{"id":347,"date":"2007-12-27T15:44:14","date_gmt":"2007-12-27T19:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/27\/rubber-chicken-award-aka-the-columbo-top-10-finalists-vote-now\/"},"modified":"2007-12-27T18:24:46","modified_gmt":"2007-12-27T22:24:46","slug":"rubber-chicken-award-aka-the-columbo-top-10-finalists-vote-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/27\/rubber-chicken-award-aka-the-columbo-top-10-finalists-vote-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Rubber Chicken Award &#8211; (aka The Columbo) Top 10 Finalists &#8211; Vote now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blumenthals.com\/phpESP\/public\/survey.php?name=Rubber_Chicken_People_s_Choice\"><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/12\/top-10.gif\" alt=\"top-10.gif\" align=\"right\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blumenthals.com\/phpESP\/public\/survey.php?name=Rubber_Chicken_People_s_Choice\">Voting is now open<\/a> for the People&#8217;s Choice Awards for the Top Humor Article of 2007.The code has been debugged, the secret algo has been run, the titles have been randomly ordered and we now have determined the Top 10 finalists for the 2007 Rubber Chicken Award for Humor in the SEM industry. The judges will once again review these and make a final determination as to just how rank they are. You may be able to unduly influence the outcome (although a good solid link might do the same :),\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smallbusinesssem.com\/won-an-award-now-seo-it\/1000\/\">see Matt&#8217;s take on this<\/a>) and identify the people&#8217;s choice award by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blumenthals.com\/phpESP\/public\/survey.php?name=Rubber_Chicken_People_s_Choice\">voting here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And the Top 10 Finalists are:<\/p>\n<ol id=\"commentlist\"><\/ol>\n<\/p>\n<li id=\"comment-169874\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wingnutseo.com\/?p=72\" title=\"Permanent Link to Want traffic?  Rank for High Traffic Keywords\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\" rel=\"bookmark\">Want traffic?  Rank for High Traffic Keywords\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-169874\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seomoz.org\/blog\/how-not-to-write-adwords\">We Add Words to AdWords&#8230; Google Subtracts them<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-169975\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sebastians-pamphlets.com\/why-ebay-and-wikipedia-rule-googles-serps\/\">Why eBay and Wikipedia rule Google\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/sebastians-pamphlets.com\/why-ebay-and-wikipedia-rule-googles-serps\/\">s SERPs<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-169975\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sebastians-pamphlets.com\/seos-home-alone-googles-nightmare\/\">SEOs home alone &#8211; Google\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/sebastians-pamphlets.com\/seos-home-alone-googles-nightmare\/\">s nightmare<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-169975\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seomoz.org\/blog\/13-things-to-do-when-your-loved-one-is-away-at-conferences\">13 Things to Do When Your Loved One is Away at Conferences<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-170120\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.searchmarketinggurus.com\/search_marketing_gurus\/2007\/10\/seo-soap-opera-.html\">SEO High School Confidential &#8211; Premiere Edition!<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-170518\">The Sphinn Awards &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.searchenginepeople.com\/blog\/the-first-unofficial-sphinn-awards-day-1.html\">Part I<\/a> &amp; &#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huomah.com\/internet-marketing\/social-media-marketing\/the-sphinn-awards-part-2.html\">Part II.<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-170591\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smallbusinesssem.com\/top-21-signs-you-need-a-break-from-seo-2007-version\/529\/\">Top 21 Signs You Need a Break From SEO (2007 version)<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-170591\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.searchrank.com\/blog\/2007\/04\/10-signs-of-a-blog-addict.html\">10 Signs That You May Be a Blog Addict<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-170591\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seomoz.org\/blog\/the-seos-guide-to-beginners\">The SEO&#8217;s Guide to Beginners<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-171493\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jmorris.name\/marketing\/the-internet-marketers-nightmare\/\">The Internet Marketer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jmorris.name\/marketing\/the-internet-marketers-nightmare\/\">s Nightmare<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-171499\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alchemistmedia.com\/blog\/mission-accomplished-top-ranking-in-google\">Mission Accomplished\u00e2\u20ac\u201d<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alchemistmedia.com\/blog\/mission-accomplished-top-ranking-in-google\">Top Ranking in Google<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"comment-171819\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.closed-loop-marketing.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/02\/google-interiors-the-day-my-house-became-searchable\/\">Google Interiors &#8211; the day my house became searchable<\/a><\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voting is now open for the People&#8217;s Choice Awards for the Top Humor Article of 2007.The code has been debugged, the secret algo has been run, the titles have been randomly ordered and we now have determined the Top 10 finalists for the 2007 Rubber Chicken Award for Humor in the SEM industry. 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