I don't forward emails.
I don't type stupid chain Facebook messages.
I don't talk like a pirate on international talk like a pirate day.
But I want you to help me start something new.
Have you ever heard of Google alerts? No neither had I.
But this is both sad and fascinating; I discovered via the comments on this post that somewhere out there in the world of cyberspace, every time someone types the name "Guy Sebastian", a chain reaction is set off whereby computers whirr, algorithms crunch, and a Google Alert is sent to this person, letting them know someone out there is talking about Guy.
All you have to do is this.
1. Simply type the name "Guy Sebastian" somewhere randomly in a blogpost.
2. Link the words "Guy Sebastian" to this post so other people can join in, and
3. Wait for SoulFan to respond.
I swear it works. Look, Nathan tried it after me just a few days ago.
So there it is. Type Guy Sebastian at random in a post, link to here so others can share the fun and voila, even if they don't comment no doubt you've made Soulfan's day.
And to you Soulfan, I set the challenge; I bet you can't comment on everyone's blog who mentions Guy today!
I have neither the urge, inclination or time to comment on every blog Isaac. But I will on this one just because of your fixation with this. I find it ridiculous you had to single out two innocent comments on your blog when you wrote a harmless and quite humourous post about a hat getting in the way of a concert. I found your hat post amusing, so commented, not nastily or unkindly. I enjoyed reading your post and thought it was worth a comment. I thought that was what the comment box was for. But then you had to make a big deal about the fact that two Guy Sebastian fans commented on a post which talked about him. That was plain stupid.
ReplyDeleteHi Soulfan,
ReplyDeleteNo offense intended! I was just so shocked when you returned to comment again on my "Comment Highlights" post; and then appeared on Nathan's blog! I promise it is all naught but a bit of fun.
I'm kind of amazed how this entire Google Alerts thing works. Someone mentioned on Nathan's blog that they have an alert active for their own name in case someone out there is talking about them.
How many alerts do you get on average per day for someone as famous as Guy?
Hi Izaac & Nathan
ReplyDeleteGoogle Alerts are cool...I have alerts for job opportunities...topics of interest and yes I got this in a google alert because you mentioned Guy Sebastian in your blog.
I would get most days, 30 alerts and on a slow day perhaps 10, this includes: news and media, illegal download links, blogs. Guy is a favourite Aussie artist of mine.. I rely on google alerts to keep me uptodate with Guy.
I hope that answered your question guys x
I'm still fascinated by this. But I suppose I'm just doing the same when I subscribe to subject specific blogs - except they're just doing the work for me. Btw, I also joined up to Google Alerts for Guy Sebastian just to see how many I would get.
ReplyDeleteDon't you get frustrated about the amount of people who aren't talking about Guy Sebastian but are talking about "you know that guy, I think his name is Sebastian?"
That's the problem when you have two first names, I guess.
Izaac
ReplyDeleteyou need to refine the search... if you put "Guy Sebastian" in quotations - you will only get Guy Sebastian alerts and not guy or sebastian alerts in the search list :)
:)
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