back to the grassy knoll? 2009/10/22 P. J. Alling <[email protected]>: > Doug Brewer wrote: >> >> John Francis wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 04:18:42PM -0400, paul stenquist wrote: >>>> >>>> On Oct 21, 2009, at 2:26 PM, Bob W wrote: >>>> >>>>> I reckon the BBC sub-editor enjoyed writing the headline. >>>>> >>>> Yep. And I'm surprised it was published. >>> >>> So am I. >>> >>> Not because I suspect the BBC of prurience - by British standards >>> the word "tit" doesn't even raise an eyebrow. >>> >>> But by now the name of the game is eyeballs. Almost all news >>> outlets with a web presence have a person whose job title is >>> something like "search engine optimiser". The goal is to make >>> sure that when somebody enters a web search, your page shows >>> up in the list (and shows up as early as possible). >>> >>> That means you should avoid words in titles and headlines >>> that may fall foul of any filters. A list of such words >>> would most definitely include "tit". >>> >>> Unfortunately this also means that you should avoid attempts >>> to be witty, avoid using most nicknames, etc., etc. your >>> headline should say "Elvis is dead", not "The King has passed". >> >> what? Elvis is dead? >> > No, he's just gone home. > > -- > > > The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or > drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a > damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is > not a free man any more than a dog. > > --G. K. Chesterton > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. >
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