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14Mar/100

Domain Update

I now own the following domains which are important or formerly had sites on them:

Atheistperspective.com (used to be a serious blog, going to make it a comedy blog)
Dominiquewilkins.com (no site)
Ferrari355.com (no site)
Officespaceonline.net (put a blog on there, still working on it)
Treeofliberty.com (no site)

3Feb/100

Keywords People Have Used to Find My Blog

A look at search keywords from Google, Yahoo and MSN to see how people got to my site. (From 11/1 to 2/3)

Keyword, Visits

will gallahue, 7 - Officially popular

linkedin worthless, 4

flying cars pros and cons, 3 - I guess I'm an academic expert

linkedin is worthless, 3 - I don't hate LinkedIn that much

cons and pros of flying cars, 2

lexus douchebag, 2 - Probably looking for pictures

mstrkrft dj set list, 2

pros and cons of flying cars, 2 - I'm surprised people search for this

pros of flying cars, 2

will gallahue blog, 2

james cameron"" pa ""personal secretary"", 1 - Like I know

$350000 nissian, 1 - Aka the Lexus LFA which is a cheap ripoff of the Nissan 350z

10 resolutions for 2010 blogs, 1

2009 contacts+pakistan suger industry+ mahmood+sam @yahoo.pk @hotmail.com, 1 - I don't know

2010 gay resolutions, 1 - I'm not gay, no really, I'm not gay

202-324-2000 , 1 - Stalker?

alexander profile contact yahoo and hotmail contact 20009, 1 - Stalker?

arm cast, 1

ask bo jackson for his autograph, 1 - Well ask him

beefy gay blog, 1 - No joke

best thing to order at whataburger, 1

blackboard -nails -fingernails -travel -paint -chalk -glennbeck -eraser -menu -restaurant -restaurants -uaa -special, 1 - ???

bo jackson hamburgers grand opening, 1

bo jackson kids, 1 - He is my dad

cant touch mormon jesus, 1 - No you can't

cast arm, 1

celebrity names backwards, 1

deep south shuffle, 1

dj jposty, 1 - Try Myspace

eat in tax at whataburger, 1

epic fail karate kid ii, 1

facebook scammer escobar, 1 - Go get 'em

fatback circus, 1 - Its a band

flying car pros and cons, 1

futurism pros and cons, 1

getting back at blackboard abusers, 1

handicap sign honk for service, 1

how did the blue people in avatar speak english, 1 - From Hanoi, Vietnam btw

how family matters should have ended, 1

http://willgallahue.com/blog, 1

jessica alba who dated, 1

karate kid remake fail, 1

lexus, 1

list of guys in mstrkrft video, 1 - Me and Cobrasnake

making of karate kid, 1

mens warehouse, 1 - LOL

mens warehouse in montgomery, 1

mens warehouse jackson, 1

mens wearhouse blogs san diego, 1

menswarehouse get fitted, 1

mike jeffcoat game used, 1

mstrkrft austin, 1

my 10 resolutions, 1

naughty female cops, 1 - They don't exist

new karate kid ""about kung fu"", 1

new lexus that you have to be tapped for to get, 1

only douchebags, 1 - I'm flattered

perfect pandora avatar, 1 - My face

pros and cons of a flying car, 1

pros of flying vehicles, 1

quadruple whataburger, 1

slutty cop outfit, 1 - Never worn one

slutty cops, 1 - Stop

so sad that i want to throw up, 1 - Try googling 'counseling'

the special concert will be presented by whataburger december 5, 1 - I hosted it

tiple meat triple cheese, 1

triple meat, 1

triple meat hamburger, calories, 1

triple meat triple cheese, 1 - OM NOM NOM

what are pros and cons for flying cars?, 1

what was bo jackson childhood like, 1

whataburger combo #1 price, 1

whataburger triple meat, 1

whataburger triple meat triple cheese, 1

whataburger triple meat triple cheese price, 1 - $9

whataburger weezer logo, 1 - Conspiracy?

will galahue, 1

30Nov/090

Industry Wish for 2010: Stop Using the Term Rockstar

I don't understand why people in tech industries need to use the term Rockstar to make it sound like they do something cool. For instance, in search marketing, we tend to use the term to make it sound like someone 1) actually knows what they are doing and 2) is so good at it that they are miles above everyone else.

That's not the case of course. All of these so called rockstars offer up the same tired advice "Write good content and you'll get links. Oh and have good page titles." In fact to be completely honest how can anyone in SEO refer to themselves as a rockstar in an industry that is all about timing and guess work. Furthermore, I've discovered that people who refer to themselves as "rockstars" in the industry are just self-serving wannabes who are more "one-hit wonders" than rockstars.

So I propose that all tech industries drop the term. Honestly, what sounds better?

"I'm Joe, I'm a rockstar at SEO"
or
"I'm Joe, I have a proven track record of optimizing sites and generating leads and revenue for clients"

The first line basically says "I'm never getting laid" while the second line says "I'm good at what I do ... oh and the shiny Benz, that's mine too. Let's get a drink"

I mean come on, the closest any tech rockstar has come to doing a speedball is downing a red bull and vodka.

I liken the fascination with the terminology to people who become good at Guitar Hero and think they can actually play. The truth of the matter is that you can't, but don't let that take away from the fact that you can ace the game at the highest level of difficulty.

29Nov/090

LinkedIn: Now 90 percent worthless

Linkedin recently began adding nofollow to outbound links on profiles. This essentially makes it nothing but an online repository for your resume and nothing else.

Some people use it, some people don't but the main value of the service to me was the dofollow links that passed anchor text to my sites. That's the only reason I have a profile on the site and the only reason its worth putting up with MLM/Contact Raiders/and all the other self-important people that are on the site.

Then all of a sudden LinkedIn decides that in order to curtail spam they should add nofollow to prevent people from creating fake profiles.

Big mistake.

I'd like to send their dev team a little email that goes something like this:

"Dear LinkedIn development team,

Rather than develop an algorithm to remove profiles based on very "spammy" keywords, you've made the incredibly stupid and shortsighted decision to add "nofollow" to profile links.

Have you ever googled the following strings:
site:linkedin.com viagra 10,500 results
site:linkedin.com levitra 7,920 results
site:linkedin.com cialis 7,090 results
site:linkedin.com online gambling 10,900 results
site:linkedin.com online casino 7,420 results

Look guys, I can't program to save my life and I don't want to knock you too much over this decision but whoever thought this was a good move (whether it was a person or team of people equally out of touch from reality) they should be fired immediately and their own Linkedin profiles need to have a big red disclaimer that says "DO NOT HIRE ME."

Sincerely,

The Internet"

2Nov/091

My Old Boss Can Dance

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