2011 was kind of a busy year for me, especially during the latter half of the year when -- after 10 years in the part-time consulting racket -- I returned to full-time employment. It really cut into my blogging time, and I want to thank all of my loyal readers for sticking around. In any case, here at Windypundit, 2011 was the year in which: I argued that bloggers shouldn't … [Read more...] about 2011 in Review
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I AM an SEO Badass!
That's right! When it comes to search engine optimization, I can now claim to be one of the giants. Thanks to this post, Windypundit now owns the #1 and #2 Google search results for the phrase "Obama's left testicle". … [Read more...] about I AM an SEO Badass!
The Conspiracy to Silence Lindsay Beyerstein
I've got to get the word out about Lindsay Beyerstein. I first encountered Lindsay a few years ago at Magikthise, her original personal blog. (That name sounds like one of the lesser-known Bond girls, but it's actually a geek reference to a character -- a philosopher, your basic working thinker -- in Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.) … [Read more...] about The Conspiracy to Silence Lindsay Beyerstein
A Note To Potential Employers Who Stumble Across This Blog
I've had a few job interviews recently, and although the subject has never come up, it seems likely that, in this day and age, someone at one of these companies is probably going Google me, and the first thing they'll find is this blog. Uh-oh. So...If you found this blog because I applied for a job at your company or because someone at your company is thinking of hiring me as a … [Read more...] about A Note To Potential Employers Who Stumble Across This Blog
Gaming Alexa Blawg Rankings
About a month ago, although he expressed some doubts about the meaningfulness of blog ranking systems, Jamison Koehler published a list of 26 legal blogs along with their ranks according to the Alexa traffic rank tool. His blog's Alexa rank of 2,011,842 put him at number 12 on the list, just behind me at number 11 with my Alexa rank of 2,011,820. Koehler took it like a … [Read more...] about Gaming Alexa Blawg Rankings