In a blatant attempt to capitalize on the Internet buzz over former “American Idol” contestant Corey Clark’s (photo by Michel Boutefeu / Getty Images file) kissing and telling the whole world that he slept with Paula Abdul, I’m blogging about it. It’s actually an experiment.
Corey Clark was a contestant on the show but got kicked off when his criminal activity came to light. He appears to be an opportunitistic hustler and batterer of his own sister. He claims that Abdul slept with him and bought him stuff; she denies it.
I don’t watch the show and couldn’t care less about any of it. But Google does. 
I will share the results of my experiment in a few days. Did I already mention that Corey Clark is a cad?
Update: As part of my blog consulting venture, I’m learning about search engine optimization. Most bloggers already know that relevant key words in titles and posts sometimes result in traffic spikes from Google searches. For instance, several days before the election, I blogged about Scrappleface’s parody of a John Kerry concession speech. A few days later, after Kerry actually conceded, my site meter exploded with Googlers searching for “John Kerry concession speech.”
To a lesser degree, something similar is happening with the post on Jennifer Wilbanks’s 911 call. Some news outlet has probably recently discussed the transcript of the call. The key is predicting which searches will be popular so your page is archived and ranked by the time everyone else catches up. I’m trying to build my traffic, and relying on high-traffic bloggers for links is passé. And unreliable.
Update II: No hits for “Corey Clark” yet, but searches for “Wilbanks,” “911 call Wilbanks,” and “Jennifer” are generating traffic. A few people are searching under “Jennifer Wilbanks learning disability” and “Jennifer Wilbanks insane.”
