Link Whores and Liquor Thieves

Posted by Greg on October 26th, 2007

I while back, I received some swag in the mail from SEO Shirts. However, being the extremely lazy blogger that I am, I never got a round to giving them the link they wanted for the free shirt. So now I’m playing catch up.

Just for the record, I’m a big fan of “links for swag.” (Our mailing address is 23822 Valencia Blvd. Suite 310 Valencia, CA 91355) But I do think that if you are going to do it, you should take the time to make sure your swag generates maximum impact.

I think a T-Shirt announcing to the world that I’m a link whore is awesome. But this particular shirt falls a little short because of the size, typeface and colors used. It’s very difficult to read. A better approach might be a BOTW style white on black. That way, people could see that I was link whore from a good 100 ft. away.

Maybe Something like This?

link whore 2

Moving on…. I figured since it’s Beer Friday and I’m already pulling pictures out of the Blackberry, I’d go ahead and post a few more.

Last week, my good buddy Todd, accused me of swiping a cute little anti-spam flyer during a recent visit to the Plex. Now I can assure you that’s not the case. If I was going to take something off of a Google bulleting board, I would have took the picture of the weird guy with lines all over his face. (Which coincidentally, was posted in close proximity to the spam flyer….)

Most people think that Google is all about kitty cats and lime flavored soda.  But the truth is, that’s not the case. As you can see by this picture, there are some Googlers who really understand the concept of “work hard, play hard.”

Hey, is that a bottle of Belvedere? (FYI, the most popular Vodka in the SEO world)

How did the bottle of Belvedere end up at the coffee kiosk?

And who is that pouring the Belvedere into paper coffee cups? 
(I have no idea, but based on the style of shirt, I would guess it’s a Canadian)

And finally, here’s a photo from the end of the evening. It’s important to remember that if you leave your clothes hanging in the hotel bathroom with the shower turned on (anything to not have to iron) for too long, you will set the fire alarm off when you open the door. When that happens (at 2:00 am), the only way to get it to stop is to rip it off the ceiling and pull that battery out.

Work

Comments

15 Responses to “ Link Whores and Liquor Thieves ”

  1. Lee Odden on October 26th, 2007 3:41 pm

    Hey Greg, your dome, shades and goatee are scaring the hell out of my interns. :)

  2. Greg on October 26th, 2007 4:07 pm

    Wait til they see all the new tattoos I’m going to get. :)

  3. Lee Odden on October 26th, 2007 6:38 pm

    I tried long ago on the tat thing but it didn”t work out.

    About the GOOG vodka, I swear when I blow up that image, it says “link to me” right under the Belvedere logo.

    See ya in Vegas.

  4. Dave Dugdale on October 26th, 2007 8:34 pm

    This T-Shirt thing just cracks me up. It almost seems like you are poking fun at ShoeMoney which makes it more funny.

  5. HonDev on October 29th, 2007 2:48 am

    Maybe we should start a dofollow social networking website which is like mybloglog except when you load up your profile photo it puts a ‘link wh*re’ watermark on there.

  6. Ken Teegardin on October 30th, 2007 10:28 am

    I think I want to run for president of ‘link wh*re’ club. If the dofollow really catches on, I will be spending all my time just commenting. Programming is for losers.

  7. WebGeek on November 2nd, 2007 7:39 am

    Nice! So, Greg, are you a fan of “links for beer” as well? If so, I’ll have a big case of your favorite beer dropped off at your door. :)

  8. Griffin 'Gage' Granberg on November 7th, 2007 9:31 pm

    I’ll take a bottom of Chopin at any moment. :) //g

  9. David B on December 11th, 2007 11:45 am

    In the literal sense, I wonder if Google will see pulling tricks for links as they do paid links. Same thing, different currency :-)

  10. Code4Gold on December 19th, 2007 5:48 am

    Oh, as per my last comment. I live in Daytona Beach and have two Harley’s and more than my share of tattoo’s and ordering a Belvedere here during Bike Week will make you look like a pansy. Hey, I may run websites and be an SEO and programmer but when it comes to an alchoholiday, gimme Kentucky “Straight” Bourbon Whiskey over some Vodka named after a 80’s TV show butler. ’nuff said…

  11. Catfish on January 10th, 2008 11:17 am

    The Link Whore shit is comedy Greg. Hope your doing well man, Happy New Year.

  12. Albert Grande on January 14th, 2008 1:14 am

    C’mon Greg, if you are serious about this link for swag stuff, you should at least post your t-shirt size!
    Thanks for some very funny posts. Keep ut the good work! And let us know if you really do get some t-shirts out of the deal!
    Albert Grande

  13. Anali on March 2nd, 2008 9:58 am

    “Most people think that Google is all about kitty cats and lime flavored soda.”

    I so love this line!!! LOL!

  14. Hater on March 6th, 2008 1:21 am

    The T-shirt is amazing) You can also run on “SEO Bitch” etc. With special editions for LGB)

  15. Intermediate SEO on March 6th, 2008 9:25 am

    hmm. I’ve referred to myself as a link whore a few times and I thought I was being original. So much for living out of the mainstream.

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