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By: Dr Wordpress!

Dr Wordpress! — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:30:17 +0000

@jan – yep, it’s an arms race for sure. Which is why I’m putting myself out there as… myself. I’m the brand, not my content. The content is commodity, but someone has to put a reliable stamp of approval on it.
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By: jan geronimo

jan geronimo — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:00:19 +0000

Misleading titles – I hate that. Wastes my time. What?! Your headline promised me you’ve got the goods on this fascinating scandal and here you are telling me to click another link to get to it. And you’re telling me you’re not that kind of blogger publishing stuff like that. Hypocrite.

Fascinating to watch self-proclaimed SEO gurus. I’m reading them still for both amusement and learning. Google is right to keep them guessing. Otherwise, it would fail as a business by churning out irrelevant, spammy content — the handiwork of SEO witch doctors whose passion is to game the system that feeds them.

That’s from one of your posts, if I remember correctly. :)
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By: Dr Wordpress!

Dr Wordpress! — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:22:06 +0000

@WCG – nice to meet you!

@Susan – SEO is almost a fool’s game. The search engine designers can evolve it at will, the rest of us are just guessing.

SEO professionals don’t seem to get the irony of having their business depend on what some dude at the googleplex thinks is the right way to do business. Maybe I’m just arrogant, or think I’m smarter than I really am, but I just cannot get excited about spending my time worrying about what somebody else is keeping secret. I’d rather go surfing or explore caves or stay up all night.
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By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:07:31 +0000

Ugh. The worst part about trying to read up on SEO is wading through the endless sea of utter junk that’s out there. My favorite is when you read 53 entries that all say the same thing (something that’s true, in this example) and then you find one article that says the direct opposite and it’s wrong. It’s like…how does that happen? Didn’t that person encounter the 53 other entries that all have the correct way of doing things? It’s baffling to me.

Then again, the other 53 people suck for regurg’ing the same content over and over, too.

Hmm. Apparently it’s impossible to make me happy. :)

By: Web Career Girl

Web Career Girl — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:38:00 +0000

You can call me Ruth :)
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By: Dr Wordpress!

Dr Wordpress! — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:20:32 +0000

@Sean – There’s opportunity in that noise. Somewhere.

@Walter – Good point! I didn’t think about that, but it’s a good filter to apply to everything.

@Web Girl – Who are you! I know you’re little shy, I just read your last blog post. Take it stepwise: 1. First name only. 2. Then gravatar pic of your smiling face. 3. Take it from there!
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By: Web Career Girl

Web Career Girl — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:07:25 +0000

I like your point about the human voice. Sometimes I start reading a blog for a while, only to keep going back and feeling like it’s not really ‘them’ talking to me. Rather, it’s some idea of what’s going to make money that dictates the advice. And most of the time the advice is meaningless, rehashed like you say. I try to keep that human voice in my posts. At least then, even if my techniques aren’t the best in the world, it hopefully makes my posts a little more interesting to read :D
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By: Walter

Walter — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:47:53 +0000

These tips can also be applied to our own content, such as better developing our voice, providing actionable items and encouraging readers to participate with genuine comments. .-= Walter´s last blog ..What Shovel-Ready Means for Road Construction =-.

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:17:39 +0000

Anytime I hear internet “noise” I get annoyed that it is hard to find actual “signal”.

[sigh]

Power to the people though. I like that!
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