Comments on: Checking the Con in PubCon http://www.johnon.com/173/pub-con.html I think there's an opinion on that subject lying around here somewhere.... Fri, 24 May 2013 08:49:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: John Andrews http://www.johnon.com/173/pub-con.html#comment-1575 Mon, 04 Dec 2006 05:19:00 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/173/pub-con.html#comment-1575 No worries, Natasha. I agree with you, and give you permission to kick me if you ever catch me referring to myself as an expert or approving an intro or bio that does the same. I think you just learned a good life lesson, though. Never re-read your own comments :-) No worries, Natasha. I agree with you, and give you permission to kick me if you ever catch me referring to myself as an expert or approving an intro or bio that does the same.

I think you just learned a good life lesson, though. Never re-read your own comments :-)

]]> by: Natasha Robinson http://www.johnon.com/173/pub-con.html#comment-1573 Mon, 04 Dec 2006 01:33:15 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/173/pub-con.html#comment-1573 I just reread my comment and realize that you may have thought I was talking about you in my "seo expert" comment... I wasn't. I just meant the people in this industry who call themselves experts. I just reread my comment and realize that you may have thought I was talking about you in my “seo expert” comment… I wasn’t. I just meant the people in this industry who call themselves experts.

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]]> by: Natasha Robinson http://www.johnon.com/173/pub-con.html#comment-1413 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 23:13:50 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/173/pub-con.html#comment-1413 Jeez John... You're really pushing me to write that email I keep threatning.... except, I know it would come back to haunt me - lol!!! So I'll have to save my "Give me a freaking break, you my friend are no SEO expert... and I knew that when you called yourself an expert..." because no one can ever be an expert at SEO (hence why I love it... the constant learning). Where to start.... Yes “experienced SEOs” and “the in crowd” are not necessarily the same thing....Ok, I recently met a few SEOs who I had never "heard of" but who had all been doing SEO for years and we all had the greatest 3 hour discussion about SEO and I thought to myself, "I wish more 'unknown names' spoke out more in the SEO world." But then it occurred to me that when you are in the grind of SEO, you really have no time to do other things... I can't be the only person that gets lost in the SERPs (aka, hours later I look up and realize I need to do other things) because I'm trying to figure out what works in a particular vertical? After meeting them, I thought that I should do a series of articles on the everyday SEO: the agency folks, the in-house- SEOs, the one man band whose site is rocking in a certain vertical... but then again I have work to do. OH: And re: "If he’s so successful at SEO, why did he quit and take a corporate job in order to “have a regular salary?" You know alot of people ask me this... but when you meet me you'll see why: I'm a very social person and I got tired of talking to my computer - LOL. Seriously, that's a question that I ask other SEOs, because the fact is, that you'll make more doing SEO for yourself than a company could ever pay you. Funny thing is... when I was interviewing for SEO positions, I asked the SEOs interviewing me that very question. Because I can't see myself working with SEOs who work for a company who do it for the money... because that means that they are not passionate about it. (and BTW: I read in the mornings and evenings on the train... and try to blog during my lunch break...) Jeez John…

You’re really pushing me to write that email I keep threatning…. except, I know it would come back to haunt me - lol!!! So I’ll have to save my “Give me a freaking break, you my friend are no SEO expert… and I knew that when you called yourself an expert…” because no one can ever be an expert at SEO (hence why I love it… the constant learning).

Where to start…. Yes “experienced SEOs” and “the in crowd” are not necessarily the same thing….Ok, I recently met a few SEOs who I had never “heard of” but who had all been doing SEO for years and we all had the greatest 3 hour discussion about SEO and I thought to myself, “I wish more ‘unknown names’ spoke out more in the SEO world.” But then it occurred to me that when you are in the grind of SEO, you really have no time to do other things… I can’t be the only person that gets lost in the SERPs (aka, hours later I look up and realize I need to do other things) because I’m trying to figure out what works in a particular vertical? After meeting them, I thought that I should do a series of articles on the everyday SEO: the agency folks, the in-house- SEOs, the one man band whose site is rocking in a certain vertical… but then again I have work to do.

OH: And re: “If he’s so successful at SEO, why did he quit and take a corporate job in order to “have a regular salary?” You know alot of people ask me this… but when you meet me you’ll see why: I’m a very social person and I got tired of talking to my computer - LOL.

Seriously, that’s a question that I ask other SEOs, because the fact is, that you’ll make more doing SEO for yourself than a company could ever pay you. Funny thing is… when I was interviewing for SEO positions, I asked the SEOs interviewing me that very question. Because I can’t see myself working with SEOs who work for a company who do it for the money… because that means that they are not passionate about it.

(and BTW: I read in the mornings and evenings on the train… and try to blog during my lunch break…)

]]> by: Peter http://www.johnon.com/173/pub-con.html#comment-1285 Thu, 23 Nov 2006 05:23:54 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/173/pub-con.html#comment-1285 It just wouldn't bother me to be in a conversation with a group of people who are all less experienced in SEO. It just wouldn’t bother me to be in a conversation with a group of people who are all less experienced in SEO.

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