LOL Funny! SEMMYs

Let’s skip the corny, canned jokes and the awkward moments at the podium and just open the envelope, shall we? Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the 2009 SEMMY Award in the LOL Funny! category is … drum-roll, please …

You Oughta Know Inbound Marketing
Rebecca Corliss, HubSpot | 12/8/08

Congratulations to our winner! Here’s a choice bit from the winning post:

I want leads
To come to me.
Fix our SEO
Get some inbound links.
RSS
Let’s get blogging.
Why don’t we just use inbound marketing?
You. You. You. Oughta know.

Runners-Up

The top two runners-up in public voting were:

1. 17 Internet Marketing Things I Will Not Write About
   Ian Lurie, Conversation Marketing | 4/24/08
2. Digg Users Hate Everything; Bury Internet
   Free-Ass. Press | 7/7/08

The winner and runners-up are welcome to grab the appropriate badge — we have a badge for both winners and runners-up.

How the Voting Ended

Here’s a look at how each finalist fared in the public voting:

Thanks to all who voted, and congrats again to the winner, runners-up, finalists, and all nominees. We look forward to reading your acceptance speech soon!

The judges have made their choices, and the finalists in the LOL Funny! category for the 2009 SEMMY Awards are:

The Finalists

• 17 Internet Marketing Things I Will Not Write About
  Ian Lurie, Conversation Marketing | 4/24/08
• Digg Users Hate Everything; Bury Internet
  Free-Ass. Press | 7/7/08
• The PageRank Hierarchy, As Defined By Celebrities
  Mitch Turck, SEOmoz | 7/7/08
• You Oughta Know Inbound Marketing
  Rebecca Corliss, HubSpot | 12/8/08

Congratulations to each finalist! Please grab a finalist badge and let your readers know that public voting on the finalists has begun. (Feel free to encourage them to vote for you.)

Here’s How to Vote

Now it’s your turn to choose a winner! Please read each article above and decide which one you feel is the best. When you click below, you’ll be able to vote in this category only. To vote in other categories, please visit the pages listing those finalists. Voting is open now, and will close at end-of-day on February 2, 2008.

VOTE NOW IN THIS CATEGORY

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Congratulations to the following nominees in the LOL Funny category for the 2009 SEMMY Awards! Our judge(s) will narrow this group down to 3-4 finalists. Please grab a nominee badge and let your readers know that public voting on the finalists is just around the corner.

• 27.3 Ways To Do 51 1/2 Things on Wordpress, Digg, Twitter, Stumbleupn, Blogger, Pownce, Reddit, Hugg, Sk-rt, Propeller, SugarLoving, Mixx, Delicious, Blogger, Facebook, Google Reader, YouTube, Gmail, RSS, iPhone, Qik and Seesmic While I Optimize, Stategize, Customerize, Search Engine Optimise, Social Media Enable, SEO, SEM, PPC, LODLSM, for the Long Term in 2 weeks, 14 Day, 7 Hours, 2 minutes 19 seconds and 7 nano seconds while You Were Merging With Google, Yahoo, MSN, ASK and Plaxo
  Michael Gray | 2/14/08
• My Take On Famous SEO Celebrity Nonsense
  Aaron Chronister, The Mad Hat | 2/19/08
• 15 Ways to Be a SEO Conference Douchebag
  Todd Malicoat | 3/7/08
• You Want SEO Standards? Well, Here Ya Go!
  SEO Hack | 4/1/08
• Google Search Results Missing from OneBox
  Jane Copland, SEOmoz | 4/23/08
• 17 Internet Marketing Things I Will Not Write About
  Ian Lurie, Conversation Marketing | 4/24/08
• Yahoo Is Now Our Bitch
  Dave Dugdale, RentVine | 6/19/08
• Why eCommerce is a Lot Like ICanHasCheezburger
  Linda Bustos, Get Elastic | 7/3/08
• Digg Users Hate Everything; Bury Internet
  Free-Ass. Press | 7/7/08
• The PageRank Hierarchy, As Defined By Celebrities
  Mitch Turck, SEOmoz | 7/7/08
• Top 21 Signs You Need a Break From SEO (2008 version)
  Matt McGee, Small Business Search Marketing | 9/17/08
• Streko’s Survival guide to NYC during SMX
  Michael Streko | 10/3/08
• You Oughta Know Inbound Marketing
  Rebecca Corliss, HubSpot | 12/8/08

Let’s skip the corny, canned jokes and the awkward moments at the podium and just open the envelope, shall we? Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the 2008 SEMMY Award in the LOL Funny! category is … drum-roll, please …

9 Ways To Bore The Audience at SES New York
Lisa Barone, Bruce Clay Blog | 4/6/07

Congratulations to our winner! Here’s a choice bit from the winning post:

Never look at any one individual in the eyes. Doing so may cause them to ask questions or engage with you. Your best course of action is to concentrate on your notes, scan the crowd as a whole, or stare at your PowerPoint presentation like you’ve never seen it and are amazed by its beauty, and frankly, your own awesomeness. It’s okay to look at the other speakers, but not for too long. You don’t want them to cut in on your presentation. This is about you.

Runners-Up

The top two runners-up in public voting were:

1. What if that nice clean UI of Googles had to be designed for Google?
   Gene McKenna | 10/16/07
2. The Latest Google Flatline
   Ask.com Blog | 2/2/07

The winner and runners-up are welcome to grab the appropriate badge — we have a badge for both winners and runners-up.

How the Voting Ended

Here’s a look at how each finalist fared in the public voting:

Thanks to all who voted, and congrats again to the winner, runners-up, finalists, and all nominees. We look forward to reading your acceptance speech soon!

The judges have made their choices, and the finalists in the LOL Funny! category for the 2008 SEMMY Awards are:

The Finalists

• The Latest Google Flatline
  Ask.com Blog | 2/2/07
• 9 Ways To Bore The Audience at SES New York
  Lisa Barone, Bruce Clay Blog | 4/6/07
• This Just In
  Bob Gladstein, In Search of Stuff | 4/23/07
• Web 3.0 Sites
  Philipp Lenssen, Google Blogoscoped | 7/13/07
• What if that nice clean UI of Googles had to be designed for Google?
  Gene McKenna | 10/16/07

Congratulations to each finalist! Please grab a finalist badge and let your readers know that public voting on the finalists has begun.

Here’s How to Vote

Now it’s your turn to choose a winner! Please read each article above and decide which one you feel is the best. When you click below, you’ll be able to vote in this category only. To vote in other categories, please visit the pages listing those finalists. Voting is open now, and will close at end-of-day on January 30, 2008.

VOTE NOW IN THIS CATEGORY (link will open in a new window)

The following are the nominees in the LOL Funny! category for the 2008 SEMMY Awards. Our judge(s) will narrow this group down to 5-6 finalists. Congratulations to all nominees! Please grab a nominee badge and let your readers know that public voting on the finalists is coming soon.

• Chris Hooley talks Chris Hooley, SEO, and Awesomeness in General
  Chris Hooley, ThinkBait | 1/26/07
• 8 Simple Steps to Build Traffic For Your Internet Startup
  Brian Provost, Scoreboard Media | 2/2/07
• The Latest Google Flatline
  Ask.com Blog | 2/2/07
• Jason Calacanis Drinks More Hatorade and Calls SEO’s Crooks
  Brian Provost, Scoreboard Media | 2/8/07
• SES London Comic Strip
  Rebecca Kelley, SEOmoz | 2/23/07
• My Super Jessica Alba Proposal
  Brian Provost, Scoreboard Media | 3/4/07
• 9 Ways To Bore The Audience at SES New York
  Lisa Barone, Bruce Clay Blog | 4/6/07
• SES New York: The Comic Strip
  Rebecca Kelley, SEOmoz | 4/19/07
• This Just In
  Bob Gladstein, In Search of Stuff | 4/23/07
• 10 Signs That You May Be a Blog Addict
  David Wallace, SearchRank | 4/27/07
• Tracking Google Base Referrals using Google Analytics
  Scott Horne, Web Professor | 5/10/07
• Two Rocks Humping
  John Krystynak, Got Ads? | 5/16/07
• What The Perfect Link Builder Looks Like
  Pat Sexton, SEOish | 6/19/07
• LinkedIn Wants Me to Accept or Deny Jesus?
  Michael Jensen, Solo SEO | 6/19/07
• Spamarific MySpace
  Simon Heseltine, Search Engine Tigers | 7/12/07
• Web 3.0 Sites
  Philipp Lenssen, Google Blogoscoped | 7/13/07
• People, Stop Checking Your Email in The Bathroom
  Lisa Barone, Bruce Clay Blog | 7/27/07
• SES 2007 Shwag Bags - A Highly Scientific Examination of Plastic Crap
  Ed Adkins, E-Marketing Performance | 8/27/07
• 7 Abandoned Link Bait Titles from My Idea Pad
  Andy Hagans, Tropical SEO | 8/28/07
• The Facebook Black Hole
  Todd Friesen, Oilman | 9/14/07
• SEO Vanity Contest
  Greg Boser | 9/17/07
• SEO QUIZ - Just the Essentials!
  Ed Adkins, E-Marketing Performance | 9/27/07
• Jill Whalen -vs- SEO Hack
  SEO Hack, Worst SEO Blog Ever | 9/27/07
• What if that nice clean UI of Googles had to be designed for Google?
  Gene McKenna | 10/16/07
• What the Customer Actually Wanted
  Michael Jensen, Solo SEO | 11/23/07
• The First (un)Official Sphinn Awards - Day 1
  Jeff Quipp, Search Engine People | 11/12/07
• What If Gmail Had Been Designed by Microsoft?
  Philipp Lenssen, Google Blogoscoped | 11/20/07