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Re: Toolbar Buttons site launched

Alister Cameron // Blogologist — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 04:17:35 -0000

Andy, this is legendary. Love it!

I've posted it up on my site and will customise the SEM Search page to promote it too (will need a moment more for that).

I'm enjoying how this "meme" is evolving :)

- Alister

Re: Toolbar Buttons site launched

Alister Cameron // Blogologist — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 04:17:35 -0000

Re: Introduction To Ultimate Tag Warrior | Lorelle

Alister Cameron // Blogologist — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:04:08 -0000

Andy,

Last I looked links to me cover the first two pages of results in Google, bar one or two links to other people.

Of course, that's on my full name which is pretty non-competitive :)

-Alister

Re: Introduction To Ultimate Tag Warrior | Lorelle

Alister Cameron // Blogologist — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:04:08 -0000

Andy,

Last I looked links to me cover the first two pages of results in Google, bar one or two links to other people.

Of course, that's on my full name which is pretty non-competitive :)

-Alister

Re: One Day Blog Silence In Honor Of The Victims Of Virginia Tech

Alister Cameron // Blogologist — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:36:35 -0000

I'll get flamed for this but this is how I "see" it from here in Melbourne Australia...

I wonder if this day of silence would have been called if the event hadn't happened on US soil, to US citizens. I am NOT saying I begrudge them for this initiative... not at all. I support it completely.

But we should have the courage and honesty to acknowledge that this kind of carnage is happening DAILY in Iraq (to Iraqis), in Africa, against political dissidents in China, and so forth... and I don't see days of silence initiated for these.

And what is happening in, say, Iraq is no less obscene, no less painful for human beings, no less taxing on our sense of humanity... it's just not so "immediate".

The Iraqi situation doesn't get the day of silence because we're all "over it", which is to me as much a tragedy.

If the tragedy at VA Tech stops us blogging, then well and good. It may well be a very appropriate thing for many to do. But what about next week when we've done that and then another completely innocent 60-or-so Iraqis doing their daily shopping in a marketplace get blown up by a deeply disturbed suicide bomber?

My point is only to ask for people to weigh human lives on the SAME scales every time... not the scale of their own personal emotional response, but something more objective than that, where an Iraqi life (for example) weighs the same as a US one, or an Aussie one, and is honoured accordingly.

Again... I have no problems with this expression of grief/respect, but where are the similar blog(ger) memorials for innocent Iraqis slaughtered on a daily basis (for example)?

The imbalance of it all screams out at me, and I can't not say so.

-Alister

Re: One Day Blog Silence In Honor Of The Victims Of Virginia Tech

Alister Cameron // Blogologist — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:36:35 -0000

Re: Google Blog Search | How Google Blogsearch ranks your Postsâ€¦ In their own words! (or not)

Alister Cameron // Blogologist — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:15:36 -0000

Andy,

You da man!

I need time to digest what you've written here and it's a way busy day, so I'll have to come back to you as soon as I can give your response the thoughtful response it deserves.

Thanks you so much. The blogosphere is a better place for your efforts :)

-Alister

Re: Google Blog Search | How Google Blogsearch ranks your Postsâ€¦ In their own words! (or not)

Alister Cameron // Blogologist — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:15:36 -0000

Re: SWsoft Acquires Positive Software – Linux Hosting Control Panel Consolidation

Alister Cameron // Blogologist — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:40:38 -0000

I just love h-sphere. It's a bummer I had to let it go when I moved hosts to be in a more "central" location (LA, in my case).

H-sphere is really really good. And of course, it's seamlessly Linux and Windows, which is pretty cool.

I've used h-sphere both as an end-user and an admin. Great stuff.

Ensim also have some very cool stuff, especially their hosted Exchange, which I have used, and might still use if I could get it at a good price.

Thanks for the heads-up, mate.

-Alister

Re: SWsoft Acquires Positive Software – Linux Hosting Control Panel Consolidation

Alister Cameron // Blogologist — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:40:38 -0000

Re: Wordpress FriendFeed Widget

Alister Cameron // Blogologist — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:43:51 -0000

Well done on this!

I can't believe no-one has commented here yet.

Have you evolved this further?

Re: louisgray.com: Gawkk Delivers Video Discovery Engine With a Social Center

Alister Cameron // Blogologist — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:16:54 -0000

Until Hulu goes International it's just a massive disincentive to invest in a site that depends on it, for anyone outside Nth America. Yawn.

Re: More Hypocrisy from Mullenweg and WordPress with new themes jihad

Alister Cameron // Blogologist — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:29:14 -0000

Because Duncan is the king of unnecessary hyperbole. Did you even need to ask?

Just do a review of the headlines on this site! He's desperate to get this new project off the ground and no headline is too ridiculous.

Duncan, you have some good stuff to say, now and again. But stop being the douchebag sensationalist, for goodness sake.

Re: Comment Combiner Status

Alister Cameron // Blogologist — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:49:20 -0000

I would be really keen to see this, but I have a very clear idea in mind of what I want...

I want a Wordpress plugin that doesn't display via JS, but pure HTML.

I'd like to back-end API calls... one to FF and the other to Disqus. then your "logic" to work out how to glue them together based on fuzzy timing (as you've explained), then output to screen via a template that I can code/style, much like the existing Wordpress one. It means I want to be able to make it style as per a normal Wordpress blog, but with merged comments from Disqus and FriendFeed... but not with javascript injection.

Am I talking your language here?? Would be awesome if that's what you were doing!

Cheers,

-A

Re: Tom Goskar's Tumblelog - WordPress Dashboard Widgets

Alister Cameron // Blogologist — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:27:15 -0000

I am looking for a widget that will just show my comments in moderation... that would save me firing up Safari/Firefox, etc.

Anyone seen that anywhere?

-Alister

Re: Does Your Blog Design Matter?

Alister Cameron // Blogologist — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 08:12:09 -0000

To Scott, one of the above commenters:

I think you've done a great job getting a pro to design your site, but there's one minor issue to be resolved: the image of you on the right is a huge file that weighs in at well over 200Kb! It must be resampled and resized... for the love of your visitors who are not on broadband, etc.

:)

Re: Enterprise Social Networking Platforms

Alister Cameron // Blogologist — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:51:06 -0000

You mention Wordpress, which is fair enough, but to be more precise, Buddypress is what we're all waiting for -- the social network "child" of Wordpress, based on Wordpress Multi User. Can't wait.

Re: CSS Cache Problems

Alister Cameron // Blogologist — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:08:01 -0000

Thanks for the "plug", Andrew.

Much appreciated. I trust others will find it as useful as you have :)

-A

Re: 2008/09/26/wordpress-weirdest-uses/

Alister Cameron // Blogologist — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:50:45 -0000

I am intrigued by the newsletter manager idea. It makes a lot of sense. Certainly if the right plugins are added, etc. At least, if your needs are simple. Worth a fiddle, that one.

Re: 2008/12/03/brightkit/

Alister Cameron // Blogologist — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:48:00 -0000

The closeness of names creates a conversation right there... deliberate perhaps?

Re: Picnics

Alister Cameron // Blogologist — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:31:35 -0000

Another whole side of this conversation, one that is not really covered here that I can see, is the question of business models.

Within the bounds of what we might all agree are OK ways to make a quid, there is still a lot of choice and variety in terms of business models. Here there are some who know how to manage cashflow and others who don't.

Business model tweaking can mean the difference between making it to riches, and going broke on the way there.

-Alister

Re: One thing I hope dies in 2007

Alister Cameron // Blogologist — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 05:58:39 -0000

I'm delighted to tell you that British humour and Aussie humour must be very similar. Coz that's bloody funny!

Re: Have Your Top Competitors Do Some Of Your SEO For You

Alister Cameron // Blogologist — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 09:33:55 -0000

Thanks for the mention and link to SEM Search, CK!

Always a pleasure to be of service to the search marketing community :)

-Alister

Re: Google GrandCentral Invites

Alister Cameron // Blogologist — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:18:30 -0000

Lee, I'd love one if any remain :)

-Alister

Re: Why the Fuss about BlogRush?

Alister Cameron // Blogologist — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 01:23:24 -0000

Tamar,

What happened?!!!

In a matter of a day all of a sudden all the blog posts about BR are negative!

Have you noticed that?

But I think it's wise. I mean, we're all pretty jaded about "big launches" and this had better perform.

So thanks for the wisdom :)

-Alister

Re: Why the New Digg Sucks

Alister Cameron // Blogologist — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:39:08 -0000

Tamar,

I guess I have come full circle with Digg. I was fascinated with it for a while there, but I can't take it seriously any more. I have this huge blog post I've mostly compelted, where I liken it to a game. The post is long as, and to be honest I can't be bothered completing it.

Digg to me is such a waste of time. I mean, the traffic is huge, IF you don't get buried -- and I usually do -- and the kinds of people who come by leave again as fast as they got there.

I'd rather be focussed on compelling content and relationships with the ProBloggers, Smashing Magazines and LifeHackers of this world, where at least the traffic is "qualified" and interested.

I really don't care much any more what Kevin Rose does...

He's never done anything for me. I mean, where's the marketing category in Digg? He's never bothered to give our entire industry one! And yet he creates one for the here-today-gone-tomorrow Presidential election!??!

It's a load of crap, and about time we all stood up and said so.

While I'm not enamoured by the while voted news site model, I think I've got more time for Sphinn. But I haven't even been there lately, either.

Sorry. Just so over it at the moment!!

-Alister

Re: jQuery saves the day, again

Alister Cameron // Blogologist — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:00:00 -0000

Amen to the jQuery love.

Came to your blog via the ping.fm widget post, which I've now installed.

Yay!

Re: When Americans Choose to Optimise for the United Kingdom

Alister Cameron // Blogologist — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 06:02:46 -0000

Tamar,

I posted a little while back on a topic much like this, looking at how Google Trends can help with the differences between US/Uk English and the impact that may have in marketing, SEO, etc.

That post was titled:

Google Trends, the English language, keyword research, and your babyÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s fannyÃ¢â‚¬Â¦ err, bottom!

Hi from a Down Under Aussie!

Re: http://blog.inc.com/inc5000/2008/09/seth_godin_on_why_social_netwo_1.html

Alister Cameron // Blogologist — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:57:52 -0000

This blog post title is deceptive, because it's not what Seth is saying!

He's making the point that social networking SHOULD be about helping your customers (any stakeholders, really) reach their goals. All that other social networking crap about adding friends and endless twittering is useless... agreed.

So if you blog, if you twitter, if you Facebook... add value; help people achieve their goals.

Not conversations for conversation's sake... but conversations in the service of a win-win value exchange.

Re: Search Engines for Search Marketing Blogs

Alister Cameron // Blogologist — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 20:33:44 -0000

While I am delighted with a little bit of incoming traffic and "linkbait" from SEM Search, I am just as keen for the most mature, intelligent solution to the challenge of searching and cataloguing news in our "vertical".

And I think, personally, that that would ideally involve a new branch of the "memorandum" family called marketingmeme.com. I have purchased that domain but would be delighted to hand it over to Gabe Rivera (the genius behind techmeme.com) if he wants to run with it.

In an effort to convince him of the need for it, I'm asking SEO/SEM/PR people to please make some "noise" in the comments of this post, which I'll make sure he sees!

Thanks heaps!

- Alister

Re: 41 Internet Marketing Tactics – Take the Poll

Alister Cameron // Blogologist — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:21:23 -0000

Hmm...

If I chose 3 of the top 4 ranked results it might mean I'm going the right thing, or it may have revealed that I'm doing the wrong think, like everyone else!!

I'm just saying that we may all share the lowest common denominator, for argument's sake!

Perhaps the real "gold" is somewhere down in the long tail where most of us are not looking :)

-Alister