Thus Spaketh Idd Salim

Salim acha matusi

Who is the top blog of them all? There was a rubble dubble, five minutes it lasted… The mirror said, “You are you conceited bastard”… Well that’s true, that’s why we never have no beef… So I slipped off my khakis and my gold leaf… Used Oil of Olay, cuz my skin gets pale… And then I got the file, for my fingernails… I’m true to the style on my behalf [jijazie].

Well, once upon a time I feared and avoided the malediction of all querulous individuals, so as to be seen as nice. Then with age, I realized that neophytes serendipity and niceness are like cigar-fire. They can’t burn for long.

So, to ward off the pestilent, I decided to vehemently endeavor to eschew the banefully dogmatic and revere the perspicacious.

Like those close to me would know, I had a very heartwarming meeting on Thursday night at Mint with boys from the top-crust. One thing I was told was : “Manze hiyo blog yako ni Kali kama left-boot ya Van Persie. Do you know our IT people sometimes must ‘Whitelist’ you from the content filters before we can read your stuff?”

This is not the first group of people that expressed the ‘blacklist’ and ‘content-filter’ sentiments to me. My site is categorized as an ‘Adult Content’ or ‘Offensive Content’ website by LANs using WebMarshall (Like our beloved and surreal Safaricom).

So, today I decided to measure my site up with my most adored clean-content blogs. The one for my Business Partner - www.mbuguanjihia.com – @mbuguanjihia and the one for the iHub Founder - www.whiteafrican.com – @whiteafrican. According to Alexa at least. Below were the findings.

Yep. We are up there, Kenyans! Good stuff.

And it is all true. IddSalim’s ranking are very low in Kenya because of content blockers. In the worldwide audience, Erik tops. He has been around for long, understandably. Salim comes second.

I was once offered a weekly column by a local daily, to talk about tech issues. But the very next day I blogged and used the word ‘nipple’. Ikaleta noma. Deal ika-fail.

I need a blog editor.

Send me mail if you want to do it for me.

Back to code…

Wazi