The tale of the Century21 video...
Okay, one month ago I post a blog entry about a Century21 commerical that pissed me off.
However, before we get started here, I must mention that my wife brought the commercial to MY attention. See that right there? That's called a "hat tip" in the blogging world. It's a way to say, "Hey, thanks for the 'heads-up' on that subject," or "I second this guy's anger on this particular subject." Moreover, it's simple, courteous, and right... three things that I always try to be.
Which brings me to a few days ago, when my brother (hat tip for Ryan) sends me an email saying that Slate.com had a story about the very same "tag team/angry women" commercial. I surfed on over to Slate and read the article, and even clicked their "watch the ad here" button. To my surprise, the URL came up as MY OWN WEBSITE? That's right, not only had the Slate writer used the same subject matter, he'd apparently read my blog entry (as it's the only location where the commercial link existed) as well.
I know what you're thinking. Did I get the "hat tip"? Wait, that is what you were thinking, right?
Sadly, not only was the answer "no". But now I sit here, four days later, with traffic (and bandwidth use) at an all-time high. In fact, here's a snapshot of my traffic counter.
(FYI: 7,690 visitors beat my "daily visitor" record by some 7,000) Apparently, the Slate.com article is getting linked to tons of other websites/blogs... who all still link to good ol' www.russellarch.com without one single solitary "hat tip" among them.
One even has the balls to link FIVE different blogs about the commercial EXCEPT the one he links the video from? (Note: here is where I acknowledge that most of these people are completely unaware of the existence of my blog entry, and I understand. It's just more dramatic to screwed over by throngs of people.)
Some of the BWHT (Bloggers Wihout Hat Tips) include:
This one.
This one.
That one. (with the five story links)
This one.
This one here.
Another.
And of course, the one that started it all.
That's it. Oh, and I've re-posted the original commercial here if anyone wants to see it. Hat tip to myself for the effort.
However, before we get started here, I must mention that my wife brought the commercial to MY attention. See that right there? That's called a "hat tip" in the blogging world. It's a way to say, "Hey, thanks for the 'heads-up' on that subject," or "I second this guy's anger on this particular subject." Moreover, it's simple, courteous, and right... three things that I always try to be.
Which brings me to a few days ago, when my brother (hat tip for Ryan) sends me an email saying that Slate.com had a story about the very same "tag team/angry women" commercial. I surfed on over to Slate and read the article, and even clicked their "watch the ad here" button. To my surprise, the URL came up as MY OWN WEBSITE? That's right, not only had the Slate writer used the same subject matter, he'd apparently read my blog entry (as it's the only location where the commercial link existed) as well.
I know what you're thinking. Did I get the "hat tip"? Wait, that is what you were thinking, right?
Sadly, not only was the answer "no". But now I sit here, four days later, with traffic (and bandwidth use) at an all-time high. In fact, here's a snapshot of my traffic counter.
(FYI: 7,690 visitors beat my "daily visitor" record by some 7,000) Apparently, the Slate.com article is getting linked to tons of other websites/blogs... who all still link to good ol' www.russellarch.com without one single solitary "hat tip" among them.One even has the balls to link FIVE different blogs about the commercial EXCEPT the one he links the video from? (Note: here is where I acknowledge that most of these people are completely unaware of the existence of my blog entry, and I understand. It's just more dramatic to screwed over by throngs of people.)
Some of the BWHT (Bloggers Wihout Hat Tips) include:
This one.
This one.
That one. (with the five story links)
This one.
This one here.
Another.
And of course, the one that started it all.
That's it. Oh, and I've re-posted the original commercial here if anyone wants to see it. Hat tip to myself for the effort.
posted by Russell Arch at
4/13/2006
7 Comments:
Russell,
Sorry for the hiccup! We have officially tipped our hat to you on our Century 21 post.
Blog On!
Dang Russell you are so right. Our mea culpas for not giving you the proper attribution on the link.
"What is best in life?"
Russ: "To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of the women."
Seriously, Conan could not have blogged/raged any better. PS. Thanks for the tip.
Fixed. Sorry for the lack of hat tip!
And a "hat tip" back to you all!
So sorry - I grabbed the link from the Slate article and wasn't paying attention. So I updated my post. A big ol' hat tip back at you!
Handled with grace and class, as always. I wondered why, the other day, with no warning, traffic on my blog tripled! Now I know it was leakage from yours.
Slate done you dirty. Oh, well... It's the pioneers that get all the arrows.
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