Hold off on the comments till you get through the whole blog post. Grab a cup of coffee for this one. Actually i'm the one who wants another coffee.
Quote: He walked down the quiet street, a leopard in the concrete jungle. Eyes down, but watching the angles. Hands in his coat pocket concealing but preoccupied. It was then from the shadows a figure emerged, unwanted but unrelenting.
"Hey buddy, you lookin'?", poured forth with a cloud of smoke.
"Naw, I don't do that crap." he blew back. "Don't ya know that stuff will get you messed up? Just look, right up there" as he pointed to the surveillance camera across the way. "Google sees everything."
The fedora topped stranger faded further into the darkness. "These are some awesome high PageRank links though. Cheap. And you just know the other guys are using." ... How this ends, you tell me?
OK, enough with the silliness. But it brings to mind a few things that are actually worth discussing. Let's explore a few concepts.
Google Isn't Out to Get You
Now, this one seems to be one of the largest heads on the many headed hydra of SEO paranoia. Time and time again we see those that truly are out-thinking themselves.
Yes, it is duly noted that Google (and other IR systems) have an... Continued at: http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2162315/SEO-Google-The-Ugly-Truth
Any thoughts on this blog post? If you disagree with something then please explain why. I am actually surprised that many more people have not taken the time to comment on this one.
I myself liked the article and think it should hit home with many people. Being in Google is not a right it is a privilege. They created a product that is making a lot of people a lot of money
Quote: He walked down the quiet street, a leopard in the concrete jungle. Eyes down, but watching the angles. Hands in his coat pocket concealing but preoccupied. It was then from the shadows a figure emerged, unwanted but unrelenting.
"Hey buddy, you lookin'?", poured forth with a cloud of smoke.
"Naw, I don't do that crap." he blew back. "Don't ya know that stuff will get you messed up? Just look, right up there" as he pointed to the surveillance camera across the way. "Google sees everything."
The fedora topped stranger faded further into the darkness. "These are some awesome high PageRank links though. Cheap. And you just know the other guys are using." ... How this ends, you tell me?
OK, enough with the silliness. But it brings to mind a few things that are actually worth discussing. Let's explore a few concepts.
Google Isn't Out to Get You
Now, this one seems to be one of the largest heads on the many headed hydra of SEO paranoia. Time and time again we see those that truly are out-thinking themselves.
Yes, it is duly noted that Google (and other IR systems) have an... Continued at: http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2162315/SEO-Google-The-Ugly-Truth
Any thoughts on this blog post? If you disagree with something then please explain why. I am actually surprised that many more people have not taken the time to comment on this one.
I myself liked the article and think it should hit home with many people. Being in Google is not a right it is a privilege. They created a product that is making a lot of people a lot of money