November 04, 2004

SEO Industry Forum Moderators

I find it funny when a moderator contacts me that they have edited a post of mine. Marcia from SEW forums did exactly that a short time ago, which I really think is quite funny considering the comment made.

Quote:
I don't believe these results are actually very factual at all. Google actually does not factor bias against a particular keyword, ie. keywords in URL's help non-competitive but not competitive. Absolute rubbish. I think you need to get something more factual before presenting results here, especially as a big company marketing hype!

And then Marcia's PM to me:

Anthony, I have had to edit yet another of your posts, removing rude remarks. I do find it disturbing that this seems to be becoming a regular routine.

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Marcia kept it very polite. Again, didn't look rude to me!

As I said to Marcia, its got nothing to do with attacking someone personally, I attack all idiots the same. I speak my mind and that's all there is to it. Nothing more intentional than that. I, as everyone else who posts, is open to being scrutinized and attacked for comments, hence why most people linger in forums and not post, for fear of being shot down. People should be allowed to express their opinions in there manner. I didn't swear, or say, mate, your a fuckhead and have no real idea about how to run a semi accurate test that is untainted from some basic principles. I could off, but didn't. I got some sarcasm going in there in some posts, though also received some back from others. Do I modify their posts? No. Did I get upset? No. Give it, get it.

SEW has fallen under some other criticism lately for the lack of moderator control on what they do and don't edit. Hell, some of the moderators themselves chit chat within the business forums, though then remove someone else's post for doing the same. Standards people. What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

So many people are getting sick to death of some of these self appointed industry knobs, forums such as Doug Heils, ihelpyou SEO Forum are getting bigger and bigger, as he understands and allows people to express there opinions, whether he likes them or not, nobody's opinion is better than anyone else's. Why do most people lurk as mentioned earlier? Because when they have there no nonsense opinion, they get shot down by some hairy fairy moderator who thinks there better than everyone else.

Politics and political correctness is not for a forum, its for the politicians. Business is business, and political correctness has nothing to do with it IMO on a forum.

Posted by Anthony at 06:40 PM | Comments (0)

October 26, 2004

A Copywriting Bleat

I never really expected the email I just got, as I've never copied anothers work. I received an email from a previous client, forwarded from a like site in the UK, who where complaining about copyright infringement. They complained that a couple of sentences where close to being the same. They found this because the site was competing with them in the global rankings. Once sentence in the entire page was the same, two close, the rest not even close. Well, nothing alike actually.

I thought this was a little unusual as my copywriter writes from scratch. Yes, most people check out the competition first, see what they have to say and so forth. Breaching copyright is another thing though. Basically, me being me, I told them to piss off and get a life. Take all the action they want. What are they going to tell a court? That site competing against me has one sentence on a page the same as my site. They must be copying my work....must be. How about, wanker! The chances of two sites having the one same sentence is likely.

I really think people need to get a life and look at their own shortfalls within their websites than crap like that. The site lacked links, content and much more, hence why my clients site went straight over them. Fuckin winghing losers. You want the rankings, pay the price for a good SEO, otherwise, get bent and be happy with what you got, regardless how hard you worked to get it. People employ SEO's to achieve results ... so don't wine about it when a site goes over the top of your own that has been professionally SEO'd.

Posted by Anthony at 09:42 PM | Comments (0)

October 22, 2004

The Perks Of a Good Web Host

Contrary to many attempts for people to try and get me to change my business over to a dedicated server or my own server, I continue to run my entire business model through ipowerweb.com. Why? Well, whilst maybe not the best host initially, I saw what direction they where going and had only heard good things for a new start-up. I went with them. Some teething problems initially which they have well and truly sorted now. I know this because I continually use them for customer accounts and so forth. The signup process and setup just got smoother and smoother. An SEO benefit to ipowerweb is this, unique C-Class blocks. Not one of my domains with them is on the same c-class. All unique IP's and blocks from a shared host. You don't come across that too often.

The management functions are exquisite to say the least. Every account I signup for two year, comes with free domain then another 10 sub-domains (which are not on unique c-class blocks being a sub-domain), mysql and so on ... but the biggest and best thing I just love about it now, is the fact the ipowerweb also incorporate the use of spam assassin within their email manager. That's correct, for those that have an account and didn't know; when you go into your email account management you can now activate spam assassin to rid your spam problems. If you're not aware, spam assassin send a confirmation email to the user making them confirm the email first before being sent to you. This has a manual and automatic function.

Overall, ipowerweb are now a leading web host company. If you want quality hosting, then I would suggest your transfer over to them or signup with them, because you won't find the same quality elsewhere. Even their support is fast. How rare is that. I don't praise many things Internet, but this deserves it quite honestly. Initially I would of said, mediocre, but now, far surpasses my expectations of a host.

Posted by Anthony at 11:08 AM | Comments (0)

October 14, 2004

Are You Serious About SEO - Do It Yourself?

Here is a quick run down for those that require some pointing in the right direction. Do you need to monitor and participate in forums to learn SEO? No. Do you need to read through the endless threads and posts in forums to learn SEO? No. For those that just aren't sure about it all and want the industry facts and search engine updates straight from the horses mouth, then you need to be a member of Jupiter Media's Search Engine Watch run by Danny Sullivan.

Danny Sullivan maintains the search engine watch archives and also the material about each search engine. There is a how to guide in the members area about each search engine, so you have all the real content in one place. Thats a little secret for quality information. It's only about US$99 a year membership, and let me tell you, for that money and that information, as a do it yourself SEO you won't regret that small investment.

I just thought I might pass that along as people tend to ask me where a good all in one source to learn SEO is, and that is it. Danny didn't even have to pay me to say that. The fact is, the information is just quality and you won't find it anywhere else or on a any forum. I hope that helps those that where a little unsure.

Posted by Anthony at 01:37 AM | Comments (2)

October 09, 2004

PopUps :: Will You Get Caught or Not?

The answer is, YES! A Guaranteed Yes. So what about popups? Google and other search engines clearly do not want sites that flood users with popups. Hell, it's even agains there editorial policies. Advertising on your site is one thing, popups are another. The reason for your site possibly losing traction in any search engine is high, if you use popups, popunders, etc etc.

The porn industry spammed everyone with popups, thus another good means of promotion, when used accordingly, was used to spam and thus annoyed users. Users complain to the search engine, the search engines listen or lose users. Simple huh? Now your probably wondering how exactly you get caught using them? What, does do you have to wait for a search engine editor to drop by and find your site to invoke a penalty. NO, most certainly not!

Whilst the search engines have certain features built into their algorithms to detect popup, popunder and so forth within your code, the big one is within their toolbars. Yes, that's right, toolbars. How many browsers have the Google or Yahoo toolbar running? Everytime a user with those toolbars visits a page it stops any popups that may occur. The toolbars then send that information back to the search engine to a. monitor for a pattern of acceptable use or not, b. flag for editorial review by a human. Either way, your screwed all by your users simply visiting your site.

Still think you can get away with it? If Google does bring out a browser, Yahoo and so on, the browsers will also track statistical data and analysis for spamming and illegal techniques in regard to search engines editorial and acceptable use policies. Your caught simply from users visiting, so stop thinking you can get away with it and find another means, an acceptable means to achieve the same goal.

Posted by Anthony at 01:01 AM | Comments (0)

October 08, 2004

Traffic Power / 1P Potato Head "aka: Frank" Takes on SEO Book & NFFC

This would have to be the funniest aspect thus far off the entire Traffic Power / 1P recent public suicide. This moron representative, by the name of Frank, has decided to retaliate (attempt anyhow) against some of the comments made about 1P in regard to them having all their clients sites banned from Google and others because of illegal and unethical techniques and search engine manipulation.

Aaron Wall in response to Frank:

"assholes" <--- you speak for yourself there Frank.

Frank, if your memory is so short term that you can't even remember the sites you got banned just a few months ago then likely it is time to retire?
IMHO

Frank:

It's funny how scared of us you are. Anybody who does research on a company by reading forums is an idiot, and we don't want their business. By the way, SEO Consultants, what's your D&B; rating?

Nick_W Comments:

This is great stuff, thankyou sooo much Frank ;-)

Sometime later today i'll post about this page on my site, it's a classic. The intellectual equivelant of a potatoe dukes it out with what he'd love to consider his peers, beautiful ;-)

The entire thing is just piss funny. Get on over there and read the lot, you will crack up laughing...

Thanks for the laugh Aaron!

http://www.seobook.com/archives/000514.shtml

Posted by Anthony at 07:38 PM | Comments (0)