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Thirty Day Challenge: Rita posted a link

Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: Demystifying the "duplicate content penalty"

October 6 at 2:38 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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Thirty Day Challenge: Debbie posted a message

“This challenge rocks !! I am having sooo much fun and learning more than I ever thought possible!! Thanks to Ed, Dan, Bob, Caro, Hendry Lee, the Noble Samurai gang, the WordPress Direct gang, Phil Morrison, and the rest of of 30DC gang for making this year's challenge so awesome. The best part is”

August 23 at 11:17 am - Link

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"There's No Charge For Awesomeness!!!" - Debbie

30dc is always a great time & you will meet lots of amazing people who share your interests. - Craig Mullins

Thirty Day Challenge: Amy (9yards) posted a message

“The Meet Up with Ed in NYC next on Wed will be at Stitch 247 W37th St between 7th & 8th at 7:00. It's a few block from Penn Station, Port Authority and the PATH station. The front of the bar is reserved for our group.”

August 23 at 1:34 pm - Link

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do i need to rsvp for this meet up? i want to attend! - rene

No need to RSVP. The front of the bar is reserved for our group so it should be easy to find 30DCers! - Amy (9yards)

Thirty Day Challenge: Amy (9yards) posted a message

“I love Ezinearticles! My article went live this afternoon and has already been published 2 times!”

August 21 at 4:35 pm - Link

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Wow! Great job! How long did ezine take to approve your article? - David Lemberg

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Great stuff! EzineArticles ROCKS! - Melanie via twhirl

I think EZA is behind since we bombarded them. They usually approve my articles in a day or two. This article took 4 days. - Amy (9yards)

Sometimes it gets more submission, so it may take longer time to approve, even as a premium member. But Amy, I can tell you that is not the case right now, as my article is still approved in less than 24 hours. And yes, I'm a premium EZA member. - Hendry Lee via twhirl

Hi Hendry. I have a few more articles to hit premium status! My articles are usually turned around in a day so not sure what happened this time. Just assumed it was the 30DC influx of articles to review! - Amy (9yards)

Make those articles really good. You will be upgraded to premium instead of basic plus directly. :) - Hendry Lee via twhirl

Amy, I have what might be a silly question. How did you learned about the article being published somewhere else? Did they tell you ab. it? - Rita

Hi Rita. When you log into EZA, go to the Author Tools tab. From there, go to View My Reports. You'll find a ton of information about how many times articles have been published, number of visitors and number of click throughs on your link. Hope that helps! - Amy (9yards)

Thank you, thank you, thank you :) - Rita

Thirty Day Challenge: an entry from Thirty Day Challenge

Surprise! Special Euro Friendly Show Tomorrow (Friday)

August 21 at 7:23 pm - Link

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Thirty Day Challenge: David Lemberg posted a message

“What were the criteria Caro used to select her group of 20 keywords from the Market Samurai List? Thanks in advance.”

August 21 at 3:10 pm - Link

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At least 4 adwords clicks per day - Andy Roberts

Thanks, Andy! - David Lemberg

Thirty Day Challenge: Linda posted a link

SEO your WordPress with these plugins! | WebDevLounge | design, development, SEO and wordpress | articles, discussion and community

August 22 at 8:00 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"based on a few years of experience in optimizing WordPress blogs. Some of the blogs I did this on had 50% more traffic from the search engines within 2 weeks!" if you're not using wpd this might be useful. - Linda via Bookmarklet

Thanks Linda!! - Dean Geyer

Thirty Day Challenge: Krystyna Matula posted a message

“I reaching the end of the pre-season installations - can't wait to actually start working the challenge and join all you success stories out there”

August 22 at 11:33 am - Link

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Are looking for a team member? - Ralph

For me it took about 3 days to get to day 06 %) This includes 2008 and 2007 preseasons. - Constantine

good luck - Tim

Thirty Day Challenge: Craig Eubanks posted a message

“San Francisco 30DC Mastermind Meetup was full of Awesomeness! Pictures soon to follow.”

August 22 at 1:11 am - Link

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Had a great time. Thanx for putting it on Craig. Shall I bring whiskey next time? j/k - Craig Mullins

Thirty Day Challenge: Andy Roberts posted a link

Top 200 friendfeed rooms

August 21 at 10:41 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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Number #3 out of the top 200 friedfeed rooms according to this list - Andy Roberts via Bookmarklet

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Interesting to see that the largest friendfeed rooms still have only a thousand members or so, and very few with more than a couple hundred. - Scott Norris

actually, friendfeed is a "clone" of the facebook newsfeed.. or at least very similar. So if you think about how big is the facbook newsfeed :D - Thomas Chisler via twhirl

coo, have to check those out. - Craig Mullins

that's very cool gang - Ed Dale

Thirty Day Challenge: Peter Johnson posted a link

The Top 15 Most Caffeinated Drinks - Info Barrel

August 18 at 9:06 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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You can never get too much caffeine - Peter Johnson via Bookmarklet

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Thanks! thinkgeek.com has a whole section on caffeine :) - Hendry Lee via twhirl

Thanks for this info. Hi, Hendry Lee! - Michelle Trent

I think I need a caffeine shot right now - I've been trying to figure out what wordpress direct wants be to do with hostagator for a whole day duh! - Claudia

I just ook a nap... sometimes caffeine break SHOULD be an option :) Hey Michelle Trent! - Hendry Lee via twhirl

Tea - Andy Roberts

Which type of tea Andy? Oolong? :) - Hendry Lee via twhirl

Ordinary black tea has 70% the caffeine of an espresso coffee. - Andy Roberts

I'm a coffeeholic - lots of tea does my stomach in, for some reason, also tea sets my teeth on edge unless its really weak - Frann Leach

Caffeine is great :) - Dipankar

Thirty Day Challenge: Frank Donnelly posted a message

“Is it true you can get content for your blogs from Google Reader and from Market Samuri?”

August 22 at 1:14 pm - Link

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You can use content in Google Reader and Market Samurai as a jumping point from which to create original content. - Roxanne Ravenel via twhirl

What do you mean? quote from the content? - Frank Donnelly

Comment about the content - I recently read an article about (topic). In it they said (something). You can read more about it here (link). - Glenna

Thirty Day Challenge: 22Hicks posted a message

“Wordpress Direct: Looks like WPD made a few changes without an explanation. In Manage Post you can now click "make it sticky". Does anyone know what this means?”

August 14 at 2:22 pm - Link

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sticky in web terms means keeping interest of the viewer, and fostering regular returns? be somewhat patient as I am sure Ed will (and his possy) go through what these things are and how to utilize them. Keep in mind this is a process, so if you are just learning and jump ahead you might miss something before understanding the steps it takes to get to that destination. - JuneM

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Sticky means that post will stay on top, otherwise it will just get pushed down. It's probably for SEO reasons since that's your most optimized post. I feel the autopost feature coming up very soon :) - Umit Namli via twhirl

I choose the option "Make it sticky" for the 1st blog post. But it still slip down the page when I add the 2nd blog post( which is on "Unstick post" option). Any idea why? - Buff Toast

Rob has explained all of those and more in the WP Direct update video almost a week ago. - Hendry Lee via twhirl

I have watched WPD update Day16 but didn't manage to find the answer in the video. May need a little help please. - Buff Toast

Thirty Day Challenge: Thomas Chisler posted a message

“WOW. I got 150 visitors from stumble upon: in an hour !!!!”

August 22 at 6:42 am - via twhirl - Link

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btw, there's no "24 hour lag time" in google analytics.. it's just a default setting. if you click on the date you can write august 22. for end that, and then, you get real time traffic reports - Thomas Chisler via twhirl

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they just keep cooming in, I'm flooded: 200 - Thomas Chisler via twhirl

But do they convert? I have never had a conversion from a SU visitor yet - Kevin Wilson

This isn't a google analytics discussion, but Analytics has a couple hours delay, its not 24 hours, but a couple. - Umit Namli via twhirl

zero conversion.. very strange.. the flood was over in 2 hours, and around 300 visitors - Thomas Chisler via twhirl

That's SU for ya Thomas. - Umit Namli via twhirl

Thanks for that "24 hour lag time" tip! I didn't know you could view your stats in real time. - Alexis

Thomas - Thanks for the tip on GA. And congrats! Just looked (didn't know I could do this) and have received 152 visits on the page I posted 20 minutes ago! 127 from StumbleUpon. :-) - David Lemberg

you can use other analytics providers like statcounter.com for real time analytics. - Craig Mullins

I just discovered something really important that can affect your Google analytics account with huge consequences. If you sign up for google adwords, and start to use it, then after a while you get invited to link your adwords account with your google analytics account. Sounds like a good idea yes? But beware - if you agree and go ahead it changes your Analytics account from Orange to GREEN!!!! - Andy Roberts

Congratulations! It must be a really interesting story if guys from StumbleUpon rush to read it like that :) - Rita

Thirty Day Challenge: Scott Bannon posted a message

“Hey, just checked my main keyword for the day and I have the #1 & #4 & #10 spots in Google for phrase match, and #9 & #10 for broad match. Gotta love the 30DC methods...”

August 15 at 1:22 pm - Link

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Congrats! - Paul King via twhirl

Thirty Day Challenge: Kara posted a message

“For those of you who signed up for Fred Kern's Mass Control launch. Remember to download the videos AND copies of the emails. This will be a good example to review when you are ready to do your own launch. After all, it worked on you.”

August 15 at 12:22 pm - Link

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I'm not sure about Fred. - Andy Roberts

I hate that scarcity BS that these top marketers come out with, I don't care how big they are, it's a load of marketing crap. Don't get me wrong I like Fred (aka Frank), but this scarcity crap has people lapping at their feet and I don't worship at that alter. - Greg Martin

it was not BS -Frank made a 150,000 dollar bet. He could loose his short over it. - Ed Dale

Thirty Day Challenge: LJF Wolffe posted a link

“http://www.drhorrible.com/ - a Joss Whedon Musical. Well worth the 40 minutes away from the Challenge! w/ Dougie Howser & Malcolm Reynolds”

August 15 at 1:29 pm - via Reshare - Link

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The hilarious musical blog of Dr. Horrible (Doogie Howser), who's trying to break into the Evil Villain League, and his arch-rival Mr. Hammer (Malcolm Reynolds). Take a break! Enjoy! - LJF Wolffe

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I must be a dork or something... I thought it was crap - Greg Martin

Thanks! Huge Joss Whedon fan since Buffy Year One Episode One. - David Lemberg

"Can only be streamed within the US" - I'll just have to get back to work then :( - Crystal Woods

Can't you get it off of iTunes? I thought it was a limited showing and was shut down. I guess they got addicted to all the traffic :D - MyklK

Thirty Day Challenge: Susan posted a message

“my squidoo lens is #2 for broad match and #8 for phrase match. Where is my blog???”

August 15 at 9:04 pm - Link

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Was your blog there before, or has it disappeared? lots of blogs are disappearing then reappearing when articles have been added. - Jamie Starbuck

check your footer! - Ed Dale

are you using WPD hosting? My blog on qarf.com is constantly having server errors and hasn't even been indexed. It's the domain I think. - Linda

Thirty Day Challenge: Eric Gehler posted a link

SEO Firefox /Flock Plugin for Link Analysis

August 16 at 12:02 am - Link

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It works with Link data in Google Webmaster Tools, Yahoo! Site Explorer and Microsoft's Webmaster Portal. Use the Plugin then search your URL in https://siteexplorer.search.ya... wait for the PR and Backlink Anchor text to appear. Really cool tool!! - Eric G - SEO ( @bigebiz ) - Eric Gehler

Thirty Day Challenge: Bob Diamond posted a link

The TDC system works! This blog entry is showing up on Google, Yahoo and MS Search!

August 16 at 7:55 am - Link

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Thirty Day Challenge: Hendry Lee posted a link

Action List for Thirty Day Challenge 2008 - Preseason and Core Training

August 9 at 8:03 am - via twhirl - Link

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Complete list up until Day 9 - Hendry Lee via twhirl

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Hendry, you totally ROCK!!! :-) - Barb Sabathil

Thanks for taking the time creating this action list. - David

Dude, I'm sitting here trying to figure out how to get flowers and chocolates delivered to you in Indonesia -- that's how badly I want to say Thank You. - LJF Wolffe

Barb, David, LJF Thanks for your kind words.. and others who liked this too. - Hendry Lee via twhirl

I've just spent 16 hours straight going through all the PreSeason lessons and was worried that I may have missed something in my rush to catch up. This list is a lifeline... Thank you Hendry :-) - Mark Roach

VERY well done, Hendry. Thanks for sharing!! - Mark

Thank you - Govindji Patel

I owe what little is left of my sanity to you, Hendry. You have no idea how much that means to my family. :-) - anniebinns

Tnx! I just LOVE checklists. Especially ones I haven't done ;-) - Richard Schnur

Updated up until Day 10.. Thanks all for the kind words... - Hendry Lee

Many thanks Hendry - You're a lifesaver! - Pete O'Sullivan via twhirl

Now updated until Day 11 - Hendry Lee

Great job Hendry, keep up the good work. - Umit Namli via twhirl

Hendry, I think Ed should recognize you as the official "librarian" of this challenge. When we go over things with the videos they're all really clear, but it's your cheat sheets I turn to a few days later when I'm trying to do it again but don't remember all the steps. THANKS1 - liz

Updated for Day 12... Thanks Umit and Liz! - Hendry Lee

Updated for Day 13 - Hendry Lee

Day 14 added to the list - Hendry Lee

I needed this - Tom

outstanding, very clear - bruce jones

Thanks, this is far tidier than my scruffy notes - David Walton

Day 15 added - Hendry Lee

Day 16 added to the list - Hendry Lee

Day 17 added - Hendry Lee

Thanks for taking the time to do this, Hendry. Very helpful! - Mike Paul

Hendry, Thanks again... - Ed Shaz/NextInstinct

These are so helpful Hendry! I can watch the video and then open the PDF so I don't forget anything from the video. Totally Awesome!! Thank you so very much! - Debbie

Day 18 updated. Ed Shaz, Mike, Debbie: Thanks! - Hendry Lee

Day 19 is in the list! - Hendry Lee

Day 20 added. - Hendry Lee

Day 21 added - Hendry Lee

Added TDC Day 22 - Hendry Lee

Day 23! - Hendry Lee

Updated for Day 24 - Hendry Lee

Day 25 is in the list - Hendry Lee

Day 26-29 are now in the Action List - Hendry Lee

Thirty Day Challenge: Jamie Starbuck posted a link

Know something? Why not write an article for Google Knol, Googles inbetweeny Wiki and Squidoo!

August 15 at 9:15 pm - Link

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great idea - Ed Dale

Thirty Day Challenge: Peter Johnson posted a link

New Weebly Site

August 15 at 3:54 pm - Link

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Great job, Peter. Looked at your Weebly and your main page. Great content! - David Lemberg

Thanks, I have enjoyed your sites as well. - Peter Johnson

Thirty Day Challenge: David Lemberg posted a message

“112 unique visitors to my fitness site yesterday! 30DC is very fun! http://total-lifetime-fitness....”

August 15 at 2:19 pm - Link

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That's fantastic, David. Great news! - Roxanne Ravenel via twhirl

Thanks, Roxanne! Happy Saturday! - David Lemberg

Great Job. It is amazing how these techniques work. - Peter Johnson

Thirty Day Challenge: bsawards posted a message

“I am really struggling with getting backlinks. I've been posting to various forums and blogs, along with creating a hubpage, a squidoo lens, and none of them is showing up. The only backlink I managed to get was a digg I did the first day. Very frustrating!”

August 14 at 1:03 pm - Link

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Me too and I'm still not indexed yet although I did get 200+ unique visitors - I'm assuming they are through hubpages and squidoo.... - Karen Leslie

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Sometimes it takes longer than others. My Squidoo lens appearsed well before my blog, eventhough I made my blog several days before the lens. Google works in mysterious way...But keep at it and I'm sure you'll see the fruits of your labor appearing soon :o) - Peter Horsman via twhirl

Don - Tommy Gordon via twhirl

bsawards, check out the yahoo site explorer - it shows more links than Google does. Karen, don't assume your sources of traffic! Use G. Analytics to see where your site visitors are coming from. - Tommy Gordon via twhirl

Also, make sure you have urls pointing into your blog those urls should be your key phrase and variations there of. Also, did you list in google biz as well as through webmaster tools too? On your squidoo & hub pages you can also look for rel. or complementary pages within those systems, quote or refer to their lenses, you will gain ping backs (part of the system etiquette) - JuneM

Just stumbled and dugg your site. Great content and very creative! - Peter Johnson

don't forget to check your blog footer - Ed Dale

Thirty Day Challenge: David Lemberg posted a message

“FriendFeed - Newbie Q - is there a setting which will sort posts in desciending order? They jump all over place with no apparent algorithm. Thanks!”

August 16 at 12:16 pm - Link

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I use twhirl to view friend feed. It keeps the newest posts at the top of the list and is very easy to read. Plus you get updates automatically :) blessings - Wendy Merritt via twhirl

The algorithm puts new posts that have received some sort of reply at the top, which seems logically convenient to me, in the absence of a locally cached 'read' list. - Andy Roberts

Hi, Wendy - Thank you - I've tried but haven't discovered how to add the 30DC friend feed to Twitter/Twhirl. If you have a moment, how do I do this? :-) - David Lemberg

Thirty Day Challenge: Roxanne Ravenel posted a message

“SocialMarker.com is the BIZZOMB! My fingers may be bleeding from typing new content, but the 30DC completely ROCKS! http://www.socialmarker.com/”

August 16 at 1:34 pm - via twhirl - Link

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Thirty Day Challenge: Paul King posted a link

Not seeing the traffic numbers you're expecting? This blog post may help clear things up!

August 16 at 6:42 am - Link

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Okay, that's not a good thing for my keyword... - Umit Namli via twhirl

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But I still should get like 1000 a day even if it's its phrase match...whats going on - Umit Namli via twhirl

good post, thanks...so, why again is seot based on broad match?? - EcoAussie via twhirl

good post (left a comment with my idea about the thing) Umit: if Google writes 1000 under July, that means a 1000 for that month. if you divide that by 30 it's not as good.. you should see 6000 or higher - Thomas Chisler via twhirl

@ EcoAussie Ah true, forgot about that. - Umit Namli via twhirl

Excellent information. Thanks for the detail. I'm going to start using this to cross check KWs before diving in feet first. - Amy (9yards)

Thanks to everyone for their supportive comments, I've found a new niche AND confirmed it - let's see how fast I can get this baby running! - Paul King via twhirl

Paul - Thanks for posting this. When I do searches for what I'm looking for, I always do phrase matches. Go figure. - David Lemberg

This has been mentioned in the 30DC forum (by me, among others) but never made clear in the videos etc. Who knows why, as it makes a huge difference in which phrase you pick to work on. - Kevin Wilson

umm actually we have covered this alot - in particular the daily shows and Q and A's - Ed Dale

rob talks about the speed of ranking - and this is where you see the impact - Ed Dale

FWIW, I've managed to get through the first ten days on a new niche in about 6 hours (most of the that time spent creating content) New domain live and socialmarked, the lot! Go 30dc! - Paul King via twhirl

Does anyone remember what daily show covered this or could someone summarize? - Amy (9yards)

I think perhaps it's been misunderstood. Think Ed is referring to the fact that we're doing this as a test, as that's the only true indicator of traffic. My post was really to show that I fluffed my initial analysis. Maybe try days 2 and 3? - Paul King via twhirl

Thirty Day Challenge: Bob Diamond posted a link

If I Read This Right? Number One Position On A Google Search On My Keyword!

August 11 at 9:59 pm - Link

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way to go bob - JuneM

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Congrats! Good job, and I propped it while I was there. - Rebecca Briggs

When you do it on a broad match there is no better feeling number 11 on broadmatch, thats awesome - Guy McLaren

Nice going Bob you're making me jealous :0) - Glenna

You're awesome! - Raymond

I was at #18 (which i thought was pretty good) after 24 hours, #17 after 48 hours and NOWHERE right now. Hope it comes back... keep yer fingers crossed for me? - Frann Leach

Thirty Day Challenge: Omitade Adediran posted a link

So now I know what happened to all the kangaroo in Ed's zoo videos. For shame!!

August 9 at 8:12 pm - Link

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Kangaroo is very tasty - and great for iron too. Try it if you get the chance. - gerry

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I LOVE kangaroo and at 2% fat it is really really good for you. The fact that we are over run by the buggers (they hop down the main streets here!) means that no one should be upset by farming them either. Great for the plate and the environment... eat a Skippy today! - Allison

If anyone outside of Australia doubts these claims about the Kangaroos here is a video of my place. I live in a suburb that is 15 minutes from the very centre of the Gold Coast, Australia's 6th largest city and the mecca of Ozzy tourism. We have roos everywhere here. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... - Greg Martin

I believe you can even buy kangaroo meat (i guess it's frozen) in Europe - Frann Leach

I would never eat my national symbol. It's like a Brit eating a lion, An American a bald eagle, A canadian - Beaver.....hang on... - Ed Dale

*titters* :) - Allison

@Ed_Dale "A canadian - Beaver.....hang on..." We Canadians know the true value of a national symbol... and you thought it was the animal... LOL - Mike Hill via twhirl

Not sure why a lion is our national symbol when they don't live here. Never tried one but kangaroo is available in our supermarkets - Janet Wilkinson via twhirl