Avast, ye swarthy swabs! Look alive.

Today be “Talk Like a Pirate” day. Capt. Jeeves has given his orders and commanded all his crew to speak in th’ brogue o’ the sea. Be ye a captain o’ yer own vessel or naught but a humble pirate, remember ye to keep to the code and keep in mind that dead men tell no tales.

But frankly, typing like that is killing me and my spellchecker just launched at cannonball my way so for blogging purposes just assume that I’ve got a parrot on one shoulder and an eye patch over my eye.

Arrr.

Susan Esparza is former managing editor at Bruce Clay Inc., and has written extensively for clients and internal publications. Along with Bruce Clay, she is co-author of the first edition of Search Engine Optimization All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies.

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