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Rummaging through my files I came across this map of a day of snowboarding in 2005. The red lines represent where on the mountain we rode.
If I recall correctly, Jahnavi and I went up to Copper and met Mario up there. The red lines in the upper left indicate where Jahnavi and I took a few runs together. Then I dropped through the woods to find Mario on Timberline Express. As is eerily and often the case, Mario and I met up almost instantly. We spent the remainder of the morning riding Timberline, Union Meadows, and Union Bowl. After lunch we spent someone time on American Flyer and Super Bee. Après-ski was enjoyed by all.
I miss snowboarding with Mario, Tim, Michael and John.
Technorati Tags: Copper Mountain, Friends, Snowboarding
I was recently asked:
What do you recommend for tools other than Google, Yahoo and WordTracker to help with keywords finding out about popularity, seasonality and costs?
I replied: I think you have listed all the tools I use for determining cost:
Google AdWords
Yahoo!/Overture
There are other smaller keyword-based advertising tools but they tend to be specialized and target specific industries.
For determing the popularity of a keyword I use:
Google AdWords
Yahoo!/Overture
Google Trends
WordTracker
WordTracker and Google are by far my favorite, Both provide estimated search volume. Occasionaly I look at the clustering search engines to see if a keyword is related to a larger or more popular node.
Seasonality data is tough to find. Net traffic is growing so fast it clouds seasonal fluctuation and few sites keep data going back far enough to calculate a meaningful seasonality factor. The only tool I know of that has this sort of longitudinal data is Google Trends. And even then only very popular and clearly seasonal keywords seem to register a seasonality, e.g., valentines and Christmas trees.
There are certainly many more SEO and keyword tools available but, I think you can base the majority of your SEO decisions on data from these sources without compromising your chances of success.
When I played with Photo Booth at the Apple Store I thought, “Cute,
90 seconds of fun.” But it turns out to be a more compelling
distraction than I thought it would be.
