Miserable Failure
21 days ago I set my goals for the next three weeks of this blog. 21 days later and 6 weeks after starting SEO 2.0 I have to admit: I failed miserably! SEO 2.0 is all about transparency and accountability so I want to lay out my miserable failure in front of you. I will compare my goals with the depressing reality of failing big time, because if you fail, do not fail on a low level! Miserable failure means failing larger than life!
Compare those two:
| Goal 11. August 2007 | Outcome 1. September 2007 |
| Getting translated into Hindi, Arabic, Indonesian, Swahili, Punjabi, Japanese, Turkish and Tamil | One commentator promised to translate into Indonesian but hasn’t as far as I know |
| Guest post at Matt Cutts‘ blog so that there is a reason to read it (the blog not the post) | Matt did neither call nor mail me, I wonder why, perhaps he was too busy attacking Graywolf at the SES |
| Meeting one of my favorite celebrities like Angelina Jolie, Liv Tyler or Sigourney Weaver (it seems that I mentioned only female actors) | Although Angelina Jolie moved to Berlin (Germany) where I live I still haven’t met her |
| 5000 visitors daily | Only 2500 visitors twice last week, on the other days around 1000 visitors daily |
| Getting asked to do SEO for Coca Cola, McDonald’s or Walmart and then of course refusing for ethical reasons | None of the mentioned dirty corporate thugs had the guts to get a refusal! |
I am the greatest failure of the world! Miserable is an understatement! Who is George Bush compared to me?
Skellie —
If it’s any consolation you’re getting about 3x as much traffic as me. I’m jealous!
onreact —
Really? I should stumble you more often. You should get at least twice what I get.
Andrew —
Hah. It’s great to remind people that we all suffer failure from time to time…especially with our Angelina Jolie goals! Maybe if you lost the hat you would have better luck with Jolie?
Anyway, if it’s any consolation, I picked up your feed a few weeks ago and already I am considering growing a moustache to help optimize my sites.
Zeno —
Hey,
For your information, I’ve just dropped John Cow and another blog from my RSS reader because I simply didn’t find their posts useful … Yes from time to time there was a cool post but too much junk was in between.
Do you know why I kept yours? Because you’re funny, have a cool way in writing your posts and have lots of useful info.
So stop whining and get back to work. You’re doing a great job.
Z.
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