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As I've said elsewhere already: I expected nothing less from Smackdown. It's the Private Eye of blogs (only withouy the made-up bits ;)).
This is about debunking, getting rid of the FUD. There's too much FUD online... Personal FUD needs personal debunking. After that, people can all go out and grab a beer together.
There are several layers of "truth" in the world of SEO. As far as online marketing lessons go, both the original story and this little deliberation are quite valuable in my view. If I were a blogger in a cutthroat biz like SEO, I would surely shoot first (with a bit of safety margin and opportunity for escape) and ask questions later. But maybe that's exactly why I'm not a real SEO blogger ;) heh
IMV this is not an attack on the messenger. And -- also IMV -- 50% of articles about SEO submitted here are (in some way) not true. Should we be worried? No. Should we read the messages and take note? Oh yes.
In the mean time, there's no denying that submitting "tabloid-style" stories to Sphinn/Whatever is a good way to get attention. Is that so bad? No. Should we keep using our brains and triple check all the stories submitted? Oh yeah.
Good points g1smd. I haven't read your views on 'bad hoods' (yet), I'm sorry. All I'm trying to say is that - on the clean-ish websites I've tested this - a mere icky link didn't do any harm. However, I have not tested this with a link to something REALLY bad, let's say to a virus or to something illegal.
And yes, if people's coding is SO crappy that their sites aren't doing (at the very least) ok in the first place, then trying to validate could indeed make things better. Tx for bringing that to our attention.
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