Not a problem — as I said, ideas aren’t “unique” pretty much any of the time.

Rather they are thoughts, imprints and conscious and subconscious neuron firings that lead to bigger and better ideas.

I red a study recently — or maybe not so recently! — that talked about how not only is no idea unique, but how great “aha” moments that seem to propel humanity forward are often a collection of ideas that were iterated over long periods of time to lead to the “grand idea” that really wasn’t that novel at all when compared to the rest of the person’s thoughts and thinking over time and the evolution of those thoughts.

In fact, I can attest to that very fact in that all the reading I do online gives me great “ideas” for new blog posts, things that piss me off, or something interesting to pass along to my readers.

No harm no foul, I just thought I would at least bring it to your attention.

By the way, would appreciate if you removed my email address!

Me no like spam bots!

Thanks again Ian, looking forward to future collaboration and “idea” sharing!

;-)

Chris

I hadn’t actually read your blog until I received this note.

The concept of ‘101’ has certainly been around a long time. The first piece of writing I ever did as a professional was “Cellular security 101”, if I remember right.

Wow, your most recent post certainly looks familiar:

http://www.biquitous.com/3-critical-title-tag-seo-practices-video

Even video, and calling it SEO 101?

Not sure whether I should be flattered, or it was pure coincidence…I know I sent you the link to it via Twitter and on your blog a few times in response to some of your posts that talked about the Title tag.

I really respect a lot of your stuff, so I just wanted to reach out and ask whether this was a slight (or blatant) rip off, or if you thought there was something that I missed in my video that you wanted to address.

Certainly I have no legal or any other right to the term SEO 101, or talking about title tags (seems there’s a new post every week on it) but I was just wondering…

Thanks,

Chris

Note that this was on totally fake sites, so I can’t vouch, but I really, really feel like the dashes work better.

That said, this is one small factor among dozens – if you like ’em, keep ’em!

I’ve always used the pipe too so would be keen to hear advice as to why not to use it.

Quick question: I’m a big fan of the “pipe” symbol. No specific reason, I just like the way it breaks things up on a title tag or heading. Why do you suggest staying away from it?

Thanks again,

Travis