Comments on: “Just Make Good Content” is Bullsh*t http://www.johnon.com/622/seo-pricing.html I think there's an opinion on that subject lying around here somewhere.... Thu, 23 May 2013 16:04:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Kylyssa Shay http://www.johnon.com/622/seo-pricing.html#comment-128505 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:48:21 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/622/seo-pricing.html#comment-128505 SEO is a bunch of crap. It turns writers into mindless word mills. I've fallen to it and it makes me want to puke when I read my SEO infested articles. I used to write for the print world and I could be proud of what I wrote. I'm holding out hope that eventually the SEO concept will fall by the wayside and people can go back to writing quality rather than keywords. <em><strong>Editor's Note: </strong>Sorry, angst lady, but no back link for you. I'm pretty tired of "angst because it's hip" stuff and it really, truly shouldn't be dropped just anywhere on the web, especially on this SEO blog. As for your SEO comment, you got it all wrong. The day you stopped writing for yourself and started writing the crap you complain about, you sold out. Why should anyone feel sympathy for how hat makes you feel? </em> SEO is a bunch of crap. It turns writers into mindless word mills. I’ve fallen to it and it makes me want to puke when I read my SEO infested articles. I used to write for the print world and I could be proud of what I wrote.

I’m holding out hope that eventually the SEO concept will fall by the wayside and people can go back to writing quality rather than keywords.

Editor’s Note: Sorry, angst lady, but no back link for you. I’m pretty tired of “angst because it’s hip” stuff and it really, truly shouldn’t be dropped just anywhere on the web, especially on this SEO blog. As for your SEO comment, you got it all wrong. The day you stopped writing for yourself and started writing the crap you complain about, you sold out. Why should anyone feel sympathy for how hat makes you feel?

]]> by: web developers ireland http://www.johnon.com/622/seo-pricing.html#comment-128471 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:55:10 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/622/seo-pricing.html#comment-128471 i guess its a case of striking a balance but mostly giving the user what they want i guess its a case of striking a balance but mostly giving the user what they want

]]> by: xentech http://www.johnon.com/622/seo-pricing.html#comment-128451 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:54:19 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/622/seo-pricing.html#comment-128451 I agree, complete BS. I agree, complete BS.

]]> by: Will http://www.johnon.com/622/seo-pricing.html#comment-128429 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 06:27:07 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/622/seo-pricing.html#comment-128429 Content is and always will be king, but you have to be more patient than most BHers are capable of being, and have shitloads of money in order to really have a site benefit from unique, useful and interesting content. We know this because of Wikipedia. Google will reward your site in the SERPS if it's earned it, as wikipedia has. But it took years and years before Google decided to give it an unfairly high trustrank score. So if you keep building good content for years and years, Google will eventually reward your site with a high trustrank score, and you will benefit from the good content you created. But how patient are you? Content is and always will be king, but you have to be more patient than most BHers are capable of being, and have shitloads of money in order to really have a site benefit from unique, useful and interesting content. We know this because of Wikipedia. Google will reward your site in the SERPS if it’s earned it, as wikipedia has. But it took years and years before Google decided to give it an unfairly high trustrank score. So if you keep building good content for years and years, Google will eventually reward your site with a high trustrank score, and you will benefit from the good content you created. But how patient are you?

]]> by: Alex http://www.johnon.com/622/seo-pricing.html#comment-128426 Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:53:19 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/622/seo-pricing.html#comment-128426 Creating useful and original content provides value...however as you rightly pointed out, the cost or resources to benefit ratio can be quite high for publishers.There is no doubt about the fact that websites and content have to be search engine optimized for showing up in the serp's. Creating useful and original content provides value…however as you rightly pointed out, the cost or resources to benefit ratio can be quite high for publishers.There is no doubt about the fact that websites and content have to be search engine optimized for showing up in the serp’s.

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