When I hit on the idea of creating this blog--which, come to think of it, occurred on a JetBlue flight between JFK and SFO--I assumed the sidebar would include a rich list of resources for bicoastal living. That is, I'd link to all of the websites, blogs and Google Groups covering the topic. And I have. Which took no effort whatsoever, because there wasn't anything to link to.
I'm pretty good at finding things online, and I expected to turn up groups and web pages of many kinds. Maybe a sleek site with American Express ads. And maybe something cheesy, with a purple background and white writing in an overly ambitious font. But last Wednesday night, with surprise giving way to near-panic, I found nothing on the web devoted to bicoastalists.
When we first got Eggs, it was immediately clear (from the shoes of mine he ate) that we couldn't let him hang out home alone and free-range. So we crated him when we'd leave for a few hours. By week two, however, he'd figured out how to break free. (He'd also figured out how to snag a pound cake, a banana nut loaf and a half dozen tortillas in one jail-break episode alone, but that's not the point of this story.)
To solve the crate problem, I jumped online to see what other people were doing about it. Two frustrating hours later, I concluded that Eggs was perhaps just the second dog in the history of canine containment systems to escape.
And so it went with the search for bicoastal information. The best resource I found was a 2001 Zagat Bicoastal Pack, which bundled that year's books for LA, SF and NYC. OTOH, I was impressed to see that the marketing efforts for Bicoastal Babe, a chick-y looking novel from a publisher I'd never heard of, included buying the keyword "bicoastal," ensuring that ads for the book showed up everywhere I searched.
Other than that stellar example, I'd say that the sites on bicoastal living need to work on their SEO. I did find a few articles comparing NYC and SF, which I'll run through in another post soon. Meantime, if you know of any resources I missed, give a shout.
Yeah, but just imagine all the stuff you get if you google "Bi". I mean, I'm just guessing on that, since I'm too young to use the innernet myself.
Posted by: Brooklyn Guy | September 14, 2007 at 05:26 PM
When you find it - please post it here too. I'm planning on doing the same between Miami (ick) where by business and house is and LA (where my family and friends are.) I have two rottweillers - so I guess we have some of the same concerns...hello EGGS.
Posted by: Staz | February 09, 2008 at 06:24 PM
Very good article, well thought out
Posted by: SEO Consultant | November 22, 2009 at 02:59 PM