Haiku #34: Dean Hunt
Viral marketing.
Lies provoke and bait backlinks.
Dean Hunt. Smart bastard.
I read about Dean Hunt’s so-called bizarre Google request — he’s gotten a request from an un-named company to climb down a few notches in the Google SERPs for an undisclosed keyword. Are we supposed to believe this? Just a few days earlier, he posted that he actually was going to start a viral-marketing campaign.
Even Slashdot covered the story, though it lacks any evidence at all. Sorry Dean, but i nofollowed that link for a reason (as if it’d matter now, when you’re cemented in the first spot).
Anyway, it was cool in a twisted way. I’m just bitter because I didn’t come up with it first.
Använder FireStats
Nice article.
It may be worth pointing out that the viral campaign post was from early October NOT a few days ago. I believe he scrapped that idea.
He also says that the viral campaign was for a NEW site, not his blog.
Personally I don’t see why he would tell his readers he was doing a viral and then pretend something was true.
Makes no sense.
If it is a hoax then congrats to him though. Priceless ;)
Comment by chris-jameson — December 14, 2006 @ 12:25 am