Comments on: How Ted Leonsis worked his blog to the top for a Google vanity search http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061113/3935/ Technology, music, video, art, news, reviews and muse on the web Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:48:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Not Ted Leonsis http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061113/3935/#comment-348427 Not Ted Leonsis Fri, 24 Nov 2006 22:39:39 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061113/3935/#comment-348427 Oh how a few weeks can change things for the mighty Ted Leonsis Oh how a few weeks can change things for the mighty Ted Leonsis

]]> By: Ted Leonsis Update.. | SEO http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061113/3935/#comment-344996 Ted Leonsis Update.. | SEO Mon, 20 Nov 2006 21:11:52 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061113/3935/#comment-344996 [...] An excellent piece of Ted Leonsis and the vanity searching on thingsthatmakeyougohmm (Ted Leonsis)  [...] […] An excellent piece of Ted Leonsis and the vanity searching on thingsthatmakeyougohmm (Ted Leonsis)  […]

]]> By: The Blogging Times » How To Be A Narcissist in 365 Days http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061113/3935/#comment-340647 The Blogging Times » How To Be A Narcissist in 365 Days Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:55:38 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061113/3935/#comment-340647 [...] From blogosphere: Doc Searls Weblog, Things That, Blogspotting, IP Democracy, BlogWrite for CEOs, Rex Hammock’s weblog [...] […] From blogosphere: Doc Searls Weblog, Things That, Blogspotting, IP Democracy, BlogWrite for CEOs, Rex Hammock’s weblog […]

]]> By: North America’s Next Top Blogger? - Be a celebrity first « //engtech http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061113/3935/#comment-340377 North America’s Next Top Blogger? - Be a celebrity first « //engtech Tue, 14 Nov 2006 07:33:53 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061113/3935/#comment-340377 [...] It isn’t good or bad; it doesn’t mean they don’t deserve it. It is just something people should remember when wondering how these guys became top bloggers in the first place. You can’t underestimate how much easier it is to reach a wide audience when people already know who you are, how much easier it is to get high search ranking when you’re linked to by every blog on aol.com, or how much easier it is to break news when you already have the connections. [...] […] It isn’t good or bad; it doesn’t mean they don’t deserve it. It is just something people should remember when wondering how these guys became top bloggers in the first place. You can’t underestimate how much easier it is to reach a wide audience when people already know who you are, how much easier it is to get high search ranking when you’re linked to by every blog on aol.com, or how much easier it is to break news when you already have the connections. […]

]]> By: Gerald Buckley http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061113/3935/#comment-339900 Gerald Buckley Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:24:19 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061113/3935/#comment-339900 I'd happily (but reticently) trade in my Wordpress.com suffix and test the claim! :) I’d happily (but reticently) trade in my Wordpress.com suffix and test the claim! :)

]]> By: TDavid http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061113/3935/#comment-339874 TDavid Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:10:36 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061113/3935/#comment-339874 Gerald - thanks for sharing your personal interaction with Mr. Leonsis. I didn't mean to slam him personally with this post, rather to point out that when he blogs (whether because he wants to manipulate search results or because he honestly wants to communicate, or some of both) vs. non-celebrities (most top executives are celebrities) blogging, there is a different set of criteria in play for search engine results. I guarantee your blog would benefit if it was on an AOL subdomain and linked by every blog in the Weblogs Inc circuit, particularly a PR8 one. People who read the Washington Post piece aren't treated to this part of the story. Gerald - thanks for sharing your personal interaction with Mr. Leonsis.

I didn’t mean to slam him personally with this post, rather to point out that when he blogs (whether because he wants to manipulate search results or because he honestly wants to communicate, or some of both) vs. non-celebrities (most top executives are celebrities) blogging, there is a different set of criteria in play for search engine results. I guarantee your blog would benefit if it was on an AOL subdomain and linked by every blog in the Weblogs Inc circuit, particularly a PR8 one. People who read the Washington Post piece aren’t treated to this part of the story.

]]> By: Gerald Buckley http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061113/3935/#comment-339840 Gerald Buckley Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:36:08 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20061113/3935/#comment-339840 I've met Mr. Leonsis. In fact, took the stage at a Thrifty Car Rental after his and Terry Jones' keynotes at our frachnise conference. Talked with him a bit before the show and I think he would blog no matter if he was at AOL or had a Wordpress.com domain to write from. He's definitely a passionate guy. (You can blame him for the carpet bombing of CDs from AOL by the way... That was his baby.) Sure, there's an ego stroke going on... and maybe his execution (_blank spawning) is a bit wacky... Still, he's most definitely up there with the right crowd doing the right thing. I’ve met Mr. Leonsis. In fact, took the stage at a Thrifty Car Rental after his and Terry Jones’ keynotes at our frachnise conference. Talked with him a bit before the show and I think he would blog no matter if he was at AOL or had a Wordpress.com domain to write from. He’s definitely a passionate guy. (You can blame him for the carpet bombing of CDs from AOL by the way… That was his baby.) Sure, there’s an ego stroke going on… and maybe his execution (_blank spawning) is a bit wacky… Still, he’s most definitely up there with the right crowd doing the right thing.

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