weekend, a very close friend of mine was penalized and treated unfairly by someone he had considered to be a ‘friend’ - professionally and otherwise.' That sounds familiar.
Here's my litle SU blog that is pretty free thinking, yet Kimberly is the only review out of like 40 that calls me some bad names and does everything that she says was done to her friend. Here is the page where she calls me a racist. http://www.stumbleupon.com/urlarchive/30/manthony007.stumbleupon.com/
She is the only negative review that I have on SU and it happens to be because of not what I wrote, but what a member of my site earthfrisk submitted. It is an article that looks to be word for word from snopes and the words are a speech by the Australian Prime Minister.
Let's understand this then, Kimberly and others speak of fairness and internet personas and so on as well as having a bad rep, yet many of the people on this board do the same exact things. Whether with their own blogs or on other people's blogs like Kimberly did to me, or with the various multiple personalities that everyone has. They bad mouth others for no reason and throw charges around then get a chorus to clap for them behind the scenes.
If there is anyone here that thinks I am wrong in this, please enlighten me as to how I am a racist for this article by the Australian Prime Minister ( not even on my little SU blog) http://www.earthfrisk.com/blog/?p=77
The link of the original article is in that article. It is from snopes.
Anyone with feedback? To me it is just the same crap ( and I'm not picking on Kimberly) . She calls me a racist among other things and for what the Australian PM said on snopes!) Yet she and others complain about free speech and how others hurt reputations on the net. How the hell is anyone outside of SEO and Social Media supposed to take anything seriously when members here speak of fairness and online reputations, yet at the same time bad mouth others not even for what they say, but for what a politician has said.
Why not talk badly about snopes.com then? Are they racist and what of ABC, NBC and CBS and most of the media that also told of this guys comments.
Take all of this into account and still to this day I have stumbled Kimberly's posts, have admired and commented on her poetry and so on.
Hey if a 'net friend' can do that to me, is there anyone here who actually thinks that others wont do the same to you?
As for me, I might have a thick skin from many years as a stockbroker, but every now and then when I run across an article and post and comments like this and see the participants, it irks me, I think justifiably. I hope you guys agree if you even bother to read the article. Or better yet just go to snopes - here - http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/australia.asp - read this and you tell me if snopes is racist. Since I didn't write it and just allowed it to be posted in the artcile above, what am I missing then?
Maybe I should stop supporting such people is all I can say. Should I judge Kimberly by how she has treated me, especially considering that it wasn't even me? Whatever, it's all BS to me and I just had to rant a little. I will dive back to being a lurker here now. Just note that people do read what is said on these boards.
Bill like i said it was reprinted in hundreds of articles and websites all over the world. If I read it at ABC I would never think of going to the personal blog of the editor and clalign him a racist for daring to print what a leader of a western nation has said. That is what I was gettign at. For anyone in SEO or social media to say anythign about others making remarks, and then at the same time appear to be doing far woirse and for no reason, it seems abi t odd and caused me to rant.
It's all just another nutty day on the internet.
Thanks for the re-wording Kimberly. I appreciate it and have made plenty of mistakes of my own. We all live and learn.
In terns of the whole online reputation thing and my rant, it reminds me of of a scene in Casablanca that I think you guys would like. You can apply it to lots of situations. Imagine SEO people talking about reputations and others who hurt the reputation of others. They are the Captain in this video. I bet a few get a laugh out of this.
The best part is 39 seconds to 45 seconds. He says " I'm shocked that there is gambling here" then someone comes over to him " here are your winnings".
Here's the video at Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM_A4Skusro
That's SEO people getting upset about online reputation and how others speak ill of them. While at the same time they are doing worse or at least equal.
I'm cool with you Kimberly, I've mellowed out over the years and like I said it was a rant.
Regardless of what you think of the Prime Minister of Australia, the point is you didn't call ABC, CBS, Snopes etc a racist, just me. That is wrong, no other way to look at it. And you called me a racist on my stumble blog that doesn't even have the article's contents.
If you are worried about baseless attacks and online reputation, the last thing in the world I would do then is call CBS or me a racist for the comments of the Australian Prime Minister. Does this not make sense to you?
Yeah Bill it's all lol when you look at it and think about it. The comment is like months old and I was in the mood for a rant. All success to the two of you though in your own little business venture, for the rest of your lives.
Carl Icahn will either force Yahoo to be acquired by Microsoft, or he'll get the whole board replaced and put in people who back him. The founders of Yahoo and the people who have made quite a lot of money in the stock who still hold shares, want a merger. They want a deal and when you have a declining stock and there is an offer much higher, you take it.
Yahoo's ad system just plain sucks. The R.O.I. for Yahoo ads is like nothing compared to Google.
JeffQuipp - Data didn't actually procreate the way a biological creature would. He made another android, that's all. That's like you or I making an android. Can it be said that we procreated?
Anyone see the top 100 reasons why Kirk is better?
100. Kirk is a leader, not a follower.
99. Kirk never really got into that kinky "Jumpsuit" look.
98. Kirk has sex more than once a season.
97. One Word: Hair.
96. Another Word: Pretty-good-looking-can't-see-the-weave-WIG.
95. Kirk can beat up a Klingon bare-handed.
94. Picard is a French man with an English accent.
93. Kirk would date Beverly Crusher -- and damn the consequences!!
92. Kirk never drinks tea. Ever.
91. Diplomacy for Kirk is a phaser and a smirk.
90. Kirk would personally throw Wesley off his bridge.
89. Two words: Shoulder Roll.
88. Kirk doesn't wear dresses when admirals arrive for lunch.
87. Kirk once said: "I've got a belly-ache -- and it's a beauty."
86. Kirk would never sing to children in a crisis.
85. Kirk can almost drive a stick shift.
84. Kirk, almost single-handedly, re-populated the Earth's whale
population.
83. Kirk says "Prime Directive? What Prime Directive?"
82. Kirk knows 20th Century curses.
81. Kirk was NEVER infiltrated by the Borg and used against the
Federation.
80. Kirk ate little coloured cubes and still remained relatively healthy.
79. Kirk made do with obviously low performance technology.
78. Kirk never pretends to be a barber in order to gain a tactical
advantage.
77. Kirk wasn't shy about taking his shirt off
--even around those pesky Yeomans.
76. Kirk would never waste a holodeck on something stupid like Dixon Hill.
75. Kirk never once stood up and had to straighten his shirt.
74. One Word: Velour.
73. Kirk can beat a Vulcan at Chess.
72. When Kirk was Picard's age, he retired from Admiral and took to
climbing rocks.
71. When Picard was 37, he was only Captain of the lowly freighter,
Stargazer. When Kirk was 37, he was Captain of the flagship
Enterprise.
70. Kirk liked a good belt of liquor every now and again.
69. One Word: Iman.
68. Kirk looks good with a ripped shirt.
67. If Kirk ever met a Ferengi, he would rip off its head and shit down
its neck.
66. Kirk says "Shoot first and wait for retaliation."
65. Kirk's first officer NEVER tells him to stay on the bridge.
64. Kirk never leaves the room to bawl somebody out.
63. Kirk doesn't rely on the wisdom of some dumb old
janitor to get him out of intergalactic scrapes.
62. Two Words: Funky Sideburns.
61. Kirk never asks his bartender for advice.
60. Kirk never once said "Abandon ship! All hands abandon ship!"
59. Kirk is not politically correct.
58. Kirk never got "dumped" by a woman for an intergalactic busy body named
after a letter of the alphabet.
57. Kirk never wore green tights and frolicked about in Sherwood Forest.
56. If there was ever a Klingon on Kirk's bridge, Kirk would likely be
dead.
55. Ever hear of a bar shooter called "Make it so?" No? How about a
"Beam me up Scotty" then? See the difference?
54. One Word: Miniskirts.
53. Kirk's girlfriends always look good in soft light.
52. Kirk never went anywhere without a whole bunch of guys in red
shirts.
51. Kirk's first officer didn't play some wimpy instrument like the
trombone.
50. Kirk had more dates than his first officer.
49. The extent of Kirk's knowledge of Klingon vocabulary can be roughly
translated as "GO F*CK YOURSELF."
48. If something doesn't speak English -- it's toast.
47. Kirk wasn't some prissy archaeology fan.
46. Picard's middle name isn't tough or awe-inspiring like Tiberius is.
45. If Kirk finds a strange spinning probe, he blows it up.
44. Picard never met Joan Collins.
43. Picard flunked his entrance exams to Starfleet.
42 Picard hasn't fathered any children; Kirk -- probably millions.
41. Kirk has a cool phaser -- not some pansy Braun mix-master.
40. Two Words: Line Delivery.
39. Picard grew up on a quaint little French vineyard, squishing grapes
with his toes, while Kirk slung bails of wheat and hay
in Iowa to put himself through school.
38. Kirk emphasizes his orations with pertinent hand gestures.
37. Kirk once made a cannon out of bamboo, sulphur, potassium nitrate,
charcoal and then fired diamonds into the hearts of his
enemies. (Need we say more?)
36. Kirk is not put off by green skin.
35. Kirk knows how to deal with peace loving hippy goofs.
34. Kirk once fought a Greek god. And won.
33. Kirk barely asks for suggestions. And if he does, he asks Spock only.
32. Kirk doesn't let the doctor tell him what to do.
31. One Word: Fisticuffs.
30. Kirk's name is hated throughout the galaxy.
29. Kirk appreciates Shakespeare, but he doesn't let it show.
28. You can never lock up Kirk for very long.
27. Kirk's eulogies can actually make you cry.
26. Kirk plays god with lesser cultures, and then exploits them for
resources.
25. Kirk's son would never drop out to become a musician.
24. Kirk can climb up a Jeffries Tube and fix anything.
23. Kirk never hired an engineer with punk glasses.
22. The Klingons didn't have a word for surrender -- until they met Kirk.
21. Kirk's bridge is not beige.
20.Two Words: Crane Shots.
19. Picard likes wimpy violin music -- and coerces Data into playing it.
18. Picard allows cats on board, while Kirk beams away even really cute
things, like Tribbles.
17. Kirk is a cultural icon -- Picard is just some guy who's really nice.
16. Kirk specifically ordered a swivel LA-Z-BOY for the bridge.
15. Kirk would never touch SYNTHAHOL.
14. Kirk looks distinguished in reading glasses -- and nobody dares to
call him"four eyes."
13. Kirk can infiltrate Gangsters, Nazis, and even the Pentagon -- easily.
12. Picard likes painting nudes, for art's sake.
11. When Kirk doesn't trust the Romulans, he fires at them. When Picard
doesn't trust the Romulans, he gets fired at.
10. Kirk never once, ever,wore a wiener wrapping Speedo banana hammock on
shore leave.
9. Kirk never gets his command codes locked out by some pimply acting
ensign.
8. Kirk doesn't test the engines -- he just fires them up.
7. When Kirk says "Boldly Go," he MEANS it.
6. Three Words: Flying Leg Kick
5. Picard's crew would never ever think of him as a sexual object.
4. Kirk traveled through The Great Barrier, met God, and wasn't even
impressed.
3. Kirk's bedroom is a passion pit with electric sheets.
2. Kirk would never let his Chief of Security wear a ponytail.
1. One Word: Balls.http://www.duke.edu/web/DRAGO/humor/trek/kirk-vs-picard.html
When they realize how stupid that is it'll be removed from their user agreement. They want deep linking as we all know.
Tested it out 10 minutes ago with one article. Said it was successful, so far still waiting as the article does not show any reviews in addition to the ones from a few weeks ago, and all of those supposed stumbles translated into 0 visits so far. I'll keep you posted and report back here later.
So far it is looking like a scam. But I'll give it some time.
After 1 hour 41 minutes, all of the supposed stumbles aren't there and also all of the reviews aren't either. The site is either broke or a scam. I lost $4! lol
I feel that Andy will still be here, jsut with another personality ( or 4) . Let's all be real shall we?
Andy is too well liked and anyone who is jsut doesn't leave. I can assure you he will not only visit Sphinn but also will comment here and there, but with jsut another name. I'm not faulting that, it seems to be the norm on the net after all.
Things are never as they look. Especially on the net.
He has an excellent blog. Calling it legendary is a bit much though no matter how much you like any site.
Tanner, since everyone here knows even public groups that you can buy votes with, they had to do it. Doing what they did pisses the gamers ( my own friends are in a few groups) off understandably.
the least you guys could do is change the damend title of your entires. I think one of the problems with sites that are web 2.0 is that the groups that do the revolts all twitter each other and everyone posts the same damned thing over and over. No offense gyutae, it just gets a little annoying to read the same thing over and over and over.
Nothing is perfect, every article or video created will be 'out of date' within days or even weeks in our ever changing fast paced twitter online world.
Story: Diggers are Revolting
Revolting is the way for us humans. Name any site and see a similar revolt after a certain time period. The web 2.0 sites and social media news sites are perfect for such revolts.
Everyone wants to be the head honcho. I still love Digg though but understand the revolt by a few leading groups.
It's a real article. One thing about MyBlogLog I wish everyone would agree to is to NOT thank everyone who even glides by your blog. How damned stupid is it to look at someone's avatar and then run to give the guy a message of Thansk for visiting! Dumb, I did it too until I realized I was like Crocodile Dundee in the first movie where a huge crowd was walking toward him in NYC and he tried to say hi to everyone. Hi, hi h i, hi hi . hi.
Wake up people on MYBLOGLOG, say hi and thanks and whatever to pople who join, not pass you by. How much time do you really have in your life to do this?
I have to admit that I still love Yahoo, even after they bliked me for fake traffic through Overture that I proved. Still, I wish Bill gates would make a real offer for them as I think without Yahoo, MSN has very little chance of challenging Google. Without such a teamwork, Google rules the search engine arena for a long time. Plus Google would get even better if they had a real viable opponent.
For some reason Google hits my blog within minutes usually. I don't get it and right after I post an article I get a Google message telling me that they've seen it on the web. I feel like someone is watching me ever since Matt Cutts congratulated me on starting up a search engine. lol
What do you do when someone you like steals your article with one of his clone sites? I have that problem right now and can't decide to act or not.
Story: SEO bloggers: stop linkbaiting and stop imitating