Comments on: Abandoning the SEO of Today for the SEO of Tomorrow

By: Lo of North 100 Design

Lo of North 100 Design — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:47:04 +0000

Joining this conversation late but hoping what someone might think of ads and ad placement. As with “…advocating the use of paid links” that has stopped, what about the end of ads, as on this page, in the middle of the page and on the sides. That has got to be on it’s way out, don’t you think? Being on the web since its inception I’ve learned to completely ignore them – especially the flashing ones – and make a point not to click or go near them in fear they’d expand into my reading area. A quality “ad” for me is within a well written review, an article, or through word-of-mouth.

By: Michael Rotkin

Michael Rotkin — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:14:19 +0000

The algorithm is made to be used, so lets stop chatting about it and talk how to use it.

By: Korak ispred samog sebe

Korak ispred samog sebe — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:26:32 +0000

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By: Musashi

Musashi — Fri, 23 May 2008 18:03:07 +0000

As long as there is some algorithm behind search engine positioning there will be people who try to build their sites and networks to get the optimum out of this algorithm. SEO will never be dead. The more complicated it becomes the more important it is.

By: Linkbuilding

Linkbuilding — Wed, 21 May 2008 09:48:00 +0000

Most of the guys confused about the post.. Linkbuilding's last blog post..Benefits of manual directory submissions

By: Roderick Ioerger

Roderick Ioerger — Tue, 20 May 2008 22:37:12 +0000

@Web 2.0 Blog

The point Joost was trying to make and that I wanted to reinforce and expand upon is that many internet marketers, SEOs especially are giving up on solid internet marketing techniques before they lose their efficiency just to lash on to whatever the newest fad or latest predictions believe the next big thing will be.

Many of these marketers espouse the power of this new marketing technique, sometimes without ever using it or mastering even the fundamentals just because others are saying such positive things. This type of behaviour is a diservice not only to them but especially to their clients who rely on them to be their go between for happenings in the internet marketing world.

By: Web 2.0 Blog

Web 2.0 Blog — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:51:14 +0000

There will be no transition period, just a constant evolution. I'm not sure what this post is trying to say. Web 2.0 Blog's last blog post..Feedreader and the future of RSS

By: Adam - Creare Web Design

Adam - Creare Web Design — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:49:40 +0000

SEO will evolve without people even knowing it. It will be subtle changes that will soon become popular knowledge. I do agree that you never know what Google will do though. It seems to have different standards for everything.

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Webmasterov blog » Blog Archive » Korak ispred samog sebe — Sun, 18 May 2008 13:15:46 +0000

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By: Linkbuilding

Linkbuilding — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:12:49 +0000

SEO makes the best if you use "Title and alt tag" and build some quality relevant links... Linkbuilding's last blog post..BASIC CONCEPTS OF SEO

By: PS3

PS3 — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:44:31 +0000

It’s a tough on to call but is there not a half way house that combines traditional methods with the new and upcoming? Does it have to be one and all with either?

By: Roderick Ioerger

Roderick Ioerger — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:37:47 +0000

Jaan,

I think you have identified a larger issue in our industry. The reason the reputation of SEO practitioners suffers is that so many people make false claims, whether it is because they haven’t had time to try something new, or genuenly just don’t know how to do something. Yet they still remain willing to extoll the virtues of whatever technique maybe the flavor of the week.

By: Jaan Kanellis

Jaan Kanellis — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:14:56 +0000

The problem is a lot of SEO people don’t test on their own. The read what has supposedly worked for someone else and then take that as gospel. A good example of this was the recent internal PR Sculpting madness where lots of SEO's proclaimed it as hugely successful technique without testing or showing results in which it worked. Jaan Kanellis's last blog post..Can You Manage Your Email and RSS Reader?

By: Our Monmouth

Our Monmouth — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:50:22 +0000

Roderick- Makes perfect sense to me... Stick with what works until a time that it doesnt. Where I think many fail is to stay tuned to the changing environment and keep up to date. (Un)fortunately, Google has no problem telling us how and when. Market timing is a failure to plan in any industry. Our Monmouth's last blog post..FBI 1 Corrupt NJ Mayor 18 to 24

By: Search Engine Optimization Journal

Search Engine Optimization Journal — Thu, 15 May 2008 10:44:34 +0000

I agree 100% with the follow up post. It is very tough to leave any SEO technique behind... Search Engine Optimization Journal's last blog post..Search Engine Optimization For Your Whole Site

By: seo pixy

seo pixy — Thu, 15 May 2008 08:00:41 +0000

I agree with your opinion and I think it is not a good thing to abandon old SEO techniques that are proved to work well and go for some new ones.

By: MarketingDeviant

MarketingDeviant — Thu, 15 May 2008 04:32:06 +0000

Link exchange is such a hassle. I bet the new algorithm includes website reputation and maybe even rss numbers? MarketingDeviant's last blog post..Substitute Leisure for Labor

By: Jayson

Jayson — Thu, 15 May 2008 02:27:51 +0000

Great point. Link exchanges are another one of those things that can still be debated. People claim they hurt websites, others swear by them and then you’ll still see websites ranking well built off excessive exchanges.

Deciding what works and what doesn’t is a huge task in itself. I’d imagine everything is okay as long as it’s done in moderation. I know of a huge national site with a PR 7 that hides links (in a tricky way) and they’re doing fine in the SERPs.