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What would Google look like if they had to Optimize for Google? (Very Funny)
Avatar Went Hot: October 15, 2007 - 9:06 pm
Posted By: KangoTraveler 213 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.meangene.com) my network
Category: Google SEO
I stumbled across this today, apparently this web developer was pissed about having to make more "SEO Changes" to his site ; hilarious!
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from AndyBeard 213 days ago #
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Now how can someone create a site like that an not submit it to Digg or Reddit.

Ah well, I will take potential front page stories like that any day ;)

from floppy 213 days ago #
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Haha, very funny.  Nice job.

from AndyBeard 213 days ago #
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Hmm ok so 2hrs 31min to go popular on Digg, about the same timeframe for Reddit

I forgot to Stumble it straight away and someone else got there first, and so far only 4 saves on Delicious.

Wouldn't you expect it to go "hot" quicker on a site specializing in search marketing? (currently 16 sphinns)

from Burgo 213 days ago #
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Hmm... who else could that be? ;)

from AndyBeard 213 days ago #
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Hehe - I don't begrudge someone a good Stumble - that just gave my Digg and Reddit profiles a nice boost as they are sorely neglected.

from floppy 213 days ago #
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I have yet to really find the bonus in reddit, sigh so slow.

from janecopland 213 days ago #
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Seen it. They call it "Yahoo."

/what a cheap joke. sorry/

from Burgo 213 days ago #
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Zing!

from fantomaster 213 days ago #
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Great find, thanks. Made my morning!

from simplegreenchoices 213 days ago #
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Genius. Oh, how the folks at google would cringe (if they actually acknowledged us peons)

from ChrisOD 213 days ago #
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Story currently has 2012 diggs.

I'm not jealous at all.  My Digg and Reddit profiles don't need any sort of boost*

*this could be a lie.

from iBrian 213 days ago #
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They forgot the Adsense... ;)

from thoughtbeans 213 days ago #
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Very gud article.  Thanks for the information.

from AndyBeard 213 days ago #
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One link from the Reddit comments, yes Google did look a little link that many moons ago.

from onreact 213 days ago #
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Unfortunately if you read the StuembleUpon reviews people use the page to express their negative views of SEO and not about Google forcing us to follow it's rules.

from KangoTraveler 212 days ago #
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Andy - glad you enjoyed the digg fodder... sadly my account there is well, more neglected than yours, so I'm pretty sure my post would have fallen into the abyss, but I'm glad the diggers found it has funny as I did, I sortof felt they would miss the joke. guess I was wrong as it hit the top of Digg, from what I hear from friends at Google the page is making it's rounds internally with much laughter :D

onreact: I found the comments on digg were interestingly posotive towards the satire to bad stumblers are more wholesome...

Anyways, hilarious stuff, glad you all enjoyed it.

from MattCutts 212 days ago #
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I know it's meant as a joke, but it only took me a couple mouse-clicks to disagree. It starts out "First, add lots of cross-linking so the search engine knows what is relevant." Personally, I would have started out "First, make a great site." :)

from g1smd 210 days ago #
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I agree. In adding all that stuff, suddenly the site isn't all that great... but so many people seem to fall into that trap.

from snarky 210 days ago #
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@MattCutts - Argh!

If you think that site was a joke then you don't really understand what some of us go through. Some of us don't want to violate your rules by paying for links... so either we violate your rules and do so (I don't) or we spend time on our on-site optimization (while gaining links naturally over time)... Often, yes, that means you need to do things for search engines rather than for users like repeating words within links, titles, etc... you have to balance that with user experience, of course, but if the site is operating in a competitive environment it's a must (assuming that your competitors are buying links and you aren't)...

Damn, I'd rather hear you express your appreciation for this person's "joke" rather than consider it a joke outright - despite that it was certainly humorous... the truth often is.

from stevee1 76 days ago #
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thankfully Google is the king of the castle; they don't have to slug it out, otherwise that'd be one ugly page!


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