elizabeth grigg - the other fourth meal

Some people (not me) are interested in manipulating their site's rank in various search engines for various search strings. Oh, I admit, I'd like to have the [string="I%20hate%20eurest%20what%20do%20I%20do%20for%20lunch"] crowd. But in terms of things I harbor a deep desire for, my search rank had better take a number.

It hit me this morning, for absolutely no reason, that my old Radio weblog is probably overrun with comment spam and there's nothing I can do. That old thing is still a big win in the rankings, probably all from one generous link from Scoble, and it's as dusty as an old abandoned house. Now with all the comment spam it's like an abandoned house with criminals lurking about trying to sell drugs. I was once grateful for Radio's policy of not taking down old weblogs once the writers move on, but now maybe I wish they would. Also, a mean pinch on the arm to me for not choosing some sort of universal URL before starting a weblog, one that I can redirect anywhere. (What was the name of that service? I know it's in here somewhere).

In case anyone hadn't noticed, I'm here at 6am with perhaps two weeks of work to cram into an 8 hour day. and instead I'm writing this, and slugging through gapingvoid.com looking for something (I think it's "grit" but I'm not sure). This is perhaps the first time I've procrastinated in ten years. It feels yukky, which is punitive damages for taking so much on in the first place. Another pinch: don't do this next time!