Pirate Links
Yo-ho-ho! It’s time for some more viral links. The idea is for readers to copy the list, add their own links and write about it to encourage their readers to do the same. (Bryan explains it better.) But, I don’t like to do a simple listing. Google doesn’t like it, and it’s not terribly interesting, especially for your readers. So, I like to kick it up a notch.
But, how could I possibly top the last one? Avast, ye scurvy dogs, it’s best not to even try. Instead, we’ll do something different, bucko. We’ll head out on the high seas, and tell a tale of a fateful trip on board a tiny ship…
“Blimey!” cried the Pirate King, when he heard John Cow tell him of A-Listers Found Guilty of Stealing. “Why, they ought to dance with Jack Ketch, them bilge-sucking dogs!”
“If people wants to make the booty, they oughtta read MakeCentsOnline.com,” answered his first mate, known only as the Boston Brat.
Miri Guy said, “Bah! They gots to read E-Revenue Select!”
“Who are these A-Listers anyway?” asked Boogie Mum. “John Chow? Ryan Shamus? Terence Chang? Phil McDonnell?”
“Phil who? Is he The Insane Writer?” the Vegan Momma inquired.
“I’m sure that was Chris Bloczynski. Or was it ChrisBlogging?” said the Groovy Vegetarian.
“Who cares!?” exclaimed Mr. Baconpants. “I Hate Your Job, I Hate My Job and I just want to Escape Job Hell with my Blogging Expertise and My New Hustle!”
“Avast, ye addled dogs!” the Pirate King stomped his peg-leg. “I say we pillage the Norwegian Photo Blog, Picture Clusters, Kenibatz’s blog of photos and set a course for Marketing Land. We’ll cast anchor at The Happy Rock. Then, we’ll declare Poewar on those landlubbers, and attack the Lewis Empire and the Bamboo Nation. It’s Technically Easy and that’s How I Will Be Rich! High Fivez all ’round, mates!”
All hands roared with delight.
“But, wait!” cried black-booted twins Omicra and Komirad, una voce. “We’ll first ‘ave to cross the Untwisted Vortex and beware the CyberSurge! We’ll need to be mindful of the Digital Lost Boys, who troll the eastern seas with their Slyvisions of glory. Is it all worth it to achieve just One Man’s Goal?”
Some in the crowd cheered, while others jeered.
“Argh!” said the Pirate King. “When ye all joined the Misdo Club, ye all put yer scurvy hands on the Rich Minx and swore the Zr5 oath of Misdo Link Love! I Do Things, and I’m not here to be your Blogamama! I Am Facing Millions! But, would ye rather play some Queen City Hoops and write A Blog About Nothing? I oughtta make ye all kiss the gunner’s daughter!”
Etienne Teo said, “Hey, how about some Blogging Tips?”
“Don’t change the subject!” cried the Pirate King. “All right, me hearties. If ye all are so afraid, get the Mobile Phone Geek up on the deck. We’ll ring up the Oil Offshore Marine. If he ain’t Hiding-N-Public, he’ll surely cast his lot with us. He took on The King Kong Blog and the Olympic Blogger, and knocked ‘em both all the way to E-World Vu. He’ll know what to do!”
While the call was being made, the crew continued to chatter.
“Have you heard of A Blog That Lies?” asked Rammel Firdaus.
“Nah, but I’ve been to Don Biz Blogger,” replied Groovy Entrepreneur.
“I read about Net Monetization at the Everything Finance Blog, or was it the Forex Trading Blog?” said Bosun Mouseki.
“I was following a Fashion Style Trend, when I took Exit 78 and wound up at Port Demp.se/y,” said the old salt Walnut.
“What’dye think of it?” asked the Marketing Deviant.
“It was very blue.”
“Belay!” boomed the Pirate King. “Enough of yer Life Snippets! We’re Lost in Technology, and we couldn’t get through to the Marine. But, we reached the Cariboo Ponderer who had some Tips Supremo. But, he’s Smart Not Cheap, so it took some Scraps of Mind and some calculating from The Budget Babe, but we formulated a One Year Goal to pay him off with Your Website Profit…”
“Who’s website profit?” asked the Utah SEO.
“Your Website Profit,” replied the Pirate King. “Not mine. I’m not giving away any of my Net Hustlin’ earnings!”
“Why, you’ve got some Blogging Bits on you if you think we’re giving up our website profits,” said the Coffee Sewing Mom. “I’ll report you to The Daily Fuzz and they’ll send Lillie Ammann after you with some Chill Technology.”
“Let’s hoist him up by his Techie Zone,” exclaimed The Dragon Project.
The crew cheered and several hands grabbed the Pirate King.
“That’s me father yer manhandling, ye cowardly swabs,” cried The Laidback Buddhist.
“Let’s get some Mottekaero Mister Donuts,” suggested The Contest Winner.
“I’ve been around the Webd360 and ended up at The Last Page on the Net,” said Willis Chan dot Com. “But I Should Have Bred Iguanas instead.”
“I’ve been to some Weird Websites,” said Terri Terri Quite Contrary. “I was Going The Wong Way, when I stumbled upon the Bimbo With a Twist, Allscm.com and the Dumb Ox Daily News.”
“That’s nothing,” replied Syaf the Geek. “I’ve been to Random Encounters of We, SEO: Project search engine friendly web directory and blog, Blogging Mix, The Blogging Experiment, It’s Write Now, Blog Sonar and Pro Blog Design.”
“What’s weird about any of them?” asked the Cubicle Denizen.
“I thought we were listing places we’ve been. Did I mention Debo Hobo dot Com?”
“Bilge!” cried the Pirate King, shaking off the men who had been holding him. “Before ye all get yer rantbits.com in a bunch, ye best be deciding what yer gonna do next before I have ye all keelhauled! In all My Wanderings, I’ve never seen such a poxy group of dogs!”
“Well, let’s all Sigh, Say Cheese and take a Breather before we get back to thinking,” offered The Diva Network.
“If you’re happy, I would be; from a distance,” said Keeyit.
“I hope we haven’t forgotten anybody from the crew at DCR Blogs,” said The Thought Sponge.
“Where’s my cheese?” asked Master Halo 3.
“Stopover sometime, big boy,” said Fiona is Me to the Pirate King. “And I’ll show you The Daily Trend on The Journey to 30.”
The Pirate King replied, “Maybe Just Another Day. Okay, ye scurvy dogs, let’s make our plans to pillage the village and loot the booty!”
“Quiet!” said The Groovy Vegetarian. “My Mother’s Home!”
“Same time tomorrow?” whispered the Pirate King.
Everyone nodded “yes” as they snuck out the back door and headed home.
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Hilarious! You should do it like that every week!
Thanks! I keep trying to do different things, rather than have just a plain list.
Thanks for the link- I like booty or is it bootie, you know green stuff people give you on payday or from writing a great blog!
If you want to refer to greenbacks, it’s always booty with a Y. Booty and bootie are interchangeable, but only when referring to the type of booty that isn’t money.
At least, so far as I can tell from different websites. I could be wrong.
Once again awesome!
You have too much time on your hands my friend, too much time…
Thanks. When you can’t think of something more useful to write about, a good pirate tale will do in a pinch!
Wow, your creativity blows my mind, besides knowing how to tell a really good story!
It’s like a dream come true.
Thanks, and thanks for the inspiration!
By the way, your Technorati Authority is up to 13 now.
Three more days to get it to 15, and I’m claiming my point!
Nice update to your tag line, Pirate King’s Daughter! Very creative as well.
Ha! Right now, you are at 16. I claim my point!
You never fail to amaze and impress.
PS. Tell the Pirate King that attacking Lewis Empire will get him banned from Google, his accounts frozen, his Alexa crash, his Technorati destoyed.
del.icio.us? With the fishes.
Stumble? He may as well crumble.
Linkback? Try gun rack.
Pass on the message for me.
Thanks and great posting again…
Good job on the reply! Much fun all around.
But, if you take on the Pirate King, you’ll also have to face the Pirate King’s daughter. Are you sure you want to do that?
It’s a big Empire. I’ll buy her off with linkbacks and comments!
You know no bounds, Dan. Congratulations.
Thanks!
I love the list, that ways much more interesting to read than those long lists of links! Thanks for spending the time to do that (as well as the link of course).
Brilliant way of posting these viral links
Thanks for including me again.
You’ll definitely get linked to in my next viral post.
A good read again.
DCR- I’m going to have to take you out so that we can give your computer a break. How much time did this one squeeze out of you? Once again, creativity at it’s best! Good stuff
Actually, this one took less time than the last one. I didn’t have to visit each blog and come up with a lyric.
Wow… very cool. Thanks for linking me too.
lmao - That was fantastic! Well done.
enjoyed it so much!! many thanks for the link!
Very original ! Thanks for the link!
- http://www.everythingfinanceblog.com/
arrggg matey! You’ve done it again! You’ve made everyone else’s posts incredibly boring and you did it without mutiny. Thanks for including my link in your list and will be sure to return the bounty.
Brilliant! Thanks for including me in your links, Matey!
Great post! Thanks for the link! I think you’re on to something
Hey Alex,
You must have been typing too fast–you entered your URL wrong (you had “.com.com” at the end). I fixed it for you though.
That was beautiful, I could almost smell the sea salt and see the Jolly Roger.
What an entertaining and creative “list”!
thank you so much for the link! love the way you did this …
Thanks to everyone who visited and commented!
My apologies to those I inadvertently left out this time. Sorry! I think I left the same people out last time too.
I’ll make it up to you!
Diggity dang it. I didn’t know all these blogs are now part of the challenge. Wowza! There is no way in heck i’m going to win now. lol. (super califragistilic creative viral) very hot.
What would you like i do for you?
There’s a challenge? I just included bloggers who have included me, as well as ones I added. Still, I managed to overlook blogs I had intended to include.
Ahoy! Thanks for the link mate!
Great story - and you did it all by yourself! Thanks for including me!
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this was one interesting post to read. it has given me a new idea for ways to provide links to my readers.
Oh, my frickin’ God!
My “Incoming Links” feature hasn’t been working; this is the first I’ve seen of the Pirate Links. Well done!!!
This deserves a soda, for sure.
Thank you!
LOL! I had a really crappy day until I read this! Great thing you’ve got going here. Thanks for the link!!!
Glad I could make your day better!
Thanks for stopping by!
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that is the most brilliant piece of link love ever created.
Thanks. I’ve added your blog to my master list, so you’ll be in the next one.
Thanks for stopping by!
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