It's been a long day
and I'd love a little break
Let's try some Haiku
Describe SEO
With your finest 5-7-5
syllable poem
SEOmoz shirt
to the winner in comments
Vote below with thumbs
I'll start things off with
my own stab at the topic
and then it's your turn
Our battleground's set
25 billion URLs and
a hidden link graph
Some very quick rules
One entry per member; we
end at noon, Thursday
(UPDATE: We're getting some thumb abuse on this post and are trying to puzzle out the cause. In the meantime, we'll only consider thumbs up, rather than up minus down, for the scoring.)
Words, Links - Tell No Lies ;)
Page One SERPs The Google Prize
BEWARE - Matt Cutts spies.
Ooo AND it rhymes! You the man :)
Like this one; rhymes... funny... reminds me of Sokka's haiku in Avatar...
Invictus - that is a huge compliment! Having two sons - 7&10, I have joined them as fans of Avatar.
Interestingly, this quote from Wikipedia on Sokka:
Note the use of the word "hubris". I wonder if Rand wrote that Wikipedia entry? ;)
And we have a winner! Congrats Sean - sorry I didn't make the announcement earlier. Emailed to get details on where to send your shirt :-)
Mmmm...this one might be tie for first in my mind
No degree to show My intelligence is low I'll try SEO
yum
Bloody wonderful. My vote goes to this one.
I pick out my hat
Colour? Depends - weekdays white
Black for the weekend
Very good Hannah. Thumbs up.
A search for ‘Haiku’
Will tell you it all, damn you
Wikipedia
Oh my God - I love this one - blurry genius mkraft :)
mkraft:
Very clever. Gets my vote.
Ha. Or wait, I should say,
wikipedia:
seo is search engine
optimization
Loving this one. Seriously. Even over Sean's poem. Sorry Sean
deep into the night
a sudden urge for black hat
I want number one
Top 10 guaranteed
Instant results! Oh wait,
now dropped by Google
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Kill joy.
:)
Don't make me ban you, spammer!
You need to keep an eye on that lisa person, she seems shifty
Yeah Most of those bruce clayers are kinda funny -- one eye open :)
It's a well-known fact that everyone at Bruce Clay hates haikus. And also puppies.
Lay off the puppies
My dog reads SEO blogs
He's quite sensitive
Double hey!!
An Apology Haiku*
So sorry, Lisa
Though you hang out with Darren
Mozzers still love you ;)
*By "apology", I mean compounding a bad joke with another bad joke. I should probably apologize for the apology, but that would lead to an endless chain of bad jokes and end in my being politely escorted away from SEOmoz.
Correction: I don't hang with Darren. He hangs with me. [scoff]
Yeah... her TV is better.
Hell yeah it is! Shooting zombies is way more fun when they're life-size!
Hey!
make site for users
get links with bait and hard work
tell matt cutts nothing
When you say we must
Finish by noon Thursday,
Is that Pacific?
Spin webs for spiders
while baiting them with key words
bewitch browser's mouse
I like the bewitch browsers mouse part :)
liked the haiku but the pic sealed the deal.
dude...it's the hiphopopotomus vs. the rhymenocerous!
The color is gray
Different tactics every day
So with links we play
Google, my true love.
Why do you torment me so?
Dropped from one to ten.
I promised I'd do one, so here goes ...
tis no more than thee
who giveth my soul pleasure
lost typing away
search marketing
where wasted time is found
purpose everywhere
playing with money
selling widgets with haiku
short attention span
find optimal code
lost for hours at a time
pure love, geeky bliss
being social now
twitter, facebook and it all
we share in the love
I'll give you a thumbs up despite the fact that your search marketing one was off in two lines:
search marketing - 4
where wasted time is found - 6
I'm assuming that since you did this late on a Friday night - you were drunk. :)
I'm assuming that since you did this late on a Friday night - you were drunk. :) I'm seeing 8:18 PM on a Thursday. What time zone are YOU in?
Damn you Slatten!
Okay - I'm on bronchitis time. That said - it was 10:18pm (cst), and Kate is a lush, so I was only off on the day.
Yes Darren, we can't all live in LA. In case you didn't know it, the world doesn't revolve around you. :P (And Sean and I both live in Austin, you seriously may or may not know that)
And Sean ... if you go by the first definition of lush then no. I don't have just a few drinks ... don't make me remind you about Maggie Mae's. I think Todd and I both out drank you that night. :P
I still don't see how 10:18 qualifies as "late" for a Friday night. Isn't that when Friday nights are just getting started? I'm trying to remember from back when I actually did stuff on Friday nights.
What does time have to do with drinking? I don't understand this. Do people drink less at certain times than others? If so, that is weird.
Mystery world of
Secret algorithms with
Organic rewards
Love this!
Thank you!
Newbies in despair
SEO Jungle Scary
Need Yellow Pumas
lily pads using
google webmaster guidelines
not disturbed by waves
Why so many thumbs down in this thread?
Richard, I think the main reason for the thumb downs is that the "contest" of thumbs wasn't defined too well and many thought maybe if they thumbed downed people they would have a better chance to win. It seems silly, I know, but it is not normal for such things to happen.
I signed up today
To join the SEO fun
And Break the rules set
What once was white hat
Is now considered as black
Goal posts moved again
Like cherry blossoms
In spring, inbound links blossom
When least expected.
S-E-O a pain
Client constantly complain
I need my cocaine
LOL! ah Cocaine - the bad old days...
I still do not know
what the hell is going on
I need another beer
Vote for most realistic!
unvisited page
yearning for google traffic
try h1, my friend
"Don't be evil?" Ain't
No such things as halfway crooks,
Black? White? Search is Gray...
Guess I'm voiding my chance of a prize, but just had to followup the 'gray' haiku ;)
--- the white haiku
Link saturation,
Domain authority trust,
G domination.
--- the black haiku
New Cold War arms race:
AIRweb presents, spam fights back
Black is the new black.
Whipmebeat.me
How I long to rank high thee.
Will Google hear me?
Content here and there.
Many relevant keywords.
Scattered all around.
Link me. Link me please.
Pass ranking juice to my site.
Give authority.
Social Media;
To the front page. Please Digg me.
Vote often for me.
Look, Google ranks me
Number one for my query.
People visit me.
Time to monetize,
Watch me make lots of money.
And buy a new car.
Absence of link love
Thus scant eyeballs. Things get worse:
What of conversions?
show clients results
you earned the bigger budget
now show more results
A Simple knowledge,
a life challenge to master.
Connect, write, design.
was a phone phreaking
then macintosh came geeking
learned on a modem
seo old school
officer hacker, you fool.
been there done that, whee!
you may think me gimp
i don't give out my link love.
you seo pimp
links i will not buy
top spot is my perfection
number one? always!
optimize podcast
catalog a pdf
posting to youtube
digg and delicious
stumble upon and rollyo
Sphinn, Plurk and Twitter
seo hacker
algorithm attacker
googlebot, my friend
Haikus are subject
in Monday meeting mayhem
Did 'Moz spy on us?
Yes.
I knew it!
google is our god
we do whatever they want
to get our sites ranked
optimisation
algorithm to be found
search for perfect mind
Paid Links And Cloaking
It Is The Way We All Roll
Don't Lie Cause It's True
What poetic verse
brings joy to my searching soul?
SEO copy
Marketing by search
Content will prove what it's worth
Natural SERP one
new age interact
blog, social bookmark and share
web 2.0's here
Thumbs down is not nice
Thumbs up, oops, I voted twice
Put those thumbs on ice
Thanks, I needed a break today! You're a pretty creative bunch.
SEO destiny
Mastering keywords
Fast as click and sharp as swords
Fight to rule the world
Sorin,
Chinese sayings
web is mega social
make friends build relationships
that's real seo
Keywords, Links & Coffee
Are The Vital Elements
To Please The Big G
A no-follow link
diverted juice til Google
changed algorithms.
Hi, we’re Epiar
great SEO, bad haiku
photosynthesis
Those links are loved best
When they are sent from trusted
Domains ripe with age
white hat SEO
add no pinch of dark hat spice?
a weak recipe
4 ante meridiem
competition sleeping
google analytics
The world spins around me
Search what you like best
Click me cause I'm the first
The hell with the rest!
Sorin
English sayings
In the shower think
how can I get better rank
Never Satisfied
Never mind my rank Shower time is time to spank Close my eyes and yank
End competition. Give this man the shirt.
Darren FTW!
Linkbaiting for sport
Get a rise out of bloggers
Pushing their buttons
Clients want page one
By tomorrow or sooner
Seeing SERPs in dreams
Content is the king
Most over-used phrase ever
Write something fresh please
Search Beyond Logic
Then Logic in SERPs
Be Linked, Get Links
So, by my count...
Sean McGuire - 32 thumbs up
HannahS - 21 thumbs up
Darren Slatten - 19 thumbs up
tho - 18 thumbs up
Me - 16 thumbs up
So, is there any prize for 5th place? ;)
Your prize is: You get to sit back and watch Sean strut around in his 1st-place t-shirt, while you think to yourself: "Damn... I'm only half the haiku of that man." Just be glad you're not in MY shoes. I have to compare my haiku to Sean's, using some kind of crazy irreducible fraction that I can't even pronounce.
Hey, when do I get my prize for winning?
S-E-O for sure
First page rankings is the goal
Clients rule the top
Ambiguous Life
When You're Closest to a Robot
Moving at Light Speed
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SEO is hard
and sometimes doesn't make sense
refrigerator
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if you like this please send me a link to pr1pak.com
You stole that from Treadless. Ha Ha!
nice pickup carlos!
Doorways are not cached
Trackback urls reveal nothing
First time visitor
trees of whimsical markup
spring flowers all that good stuff
leaves full of wisdom
i think "25 billion URLs and" is 8 syllables. jussayn.
8?? It's 10 (or at least 9, depending on how you say "billion")
"Twen-ty Five Bill-i-on U-R-Ls and"
-E
It's pronounced like "earls" (not U-R-Ls) :-)
Hence - twent-y-five-bill-ion-urls-and (7 syllables)
Earls??? Is this yokel SEO?
The twang of banjo
trills softly over water...
URLs are loose!
those are blackhat haiku tactics...what wouldthe matt cutz of haikus say!
twen-ty-five-bill-i-on-u-r-ls-and
Although I build Links
Cannot do without Fishkin
To get better rankings
Keyword spam is bad
Relevant content is good
Whitehat way to go
Links inbound, SERPs high,
we rest. Prayers offered against
algorithm shifts.
My quiet labour
While America sleeps
To promote good things
HEY GUYS,
PLEASE DONT THUMB DOWN THAT YOU DONT LIKE, IT ONLY DECREASE THE MOZPOINTS OF THE USER. JUST CLICK THUMB UP IF YOU LIKE SOMEONES POEM!
keywords in title
put some in the headline too
now go do linking
Oh! How to find a
Way to speak to the Google
Matt Cutts reads my blog
Yes you are new,but
dont be shy little website,
there is room for you.
Dear domain hoarder,
Please let me have your domain.
In return - respect!
Social media:
you can run but you cant hide.
Must get back to work..
To mighty on the rise
Shall not I compromise
I write without plagiarize
Ohhhh I thought you meant Haiku, not a haiku.
A little twist, just for fun:
Words, Links – Do Not Cheat!
Page One SERPs – A nifty feat.
Best way - to compete.
This haiku turned out to be the Danny DeVito to your prize-winning Schwarzenegger haiku. Twins
SEO is fun
Yes even under the gun
lets get number one
Not trying to be a stick in the mud....
But Haiku needs a season reference....to be haiku...
From the wiki "A haiku traditionally contains a kigo (season word) which symbolises or intimates the season in which the poem is set. "
No season word.....no haiku....
Ok, Im being a stick in the mud...
Post Post Post Post Post
Hyena jaws never stop
Google still hungry
obtain one link in
on every day of the year
to in the serps win
It even sounds good outloud! thumbs!!
i tried to find it on the web site
now - not there
mmmmm aloha
credit: rosie.com
"wants and needs you search
copy lures you to my site
then I sell you things"
Words on these pages
Guide seekers to my wisdom
Summer sees less clicks
grammatically, it should be "fewer links" not less links. haiku-wise, i suppose it's excusable
İ think that someone playing around and thumbing down everyone. :)
Why do we do it
The industry is a bitch,
Because we love it
Color of my hat
Like thousand sakura which are
Useful pages for niche.
headers are important
and meta information
content counts some weight
First Keyword Research,
Submit all over the World,
Links for Google Search.
Okay this has totally failed, admit it Rand.. Was a silly idea anyway lol
lol, I meant silly to think that any of us would be any good for all the idiot thumb downers
lol, I meant silly idea thinking we would be any good at poetry..
to all the thumb downers, how sad of u :-)