In a recent supplement to Wired Magazine called Geekipedia many topics are covered from Michael Arrington to Zillow, they even devote a small section to SEO.
In what appears to be a Calacanis inspired excerpt, the magazine railed SEO’s as the "Wile E. Coyotes of the Internet economy."
Discussion and a further look into the listing is provided.
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In what appears to be a Calacanis inspired excerpt, the magazine railed SEO’s as the "Wile E. Coyotes of the Internet economy."
Discussion and a further look into the listing is provided.
3 Comments
Comments
Great point. I have fought a long uphill battle within the organization that I am employed as an SEO in evangelizing the reason and the benefit of SEO. I know a great number of SEOs that are the mercenaries of the Internet marketing society. They focus on short to intermediate goals and claim the results. However, I have experienced the difficulties in recovering from negative techniques to "game" the engines. I like a challenge, but cannot stand the idea of starting in the hole.I really wish that website owners would really consider the long term affects and play a greater role in the monitoring of their SEO campaigns. This starts with realistic, measurable goals from the SEO consultant or company that can be maintained, rather than attained.
Jill, I cannot see how you can reconcile what you say above and what you have said in:http://sphinn.com/story/8556#c11639""Nothing wrong with Black Hats in my book. But something very much wrong with incompetent SEOs.""http://sphinn.com/story/8393#c11625I’ve never believed in outing sites for any reason whatsoever. I don’t report sites to Google either."One sort is to be reviled and the other condoned? You’re having a laugh aren’t you?
g1smd, I read alot of SEOs complain about places like Twitter and Wikipedia adding nofollow on their outbounds to discourage spam. I also read alot of SEOs complain about Google tightening its security to make it more difficult for people to inject crap into search results. But these same people who complain about other sites tending their own backyard have nofollows plastered all over their own sites.Jill, for example, specifically complained about bloggers spamming Sphinn with Blogrush posts (which she would report/nuke in a heartbeat). The only difference here is that Sphinn is closer to home while Google search results is "someone else’s back yard."If I do it to them, its ok. If they do it to me, its wrong. If that’s not inconsistent, what is?That kind of self-centered, sociopathic mentality tarnishes the integrity of the SEO industry. I’m not moralizing here. People can do whatever they feel like doing. But let’s call a spade a spade.Like I said elsewhere, saying "its google’s problem" is like throwing trash on the sidewalk for someone else to come and clean up after you. It’s a little bit like living in Manhattan.