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"Charlie bit me" is a youtube video that got more than 6 million views worldwide. Because of its popularity it is has been made the subject of several spoofs which features two not so cute adults trying hard to copy the innocent, unrehearsed acts of the two kids featured in the original video.
The video has been added about 9 months ago, the exact date is May 22, 2007. To date, it has received a total of 7,764 comments and has been "favorited "43,030 times.
As of today, it has been mentioned in 106,000 website. Since google search for the video has reached a certain amount of volume, statistics for the search of the keyword "charlie bit me" has started to show in google trends. (Take note that Google trends only shows graphs when searches for a popular keyword reaches a certain volume)
The keyword "Charlie bit me" has become so popular itself that it has been exploited by several webmasters and several venture capitalist to rake in more traffic. According to the mother of the boys, "I have noticed that the phrase Charlie bit me is catching on and people are trying to profit of it . . ."
Not to be left behind by bloggers and other business minded person, the parents has started to do something about the income opportunity that can be derived from the popular phrase and the considerable amount of traffic brought about by the popular youtube video. "Charlie bit me" t-shirts are now made available by the parents in an online store.
The parents did the right thing considering that the video features their kids and they were the ones who uploaded the video. It should be them that should be the first to benefit from the popularity and the high volume of traffic that the video has brought.
Without a doubt the video is certainly cute. The British accent certainly adds to its appeal. (Sadly most spoof videos of "Charlie bit me" are not so cute at all; in fact I would call some of them dumb)
If there is one lesson that can be learned from this "Charlie bit me phenomenon" or "Charlie bit me craze" that is that CONTENT IS STILL KING. No matter what other Search Engine Optimization (SEO) gurus say, in the end its still "The content stupid." Most of "Charlie bit me" fans know about the video through word of mouth. It is quite obvious that people who do not know about the video knew about this through others and not by searching for "funny videos" over the internet. I doubt if the parents of these kid did some advertisement, tried to increase their back links, released several press releases, bought some articles are bought text link or google ads. The "Charlie bit me" video has become so popular because people liked the content. In fact they go crazy over it. It's funny and it's cute. Of course I am not underestimating the importance of SEO strategies and techniques, however in the end, high volume sustainable traffic to your site is mainly due to rich content.
Any by the way, if you really like the video I highly recommend that you get a "Charlie bit me" shirt.
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