{"id":7124,"date":"2008-11-03T10:35:55","date_gmt":"2008-11-03T16:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/03\/a-case-study-on-why-content-is-still-king\/"},"modified":"2008-11-03T10:35:55","modified_gmt":"2008-11-03T16:35:55","slug":"a-case-study-on-why-content-is-still-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/?p=7124","title":{"rendered":"A case study on why content is still king"},"content":{"rendered":"
by Zigfred Diaz<\/div>\n

“Charlie bit me” is a youtube<\/a> video that got more than 6 million<\/a> views worldwide. Because of its popularity it is has been made the subject of several spoofs which features two not so cute adults trying hard to copy the innocent, unrehearsed acts of the two kids featured in the original video.<\/p>\n

The video has been added about 9 months ago, the exact date is May 22, 2007. To date, it has received a total of 7,764 comments and has been “favorited “43,030 times.<\/p>\n

Around 106,000 website has wrote about or featured the video. So popular is the video that in fact, search for it has reached a high amount of volume. As a result, statistics for it is made available at google trends. (Note that Google trends shows searches only when it has become so popular)<\/p>\n

So popular is the video that the phrase “Charlie bit me” itself has been used by several webmasters and several venture capitalist to make money out of. In fact the mother of the boys commented, “I have noticed that the phrase Charlie bit me is catching on and people are trying to profit of it . . .”<\/p>\n

Not to get left behind by bloggers<\/a> and other business minded person the parents has started to realize the income opportunity that can be made off the popular phrase and the high volume of traffic that the popular youtube video has brought. The parents are making available to the public a “Charlie bit me” t-shirt series.<\/p>\n

The parents did the right thing considering that the video features their kids and they were the ones who uploaded the video. It should be them that should be the first to benefit from the popularity and the high volume of traffic that the video has brought.<\/p>\n

Without a doubt the video is certainly cute. The British accent certainly adds to its appeal. (Sadly most spoof videos of “Charlie bit me” are not so cute at all; in fact I would call some of them dumb)<\/p>\n

So what could we learn from the “Charlie bit me phenomenon” or the “Charlie bit me craze” ? There is only one lesson that comes into mind and that is CONTENT IS STILL KING. It’s still “The content stupid” no matter what the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) experts say. Without a doubt a lot of “Charlie bit me” fans got to know the video because somebody told them about it and not because they googled for “funny videos.” It is concievable that the parents of these kid did not do any advertisement, tried to increase their back links, released several press releases, bought some articles<\/a> are bought text link or google ads to increase their traffic. The primary reason why the “Charlie bit me” video has brought about a high number of traffic is because people love the content so much that they go crazy over it because it is so funny and so cute. This is not not to say that SEO strategies and techniques are not important to internet marketing. If content is King SEO strategies and techniques are only “queens.” The point I am driving is that it is important to realize that the richness of the content is the one that drives sustainable high traffic to our websites and blogs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Oh before I end this article, if you really like the video why don’t you get a life and buy a “Charlie bit me” shirt.<\/p>\n

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About the Author:<\/div>\n
Zigfred Diaz writes<\/a> about making cash online, SEO, blogging tips, being a smart investor and financial management among other topics. He is now competing in the Busby SEO Test<\/a> challenge. Visit his blog today !<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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