Vanessa Fox tagged me asking 5 reasons why I blog. So that I can write something once, and then I’ll have a place where I can point back to it. You try answering “I started/stopped buying AdWords and my rankings rose/dropped. Is Google boosting/penalizing me for buying ads?” for the 732nd time, and you’ll see the value in that. The answer is no, by the way. I wanted to see what it was like to be a webmaster so I’d

Yesterday my car was at the dealership. The dealer has a shuttle service that drops you off at home or work, and so there were four random people in the car besides the driver. Out of that semi-random sample of Silicon Valley folks, three out of the four were working on search! The other person could have been in search too, but he was cranky and/or hard-of-hearing, so he didn’t really talk much

The end of the year is approaching. I believe that in the United States, if the letter is postmarked by December 31st, a charitable donation counts as deductible for that tax year. If you’re not aware of them, GuideStar and Charity Navigator are two good places to start.
I think I know what I’m doing charity-wise this year, but readers might enjoy seeing what other people suggest. Does anyone want to mention specific charities? Or mention other things that might not strictly be charities, but might be “good deeds” that readers would be interested in?

I hope you are having great holidays so far!
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which is Feline for “Merry Christmas!” Emmy says “Happy Holidays!” as well. Of the two cats, she’s the more SEO-savvy, at least according to seotrumps.com:

In case you couldn’t tell, my wife has been out of town this week. She went back to Omaha to help her sister take care of our new niece. Soon my wife will return and then I’m sure I’ll return to my normal, slower blogging pace. That’ll be okay though, because I’ll sleep more.

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody. Enjoy your turkey day, tofurkey day, turducken day, or whatever you enjoy this fine afternoon. If you’re not in the U.S., have a great day nonetheless, and I hereby recommend that you take the day off anyway.