Comments on: Banning SEMPO Members and their Client Websites http://www.johnon.com/555/banning-sempo-members-and-their-client-websites.html I think there's an opinion on that subject lying around here somewhere.... Sat, 25 May 2013 23:22:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Andy Beard http://www.johnon.com/555/banning-sempo-members-and-their-client-websites.html#comment-127869 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:10:51 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/555/banning-sempo-members-and-their-client-websites.html#comment-127869 Just flag it all as spam - I have sent an number of personal warnings to people over this, and subscribe to comments makes excellent radar to detect SEOs and Marketers abusing the system. It is always interesting who crops up leaving comments on 1 year old posts that just happen to have some juice, and where they originate from. Just flag it all as spam - I have sent an number of personal warnings to people over this, and subscribe to comments makes excellent radar to detect SEOs and Marketers abusing the system.
It is always interesting who crops up leaving comments on 1 year old posts that just happen to have some juice, and where they originate from.

]]> by: Alex Tsatkin http://www.johnon.com/555/banning-sempo-members-and-their-client-websites.html#comment-127867 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:16:00 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/555/banning-sempo-members-and-their-client-websites.html#comment-127867 I am so sick of justifying SEO during every new client engagement as to why it is not SPAM, thanks for standing up to the big boys John. I am so sick of justifying SEO during every new client engagement as to why it is not SPAM, thanks for standing up to the big boys John.

]]> by: SEO http://www.johnon.com/555/banning-sempo-members-and-their-client-websites.html#comment-127864 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:54:48 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/555/banning-sempo-members-and-their-client-websites.html#comment-127864 Great post! I was looking for this! <strong>@SEO:</strong> yeah yeah, everybody's a comedian (he dropped that comment from sempo with a sempo link)  ;-) Great post! I was looking for this!

@SEO: yeah yeah, everybody’s a comedian (he dropped that comment from sempo with a sempo link)  ;-)

]]> by: Josh Garner http://www.johnon.com/555/banning-sempo-members-and-their-client-websites.html#comment-127863 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:40:00 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/555/banning-sempo-members-and-their-client-websites.html#comment-127863 Actually, I couldn't agree more. I was one step from becoming a member myself. Then I thought, it's really just a paid link. I doubt it would provide my potential clients with any security in my validity (they barely know what SEO is; SEMPO wouldn't mean a thing). Then, going through the other members, I could spot a few apples I didn't really want to sit side-by-side with. I don't want that association. There are a lot of great people and companies that are members, but as I started looking into it more, I heard a lot of horror stories. Perhaps John is right with his anger on this one. And perhaps those members that consider themselves as higher than spammers should indeed speak up. Actually, I couldn’t agree more. I was one step from becoming a member myself. Then I thought, it’s really just a paid link. I doubt it would provide my potential clients with any security in my validity (they barely know what SEO is; SEMPO wouldn’t mean a thing).

Then, going through the other members, I could spot a few apples I didn’t really want to sit side-by-side with. I don’t want that association.

There are a lot of great people and companies that are members, but as I started looking into it more, I heard a lot of horror stories. Perhaps John is right with his anger on this one. And perhaps those members that consider themselves as higher than spammers should indeed speak up.

]]> by: Jaan Kanellis http://www.johnon.com/555/banning-sempo-members-and-their-client-websites.html#comment-127862 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:31:56 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/555/banning-sempo-members-and-their-client-websites.html#comment-127862 Why not just out the specific jack asses doing it? <strong>@Jaan:</strong> <em>Well, if they were individual companies acting as search marketers, then I would not have been offended.  But when I click thru and see a big, prominant SEMPO logo proudly displayed (membership which I understand requires little more than a significant donation of cash), and said organization proclaims itself as representative of the SEO/SEM world, I get offended by SEMPO more than the individual spammer.  If you claim to represent me and my colleagues, you deserve to be held to a higher standard than some private club, coalition, or cabal. </em> Why not just out the specific jack asses doing it?

@Jaan: Well, if they were individual companies acting as search marketers, then I would not have been offended.  But when I click thru and see a big, prominant SEMPO logo proudly displayed (membership which I understand requires little more than a significant donation of cash), and said organization proclaims itself as representative of the SEO/SEM world, I get offended by SEMPO more than the individual spammer.  If you claim to represent me and my colleagues, you deserve to be held to a higher standard than some private club, coalition, or cabal.

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