My SEO Music Mix
A few people in my office have wanted to know the kinds of music that I listen to here at work and I figured I'd share a little bit about that in today's post.
For the longest time, our office enforced a "no head-phones" rule, which, just as it sounds, banned the listening to portable music devices such as CD and MP3 players. That was up until a few months ago when the ban was lifted.
Today, I find myself juggling between 2 MP3 players every week. One is an office 2Gig iPod Nano which helps me (and the rest of the SEO team) to keep updated on industry news via podcasts. The player is set to automatically download about 6 or 7 shows each week and remove those from the previous week. We have a very sweet system in place.
The second MP3 player is my personal 20Gig Dell DJ, which currently has just over 3Gigs of music. I have created several play-lists to satisfy my music needs for just about any occasion, and yes I have one specially created for when I'm optimizing websites. I call it "SEO Mix", however, I also listen to it when I'm working on my site or working on graphic projects. I guess you can say it's one of the many ingredients in my SEO secret sauce... because as we all know, behind every good SEO is good play-list of music.
So what does my "SEO Mix" consist of? Well, before I get into that I want share with you a little bit of information regarding my taste in music. I was raised in a very diverse town and have learned to enjoy many genres of music. My favorite genres are Rock and Rap (what can I say I'm a sucker for guitar solos and great beats), however I listen to JUST about everything.
The following is my "SEO Mix":
1. ACDC - Hells Bells
2. ACDC - Highway to Hell
3. ACDC - T.N.T
4. ACDC - Thunderstruck
5. Aerosmith - Back In the Saddle
6. Aerosmith - Dream On
7. Aerosmith - Dude Looks Like a Lady
8. Aerosmith - Janie's Got a Gun
9. Aerosmith - Walk This Way
10. Alter Bridge - Open Your Eyes
11. Blink 182 - Dammit
12. Blink 182 - I Miss You
13. Blink 182 - What's My Age Again
14. Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive
15. Bush - Glycerine
16. Bush - Machinehead
17. Creed - One
18. Creed - What If
19. Dr. Dre - Forgot About Dre
20. Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers
21. Eminem - Mosh
22. Eminem - When I'm Gone
23. Foghat - Slow Ride
24. Foreigner - Juke Box Hero
25. Green Day - American Idiot
26. Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
27. Green Day - Holiday
28. Guns and Roses - November Rain
29. Guns and Roses - Sweet Child of Mine
30. Guns and Roses - Welcome To The Jungle
31. Incubus - Megalomaniac
32. Jay Z - Dirt Off Your Shoulders
33. Jay Z - Encore
34. Jay Z - Moment Of Clarity
35. Kiss - Detroit Rock City
36. Limp Bizkit - M.I.
37. Limp Bizkit - My Generation
38. Limp Bizkit - Rollin'
39. Linkin Park - In The End
40. Linkin Park - Numb
41. Linkin Park - One Step Closer
42. Lynard Skynard - Sweet Home Alabama
43. Marilyn Manson - Beautiful People
44. Marilyn Manson - Rock is Dead
45. Metallica - Enter Sandman
46. Metallica - St. Anger
47. Metallica - The Unforgiven II
48. Michael Jackson - Beat It
49. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
50. Motorhead - King of Kings
51. Nelly - #1
52. Nelly - Country Grammar
53. Nelly - E.I.
54. Nelly - Ride with Me
55. Nelly - Shake Ya Tail Feather
56. Nirvana- Smells Like Teen Spirit
57. Papa Roach - Broken Home
58. Papa Roach - Last Resort
59. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California
60. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Snow
61. Rob Zombie - Superbeast
62. Saliva - Always
63. Seether- Because of Me
64. Seether- Broken
65. Seether- Gasoline
66. Seether- Out of my Way
67. Steve Earle - Copperhead Road
68. The Brownsville Station - Smoking In The Boy's Room
69. The Rolling Stones - Jumpin Jack Flash
70. The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction
61. Tom Petty - Free Falling
62. Tom Petty - Last Dance with Mary Jane
63. Tom Petty - Running Down A Dream
74. Trapt - Headstrong
75. U2 - Beautiful Day
I have the list set to play at random, so there's absolutely no telling what order the songs will be cranked out in... which leaves for an interesting day.
Do you have a special album or play-list that you jam out to at work or one that helps you to remain focused and motivated when optimizing or designing sites (or maybe one that decreases the level of annoying background conversations and noises)? If so, I'd love to hear it.
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posted by Karl Ribas Tuesday, June 20, 2006 Read Comments (9) | Post a Comment | Subscribe  
 
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9 Comments:
ACDC - "Back in Black" is one of my all-time favorite songs. It always gets me going and puts me in a good mood.
Aerosmith - I went to their concert when I was in college. "Janie's got a Gun" and "Sweet Emotion" rocked. I like most of their 70's, 80's/early 90's music better than the rest of it.
I'm not familiar with Alter Bridge.
Blink 182 - I LOVE "I Miss You".
Bon Jovi - What don't I like from them?! Blaze of Glory, You Give Love a Bad Name, Living on a Prayer (only song I've Karaoke to).
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Liz Zelenski, at June 20, 2006 3:46 PM
When I read the title of this post - I immediately knew I was going to comment.
First off, I'd like to say, that one time we optimized to Juke Box Hero was awesome, but also a little cheezy. I still stand behind that not only is that song cool, it also simultaneously oozes with big-hair/spandex cheeze.
So, while I don't have a play list created exclusively for optimizing, although, you've given me a great idea, I do have playlists on my 4th-generation-U2-ipod-soon-to-be-upgraded-to-limited-edition-U2-video-ipod (so I can enjoy the Kids and the Hall and the A-Team while I optimize).
I have 2 playlists dedicated to 80's music, one better than the other. The list of my 80's tunes is as follows:
The Living Daylights (A-Ha)
The Lovecats (Cure)
Close to Me (Cure)
Planet Earth (Duran Duran)
Serious (Duran Duran)
True Faith (New Order)
Bizarre Love Triangle (New Order)
Blue Monday (New Order)
Love Comes Quickly (Pet Shop Boys)
Heart (Pet Shop Boys)
Invisible Sun (The Police)
Ghost Dancing (Simple Minds)
This Charming Man (The Smiths)
High (Cure)
Sacred (Depeche Mode)
Notorious (Duran Duran)
Mystify (Live)(INXS)
Strangelove (Depeche Mode)
Yeah, there's some songs you haven't either heard in a while or heard of at all!
Right now, my iPod is sitting around 2,000 songs. So I generally just let it randomly choose from the main list. Great post!
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Jessica, at June 21, 2006 3:10 PM
Thanks for the comment Liz. It's good to know that we can switch MP3 players for a day and be satisfied with each other's music.
Jessica - I remember when we jammed out to "Juke Box Hero". We used my Dell DJ and a head-jack splitter. We need to do that again!
On a side note... you really do listen to some oldies. Thanks for the comment.
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Karl Ribas, at June 21, 2006 4:35 PM
Lol. Hey Karl. It was freaky when I read this. We like the exact same types of music. If I get back in there I may have to steal your MP3 player along with that notebook of SEO secrets. HeHe.
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Diana Puchalski, at June 22, 2006 8:15 AM
I can't listen to lyrics while working... so, I listen to Jazz stations through Sirius online. If I'm deep in code, I turn on some classical... Can't you just see me in a movie pounding away at code with the cameras panning around me to the beat of a classical soundtrack in the background?
LOL...
Any other time it's anything from Linkin Park, Incubus, Deftones, Smashing Pumpkins... to Eminem, Kanye, Black Eyed Peas... to DJ Marski, DJ Jean, DJ Barthezz, Tiesto, Mixin Mark...
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kid disco, at June 23, 2006 5:46 PM
Wow Disco... I would have never figured you for a classical or for a jazz kinda guy. Obviously the name Disco implies another musical form, and I figured that you had a little Rock / Rap combination in you just from reading your Blog.
I can understand how lyrics in the background could disrupt one's thoughts, especially when your "coding" sites and so forth. We actually have someone on our All Web team who enjoys listening to both classical and jazz while working... its just not for me though.
Thanks for the comment!
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Karl Ribas, at June 23, 2006 10:40 PM
Hey - nice post Karl.
My roll is kind of out of the ordinary, but everyone has their own taste -
Dave Matthews
Casting Crowns
Hillsong
Brian Setzer
Jeremy Camp
Bob Seger
United
Paul Baloche
I've noticed it really helps me to listen to music when I work - for some reason I can concentrate better. I just tune everything else out except the music and my work...sweetness.
:)
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Kelly Wilson, at June 23, 2006 11:03 PM
Wow ... lots of music fans. OK then, here's a challenge for all you budding seo musicians. Create a paridy version of your favorite song, with a search spin, and submit it to our Best Search Lyrics Contest at http://www.searchenginepeople.com/contest/seo-related-lyric-contest/. Its all in good fun ... nothing too serious.
Lemme see:
Back in black ... hmmmm that could lend itself nicely to the theme.
Jeff
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jquipp, at May 23, 2007 11:08 AM
Hey, just found this page searching for the term "seo music", as it's the two subjects my new blog focusses on. As a fellow SEO muso, I thought you might like to take a look :)
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Matt D, at October 22, 2007 4:56 AM
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