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Brian, I saw your preso and appreciate your recap. You gave me some insight to solve a challenge, today! Great timing. Big thanks!
Changed the title, since it really doesn't cover Chinese Medicine. You will learn, however, how Brian took his knowledge of Chinese Medicine and applied SEO, made a lot of money and turned his optimization approach into a career in search marketing and comedy.
Thanks guys! I'm a combination of a kinesthetic (one who learns best by doing) and an auditory learner (one who learns through speech and conversation). Dave's instructional format and setup enhanced the opportunity for people with these learning styles to reap the most from the conference!
Again, thank you Dave and Jordan and to all the speakers who really did help take the scary out of SEO.
AHHH... I forgot about SEOmoz' Great Scott! Added! Thanks again, everyone.
EVERY speaker did a FANTASTIC job. I learned sooooooooo much. And, Brandy, you should be very proud! Your mom is! :-)
I couldn't write my notes down fast enough during Chris Hart's presentation on SEO Project Management at Scary SEO. Now we can read his details and gain more insight into effectively working with clients and all levels of decision makers in an organization.
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Great article. Realize I'm guilty of "filtering everything at the inbox level" - time to stop!
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Thanks, Kev, for the writeup!
It would be appreciated if Twitter's founder responded and provided reasoning. Does Evan consider the previous following of bio links a "loophole?"
Enjoyed Nick Wildson's earlier post discussing Twitter bio follow and still a good read with a link to a good plugin for Firefox to identify search info about a website:
http://nickwilsdon.com/do-you-want-some-followe-links-from-twitter/
Excellent interview to get to know Lee Odden! He has a diverse background, was in the military and has a great story, approach and insight. Nicely done!
To repeat, fantastic interview! Lee was super personable and so down-to-earth. It felt as if he and Garrett were in a living room talking. Want more of these!
Laughing about Paisley's comment about re-write, which is OK. I don't think we need to invent the wheel, just improve and mass produce it. The external dispute aspect is something that should be addressed in each individual contract, not in the Code, agreed.
I support an effort for a SEO Code of Ethics and appreciate Harith's taking the initiative. Agreed, no police, all voluntary. I look forward to exploring ways and methods to continue the discussion and gain support. One of the (minor) reasons I left consulting for a while was the disgust for the snake-oil SEOs and the ignorance of people who associate all SEOs with these people, the used-car-salesman stereotype.
For example, there are 2 Web services firms in my locale who are selling SEO services - one is offering template sites that are image-based, NO text, and the other is only doing PPC. The consumer, in general, doesn't know the difference. We, SEOs, get lumped in with this approach.
The need for a Code of Ethics goes beyond black vs. white hat; it's also about value, truth in advertising. We might not be able to insure "quality" as Harith mentioned, but we can provide a way for consumers to evaluate what they are "buying."
TOTALLY agree about NO LINKBAITING games!
Of course, a code of ethics is voluntary as Jill mentions. Maybe it's not an industry issue - have to think about that. Do wish there was SOME industry standard against which a consumer could compare methodologies, like AAA for automotive repair, without it being a governing body, as has already been said. However, afzee is so correct. What stops the SEO Champions and SEO Trademarkers from abusing it? Black list? hmmm... Some super good points!
Like paisley's "best practices" approach.
After reading Bruce Clay's again and again, the base to begin is so very strong. (But wait, didn't Jason Gambert coin the term, SEO - sorry.)
Ready to take discussions over to here, thanks @GlobalFusion.
http://groups.google.com/group/seo-code-of-ethics
WOW! You guys are eloquent!
OK, let's walk the talk as @GlobalFusion said. As @Harith stated, we have a Golden Opportunity.
I'm there with @paisley; the moment discussion gets ugly, I'm gone. No politics or narcissism. Movements of change are based on genuine motives to impact society, to make a difference.
We all agree there is a deficiency. The resolution is unclear. I'm not going to let apathy consume my soul, either!
You're ahead of me, Pete. I've yet to unpack. Brian is often ahead of all of us! But he doesn't require sleep.
Meeting more Mozzers beyond their avatars was invaluable! SEOmoz did a fantastic job in delivering a lot of information with an intimate approach.
Talk about viral... I shared some photo editing tools, and Brian Carter went wild! How fun to see this on Sphinn. You did a fantastic job, Brian - such creativity!! It's good to have such comic relief!
Glad this has been helpful! I put the tools together as a result of questions from clients/friends and wanted to help them save money. Your Sphinns are such an added bonus. Thank all of you so very much!
OUCH, can't believe I wrot "it's features" - pretend that boo boo is not there, "its features" :-)
Just added GIMP, http://www.gimp.org, a free photo editing tool I learned about from UnclePeppers. It works on all OS. You can upload via FTP from inside the tool. It's features are impressive.
I've never seen anyone go crazy in one afternoon like Brian. I posted links to a couple of his creations in the comments. Brian, going to call you Gizmo Gone Wild!
Thanks again, all!
Super write-up and so appreciated. Perfect timing, too. I've been reworking "offerings" to focus on strengths while looking for the right "fit" of people who excel at my weaknesses. The post demonstrates the power of collaboration. Maybe this is why opposites attract?
Brian does a great job. EXCELLENT read and worth the introspection to consider:
The 7 Essential Strengths:
1. Maximizer
2. Achiever
3. Focus
4. Individualization
5. Arranger
6. Strategic
7. Analytical
Really good post IMHO, a simple but good approach to follow for landing page load time and site quality. Going to follow his series of posts.
I especially like the last paragraph:
Don’t allow a slow-loading, unoptimized landing page negate all of the hard work you put into creating your expansive yet targeted keyword list, writing unique benefit-driven ad texts, continually adjusting your bids to find the ad position, and everything else you do on a daily basis. Remember, every aspect of your account is important when it comes to Quality Score and none of them should be ignored.
Agree the new infrastructure and UI is faster and ROCKS! Great case for anyone doing before-and-after usability studies.
My opinion went from, "nice tool for productivity" to "I'm in love!"
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