2nd amendment rights virgin post in a brand spanking new category here on OGNDY.
My SEO plugin (WordPressSEO by Yoast) suggests that I should put my chosen key word/-phrase at the beginning of the article, which is why I just shamelessly and blatantly did it in the 2H heading (also suggested by the plugin) above (still flags it as yellow, though, go figure (OK, I think I got it now)).
Enough about that! I’m trying out a new category tentatively called “Transcribed From The YouTube”, reason being I’m very uninspired in a creative sense these days (didn’t write much about the election, see?), but I still need to keep my blog going with fresh content on a regular basis so as not to die off in the search engines, should I ever figure out a way to monetize the site.
So right off the bat I’m letting you know that I’m transcribing videos, or parts of videos, that I stumble upon on YouTube. I don’t think I violate anyone’s copyright (or 2nd amendment rights for that matter) in doing so, but if you disagree and think I’m unlawfully taking advantage of the fruits of your intellect, take a number, get in line and call my lawyer. What I’m saying is, sue me.
So as this shall not turn into a completely meaningless endeavor, I will only transcribe from videos that for some reason pique my genuine interest, be it because they have something important to say, that it’s said in a particularly artful manner, that it’s something stupid, something I agree with, disagree with, whatever; it is something I for some reason thought was worth sharing. I may or may not overtly express my reasons (figure it out for yourselves) and I will not identify the video. I will, however, offer a one million dollar prize to anyone who recognizes the transcript and can send me a link to the source video. (I don’t actually have a million dollars, so if you win and I don’t pay (I won’t), take a number, get in line and call my fucking lawyer.)
I’ll make this inaugural post without further comment other than to say that the guys in the video are concerned about their 2nd amendment rights.
“(…) Of course, this is one of those things that gets thrown in our faces all the time as gun owners, but, you know, back when the 2nd amendment was actually conceived and drafted and signed and everything like that, and the whole constitution and all this, our founding fathers, you know, we had all, all of the civilians and military had all the same firearms. You know, it wasn’t uncommon for a male to go and serve in the military to grab his rifle off the, off the mantle and go fight, ’cause that’s all he had.”
“Oh yeah.”
“So you know, the peo…, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed…”
“Well, that’s what it says.”
“…and, so I mean, they mean the same technology as the military, because, back then, that was the height of technology.”
“That was the height of technology that time and it should not be any different nowadays, I mean, a lot of folks out there think the 2nd amendment only applies to hunters. OK, no! Not at all! If I want to grab the AR off my mantle and go to battle, then I’ll be damned if I’m not gonna grab it and go!”
“Right.”
In the future I may attach my own views to the transcript and make it into a true opinion piece, making it more legitimate than just shamelessly fishing for SEO brownie points, but for now it’s just a way to get free content easily, while also being a training exercise in search engine optimization (something I’ve been putting off since ca 2002).
Below is an image of the original transcript in yours truly’s hand.
Post script:
Here is the analysis the SEO plugin made of this article:
The keyword density is 0.45%, which is a bit low, the keyword was found 4 times. | |
The copy scores 67.3 in the Flesch Reading Ease test, which is considered OK to read. | |
The keyword / phrase appears in the URL for this page. | |
Keyword / keyphrase appears in 1 (out of 2) subheadings in the copy. While not a major ranking factor, this is beneficial. | |
The images on this page contain alt tags with the target keyword / phrase. | |
This page has 3 outbound link(s). | |
The keyword appears in the first paragraph of the copy. | |
You’ve never used this focus keyword before, very good. | |
The page title contains keyword / phrase, at the beginning which is considered to improve rankings. | |
In the specified meta description, consider: How does it compare to the competition? Could it be made more appealing? | |
The meta description contains the primary keyword / phrase. | |
There are 893 words contained in the body copy, this is more than the 300 word recommended minimum. | |
The page title is more than 40 characters and less than the recommended 70 character limit. |