Danny Sullivan's measured response to Derek Powazek. Well thought out and says why good SEO is valuable.
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Derek paints a fairy tale in which site owners are the princesses needing rescuing, SEOs are the evil witches trying to do them harm and web developers are the heroes on white chargers saving the day. I’ve known plenty of evil web developers and a few dodgy princesses too. Not all scammers are SEOs and not all SEOs are scammers. If Derek had just used the word “some” in front of SEO I’d be nodding along with him.
A well written article - I appreciate the time the author spent to drive their point home. Many other authors may have used the presumed sympathetic audience and the link bait aspects as justification to get all miserly with content and quality. IMHO more SEO authors should take a page from this writer's book.
Jonathon - Are you talking about Danny or Derek?Kalena - I agree with everything you said in your comment.If Derek is for real he is truly misinformed and blatently stereotypes a whole industry. I greatly appreciate Danny's defense of SEO.