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Widget Optimization Demystified - 16 Experts Weigh In
Link Building News Source: http://www.ignitesocialmedia.com
Published: Jul 29, 2008 - 10:39 am
Story Found By: dsnyder 1292 Days ago
Category: Link Building
Widgetbait gone bad sparked intense controversy about the utilization of anchor text within widgets. I decided to ask some of the leading experts in the industry their thoughts on the following situation, in an attempt to unearth what is kosher and what is not.
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from richardbaxterseo 1292 Days ago #
Votes: 1

Hi Darren, bit late now but I’ll give your article a Sphinn. How about that?

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from dsnyder 1292 Days ago #
Votes: 1

I think the article just gives people confused about the widget optimization concept a clearer perspective on what is and isn’t acceptable in the eyes of people that work in different markets and roles in our industry. Basically giving an informed perspective on the concept.Sorry your article didnt go hot. This is a social news site, and  the social outweighs the news sometimes.But a desphinn brother? Because you don’t like someone as crappy as me being called an expert? I’ll have him edit me out if it will make you happy. I mean I am hoping this whole thing is a joke, because people in this industry have been screwing with me for the last three days and I am about to break.

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from dsnyder 1292 Days ago #
Votes: 2

@Darren I know it was a joke now, cause no way a dude that calls himself "The World’s Greatest SEO" would actually take issue with people being labeled experts. I think the expert title by the way was not based on widget optimization, but rather on link building. But still it is subjective. I think prowess should denote the "expert" label, and I am not sure that there are many (although I know there are some) better link experts than those questioned in this article. No matter what though thinking about it now it is your right to desphinn whatever you want since this is a social news site based on votes. I do find it slightly bizzare that someone labeling themselves "The Worlds Greatest SEO" takes issue with people appealing to celebrity.Also I really hope you don’t take everything Matt Cutts says as fact.

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from dsnyder 1291 Days ago #
Votes: 0

Darren,I get it, and thats why I wrote my second comment, cuase I got too heated too fast. I am a big dumb animal, and when I feel cornered I don’t reason I just tear peoples arms off. Its a sick byproduct of how I grew up.If you are going to SES SJ I will buy you a beer to show no hard feelings.

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from TheMadHat 1290 Days ago #
Votes: 1

Darren,Let me rephrase what you meant to say.1. You wrote an article about widget bait guidelines.2. Few people cared or took the time to read it. (I did, and thought it was good)3. Someone else wrote an article about what 16 other people thought about widget bait.4. It went hot on Sphinn and everyone loved it.5. You come along and criticize it much more harshly than it deserves, simply because you’re resentful--not of the article itself, but of the industry that chose it over mine.LMAO at #5. I almost desphunn just for the sweetness of the last line :D

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