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Happy New Year : Rosh Hashanah

Wishing all my Jewish friends a happy, healthy and successful new year!

Here is an awesome video:

Thanks tamar for sharing that video with me.

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Wikipedia Keeps My Page

The other day I noticed I was up for my second nomination for deleting for my Wikipedia page. I questioned, am I a notable source for information in my industry...

I learned today that the Wikipedia administrators decided to "keep" the page, because, and I quote:

The result was keep. There are obvious WP:COI issues in play here, but that is a reason to edit the article, not to delete it. There was also off-site canvassing, but that does not necessarily invalidate the positions of those canvassed. On the whole I would say consensus is (weakly) leaning towards keep. Beeblebrox (talk) 16:16, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

That being said, it was a pretty heated debate going on in that deletion nomination page. Specifically a lot of flak from User:Cantaloupe2.

Anyway, it honestly does make me feel happy, on some level, to have the page. It shows my contributions to the SEO industry are seen to be somewhat valuable and that helps me keep doing what I really love to do.

It is kind of funny, it all started back when I wrote I wish I had a Wikipedia entry and then wrote one myself, which was a big time no-no. I didn't know that then, but I learned quickly it was a mistake to write your own entry.

So that started a debate but Wikipedia decided to keep it then. Then the debate came back up again 4 years later and the result was again a "keep."

In fact, earlier this year, they made the barry schwartz page a landing page to three different Barry Schwartz individuals, which was also cool.

Anyway, it really isn't about ego - really. It is more about feeling like the work I've been doing in the SEO space for almost ten years is somewhat validated by independent sources outside of the SEO space. Not sure if that makes any sense?

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Am I Notable? Some Sources

Figured it would be a good time to updated my places I've been quoted since I am up for yet a second deletion on my Wikipedia bio.

I feel like if I was in any other industry, as a journalist writing as the News Editor at the top search news site, Search Engine Land, and running one of the oldest and detailed search blogs on the internet, Search Engine Land - you'd think that would be enough. But I feel, because I am associated with SEOs, and some Wikipedians hate SEOs, they want to delete the page.

That is fine - if it deserves deletion but does it? Who should be mentioned as notable people in the search industry outside of Google and Bing employees? Danny? Chris? Greg? Matt? Myself? Who?

I originally, in 2007, made the mistake of writing my own Wikipedia article in 2007. It was a mistake, but Wikipedia changed the article and decided it was worth keeping. Now one Wikipedia guy feels it is no longer worth keeping.

Since it is a no-no to cite mentions of notability at Wikipedia, maybe someone else can who is more unbiased against the SEO industry?

I recommend you read my bio at rustybrick.com/barry.

Anyway, if that isn't enough, here are some third party links where I've been interviewed, cited, etc and keep in mind - I only spent 10 minutes gathering these via Google News. Wish I had more time...

NBC TV http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRsZVic1SYU

Spanish http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZEv31vr3oU

CBS News: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7363686n

Channel 12 Local News: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRKPOnlFAN8

USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2010-05-05-google-new-tools_N.htm

USA Today: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2010/05/googles-market-share-slips-as-bing-rivalry-heats-up-/1

ABC News: http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=8252259

BusinessWeek: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_66/s0906056694794.htm

Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/2008/04/15/microsoft-aquantive-avenuea-tech-intel-cx_ag_0416microsoft.html

Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/2007/10/24/google-web-traffic-tech-cx_ag_1024google2.html

Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/2006/06/26/search-school-privacy_cx_rr_0626google.html

Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/2008/05/15/iac-ask-deal-tech-internet-cx_ag_0515techask.html