Coupons are BIG BUSINESS on the internet today, and understandably so with more and more merchants trying to drive traffic to their websites.  Not only does it provide a nice incentive for shoppers to ”shop from home”, but it also gives the merchant a way of tracking and measuring the success of their efforts.  Just one more online marketing tool to increase qualified traffic?  Maybe…

Just a quick post to let our readers know that we here at SEP are especially proud to have co-authored a blog posting (with our good friend Dave Harry aka theGypsy) that placed 2nd for the prestigious Rubber Chicken Award aka ‘the Columbo’ … for funniest industry blog post of the year. The results were published at SearchEngineLand yesterday.

The post(s) that placed second for the Columbo award were:
1) The First (un)Official Sphinn Awards - Day 1
2) The Sphinn Awards Part 2

Apparently, they were as fun to read, as they were to write!

Sorry Jeff, I can’t add you to my Twitter account!

It’s hard enough for me to keep up with all my social media accounts, let alone an amphibian!

As we approach the end of 2007, I just wanted to send a thank you to the entire Search Engine People readers. I wish you all a joyous, prosperous and healthy 2008!

Throughout my first year in SEO, I have witnessed a community that is inclusive, supportive and has a tremendous amount of pride in the work they do. I’ve equally enjoyed sharing with each of you my observations and perspectives and your responses and personal blogs.

The next two weeks I’ll have a lighter blog post schedule, however I’ll be back to the regular daily schedule on Monday January 7th with my “by the numbers” look at propeller.

While searching for images to include in my ‘Social Media by the Numbers’ series, I’ve come across some hilarious industry themed content that had me laughing hysterically. I started to save the videos, images, jokes and cartoons and share them with friends.

One day I was struggling to write a post, so I decided to look through that collection for inspiration. I laughed again, but still couldn’t figure out what to write, so I decided to give my favorite cartoon a fitting title and voila, I had my post for the day!

Image source: pcweenies.org

This week’s cartoon is dedicated to a well liked character in our industry … Todd Malicoat (aka StuntDubl) who I consider a friend. I met Todd many years ago for the first time at a PubCon Conference in Orlanda way back in 2003. He’s come along way in the industry since then, and is very definitely an authority on everything social and search.

This week’s cartoon is dedicated to Mona Elesseily (of PageZero Media), who has been pushed dangerously close to the edge trying to put the finishing touches on a 100-page report titled

Mastering Panama

Here is this weeks cartoon funny. For those not in the industry, Jim Boykin is a popular figure in the industry, and is credited with coining the term “link ninja”.

Enjoy!

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