Comments on: Review of SEOMoz’s Search Engine Ranking Factors V2

By: Jason Green

Jason Green — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:07:10 +0000

Thanks for the feedback! As Stoney points out; I posted this review from atop a rather large soapbox (as any self-respecting professional SEO would!).

By: TimWhiston.com

TimWhiston.com — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 14:47:28 +0000

SEO is almost becoming hilarious. Yes it’s an important part of my marketing campaigns and will probably continue to be until we see the full blown interface change that takes us from keyboard and mouse to Star Trek style voice interaction.

But…

The battle between the engines and the ranking manipulators is getting ridiculous. As you posted, it is quite amusing that having relevant title and anchor tags could actually begin to harm your position.

And we legitimate business owners are cuaght in the middle. One day our sites are at the top, then they’re gone with a new algorithm change that leaves searchers with page upon page of irrelevant nonsense.

Then we catch on to the latest, ludicrous changes and bring our sites back to the top. Only to await the next big shift.

LOL… it beats a day job but man I look forward to a time when optimizing for good, clean results is less of a pain in the neck.

By: Halfdeck

Halfdeck — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 01:50:47 +0000

“If todays top SEO’s really are doing well for their clients, they don’t have a clue why.”

Lol, too true. These days all you need is a group of high profile friends and you can generate all the buzz you need. Deep knowledge of Google sold separately.

By: Stoney deGeyter

Stoney deGeyter — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:27:12 +0000

Absolutely hilarious post, Jason. Spot on! And said with all the traditional arrogance of an SEO!

I loved this:

If you only have time to create good titles, you’re not an SEO.