Monday, February 27, 2012

So I just started using Pinterest and let me tell you, it's addictive!!! I got an invite from a friend on Facebook and at first I disregarded it as if it were a Farmville request of some sort. It wasn't until I saw other friends on Facebook linking their 'pins' that I got curious. So I registered for an account and at first I really wasn't sure how it worked. I began clicking around and realized it was a social bookmarking site that connected you with other people with similar interests, hence the name 'Pinterest'. Most of my friends that are on it are female with the exception of only a few of my 'more' dapper male friends. So far I've only worked on three of my bords; Motorcycles, Women I Love, and Men With Style. It seems that any free time I have I find myself looking for things I like. Pinterest want you to be able to share your finds with friends so they allow you to link your pins to your Facebook profile. I guess that's how they got me to actually act on that invite. I can't wait to finish this post so I can get back to Pinterest. See ya!

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Monty Python - Merchant Banker Sketch



Monthy Python's Flying circus is one of my all time favorite shows. Sure it was aired before I was born but was I was introduced to it by a friend I was hooked! One of my Favorite skits is The Merchant Banker with John Clesse. A few months ago I was searching for this video but didn't know the title of the sketch. All I rememebred was that there were pantomime horses in it and they were asked to fight to death. I did everal search queries on You Tube but that included words such as 'pantomime, horses, fight, John Clesse' etc. but it didn't get the results I wanted. After several search queries, I finally found the video and then realized why it was that I had a bit of dificulty finding the clip I wanted. The tags used for this clip are very few and it doesn't have a very long description. This affects the video's SERPs as well as VSEO. It is an old video posted back in 2008 and yet it has only 13,891 views. In my opinion this is a very good skit and its quite relevant with the sentiment currently felt for Bankers in the U.S. It really should see a spike in views but it hasn't because it is not optimized for searchability.