Comments on: New SEM Magazine – Visibility

By: nsm seo

nsm seo — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:32:45 +0000

Sorry for the late start but we just received our copy yesterday at the other side of the pond in the UK. I hope the first release has been a learning curve for Visibility – I found the articles in general to be of poor quality in terms of grammar and spelling.

However, I do hope they carry on with the mag as its good to be able to connect with a published work that covers our industry.

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By: Carrie Hill

Carrie Hill — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:15:07 +0000

@DaveDavis

I just wanted to let you know that we’re generally ranked about #30 on the list and I’m 90% sure we do not pay anything to TopSeo. I’m not sure if I’m supposed to say this – but what the heck – the ads in the first magazine were even free I think.

~carrie

By: CarrieHill

CarrieHill — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:30:09 +0000

Hi Lee,
Thanks for the writeup and the forum for feedback. I had an article published in this first Vizibility magazine and received a copy – probably because I did have an article in it. I went to the website to request more copies but was unable to do so – I’m glad you talked to Bill and he is aware of the problem. I THINK they will have past editions as .pdf’s at some point in time as that page is on their website – hopefully that will be a more economical solution for delivering the content.

One thing I think will speak to the “content” of the magazine is the length of time it took to get the first edition to press. I wrote and submitted my article about 4-5 months ago – minimum. After reading it I would change some things definitely – as things change quickly in this business. I think getting a first edition out was the difficult task but I also hope we can expect great things moving forward.

I appreciate any feedback given, critical or otherwise. We certianly cant be better if we dont know what to fix.
~Carrie

By: Dave Davis

Dave Davis — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:08:17 +0000

OK, I am just finished reading the magazine and I have to say I am a little disheartened. I have to agree with Richard here.

It looks like EVERY article in the magazine is written by one of the sponsors. Even the product review article is a positive bias review of one of the advertisers advertising on the next page!

It also appears that the magazine is being sent out for free to increase the “circulation” for future advertisers.

Finally, there is no mention in the “Ranking Criteria” on the rankings section that you also need to pay a fee to be considered.

The paper is high quality though.

By: Richard Ball

Richard Ball — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:44:35 +0000

The quality of the content is disappointing when compared to Search Marketing Standard. Perhaps it will improve with later editions? My first impression, though, is that it’s more a vehicle for promotion of the firms paying money to be listed in top seos than articles of genuine interest to the SEM community. You did ask.

By: Frankenstein

Frankenstein — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:25:43 +0000

Got the street address in there but it sure doesn’t like addresses outside the US. Had to put in a fake zipcode to even get the form to submit. No info after about what happens next. Are they going to send me a copy of this first issue, do you know?

By: Dave Davis

Dave Davis — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:03:06 +0000

I never filled in my address and never received an email confirmation after “subscribing” however, this morning, I received a copy in the post. That was a fantastic surprise.

Somebody went to the effort of either looking at my business site or looking up my whois to actually send the magazine. I am impressed.

By: Lee Odden

Lee Odden — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 02:26:54 +0000

I received an email from Bill Peden, the executive editor of Visibility who had a few comments and clarifications:

We are aware that our form does not include the street address and we are working to correct it.

The magazine was sent out to all of the topseos.com members. Membership is absolutely free; it is up to the individual companies if they would like to invest in advertising, etc.

We plan to keep the subscription for the magazine free for the first year, provided we can have key advertising firms support and back our vision for a strong SEO publication.

By: Nhu-Chi

Nhu-Chi — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 23:58:21 +0000

Thanks for the post. I hope there’s no fee. I’d really like to subscribe!

By: Dave Davis

Dave Davis — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:17:16 +0000

Thanks Lee. I knew I should have forked out that 6k

By: Lee Odden

Lee Odden — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:07:11 +0000

Nope. I think they sent it out to the sites that are ranked in their monthly lists. I will ask the owner if they plan on selling it or just offering it for free (ad supported).

By: Dave Davis

Dave Davis — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:07:28 +0000

That’s what I meant. Di you not pay for your subscription?

By: Lee Odden

Lee Odden — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:56:30 +0000

Dave, there’s a form in the left column on the VisibilityMagazine.com web site for subscribing.

It doesn’t look like there is a fee. There’s no price on the actual magazine either.

By: Dave Davis

Dave Davis — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 07:04:49 +0000

Is it just me or is there no way to actually just subscribe and pay online for the 4 issues like Search Marketing Standard?

Why are they making users jump through the hoops just to get subscribed?

By: Tony Tellijohn

Tony Tellijohn — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:49:36 +0000

Hmmm…went to their Web site, and I think I subscribed, but their form appears to be missing a little something…

Maybe the post office here in Shakopee will just take the time to look me up, though…