Another spurt of Google juice

I don't get a lot of traffic here. So I'm always a little surprised by the Google ranking of a random post. Last month I posted on "Marketing vs. Advertising." It was a nothing post. Just a link to an explanation at about.com. Three sentences.

Of the 7 million+ results of a Google search on that headline, my post was #10. First page. (If you search on "marketing vs. advertising," you get 14 thousand+ results, and my post is #8)

I wouldn't argue with those that would point to this example as a flaw in Google search. But let's face it, Google is how most of us find what we're searching for. And my ranking did no harm, since the #1 result was the page I had linked to in my post.

If you're not a blogger you probably stopped reading a couple of grafs up. But this is the kind of anecdotal "evidence" I use when encouraging clients to blog.

Speaking of pointless stats... I just noticed that I'm closing in on 3,000 posts. Not a big number in Power Blogger circles, but for someone as commitment challenged as smays... noteworthy.