Linky Goodness, November 10

Monday, November 10th, 2008 by Jordan McCollum

Linky Goodness, November 10

Um . . . I got nothin. It’s Monday.

Yahoo’s making a mobile push today, or so it appears when a review of Yahoo’s mobile voice search appears in CNET and a Q &A with Yahoo’s Head of Mobile Advertising and Publishing runs in ClickZ.
I guess it’s about that time again. Apparently, yet again SEO is dead. If you’re not tired of the debate, go read this latest iteration, perhaps more appropriately titled “In three years or so SEO as a separate profession instead of an SOP will die because SEO functions—good copy and clean code—should be handled in-house by their respective departments.” Um, yeah, so should like everything else related to marketing, websites, new media, etc. etc. etc. (And companies that don’t have entire departments devoted to their Internet presence?)
Google is really surprised (and hurt ) by the latest Italian lawsuit, especially since they’d already cooperated with Italian authorities in finding the bullies berating their classmate with a handicap as seen in a YouTube video.

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14 comments on “Linky Goodness, November 10”

SoLinkable Says:

November 10th, 2008 at 5:36 pm

I have to say, I enjoy regularly bashing Yahoo!… but mobile voice search does sound pretty cool.

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Saad Kamal Says:

November 10th, 2008 at 7:45 pm

Oh Please….if companies starts to hire in-house professionals for its Search Marketing efforts …..it won’t kill the industry.. instead it will increase it’s growth & potential.

Oh You missed Firefox’s Birthday..

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SEO Tips South Africa Says:

November 11th, 2008 at 2:08 am

Hiya Jordan, not bad for grasping at straws. Hope Yahoo manages to get something right, they really need a good storyline for a change. Mobile voice search seems like a great idea, can they copyright it though? Otherwise Google is just going to do it as well…

As for the “death” of SEO, I prefer to use the word “evolution” as it is definitely more apt.
Nicole Price Says:

November 11th, 2008 at 8:24 am

Fully cooperating with the authorities is different from responding to the situation in a humane way. In the Italian situation, the authorities clearly believe that the company is being stubborn in its attitude towards the victim.

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Nicole Price Says:

November 11th, 2008 at 8:26 am

To me, Micah makes a great deal of sense. The fact that Search Engines are getting more efficient all the time, it would certainly appear that in the next few years, it would be an in house operation.

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Apple Macbook Says:

November 11th, 2008 at 8:57 am

SEO and googles way of defining page rank changes so often that SEO will never be dead.

It adapts and changes with google so that people can get the best page rank that they can for their site.
SoLinkable Says:

November 11th, 2008 at 1:09 pm

Totally agree with SEO Tips SA. It’s not dead, just changing. As long as Google keeps updating their algos, it can’t die.
savings Says:

November 11th, 2008 at 3:56 pm

I don’t agree that SEO is dead or will ever die. Rather SEO will grow bigger with more to it than it is now. ALready some firms do have in-house teams but guess it will be boring doing just that.
MLRebecca Says:

November 11th, 2008 at 6:38 pm

Thanks for posting these. I’m especially looking forward to checking out the link on SEO. You never can quite have enough of reading others’ opinions concerning the fate of SEO, blogging, or social media.
Ami Ohayon Says:

November 12th, 2008 at 2:53 pm

Like other technical aspects of marketing (writing, design, etc.) SEO is likely to split between routine low-level maintenance type work, and high-end strategy work that demands specialist skills.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

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Kenney @ Work From Home Blog Says:

November 12th, 2008 at 6:58 pm

Okay, so I ended up reading that whole post on SEO being dead. NOPE!!! It’s just changing. And I think that is what he is expressing.

It’s really a pitch to make SEO or SMM more in house and done with passion.

But 3 years till search engine optimizers are out of business. Don’t think so. They can either work for big business in house…

…or there are a ton of small business that will continue to come online for years to come. Plus you still have more people I believe that will begin to work from home.

Plus many businesses don’t want to hire more. They would prefer to outsource.
galin Says:

November 13th, 2008 at 1:17 pm

Why dead? No, SEO is not dead. It just gets some alternations and moderations. Now the news is not so horrible as prior reading the post.
monica Says:

November 14th, 2008 at 4:25 am

SEO dead? Where are you getting that from, We’ll rather see more and more people talking about it, it’s getting more digital
landrover Says:

November 14th, 2008 at 5:07 am

Not sure SEO will ever die, Yes it can go in-house,Yes it can change like it has always done. But the future is still bright.