Searchengineland Columns
I jokingly referred to the new Searchengineland.com column “Search Illustrated” in an earlier post, but today as I was reading the article “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff” I noticed the graphic “100 percent organic”
next to the article name, and when you click that it takes you to a page with posts about organic search. I had of course seen this before, but I hadn’t thought about how many columns there were and I had just answered someones question about how to stay abreast of industry news without getting overwhelmed and was going to do a little post about the columns of searchengineland, the creation of Danny Sullivan.
Well like any good researcher I went to Searchengineland and went to look for their “Column page” and was surprised when I didn’t see one. I might be missing something, but all I found looks like this…
While each column is listed, they are listed in their clever name form but just as an example, how would a new user know what “Searcharazzi” is or that “Small is Beautiful” is a column about small businesses?
I was hoping to find a page that looked more like the intro pages of each column that have the graphic and a short description of the category that a user could go to and see what the categories are all about, something along the lines of…
I was quite surprised not to find such a page, and I think such a page would be of great use to newcomers to Searchengineland. Many of us have read the daily search caps since their inception and as such we see that as the way to read Searchengineland. But to anyone new, the task of navigating to the information they want would be greatly enhanced by such a page.
I think those column categories are great and are a fabulous way for newcomers or anyone to navigate the large amount of info that is available.
While this post might be telling of how much time I have on my hands, it is so rare that I can suggest anything of value to Danny that I just had to suggest this.
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May 11th, 2007 at 8:39 am
Actually, we have such a page already in the works. It’s not been overlooked at all, promise. And you’ll see it shortly.
May 11th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
When I saw you name in my comments I was like, “oh shit, here comes a link to page that has existed for a month that I had somehow missed.”
thanks for commenting.
May 16th, 2007 at 6:06 pm
Nice call, Pat. I’ve wondered about that myself since I often recommend those columns to coworkers based on their specialty. If you’ve been following Danny’s writing or podcast for a while, you know that he’s particularly sensitive to vague titles, headlines, etc. This is one of my favorites, http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/061010-104958 It reads like one long sigh.
May 16th, 2007 at 10:04 pm
Hi cavan, I fixed the link. Thanks for coming by. I sorta feel bad now that I “called him out” publicly
but he isn’t exactly in my Rolodex or anything. It was nice of him to come explain the situation.
May 24th, 2007 at 9:49 am
OK, Pat, all finished now!
http://searchengineland.com/columns.php
May 24th, 2007 at 10:32 am
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May 25th, 2007 at 1:37 am
Thanks Danny, looks great, and the link is lovely