Dear Matt Cutts, Will You Please Stop Waking Up My Wife in Bed
Dear Matt Cutts, will you please stop waking up my wife in bed! Ok, sure, I’m having a bit of fun. Matt Cutts isn’t really stopping by my house, and I certainly hope he’s not in my bedroom. He is, however, waking up my wife … or, more correctly, his webmaster central YouTube videos are …
In late 2008, you will notice Matt slowed down his blogging pace and switched over to making videos. While these videos, like the one embedded below, are great and helpful, they do lack one essential element: a transcription….
Since this started happening well over a year ago, why am I complaining about it now? One simple reason. Thanks to the iPad, my consumption habits have changed dramatically. The iPad is my computing device of preference. I prefer writing on it, I prefer reading on it, I prefer consuming on it. In fact, if it weren’t for ajaxy forms like those on Hootsuite, Twitter, and WordPress, I’d never use my MacBook pro.
But back to my problem. I prefer to read on the iPad and, like most iPad users, I read early in the morning or late at night.
iPad Usage by Hour of the Day
When I come across Matt’s latest new video, I’m forced to consume the content the only way it’s available: in audio/video WITHOUT TRANSCRIPTION. Sure, I hear some of you saying, “Dude! Just put on a set of headphones.” But you’ve missed the point. There I am, wearing my pj’s and curled up in my lazy-boy recliner (yes really), reading quietly, and BAM! the audio of Matt Cutts barges in my bedroom. It’s all very unsettling.
So what’s the point here? If you put out audio/video content, put it out with a transcription. Number one, it allows a person to consume whichever version he or she prefers, either the audio or text version. Number two, it allows a person to consume it faster: most people read faster than they talk. Number three, it gives the search engines something to index.
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Posted on: Friday, May 13, 2011 10:51 PM
Author: Michael Gray
Subject: Dear Matt Cutts, Will You Please Stop Waking Up My Wife in Bed
Dear Matt Cutts, will you please stop waking up my wife in bed! Ok, sure, I’m having a bit of fun. Matt Cutts isn’t really stopping by my house, and I certainly hope he’s not in my bedroom. He is, however, waking up my wife … or, more correctly, his webmaster central YouTube videos are … In late 2008, you will notice Matt slowed down his blogging pace and switched over to making videos. While these videos, like the one embedded below, are great and helpful, they do lack one essential element: a transcription…. Since this started happening well over a year ago, why am I complaining about it now? One simple reason. Thanks to the iPad, my consumption habits have changed dramatically. The iPad is my computing device of preference. I prefer writing on it, I prefer reading on it, I prefer consuming on it. In fact, if it weren’t for ajaxy forms like those on Hootsuite, Twitter, and WordPress, I’d never use my MacBook pro. But back to my problem. I prefer to read on the iPad and, like most iPad users, I read early in the morning or late at night.
iPad Usage by Hour of the Day When I come across Matt’s latest new video, I’m forced to consume the content the only way it’s available: in audio/video WITHOUT TRANSCRIPTION. Sure, I hear some of you saying, “Dude! Just put on a set of headphones.” But you’ve missed the point. There I am, wearing my pj’s and curled up in my lazy-boy recliner (yes really), reading quietly, and BAM! the audio of Matt Cutts barges in my bedroom. It’s all very unsettling. So what’s the point here? If you put out audio/video content, put it out with a transcription. Number one, it allows a person to consume whichever version he or she prefers, either the audio or text version. Number two, it allows a person to consume it faster: most people read faster than they talk. Number three, it gives the search engines something to index.
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A very good point. Luckily for me I started collecting a list in the beginning mainly because I didn’t have advertising options and I was just trying to collect an interest list. Anyhow today I have about 50 potential advertisers and I still haven’t redesigned my blog to accommodate advertisers. I’m working on it and hopefully I will have my redesign done in the next month or so.
Thanks for the advice! I think I will start building a list a.s.a.p!….
ha, you’re message came to me just in time, since I just started a couple days ago.
thanks!
Is it possible you have emails in your ‘trash’ or ‘archive’ from the people who contacted you? I often use the power of Google’s email search function to find email inquiries from years ago.
I wish people want to advertise on my blog.
I started keeping a list via a Google Docs spreadsheet the moment I made money from my website, and that goes back to December 2006!
But I’ve only been using it to track renewals, and never spent any time going back to those old advertisers to update them on my site and see if they’d wanted to do business again.
I know I’ve left money on the table as a result, and could really benefit from taking a proactive approach and getting in the habit of touching base with them every few months.