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The Longest Sightline on Earth

34 points by lemper 1y ago

yk 1y ago
Best ad I've read all day.
- mrkurt 1y ago
  Some of the best content marketing I've ever read. More please.
  - turnsout 1y ago
    Came here to say this. I didn’t realize it was content marketing until the end, and then the reveal was so funny I LOL’d. Serious props!
  - FredPret 1y ago
    The rest of their blog is pretty amazing in this regard too
oidar 1y ago
This is how you do blog marketing.
- PaulHoule 1y ago
  SEO. Is. Not. Dead.
  - Cthulhu_ 1y ago
    Don't know what the weird emphasis periods are about, but arguably, this isn't SEO but just good content markting, as the post is going viral on HN and the like. Search engines are just one aspect of having a successful site, and if you focus too much on search engines your site ends up being ass.
    - PaulHoule 1y ago
      It's not just SEO, it's also SMO. But seriously, who's going to make a link to a site like that unless it has interesting articles like that. The #1 bad idea people have is that they're going to rank #1 for a big keyword like "buy WOW gold" -- what you can do it publish 100s or 1000s of articles which will make you rank #1 for 100s or 1000s of minor keywords. To make it clear this is praise for that site, not an insult.
tmoravec 1y ago
Here's the photograph: https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/v4h6p8/the_current_world_record_of_distance_landscape/ https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/v4h6p8/the_current_...
derbOac 1y ago
Pretty cool although I'm surprised the distance isn't longer, and was a little surprised by the location.
stenl 1y ago
If, like me, you wanted to see the actual farthest distance photo, here it is: https://beyondrange.wordpress.com/ https://beyondrange.wordpress.com/
- timerol 1y ago
  Specifically https://beyondrange.wordpress.com/2016/08/03/pic-de-finestrelles-pic-gaspard-ecrins-443-km/ https://beyondrange.wordpress.com/2016/08/03/pic-de-finestre...
gnabgib 1y ago
(2017) Related: Guinness World Record for longest line-of-sight photograph https://beyondrange.wordpress.com/2016/08/03/pic-de-finestrelles-pic-gaspard-ecrins-443-km/ https://beyondrange.wordpress.com/2016/08/03/pic-de-finestre... Longest Lines of Sight on Earth (2017) (336 points, 155 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14861075 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14861075 (https://archive.is/xYvBm https://archive.is/xYvBm)
moralestapia 1y ago
Flagged why?
- ameliaquining 1y ago
  Presumably because it's content marketing and some people are categorically against that even if it's kind of good and funny.

34 points by lemper 1y ago

yk 1y ago

Best ad I've read all day.

mrkurt 1y ago
Some of the best content marketing I've ever read. More please.
- turnsout 1y ago
  Came here to say this. I didn’t realize it was content marketing until the end, and then the reveal was so funny I LOL’d. Serious props!
- FredPret 1y ago
  The rest of their blog is pretty amazing in this regard too

oidar 1y ago

This is how you do blog marketing.

PaulHoule 1y ago
SEO. Is. Not. Dead.
- Cthulhu_ 1y ago
  Don't know what the weird emphasis periods are about, but arguably, this isn't SEO but just good content markting, as the post is going viral on HN and the like. Search engines are just one aspect of having a successful site, and if you focus too much on search engines your site ends up being ass.
  - PaulHoule 1y ago
    It's not just SEO, it's also SMO. But seriously, who's going to make a link to a site like that unless it has interesting articles like that. The #1 bad idea people have is that they're going to rank #1 for a big keyword like "buy WOW gold" -- what you can do it publish 100s or 1000s of articles which will make you rank #1 for 100s or 1000s of minor keywords. To make it clear this is praise for that site, not an insult.

tmoravec 1y ago

Here's the photograph: https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/v4h6p8/the_current_world_record_of_distance_landscape/ https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/v4h6p8/the_current_...

derbOac 1y ago

Pretty cool although I'm surprised the distance isn't longer, and was a little surprised by the location.

stenl 1y ago

If, like me, you wanted to see the actual farthest distance photo, here it is: https://beyondrange.wordpress.com/ https://beyondrange.wordpress.com/

timerol 1y ago
Specifically https://beyondrange.wordpress.com/2016/08/03/pic-de-finestrelles-pic-gaspard-ecrins-443-km/ https://beyondrange.wordpress.com/2016/08/03/pic-de-finestre...

gnabgib 1y ago

(2017) Related: Guinness World Record for longest line-of-sight photograph https://beyondrange.wordpress.com/2016/08/03/pic-de-finestrelles-pic-gaspard-ecrins-443-km/ https://beyondrange.wordpress.com/2016/08/03/pic-de-finestre... Longest Lines of Sight on Earth (2017) (336 points, 155 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14861075 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14861075 (https://archive.is/xYvBm https://archive.is/xYvBm)

moralestapia 1y ago

Flagged why?

ameliaquining 1y ago
Presumably because it's content marketing and some people are categorically against that even if it's kind of good and funny.