Comments on: Getting Ready for the SEO Grilling

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By: Stephen E. Arnold

Stephen E. Arnold — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:26:01 +0000

Sperky,

A goose is not off base. A goose is cooked or addled.

Stephen Arnold, November 26, 2008

By: sperky undernet

sperky undernet — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:00:23 +0000

While totally off base, I salute you for your principles and idealism. I read your blog precisely for its content and I continue to learn from it.

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seo news | SEO Blog — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:44:10 +0000

[...] Getting Ready for the SEO Grilling : Beyond Search [...]

By: Stephen E. Arnold

Stephen E. Arnold — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:15:14 +0000

Consultant, Hi Rank,

Addled geese don’t create great information. Addled geese outrun the paté chef. Thanks for the kind words, but I remain anti-SEO. The feeling is more than gray goose features. The distrust is in my hollow bones and webby feet.

Stephen Arnold, November 24, 2008

By: Stephen E. Arnold

Stephen E. Arnold — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:13:27 +0000

Jim Sinowsky,

Feel free to hold forth on the values of the SEO industry. My goal is to make my views clear so if you attend my session in London you know my position. Keep in mind that I am an addled goose and achieve whatever miserable Google rankings I have via content, not skullduggery. Because I am an addled goose, I also define “skullduggery” quite broadly.

Stephen Arnold, November 24, 2008

By: SEO Consultant

SEO Consultant — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:56:25 +0000

Great information first of all. I would like to add that Technical SEO goes beyond starting blocks. It actually involves how search engines crawl, index, score, and rank web pages. The indexing process of a commercial search engine continues to be one of the most misunderstood areas of SEO, as there is a perception gap between the human experience (visual) and search engines (parsing) that most SEOs are unaware of.

By: Jim Slinowsky

Jim Slinowsky — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:56:05 +0000

Stephen –

I think for most of your article you are tarring SEO consultants with the same brush, be they ethical and interested in actually helping their clients increase their site’s conversions or conversely SEOs only interested in making a quick buck by getting a page to a high ranking using marginal or black hat techniques.

This is like labeling anyone who sends email a spammer or anyone who makes a phone call a telemarketer.

Not everybody can make the time or is even interested in knowing the best practices required for a web page to show up on the first page of the SERPs. Fewer still make the investment in time or money to be able achieve a reasonable conversion rate of that traffic to a desired result.

I personally believe there is scope for people and companies with a conscience to fill those knowledge gaps and help web site owners maximize the ROI on their investment in their sites. I know that is my goal when I take on a new client and based on the final few paragraphs of your post, it sounds like it is yours as well.

best regards,

Jim

By: Daniel Tunkelang

Daniel Tunkelang — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:06:34 +0000

How timely! I wrote a similarly themed post only hours ago about Life, the Universe, and SEO that offers the advice Douglas Adams might have given on the subject, had he lived to see the growth of an SEO cottage industry.

http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/11/24/life-the-universe-and-seo/