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My feed is fixed

SEOidiot — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:09:16 +0000

Sorry for anyone who has tried recently but my feed has been broken for quite a while.

Thanks to @EdWords and all who pointed it out to me. I have now fixed the issue so its back up and running.

The issue itself was caused by the development version of my tweetmypost plugin. I hope it hasnt affected the released version but please check your feed if you are using it.

Anyhoo – no excuses now

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My feed is fixed

7 Things you probably shouldnt know about me

SEOidiot — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:57:38 +0000

Julie Joyce tagged me over at SEO-chicks to join the fun in the “7 odd and interesting things about me” meme.

Normally I dont rise to these things but Ill never get a birthday present at this rate unless I play along

So, here goes

1. I met my wife dancing on a podium
It was the early 90’s and it was ME on the poduim. Anyone who has met me will now be wiping the coffee off their monitor or will be in the fetal position on the floor making whooping noises.
It was the 90’s and dance music was king, I do enjoy a wiggle and used to spend 8 hours a night on various podiums, barrels or stages.
Its a scary mental picture I know.

2. I have a hiatus hernia
Where your oesophagus meets your stomach you have a valve, well you do – I dont. It doesnt make much difference to me except I cant drink spirits or wine.
I assume the valve broke somewhere in the chemically enhanced 90’s or the alcohol abusing late 80’s
The doc says I have to take a tablet everyday but I never do…

The last time I had it checked by camera the nurse told me I was the only person who struggled to swallow the camera tube all the way down my throat yet chuckled throughout. Hey at least I know Gay Porn is a career I would be crap at!

3. I have a scold on my arm
This is sounding like an insurance claim, another of my defects anyway. I was scolded badly on my arm aged 2 and even today you can still see it if you look closely on my wrists.

4. I was once a professional cartoonist
This may be stretching it a little but between college and university I made my money by doing cartoons and adverts for local businesses. I have even done cartoons for someone who worked at Disney.
Heres a pencil doodle I did tonight waiting for my daughter to finish school.

5. I am a fairly decent cook
I have been the main catering department in wherever I lived since I was about 14. I feed my family on a food budget of £140 a month and that means we eat…

Fresh food, well cooked and without waste.

6. I spent nearly 15 years as a face to face salesman
I was and am still comfortable standing in front of someone selling a product. I think I was pretty good at it and I hope its helped me in my online stuff too.

If anyone needs to know I can still specify what grinding wheels to use for most jobs (Thankfully nobody ever asks)

7. I would like to move to the USA and then Italy
I love Italy and will retire there (Sandra and I are committed and planning that already).
I really enjoy the visits we have made to the USA and I have toyed with the idea of selling all our property here (I have 2 houses) and moving us all out to California.
I sometimes spend a spare few minutes doing the survey at Find Your Spot but it always suggests somewhere dodgy looking. Id like the opportunity to see if I could build a business over there one day.

OK thats it! And I didnt mention any of the really embarrassing stuff

Now to tag some more poor people: -

Dean Hunt
Niall Harbison
Paul Humphreys
Rob Kerry
Dave Naylor

UPDATE – and @halfdeck just because im curious

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7 Things you probably shouldnt know about me

Affearners

SEOidiot — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:26:57 +0000

After many months of slow progress on Affearners (My Affiliate forum) I have decided tonight to pull the plug.

Over the past few months the amount of decent posts has dwindled to a few a week and the work involved in moderating the forum and cleaning out the spam has been distracting me from the real task of building my new business

So with sadness I have pulled the site

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Affearners

Forgotten Blogs

SEOidiot — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:45:18 +0000

Just stumbled across (literally) a blog that I recognised…

“Holy cow thats mine!”

Its from back in the day when I was creating lots of blogs for niche affiliate offers

I think going through the contents in moderation may be a bit of a task too far!

Lesson here – keep better records of where you leave your sites

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Forgotten Blogs

Syndk8 – Bidding on people now?

SEOidiot — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:39:09 +0000

Just been pointed out to me that Syndk8 – everyones favourite blackhat SEO forum – and a place I used to spend an awful lot of time and where I still moderate – appear to be bidding on SEO names.

And its not just me, Dave Naylor and Esrun get ads too

But they dont seem to be bidding on people like Earl himself, Perk, Irishwonder, Bompa, Dianne88, TheKaptain, Vsloathe and many of the other high profile members.

I assume that this is another attempt to sell the Autopligg tool (Im not a big fan of that)

If it is its odd they arent after phrases like: -

Link spamming

Odd but made me chuckle – see if you can find anyone else I have missed.

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Syndk8 – Bidding on people now?

People you should know in 2009

SEOidiot — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:21:45 +0000

Its been a great year and it looks like 2009 will be a year of change. Now is the time of year when every blog in the world does a predictions post but I am not doing that as I hate them….

So what I thought I would do is run through some of the people I have met for the first time or gotten to know better this year and explain why you should know them too: -

Dean Hunt
I have known Deano since before he was Dean Hunt Buzz Marketing Genius and this year we got back in touch again. I love the way Deans mind works. I know he has some big plans for 2009 and he is as always someone to follow closely

Read and subscribe to Deans blog and follow him on Twitter @deanhunt08

Julie Joyce
Mrs Jay Young and owner at Linkfish as well as an SEO-Chick and a guest blogger at SearchMarketingGurus.

Got to know Julie a bit better this year and she really makes me laugh, most Americans tend to miss interpret my British sense of humour but Julie gives as good as she gets.

Personally I think shes a bit of a crab sniffer, you would need to ask her why…

Follow her on Twitter @juliejoyce

Chris Angus
Chris is a quiet member of the SEO world but the more I have gotten to know him the more I am of the opinion that hes a great guy. Genuine, kind and really knows his stuff.
One of the main qualities I admire in people is the ability to be a ‘free thinker’ – someone who doesnt follow the crowd but has his own opinions and actually puts them into action.

I think the quote from Aaron Wall on this post is very apt

“He is a bit quiet compared to many ‘names,’ but when I have a question about searches, he is one of the first guys I ask.”

Chris writes at his blog Pingpongpie

Niall Harbison
I have followed Nialls cooking videos since he first posted ‘The perfect steak’ on Youtube and have watched as he turned that into the growing business that is iFoods.tv today. A great entreprenuer and a man who understands how new media can help him build a valuable brand.

Have a look at iFoods (Warning – it will make you very hungry!)
And follow Niall on twitter @niallharbison

The guys at Setfire Media
Had the chance to spend a little time with Ian Cowley, David Lindop and Sean Blanks when I was over at SEOroadshow and you couldnt meet nicer people. Sean has been a real gent helping me with some details on a forthcoming project and to spend some time over at their place was great, they have a really strong business by the looks of things.

Hop on over to Setfire and see what they are about

Other people I managed to get to know a little better were: -
@simonheseltine – Good at SEO bad at choosing a decent footy team
@storyspinner – Li is one of the nicest people I know
Ed and Mary Purkiss – You couldnt find a nicer couple – go on try – see!
Dr Karl, Ben and Stephen (@bonytoad) over at conversion rate experts – brilliant at what they do.

I hope you all have a great 2009 I know I will!

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People you should know in 2009

If you like it Tweet it

SEOidiot — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:39:05 +0000

Just a side note, if you like any post on here please feel freee to tweet it by clicking the link at the bottom of each post.

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If you like it Tweet it

I won a Hamper!

Build your own Mac

SEOidiot — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:57:53 +0000

When Esrun told me his macbook had died I assumed he would go out and buy another.

But he decided to do what Steve always does and throw a surprise… He built his own Quad Core Mac!

I noticed Rob tweeting about it today again and it looks as if a few people will be following his lead.

Personally I am not sure ill be able to do it, heres how mine would end up

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Build your own Mac

Spammer at work

SEOidiot — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:07:02 +0000

Well the seat is more comfy and its a macbook on my lap and its not quite as messy but you get the general idea…

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Spammer at work

What would a spammer do?

What should I write about ?

SEOidiot — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:01:20 +0000

Im looking for your suggestions on what I should write about. To make it easy for you to tell me I have added Skribit to the sidebar on the homepage here.

Skribit: Social Suggestions

Its a simple service where you can suggest topics for me to cover and ill do my best to write content that matches those suggestions.

Some things I have been thinking of writing about include: -

Scraping – basic principles and technique
Making your on page links less attractive than the links that pay
Link bait starters guide

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What should I write about ?