Once again, OmniNerd's foray into the cutting edge of promotional site advertising has been stifled. Plans were scrapped for creating a Mt. Rushmore style likeness of staff members in the Rocky Mountains that would be visible from space because we were beaten to the punch by Corporate America. Both Target and Kentucky Fried Chicken took the interstellar advertising lead. Earth's next extra-terrestrial visit will be welcomed first by Colonel Sanders' visage, visible from orbit by covering 87,500 square feet of Nevada desert. OmniNerd's earlier attempt at projecting the site logo upon the moon was also stymied by FAA regulations after Pizza Hut sought a similar advertisement on orbiting billboards. In lieu of space advertising, and pending the appropriate permits, midgets tattooed with the OmniNerd logo will be fired from a cannon across the San Francisco bay.
In all promotional seriousness, OmniNerd now includes embedded quick links to social bookmarking sites with hopes to increase the visibility of your favorite content. Located inside article summaries, posts for news and the coffee shop musings are links for promoting content on Digg, Delicious and Reddit. Deeper within the development pipeline is a forthcoming upgrade to the library system, where reader's recommended books can be ordered through Amazon.
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“YeeeHaah!!” I yell with unnecessary exuberance. “I just made Level 6 Nerd!!”
My thirteen year old daughter rolls her eyes and shakes her head and walks into the next room.
My 15 year old son barely looks up from his video game, but you can just see the imperceptible wave of disgust in his erstwhile expression.
My wife yells, “Hey! Did you empty the dishwasher and fold the laundry like I asked?”
NYT copies OmniNerd
November 20, 2006 - OmniNerd adds links to Digg, Del.icio.us, and Reddit
December 10, 2006 - The New York Times adds links to Digg, Facebook, and Newsvine
Once again, OmniNerd scoops The New York Times. Okay, so maybe OmniNerd is not the first to add Digg links to help promote stories. Some have speculated that the purpose behind these links is to provide comment functionality rather than promote stories. The New York Times is already the most popular newspaper site with 10 million visitors a month. Is this a response to the growing popularity of Digg in comparison to the New York Times? Did the New York Times add these buttons/links to promote their stories or is there another reason? Is this a good move for them or is this more likely to help Digg, Facebook, and Newsvine grow?
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Massive NerdRank Algorithm Update by markmcb :: NR7 :: Show
I've updated the NerdRank algorithm and in a huge way. As usual, no details but I'm sure several of you will be pleasantly surprised with a significant boost to your ranking.
If you were one of the poor souls whose rank dropped because of this and you feel that you were robbed, cheated, or done wrong ... well, read this.