What is the wheelbase of a cat?
Sarah Wilson-Blackwell wrote a book about SEO titled, “Heavy Traffic, Drive Organic Traffic to your Website with SEO Content Writing,” and it is as funny as it is informative.
Her irreverent, snarky tone is a delight with every turn of the page, leading the reader further down the rabbit hole of her brain.
If her goal was to merely sell a book, she would have already succeeded. Once the reader has turned the first page, however, she has further succeeded in dragging them into a world she views a little off-kilter from the obvious and into the subtle shadows the light creates. There is no option for the reader to escape other than to power through to the end.
The reward is a curiosity, not simply about SEO, but about the connection of disparate things. You will emerge with odd questions you need to know the answer to, like the wheelbase of a cat.
I googled “what is the wheelbase of a cat” and oddly, I got no results. There are other things people measure on their cat, like neck size, chest girth, etc, but in the entirety of the existence of the human race, it appears nobody has ever measured the wheelbase of a cat.
And the SEO keyword “wheelbase of a cat” has not been indexed in Google.
Until now.
Buy her book. Keep the curiosity about your world alive.
The hed graphic was borrowed from the free worksheet on Education.com. They said it was free, so I hope that means I can feature their artwork to illustrate this story. Show them some love and go there to begin your scientific experiment on compiling a dataset on the wheelbase of every breed of cat. I take no responsibility for any injury you may sustain measuring cats.
This was on Medium for the longest time, but since I’m doing more Substack stuff, I thought I would bring it over here. The keywords “wheelbase of a cat” may or may not tank because there is duplicate content… or maybe it’ll index in both places, or maybe Google will make one or the other canonical (How do I do that here?) I don’t really know… but we’re about to find out. If you’re a Substack user, you can stay in Substack… same with Medium.
I know, I know,. why is this stuff in your inbox? It doesn’t look like the typical Tarnished Pennies dreck. Please don’t unsubscribe because of it, I swear, it’s a bit that has been going on for years and I would like to keep it going. Also, don’t measure stray cats… they really hate it….
Gerard- I never thought of the wheelbase of a cat so this is an intriguing, interesting, and curious piece of writing. So glad to have discovered it. I appreciate it.
I appreciate your commitment to the promotion of my eBook.