Rants – All 2008 Nominees

The following are the nominees in the Rants 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 just around the corner.

• Shoemoney, A Fish Bowl, and Bullshit
  Todd Friesen, Oilman | 1/10/07
• Black Hat vs. White Hat vs. Grey Hat SEO: The Definitive Guide
  John Andrews | 1/12/07
• Good SEO Humor
  Lee Odden, Online Marketing Blog | 1/23/07
• Google’s Policy on No follow and Reviews is Hypocritical and Wrong
  Michael Gray, Graywolf | 1/25/07
• Cnet Bastards
  Greg Boser | 2/2/07
• On Alexa, Compete.com, Quantcast, et al
  Andrew Goodman, Traffick | 2/6/07
• Why The SEO Folks Were Mad At You, Jason
  Danny Sullivan, Search Engine Land | 2/8/07
• The Lisa’s Problem With Wikipedia Explained
  Lisa Barone, Bruce Clay Blog | 2/19/07
• Calling It Linkbait Doesn’t Make You Less of a Jerk
  Lisa Barone, Bruce Clay Blog | 3/14/07
• How to be an Idiot Blogger that No One Likes
  Todd Malicoat, Stuntdubl | 3/21/07
• Merchant Circle Can Kiss My Consumer Ass
  Sugarrae | 3/25/07
• Words and Phrases You Should Avoid
  Dean Bloomfield, Speaking Freely | 4/3/07
• Mahalo: That’s Hawaiian for 8 Visitors A Month
  Brian Provost, Scoreboard Media | 5/30/07
• Hey Jason, Search Results are Never “Done”
  Jennifer Laycock, Search Engine Guide | 5/31/07
• How Sequoia Venture Capital Will Pop the Bubble of Web 2.0 – Mahalo or MFAhollow?
  Todd Malicoat, Stuntdubl | 5/31/07
• Google’s Ideal Webmaster: Snitch, Rake It In And Don’t Deliver
  Ralph Tegtmeier, Fantomaster | 6/5/07
• Google Adds Paid Links Reporting
  Michael Gray, Graywolf | 6/13/07
• Five Things I Hate About Linking
  Eric Ward, Search Engine Land | 7/2/07
• 2007 Tour de France Winner – Wikipedia
  Michael Gray, Graywolf | 7/6/07
• Of Course Branded Keywords Convert Better!
  Jennifer Laycock, Search Engine Guide | 7/24/07
• Newsflash: You’re Damn Right It’s a Popularity Contest
  Sugarrae | 7/25/07
• New Google Adwords Formula = Just Pay Us More
  Michael Gray, Graywolf | 8/10/07
• FUD & Relevancy: Inside the Mind of a Google Search Engineer
  Aaron Wall, SEO Book | 8/13/07
• Things That Bug Me Regarding Those Who Sell Links
  David Wallace, SearchRank | 8/14/07
• How Google AdSense Cannibalizes Content Based Business Models
  Aaron Wall, SEO Book | 8/18/07
• Web 2.0 & SEO: Must We Piss In Every Public Fountain?
  Dan Thies, SEO Fast Start | 9/8/07
• 7 Useful Webmaster Tools Google Stole From You
  Aaron Wall, SEO Book | 9/8/07
• SEOS: The Card Counters of the Internet
  John Andrews | 9/9/07
• Why the SEOmoz SEO Quiz Is Completely Wrong
  Vanessa Fox | 9/11/07
• More SEO Noise
  John Andrews | 9/19/07
• Getting Bitch Slapped by The Guru – OUCH! That’s Gotta Hurt
  Bob Massa, Ask the SEO Guru | 9/24/07
• Google vs. Innovation
  John Andrews | 11/16/07
• Stop Complaining, Start Educating!
  Amber Benedict, PPC Hero | 11/20/07
• Are You a Social Media Idiot?
  Lisa Barone, Bruce Clay Blog | 11/28/07
• Christina Warren of Download Squad is a Clueless Idiot
  Michael Gray, Graywolf | 11/30/07
• Hey Blog Scrapers! Take This Post Too
  Kim Krause-Berg, Cre8pc | 12/14/07
• What Google Knols Can Teach You About Google’s Philosophy
  Michael Gray, Graywolf | 12/18/07
• Matt Cutts Says Financial Arrangements Should Affect All Links Within a Post
  Michael Gray, Graywolf | 12/30/07