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Vlog Hot: Nerdboys Heat 2

Chris Mohney — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:09:36 EST

Moving right along, here's the second crop of primo boyflesh for your delectation. The menu includes Alex Albrecht, Loren Feldman, Steve Garfield, Jonathan London, Kevin Rose, and my man Gary Ruplinger. Voting commences after the jump.

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Gary Ruplinger will hunt you and try to eat you

Chris Mohney — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 13:40:47 EST

That's just what Hollywood wants you to think! Turns out that linksluttery consultant Gary Ruplinger is something of a Renaissance man, lecturing about fields as diverse as "common snake myths" as well as something horrific called a "pudge pie." It also appears that his little brother will teach you about guitars. Truly, everyone's an instant expert with proper search engine optimization.

Gary Ruplinger: The Aleksey Vayner of Social Media

Chris Mohney — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 17:40:31 EST

"Hi. My name is Gary Ruplinger. You've probably never heard of me. And that's not an accident." No fucking kidding. Unfortunately for you, dear readers, that's about to change. Ruplinger, a self-styled search engine optimization svengali, comes to us by way of Pronet and a small swarm of moderately angry bees tipped over by Jason Calacanis. Ruplinger advocates gaming social media sites any way you can, a la multiple Digg accounts or other skullduggery, in order to get maximum linkwhoreage. But really, it's all in the delivery: the reedy voice, the offensive goatee, the uncontrollable facial twitch. Note the misspelling of "blueprint" in the first appearance of his site logo. Enjoy, if you dare.