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		<title>The Canadian SEO Prize Package!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Hooley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Melanie Nathan (follow her on Twitter @MelanieNathan) recently had a kick ass little contest to get people to participate in her brand new blog, which worked like a charm.  Just check out all those comments.  She LITERALLY just launched Canadian SEO at the time of that post, which I guarantee will take over that frozen [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Melanie Nathan (follow her on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/melanienathan">@MelanieNathan</a>) recently had a <a href="http://www.canadianseo.com/2009/02/open-business/">kick ass little contest</a> to get people to participate in her brand new blog, which worked like a charm.  Just check out all those comments.  She LITERALLY just launched <a href="http://www.canadianseo.com/">Canadian SEO</a> at the time of that post, which I guarantee will take over that frozen tundra like a Nor&#8217; Easter.  No wait, like the British.</p>
<p>Well I didn&#8217;t win the contest.  BUT!  I found out that I was <a href="http://www.canadianseo.com/2009/02/canadian-prize-package-winner/">awarded a consolation prize</a> just for being a funny guy!</p>
<p>AAAWWWEEESSSOOOMMMEEE!!!!!</p>
<p>So I interrupted the regularly scheduled program of getting my kiddo ready for bed to see what I got!</p>
<p>Here it is in all it&#8217;s glory.  A coffee mug, poker chips, card, hat, and keychain according to customs<br />
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-320" title="Canadian Prize" src="http://www.chris-hooley.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/canadian-prize2.jpg" alt="Canadian Prize" width="600" height="450" /></p>
<p>Imagine my excitement when I got the package!<br />
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-319" title="Canadian Prize" src="http://www.chris-hooley.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/canadian-prize1.jpg" alt="Canadian Prize" width="600" height="450" /></p>
<p>My daughter was excited too.  So excited, she tried to steal the package from me.<br />
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-321" title="Canadian-Prize" src="http://www.chris-hooley.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/canadian-prize-3.jpg" alt="Canadian-Prize" width="600" height="450" /></p>
<p>She got it, which somehow magically made me warp backwards and rage<br />
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-322" title="Chris Hooley- Canadian SEO Warp" src="http://www.chris-hooley.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/canadian-prize-4.jpg" alt="canadian-prize-4" width="450" height="600" /></p>
<p>We compromized and decided to open to together<br />
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-323" title="Chris Hooley- Canadian SEO Open" src="http://www.chris-hooley.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/canadian-prize-5.jpg" alt="canadian-prize-5" width="258" height="229" /></p>
<p>Kaylee was excited to find out it was chocolate.  I almost cried.<br />
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-324" title="Chris Hooley- Canadian SEO" src="http://www.chris-hooley.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/canadian-prize-6.jpg" alt="canadian-prize-6" width="433" height="411" /></p>
<p>So here goes nothing, let&#8217;s check out our chocolate&#8230;<br />
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-325" title="Chris Hooley- Canadian SEO Chocolate" src="http://www.chris-hooley.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/canadian-prize-7.jpg" alt="canadian-prize-7" width="280" height="238" /></p>
<p>Hey this isn&#8217;t chocolate!!! It&#8217;s a CANADIAN GOLDMINE!<br />
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-326" title="Chris Hooley- Canadian SEO Prize Package" src="http://www.chris-hooley.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/canadian-prize-8.jpg" alt="canadian-prize-8" width="600" height="450" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-327" title="Chris Hooley- Canadian SEO Excitement" src="http://www.chris-hooley.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/canadian-prize-9.jpg" alt="canadian-prize-9" width="600" height="450" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-328" title="Chris Hooley- Canadian SEO Prize" src="http://www.chris-hooley.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/canadian-prize-99.jpg" alt="canadian-prize-99" width="600" height="450" /></p>
<p>So I put the kid ot bed and decided to play with some of my new awesome Canadian Toys!<br />
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-329" title="Chris Hooley- Canadian SEO Bar" src="http://www.chris-hooley.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/canadian-prize-999.jpg" alt="canadian-prize-999" width="600" height="450" /></p>
<p>DRINKBAIT!<br />
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-330" title="Chris Hooley- Canadian SEO Shooter" src="http://www.chris-hooley.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/canadian-prize-9999.jpg" alt="canadian-prize-9999" width="600" height="450" /></p>
<p>Wow, that shot was smooth.  And I spilled some on my shirt<br />
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-331" title="Chris Hooley- Canadian Smooth SEO" src="http://www.chris-hooley.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/canadian-prize-99999.jpg" alt="canadian-prize-99999" width="600" height="450" /></p>
<p>Hey it worked!<br />
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-332" title="Chris Hooley- Canadian Happy SEO" src="http://www.chris-hooley.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/canadian-prize-999999.jpg" alt="canadian-prize-999999" width="600" height="450" /></p>
<p>I heard my daughter come back down stairs, and thought I would give her a little Canadian surprise!  Canadian Rally sticks FTW!<br />
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-333" title="Chris Hooley- Canadian Surprise Attack" src="http://www.chris-hooley.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/canadian-prize-9999999.jpg" alt="canadian-prize-9999999" width="600" height="450" /></p>
<p>But she retaliated with a viscious combo attack<br />
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-334" title="Chris Hooley- Canadian Rallysticks SEO" src="http://www.chris-hooley.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/canadian-prize-99999999.jpg" alt="canadian-prize-99999999" width="600" height="450" /></p>
<p>And that was pretty much the where it ended.  I put her back to bed, and resumed pimping the web, only now with a pile of Canadian AWESOMENESS!</p>
<p>Thanks Canadian SEO!<br />
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-335" title="Chris Hooley- Canadian SEO" src="http://www.chris-hooley.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/canadian-prize-999999999.jpg" alt="canadian-prize-999999999" width="600" height="450" /></p>
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		<title>The Ultimate SEO Marriage &#8211; I&#8217;ll Do the Honors</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Hooley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine a marriage between cShel and Daver.  High atop the Sears Tower, the place is packed with friends, family, and SEO Superstars.  They are broadcasting live on uStream and hundreds of people are watching online.  Lisa Barone is live blogging the event, with SugarRae smacking her in the back of the head for not using [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Imagine a marriage between <a href="http://www.cshel.com/" target="_blank">cShel</a> and <a href="http://daverohrer.com/">Daver</a>.  High atop the Sears Tower, the place is packed with friends, family, and <a href="http://www.chris-hooley.com/2006/12/03/bs-1-behind-the-conference-seo-boyband/" target="_blank">SEO Superstars</a>.  They are broadcasting live on uStream and hundreds of people are watching online.  <a href="http://lisabarone.com/" target="_blank">Lisa Barone</a> is live blogging the event, with <a href="http://www.sugarrae.com/" target="_blank">SugarRae</a> smacking her in the back of the head for not using the &lt;more&gt; tag.</p>
<p>Dave&#8217;s looking sharper than ever; standing at the alter in his tux, plams sweating, so focused on whats about to happen that he&#8217;s not even checking his iPhone for <a href="http://twitter.com/chriswinfield" target="_blank">Twitter</a> updates.  Carolyn walks in the room, looking absolutely ravishing.  Heads turn, and twitpic lights up with mobile uploads of our SEO darling in the most beautiful wedding dress Adsense ever bought.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-301" title="SEO Wedding Couple" src="http://www.chris-hooley.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/seoweddingcouple.jpg" alt="SEO Wedding Couple" width="433" height="650" /></p>
<p>All of the sudden, &#8220;Here Comes the Bride&#8221; is scratched to a halt and Europe&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="http://www.cafepress.com/HawtDamn.262427531" target="_blank">The Final Countdown</a>&#8221; starts blasting over the speakers.  <em>Strobe lights, fog, lights camera action</em>.  Chris Hooley is elevated from a platform below the stage, pounding a beer bong like it&#8217;s spring break. &#8220;KISS THAT BRIDE MANG SO WE CAN GET THIS PARTY STARTEEEEEED!&#8221;</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-302" title="Chris Hooley the Dudeist Priest" src="http://www.chris-hooley.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/chrishooley.jpg" alt="Chris Hooley the Dudeist Priest" width="428" height="426" /></p>
<p>Dave busts out a rock the size of a softball (paid for by his newly launched pyramid affiliate scheme), pops it on Carolyn&#8217;s dainty finger, and Hooley screams &#8220;I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU SEO MAN AND <a href="http://www.seowife.com/" target="_blank">SEO WIFE</a> (#2)&#8221;.</p>
<h3>This Could Happen, Really.</h3>
<p>I can legally perform a marriage for any of you SEO rockstars, and turn your special day into a virtual circus.  For a small fee, or some kick ass links to some of my most prized web properties, <strong>THE Chris Hooley</strong> can do YOUR honors.  Because I&#8217;m now an ordained priest.</p>
<h3>I&#8217;m a Dudeist Priest.</h3>
<p>If you&#8217;re interested in hiring me to get the deed done, I take PayPal, money orders, Google Checkout, or XLS sheets filled with hot link locations.  I also do birthdays, bar mitzvahs, and I&#8217;m a notary public.<br />
<img class="alignnone" title="Fo REAL" src="http://www.valley-sierra.com/store/sc_images/products/290_large_image.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="397" /></p>
<p>If you wanna learn more about how to become a dudeist priest yourself, I&#8217;m selling an ebook with convoluted instructions so I can make it seem more complicated than it really is and charge a fee for it, even though it&#8217;s free at <a href="http://www.dudeism.com/" target="_blank">this site over here</a>.  So give me money and let&#8217;s turn your wedding into a <em><strong>real </strong></em>party!</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" title="Wedding PARTY!!!!" src="http://alllayedout.com/Images/Funny_Pics/graphics/redneck_wedding_reception.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="404" /></p>
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		<title>Hip Hop Promotion</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Hooley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;re completely confused as to why my blog has a post titled &#8220;Hip Hop Promotion&#8221; but I assure you there is at least tangential relevancy.  An old friend of mine, Nick Norris, has plunged himself head first into the world of web design, SEO, and all that juicy stuff.  At first I thought [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;re completely confused as to why my blog has a post titled &#8220;<a href="http://hiphopvillage.org/" target="_blank">Hip Hop Promotion</a>&#8221; but I assure you there is at least tangential relevancy.  An old friend of mine, <a href="http://nicknorris.net/" target="_blank">Nick Norris</a>, has plunged himself head first into the world of web design, SEO, and all that juicy stuff.  At first I thought &#8220;Ohh great, another new <a href="http://www.mcpmedia.com/" target="_blank">Phoenix SEO</a> to compete for contracts.&#8221; Shizzle bizzle, I had no idea how much he was into it his new passion until I saw like 10 of his sites.  One of which, Hip Hop Village, he is targeting for the phrase &#8220;Hop Hop Promotion&#8221;.</p>
<p>In my cockiness, I may or may not have just blurted out to him that I will get his site to rank #1 in Google for Hip Hop Promotion.  This of course, was before I did any research.  But after doing a bit of research, turns out it will require at least some effort&#8230; which stinks because it aint like I&#8217;m getting paid for this. My &#8220;bigger than it should be&#8221; mouth just got me into a stupid predicament. I wrote a check that my ass is now required to cash&#8230;</p>
<p>So maybe you, my friends, could post a little linkie to his site with some nice rich anchor text to help a brother out?  If you do, me love you long time and me also owe you one.  And if you do, let me know if there is anything I can help you push as well, since I <strong>will </strong>owe you one!  In the meantime, I&#8217;ll see what I can do about that page title, redirect, and content. ;-)</p>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a PUPPY-OFF!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Hooley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SnoopBloggyBlog is known for copying everything awesome that I do.  So when I went out and got a cute puppy, it&#8217;s no surprise Jon felt he had to follow suit.  But Jon is under the false impression that his puppy is CUTER than mine.  CUTER THAN MINE?!  Not possible.  You might be SEO Savvy, but [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.SnoopBloggyBlog.com/">SnoopBloggyBlog</a> is known for copying everything awesome that I do.  So when I went out and got a cute puppy, it&#8217;s no surprise Jon felt he had to follow suit.  But Jon is under the false impression that his puppy is CUTER than mine.  CUTER THAN MINE?!  Not possible.  You might be <a href="http://www.SEOSavvy.com/">SEO Savvy</a>, but you are not a very good judge of puppy cuteness, Jon Heinl.</p>
<p>Jon&#8217;s opinion remains unaltered by my domineering attempts to get him to admit my Bailey is cuter than his Tyson.  <strong>So I declared a PUPPY-OFF!!! </strong></p>
<p>The rules are simple, I post the two pictures below, and YOU just comment on this thread that my puppy is cuter.  If you choose not to admit MY puppy is cuter, you are also a false prophet of puppy cuteness and you can join Jon among the ranks of people who have no idea how to judge the cuteness of a puppy.</p>
<p><strong>So let&#8217;s do this thing&#8230;</strong></p>
<h3>Tyson</h3>
<p>Here is Jon&#8217;s puppy.  He&#8217;s a 7 week old boxer who doesn&#8217;t sleep, whines a lot, and poops gigantically all over the house.  Cute?  Maybe.<br />
<img class="alignnone" title="Tyson, the gigantic pooping boxer" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1041/3174522184_aa59e73bde.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></p>
<h3>Bailey</h3>
<p>Now here is my little Bailey.  A sweet little 7 week old Malti-Poo who already is somewhat potty trained and can fit easily into my front pocket for maximum cuteness retention.<br />
<img class="alignnone" title="Bailey, playing with a Jingle Bell" src="http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v1928/164/122/501109567/n501109567_1115128_3276.jpg" alt="" width="604" height="453" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone" title="Bailey, the uber cute super puppy of sweetness and lovingness" src="http://photos-g.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-snc1/v1928/164/122/501109567/n501109567_1114254_9317.jpg" alt="" width="604" height="453" /></p>
<p>Now you be the judge, which puppy is cuter?  (say mine)</p>
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		<title>The IRS Sucks.  And so does TurboTax.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Hooley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Holy crap check this out. I was penalized 6k in 2007 despite overpaying by 2k, because TurboTax did not transmit the money on the 14th of April, even though I got a successful transmission message after clicking the button. I was notified after the deadline, by the IRS, that they never got my payment. So [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Holy crap check this out.  I was penalized 6k in 2007 despite overpaying by 2k, because TurboTax did not transmit the money on the 14th of April, even though I got a successful transmission message after clicking the button.  I was notified after the deadline, by the IRS, that they never got my payment.  So I hired a tax lady, who wrote me a nice letter and attached some screen shots of my TurboTax account showing I paid on time and it was a software problem.  So I thought I cleaned up last year&#8217;s problem.  I was stoked!</p>
<p>I literally <em><strong>just </strong></em>licked the envelope to send off the correspondence to the IRS about the 2007 problem, and continued to tend to my bills.  In the pile, there was <em><strong>another </strong></em>letter from the IRS.  <strong>This one says I owe almost 18k for my <em>2006 </em>taxes</strong>.  Because apparently, TurboTax did the same thing that year.  But the IRS waited almost 2 years so they could add an additional 6k in penalties and interest.</p>
<p>So now, out of the blue, I am 22k in the hole with the government.  And I swear I paid that 12k, I remember it clear as day.  In 2006 I found out the transmission did not go through and sent them a check.  Bank of America said they cannot find the check, but I remember it plain as day.  Plus both years, I was paying my taxes the whole time.  But of course, the IRS can always figure out ways to squeeze a little extra out of a brotha.</p>
<p>I called the IRS, and they basically said I am S.O.L. and any problems I have had with software have nothing to do with the bottom line, which is, I owe them 22k right now.  And as for Bank of America, it&#8217;s not like I backed up my transaction logs, so I depend on <em><strong>their </strong></em>system to pull data when needed.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m no conspiracy theorist, but how the heck did both B of A and the IRS lose record of that transaction?  And how can The IRS justify waiting until 6k in interest and penalties is accrued to inform me about the 2006 problem?  And how can they justify penalizing me 6k for OVERPAYING my taxes by thousands of dollars just a few weeks late?  Especially considering I TRIED to pay on time and the software was to blame?</p>
<p>This is how.<br />
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The government totally sucks you motherfucker.</p>
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