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Pat - I'm not going to get into the pros or cons of Danny;s actions but feel that I have to strongly disagree with you on this.
It's like someone ringing up Jonathan Ross and offering to sell him knock-off DVDs of Hollywood films*: I'm sorry, but not knowing anything about the industry you purport to work in makes you an idiot.
And he did insult Danny - by treating him like an idiot.
*Apologies for the British slanted analogy - JR is guy who does the film reviews in the UK.
Yes, I do see that - but this guy was putting himself across as someone who had learnt stuff. QED idiot!
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For a nation of shopkeepers we're sure making a bad job of selling stuff..
That's (ever so slightly) different to "you can have this carton of cigarettes, and if you do decide to, here's what I would prefer the link to look like
The thing is that I'd argue, not so much for risk of offending Google as offending the blogger, that if what you're after is conversation and coverage, that you shouldn't even mention how you want a link to look. Hugh McLeod, who did an amazing job at this sort of thing for vineyard Stormhoek never, I'm sure, told people what sort of link he wanted: he just sent people the wine and said "We'd love to know what you think"
Matt - thanks for the clarification. You could really help the guys who wrote that post by giving them some tips on clear, concise writing - I came away thoroughly confused so can only imagine what a new webmaster would have thought.
@donna who is jumping which shark? Who do you see as The Fonz in all this?
I totally agree - I also have to say that I thought that the article was incredibly badly written - it left me more confused at the end than I was at the start - and I'm meant to be a professional. God help the one-man-band outfits relying on Uncle Google to provide clear, concise information on how to succeed online.
What kev said - I've just been scrolling through SEObook and can't find a post on this particular subject...
Interesting post but by concentrating on how to get found in UK only results misses what is, for me, one of the biggest challenges where a .com will often outrank the same company's .co.uk in searches on Google.co.uk - shall we call it the Amazon issue?!
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It's weird but these little storms in teacups always seem to blow up when I'm busy/away/not addicted to Sphinn (although Julie knows that I don't think that anything said about her is a storm in a teacup) - last week was manic at work and then at the weekend I had a lovely break in Dublin - hence I didn't see any of this until just now.
I don't think it's any weird coincidence that leads to me missing these things when I'm away, it's just that real life acts as a very good diversion to this sort of crap - when you're enjoying a night out with friends, or relaxing on a beach, all of this stuff just seems so very unimportant. With this in mind could I suggest that certain un-named individuals might like to book themselves a late get-away as soon as possible and spend a week drinking cocktails by the pool before reassessing the things they've been writing?
One big difference - p0rn & dating sites make lots & lots of money: social media sites are still struggling to find realistic business models.
Not only is there some great stuff coming out of e-consultancy these days (I always think my contributions there bring the tone/standard down somewhat) but it means that I get to see the name Asda on the homepage of Sphinn - not sure why that gives me a kick, but it does...
I like the idea of Larry & Sergey dressed up as Captain Jack from Pirate of the Carribean...
Tempted to desphinn as this is really a nothing story - anyone who knows The Guardian's Rumour Mill knows that it is always tongue in cheek. It's a joke.
As for publishers getting onto the front page of digg etc... ("what if such websites took things a step further and created keyword-rich and linkable articles based around one hot topic, niche or person?" - errr, they are), newspapers face as many problems as the record labels and personally I'm glad that they're starting to 'get it' (whatever it is)
This is great - we're really having a conversation here. Let's reach out...
Is that the first ever Sphinn comment to reference Harry Enfield's scousers? If so it's long overdue..
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iBrian - the list was probably more notable for its omissions than its inclusions, so good work on filling those.. I'm sure that the guys who compiled it will keep updating it
I love Twitter but not one of the reasons listed is of any value to businesses (other than the customer service one) - it's still a geek only zone and I can't see that changing any time soon (1 million users really isn't that many,,,
This is one of the funniest things I'd read in ages. As for Daily Mail & Digg - it's just another reason not to go there...
I guess that really we're the ones who have been made to look like idiots - mistaking the Daily Mail for a real newspaper...
You sure it wasn't for Northcliffe Associated Digital? Owned by the same company but does their classified business mainly (yep, got the same call....
Although Danny made a good point in his review of IE8 - MSFT wants to be a big online ad player itself, so it seems unlikely it would do anything that might damage that..
Story: An Ethical Debate On Which We Can All (Maybe) Agree: The Average Webmaster And Dodgy SEO