Friday’s Finds — 10/12/2007

October 12th, 2007 - - Filled in: Friday's Finds

This week was another jam-packed week for happenings not only in the Blogosphere, but in the news. Michael Vick has done wonders for Derrich.com. I think I’ve received somewhere in the neighborhood of 8,000 page views this week from Michael Vick-related searches alone. So, enough of that guy. Here are some other links I found to be interesting.

Brian Clark over at CopyBlogger poses the question, Is Google Evil? in his post, Hereâ€™s How to Stop Worrying About Google Once and for All. The part I found interesting is the discussion of how Social Media has made the push for quality, nonrepititive content. Like Brian, I’ve posted less but have received more traffic thanks to Digg and StumbleUpon.

Speaking of Social Media, the always helpful DoshDosh posted some helpful tips on How To Influence Social Media Users. Getting the big dogs on your side will do wonders for your traffic.

As some of you may know, I played football for Southwest Texas State University, which is now Texas State University. In December 2002, we were included on the ESPN SportsCenter Top 10 in the #1 slot because Katie Hnida of the University of New Mexico became the first female football player to score in a Division 1-A game. Last night, we were included at #1 on the Top 10 because Central Arkansas Quarterback, Nathan Brown, threw a school-record 7 TDs against us on National television. Save for our Divisoin 1-AA Championship run a couple of years ago, that’s the extent of our SportsCenter appearances. Great. Good thing my high-school squad is undefeated.