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I couldn't disagree with you any more Dorian, and your comment drips with irony in a most humorous way.
"If you complain about *how* people praise you and tell them how they could have done it better -- even if it's constructive and has broader implications -- some people are going to get annoyed with you
If someone is going to take the time to follow you on Twitter, read your blog post, then Digg/comment on it... you should say "thanks" instead of telling them how to comment. Why should I bother to Digg another request from seomoz next time they ask?"
THAT is your problem, YOU don't understand social media. If you think of commenting and voting for a post as a favor for seomoz, you are networking for the wrong reason (and a very unproductive one at that). You should vote and comment if you enjoy and take something valuable away from the post.
Additionally, the idea that rebecca was talking down to seomoz is also wrong. She was merely pointing out the fact that we should be aware of how our comments reflect on our community. You can't discredit rebeccas authority on the subject of SMM, try to take criticism constructively instead of responding out of self-interest.
@rishil - Absolutely and thanks so much for the sphinn, I've had many helpful comments and suggestions!
Good concept, there is a lot of room for elabortion on this topic, too...
Not that i'm an authority on this or anything, as useful as this is, I love it, on the flip side I would assume there is cases where this isn't such great news, i.e. bloggers who get paid per impression, corporations lose branding opportunity, etc if the searcher goes straight to the specific search result, of course this is googles mission though, to deliver the user straight to what they are looking for.
That would assume you are big enough to get this feature anyway.
Michael, great article, i've always admired your writing style.
Sean may not have intended it go beyond the SeoMoz realm, but I found it to be generally interesting and helpful. It is great to get some insight into the life of such a successful person who has shifted focus from his other successful ventures to focus on SEO. Unfortunately for you, the sphinn community agrees with me.
I respect your work, and I wish you luck in everything you do. I will close with a quote from Danny Sullivan on the sphinn "common sense guidelines" which I believe completely justifies this submission and it's front-page status :
Common sense? You see, in California, we have something called the Basic Speed Law. It says that you can never drive faster than it is safe, regardless of the posted speed limit. On a freeway where the speed limit is 60, but it's raining and poor visibility? You're supposed to use common sense and slow down to a safe speed.
I like that approach. Rather than craft a billion rules on exactly how many things you can submit and so on, just use common sense. Should you submit 10 items in a row from your web site that simply cross-link to someone else's site? Common sense should tell you no. You're not adding value to the community that way. You're putting self-interest way ahead of the community interest. And when you violate the Basic Common Sense Law here, we'll do things like suspend your account and/or kill your submissions.
In contrast, submit a gem or two or three from your own site, stuff that's really good? Go for it. Common sense should tell you that delivering up your best, even if there's an element of self-interest, will still help the greater good.
-Danny Sullivan
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