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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 on May 22, 2007, about 9 months ago. As of today, it has been commented on 7,764 times and has been marked as favorite 43,030 times.

Around 106,000 website has wrote about or featured the video. So popular is the video that in fact, search for it has reached a high amount of volume. As a result, statistics for it is made available at google trends. (Note that Google trends shows searches only when it has become so popular)

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 get left behind by bloggers and other business minded person the parents has started to realize the income opportunity that can be made off the popular phrase and the high volume of traffic that the popular youtube video has brought. The parents are making available to the public a "Charlie bit me" t-shirt series.

I don't blame the parents. After all it's their kids and they were the one who uploaded the video. They should be the first to benefit from the popularity and the high volume of traffic that the video has brought.

Certainly the video is so cute and the British accent adds to its attraction. (Several "Charlie bit me" spoofs are not so cute at all; in fact I would say that they are lame)

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.

About the Author

Zigfred Diaz is a big fan of the charlie bit me craze but this is not what his blog is all about. He has interesting thought on several topics including How to invest in the Philippine stock market, financial management, investments, law and business. Go visit his blog today!

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