The class action noise about Google and the company who’s rankings have dropped is a pure waste in my opinion. Google has no legal obligation to treat sites in any particular manner as far as I know. No one pays Google to be included, so is there really an obligation by Google to explain legally? Granted, it would be unfortunate to have one’s site removed from Google, particularly since Google can mean the difference between being in or out of business. But a lawsuit?
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Rant on Class Action Suit Against Google
Posted by Lee Odden on Mar 18th, 2006 in Google, Online Marketing, Rant, Search Industry News |
Kottke Quits
Posted by Lee Odden on Feb 23rd, 2006 in Blog Marketing, Blogging, Blogging News, Online Marketing, Rant |Let’s start the rant engine folks….
CNET reports that uber blogger, Jason Kottke has pulled the plug on blogging for a living. All I can wonder is, why it took this long? What kind of business model is micropayments? The guy needs to stop drinking his own Kool Aid and treat that blog like a business, not an experiment.
It’s a bit disheartening, really. So much potential and opportunity not realized.
Kottke.org is one of the most popular, most visited blogs on the planet - #23 on Technorati’s list of popular blogs. Throw some damn AdSense on there Jason!
SEO Baloney From USATODAY
Posted by Lee Odden on Feb 20th, 2006 in Link Building, Rant, SEO |My Yahoo news alert for “search engine optimization” sent me a link this morning to a Q/A article from USATODAY.com about SEO. A small business asked a question about bringing more traffic to her site, saying she had paid for “submission” services with unsatisfactory results. Ugh, people still fall for that?
The journalist talked to a “SEO expert”, which was really a web design firm for some suggestions.
Here’s my beef with the article:
Web designers are not search engine optimization experts. In fact, it’s web designers that keep most of us SEO practitioners so busy. That said, most SEOs are not web design experts either, with few exceptions.
Google is Dead
Posted by Lee Odden on Jan 30th, 2006 in Google, Rant, Search Industry News |In this month’s Business 2.0, “2006 Smart List” issue, Google was bestowed “The Smartest Company of the Year” honors. In the ensuing article four scenarios on the possible future of Google were outlined. Three were optimistic and the fourth was doomsday for Google by 2020.
The cause? Hold on to your seat, because this is damn hilarious ….. SEO.
Yes, Rand, you’re given credit - it’s all your fault. And Microsoft.
From the absurd article:
“The once-mighty search engine falls prey to privacy intrusion, optimizers, and Microsoft.”
Just Say No to Discount SEO
Posted by Lee Odden on Jan 23rd, 2006 in Business of SEO, Rant, SEO |You know you’re in blog trouble when you start your posts with, “It’s been too long since my last post….” Hey, we’re busy as hell and we’re hiring: SEO Specialist, SEO Copywriter, Linking Specialist, Admin. More about all that on the TopRank site.
Now on to this malarkey about discount search engine optimization:
Over the years I’ve had many opportunities to give prospective search marketing clients “good deals” for a variety of reasons. Early on in your business, there are some compelling reasons to do so, but my advice? Don’t. Here’s some classics along with my feeble replies:
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