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A, B, C-List Ya’ Later! Definition of a C-List Blogger.

March 23, 2007 – 12:00 am
With so much drama in the LBC (Lower-Tier Blogger Community), it’s kind of hard being… well… comfortable about blogging. But rest well my friends. Today I found out (via Kineda) that I am a C-List Blogger and I couldn’t be more happy. Sure, A-List Bloggers get to enjoy the riches, the woman, the notoriety, but C-List Bloggers enjoy much more unseen (quiet) benefits. For instance, C-List Bloggers can comment harshly on anyone’s blog without notice or say incredibly stupid things, make completely conflicting arguments and settle on using a WordPress template instead of customizing their blog AND NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW. A-Listers can only dream of that kind of anonymity. But I know what you’re thinking (and by “you,” I mean the 3 people that actually read this blog), what is a C-List Blogger? Well, Kineda explains that a C-List Blogger is: “The Middle Authority Group [C-List Bloggers] (10-99 blogs linking in ...

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Ground Round Up: Week of March 12, 2007. Cheers!

March 16, 2007 – 6:54 pm
It’s been a tough year but we made – it’s finally St. Patrick’s Day. Can’t wait to drink myself Irish. The Ground Round Up is designed to be a weekly post to allow me to give thanks to those who have linked/mentioned to my blog, notice those individuals who have helped in my learning of search marketing, and any post that I found interesting/unique over the past week. First off is a great post over at Bruce Clay by Lisa Barone. The post spoke about linkbaiting on an unsavory subject matter that could potentially be unethical. Specifically, it was a question around Brittany Spears and linkbaiting (for the mental institution). It was a great post and the only thing I found disappointing was the lack of debate. It really seemed one sided – everyone just agreed with the post. Personally, I get a little freaked out when there isn’t heavy debate around ...

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