Comments on: Is it Really All About Links? http://www.johnon.com/654/things-getting-ugly.html I think there's an opinion on that subject lying around here somewhere.... Mon, 20 May 2013 19:14:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Dave Durbin http://www.johnon.com/654/things-getting-ugly.html#comment-129023 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:34:05 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/654/things-getting-ugly.html#comment-129023 I like your writing style and the gravity of this piece forced me to comment. We, as SEO pawns on a Google board, are hyper-reactive to anything that Google does because of the money. Google drives business. That's the bottom line. If Google's ray of sunshine shines favorably on your sites then all is well in Shangri-La. I agree with your information dilution via the snippet and Tiny URL theory as well, but I think there is something more at play here. The linking behind the scenes ratio to content is minimal at best now. Are we getting to the point of: 1 tidbit of info per link? I think so. This is like an over-normalized database in my eyes. Critical mass has been reached. What now? The devaluation of links? That's already happening. The rich and power brokers get fat and we can only move one or two steps forward, like the pawns we are. I like your writing style and the gravity of this piece forced me to comment. We, as SEO pawns on a Google board, are hyper-reactive to anything that Google does because of the money. Google drives business. That’s the bottom line. If Google’s ray of sunshine shines favorably on your sites then all is well in Shangri-La. I agree with your information dilution via the snippet and Tiny URL theory as well, but I think there is something more at play here. The linking behind the scenes ratio to content is minimal at best now. Are we getting to the point of: 1 tidbit of info per link? I think so. This is like an over-normalized database in my eyes. Critical mass has been reached. What now? The devaluation of links? That’s already happening. The rich and power brokers get fat and we can only move one or two steps forward, like the pawns we are.

]]> by: Claudia Gonella http://www.johnon.com/654/things-getting-ugly.html#comment-128766 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:20:54 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/654/things-getting-ugly.html#comment-128766 Seobook.com also writes about the passing of the link economy. http://www.seobook.com/links-based-economy-no-passion-based-economy-yes and heralds a new passion-based economy. Seobook.com also writes about the passing of the link economy. http://www.seobook.com/links-based-economy-no-passion-based-economy-yes and heralds a new passion-based economy.

]]> by: Tom Lindstrom http://www.johnon.com/654/things-getting-ugly.html#comment-128744 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:39:45 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/654/things-getting-ugly.html#comment-128744 Without incoming links from relevant sites, you will not rank that well in the engines.I would say it is all about excellent content and incoming links. Without incoming links from relevant sites, you will not rank that well in the engines.I would say it is all about excellent content and incoming links.

]]> by: Domainer http://www.johnon.com/654/things-getting-ugly.html#comment-128741 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:28:21 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/654/things-getting-ugly.html#comment-128741 I can see the potential of Twitter. Its REAL TIME. You can actaully sit and read tweets on say 'blue widgets' - these will be linking to recently written content. Usually fresh and often good. Search 'blue widgets' in Google - you get many blogs, articles etc that are a couple of years old and ranking on the front page. The information is often outdated and therefore useless to the reader. I can see the potential of Twitter. Its REAL TIME. You can actaully sit and read tweets on say ‘blue widgets’ - these will be linking to recently written content. Usually fresh and often good. Search ‘blue widgets’ in Google - you get many blogs, articles etc that are a couple of years old and ranking on the front page. The information is often outdated and therefore useless to the reader.

]]> by: Phillip Hershkowitz http://www.johnon.com/654/things-getting-ugly.html#comment-128725 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:23:11 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/654/things-getting-ugly.html#comment-128725 Nice article, John as always. @Michael: re: '“Blue Yachts”, those deliberately inserted mistakes to see who’s reading.' I never heard of typos referred to as blue yachts. Where does that come from? (See this is a "stunted, asynchronous one-way conversation" in blog comments. Love will find a way :) Nice article, John as always.

@Michael: re: ‘“Blue Yachts”, those deliberately inserted mistakes to see who’s reading.’ I never heard of typos referred to as blue yachts. Where does that come from?

(See this is a “stunted, asynchronous one-way conversation” in blog comments. Love will find a way :)

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