Pilgrim’s Picks for Tuesday

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007 by Andy Beal

Here’s what else caught our attention this Tuesday morning.

What happens when a search marketer runs for election?
Lost fans, want to know where the island is located?
Google’s the second most innovative company in the world, do you know who’s #1?
Bloggers, do you know what to do if you’re SLAPPed?
Search marketers weigh in on paid links. Am I for or against them?
A cancer survivor is riding his bicycle across America to raise awareness for hospice care. He’s blogging as he goes!
Neil Patel is not busy enough, so he’s set up a new blog to help others become as famous as him.

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Brian Chappell Says:

May 8th, 2007 at 10:28 am

Andy: I noticed you made this comment on at the gurus interview: “can I find evidence that the page is passing PageRank” Would you care to elaborate how you go about this without spilling all your beans?

Sorry had to ask
Andy Beal Says:

May 8th, 2007 at 10:48 am

@Brian - there are lots of tell signs. First, making sure the site is not preventing the pass-thru with a nofollow, noindex or js redirect links. The next is more complicated and involves checking to see if other link recipients appear to benefit from their paid links.
Kim Krause Berg (cre8pc) Says:

May 8th, 2007 at 10:58 am

Well…we’ll have 3 more years to find out where the island is (or isn’t.) They’ve signed a contract for 3 more years of 16 “uninterrupted” shows.

I only plan on sticking around as long as Sawyer is there.
Andy Beal Says:

May 8th, 2007 at 11:56 am

@Kim - I don’t know if I can stand another 3 years. I love the show, but just when you get one mystery solved, they create another!

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