In addition to my work in science, I’ve been busy writing rhymes about a variety of topics, from machine learning to materials science and sustainability. I love finding creative outlets! Despite feeling exhausted after teaching 60 students in Kirkby about material science, sustainability, and natural materials (especially clay), I managed to write a fun skit tune about Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) for independent artists last night. If there's enough interest, I might even record it for you!
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Here's the full lyrics for the rhyme 'Digital Ghost (Searching Me By)' in the style of The Pharcyde 'Passin Me By':
NOW in my EARL-y DAYS i USED to POST on-LINE
WHEN i made my POSTS i PUT them ALL in-LINE
WITH my CON-tent FOR the SEARCH-ers HOPE they'd FIND my SITE
AL-ways GOT mad WHEN my RANK would SLIDE
BUT when i SEARCHED the IN-dex / I AL-ways SAW no MENT-ion
I would CHECK my STATS to SEE if / GOOG-le FOUND my PAGE and
HELP me WITH my RANK-ing / it was NEV-er MUCH
JUST a TRICK to BOOST my SCORE and / TRY to MAKE it TOUCH
OH how i WISH i could CRACK this CODE and / MAKE it all WORK
SITE was BUR-ied IN the DEPTHS / it WAS so LOW no ONE could SEE
LOST in SPACE / while OTH-ers RANKED up HIGH / RIGHT where they'd BE
I was STUCK on PAGE ten YES / I TRIED to BOOST my NUM-bers UP
FIRST i'd WRITE my TAGS then / ADD some MORE
WITH key WORDS PLACED in the / META-CODE
I CHECKED the RANK-ings NOW but / STILL they KEPT on PASS-ing ME
Chorus
THEY keep on SEARCH-ing me BY (searching BY)
THEY keep on SEARCH-ing me BY (do the algorithms lie?)
THEY keep on SEARCH-ing me BY (I wonder why)
THEY keep on SEARCH.....
Verse 2
NOW as the CLICKS went BY / my MET-rics would in-TENS-i-FY
I TRIED to RANK but STILL / the ALGO changed its MIND
SHARED all my QUAL-i-ty / with SEARCH-ers FAR but NONE could SEE
SO i WAS FORCED to WAIT on PAGE three YOU SEE
I WROTE my META-TAGS / TRIED "LONG-tail WORDS" to CATCH their EYE
But STILL no TRAF-fic CAME / so i would TRY an-OTH-er LINE
un-TIL the DAY the SITE / got PUSHED so FAR it COULD-n't CLIMB
LEFT me WATCH-ing HERE / while NUM-bers KEPT de-CLINE
TRIED to CHASE the TRENDS / and MATCH what OTH-ers DO
BUT my RANK just SITS / on PAGE two STUCK like GLUE
MAY-be ONE day SOON / the BOTS will SEE my WORTH
TIL then I'M just / a DIG-i-tal GHOST on EARTH
BACK-links POINT to SITES / that NO one SEEMS to FIND
WHILE my CON-tent SITS / in DARK cor-NERS of the WEB
TRIED to MAKE it RIGHT / but SOME-how LOST my WAY
NOW just WAIT-ing FOR / the NEXT up-DATE to HELP
Chorus
THEY keep on SEARCH-ing me BY (searching BY)
THEY keep on SEARCH-ing me BY (do the algorithms lie?)
THEY keep on SEARCH-ing me BY (I wonder why)
THEY keep on SEARCH.....
Verse 3
NOW there it GOES a-GAIN / an-OTH-er AL-go CHANGE
AND now my RANK-ings DROP-ping / GOT me MOV-ing SLOW mo-TION
WHEN-ev-er UP-dates HAP-pen / to ROLL BY WHY does the SITE
GET o-ver-LOOKED and DIS-re-GARD-ed / NO matt-er HOW i TRY
WAIT NO i DID not REAL-ly / OP-ti-MISE with PER-sis-TENCE
AND i was SO low-KEY that / GOOG-le's UN-a-WARE of ME
FROM page TEN i de-SIRED / SE-cret-LY ad-MIRED the RANKS
FIRST page re-SULTS and HERE's what / I had LEARNED to SEE
MY SITE my SITE my SITE you / DO not SHOW up BUT you're GOOD
NOW let me TELL you BOUT the / CHANG-es I should MAKE for YOU
WHEN i try to MAKE some SORT of / AT-tempt then I just SLIP
DAMN i WISH i KNEW more / TECH and COD-ing TIPS
CAUSE then i WOULD know JUST what to / DO with ALL this CODE
AND if i HAD a SITE then IT / would BE so TRUE
The ON-ly LINK-ing I would DO / is WHAT con-NECTS to YOU
GIVE a TRY and CON-si-DER / the ONE who NEEDS to RANK
P.S. PLEASE in-DEX my SITE
The re-SULTS came BACK three DAYS now / PAGE not FOUND er-ROR
DAMN!
Chorus
THEY keep on SEARCH-ing me BY (searching BY)
THEY keep on SEARCH-ing me BY (do the algorithms lie?)
THEY keep on SEARCH-ing me BY (I wonder why)
THEY keep on SEARCH.....
BRIDGE
THEY keep SEARCH-ing me BY
THEY keep SEARCH-ing me BY
THEY keep SEARCH-ing me BY
THEY keep SEARCH-ing me BY
You can view the basic lyric video for the first verse 👇🏾
