What is it about athletes and the nightlife? Something about the siren song of hedonism seems very difficult to resist for young men who find themselves famous, in elite physical shape and with perhaps a little extra change in their pockets. Your guess is as good as mine. But it continues unabated, and it goes […]
What is it about athletes and the nightlife? Something about the siren song of hedonism seems very difficult to resist for young men who find themselves famous, in elite physical shape and with perhaps a little extra change in their pockets. Your guess is as good as mine. But it continues unabated, and it goes […]
I’m going to be honest with you, here — it’s a slow news day. But instead of phoning in a post about the Comcast/FOX deal or Holly Holm’s Bellator debut, I’m going to try something much, much less interesting.
This morning, I discovered that a Google search for ‘new york mma regulation’ returns CagePotato articles in the first three spots, which is kind of exciting for us SEO-minded types. So I started wondering: What other general MMA-related search terms return CagePotato articles in the #1 spot? After about 15 minutes of idle searching, I was able to find dozens of them, and I decided to rank the top 30 below, based on total number of results that come back from that search. As it turns out, the list is a fairly complete overview of the coverage we’ve produced over the last five years — and a reminder of where our priorities tend to land.
The moral of the story? CagePotato might be marginalized as a jokey shitsite from time to time, but our impact on the Internet is kind of indisputable. So let’s give ourselves a self-high-five and proceed…
I’m going to be honest with you, here — it’s a slow news day. But instead of phoning in a post about the Comcast/FOX deal or Holly Holm’s Bellator debut, I’m going to try something much, much less interesting.
This morning, I discovered that a Google search for ‘new york mma regulation’ returns CagePotato articles in the first three spots, which is kind of exciting for us SEO-minded types. So I started wondering: What other general MMA-related search terms return CagePotato articles in the #1 spot? After about 15 minutes of idle searching, I was able to find dozens of them, and I decided to rank the top 30 below, based on total number of results that come back from that search. As it turns out, the list is a fairly complete overview of the coverage we’ve produced over the last five years — and a reminder of where our priorities tend to land.
The moral of the story? CagePotato might be marginalized as a jokey shitsite from time to time, but our impact on the Internet is kind of indisputable. So let’s give ourselves a self-high-five and proceed…
Honorable mentions: cpt. swingdick, #1, #2, #3, #4, and #5 of 26 results. “chocolate al” also works (#1 and #2 out of 436,000), but you have to search for it in quotes.
(Or subscribe to us. Or join our circle. Or whatever it is you do with this goddamn thing.)
Now that CagePotato.com is flush with cash, it’s time to re-invest in our infrastructure. So, I spent upwards of 20 minutes this morning setting up CagePotato’s Google Plus page. Look, before you go there, just understand that it’s a work in progress. Okay. Here’s the link:
If you’re a Google+ user, please follow us and we’ll keep you posted on our original features, breaking news, and more fun stuff you won’t see anywhere else. It’s like our Facebook page, but…different, I guess? Still trying to figure out that last part. Please give us some Google+ pro tips in the comments section, because I’m feeling like a befuddled old man right now.
Thanks, guys. Now get back to work.
(Or subscribe to us. Or join our circle. Or whatever it is you do with this goddamn thing.)
Now that CagePotato.com is flush with cash, it’s time to re-invest in our infrastructure. So, I spent upwards of 20 minutes this morning setting up CagePotato’s Google Plus page. Look, before you go there, just understand that it’s a work in progress. Okay. Here’s the link:
If you’re a Google+ user, please follow us and we’ll keep you posted on our original features, breaking news, and more fun stuff you won’t see anywhere else. It’s like our Facebook page, but…different, I guess? Still trying to figure out that last part. Please give us some Google+ pro tips in the comments section, because I’m feeling like a befuddled old man right now.
Remember last year when a pirate hacked the San Francisco Chronicle’s website and got a link to his illegal UFC 121 stream stickied on the top of the main page for the newspaper’s website?
Well it looks like a fellow stream hawker one-upped his SFC adv…
Well it looks like a fellow stream hawker one-upped his SFC advertising cohort.
According to a cease and desist letter sent to Google on December 10, 2010 by MiMTiD Corporation acting on behalf of Zuffa, the owner of WatchUFCVideos.com was a bit more industrious.
According to the document, he employed the services of the pay-per-click advertising services Google Syndication, Google Doubleclick, ?atdmt.com, doubleclick.net, fastclick.net, linksynergy.com and overture.com to promote his non-licensed paid stream for UFC 124 on various websites Google paired his site with using its "super secret algorithm." He would have gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for the UFC’s pesky broadcast partner Spike TV whose site was the most prominent one watchufcvideos.com’s ad appeared on.
(Dana wasn’t kidding when he said he was going to shut down the Internet.)
As part of its ongoing effort to snuff out the unauthorized and illegal use of its intellectual property, the UFC’s parent company, Zuffa LLC. has issued a cease and desis…
(Dana wasn’t kidding when he said he was going to shut down the Internet.)
The move however could backfire on the UFC for at least the time being while Google’s legal team decides what to do, as the letter lists all of the sites that host the streams and videos, providing potential pirates with the means to steal from the company.
According to sources I’ve spoken to, the company has recently begun issuing similar letters to websites that use unlicensed copies of Getty Image photos from the UFC website, regardless of whether or not attribution is given. A likely next step could be to order Google to stop linking to sites guilty of the infraction.
I’m not a proponent of piracy in any way shape or form, but if Zuffa takes legal action against Google and the search engine counters by removing all search terms relating to the UFC and it’s fighters, it wouldn’t be great for the company.
Remember last year when 
