As many of you know, I’ve been bouncing around with a number of projects - but I am going to be frequenting WebProBlog a little more. Because I haven’t posted about the industry in a while, I’ve done a little catching up before writing and the big story right now, at least from the blogosphere’s perspective, is about Kathy Sierra.

WebProNews’ Joe Lewis has an excellent write-up about the unfortunately ridiculous situation, as does SEOMoz’s Rebecca Kelley. As a part-time blogger and frequent message board user, all I can say is this - as we all know, the Internet allows you a certain degree of anonymity and there are morons out there who try their hardest to ruin a good thing for everyone.

In this particular case, the perpetrators went overboard with their unmoderated message board-like responses (Ever see an AintItCoolNews message board discussing a disappointing movie? They don’t call this place the cesspool of the Internet for no reason…) that took on a threatening manner and the blogosphere exploded with support for Sierra and admonishment for the cowardly behavior exhibited by the posters.

There also seems to be an idea that these acts may have had such an effect on Kathy that she may not blog again for a while - something I hope that doesn’t happen. Folks, bloggers, even the unpopular ones, are public figures and because we put ourselves on an open forum, sometimes flotsam and jetsam like the cowardly posters targeting Sierra make it through.

I can only hope Kathy stands strong and doesn’t stop sharing her knowledge with the rest of us. Ceasing to do so would only give them strength.

And no, I don’t mean the American Idol Chris Richardson either (I was here first). I’ve been away since Valentine’s Day and the reason for that is because we (as in iEntry) have been putting some effort into our software download site, WebmasterFree.com - and because I’m kinda proficient in these matters, I was asked lead the charge.

So before I digress away, I’d like to invite those of you looking for software applications to enhance your computing experience to drop by WebmasterFree and take a look at some of the software we have listed.

Speaking of the other Chris (from here on to be known as “OC”), from looking at the log files and I noticed we had some visitors apparently looking for OC and because WebProBlog is ranked on the first page for that particular term (Chris Richardson not OC), some stragglers wound up here and probably left disappointed. Ah, the beauty of sharing a name with someone gaining popularity…

Another thing I’ve noticed since I’ve been associated with the OC is Google’s search results - you know the ones people complain about not adjusting to site changes quickly enough - have already been adjusted giving the Idol CR the number 1 search position for the Chris Richardson keyphrase (which has about 2,670,000 results associated with it)…

I guess that gives hope to those of you targeting a keyword or phrase that isn’t so ultra-competitive. If Google thinks your site is quality and it doesn’t employ any spam techniques, it will - in all likelihood - climb the search engine charts quite rapidly.

As for the Idol, I would wish my namesake luck, but I don’t even watch the show after try-outs are over…