Comments on: I’m an SEO Faker

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:54:34 +0000

Excellent post. I’m glad to hear its not just me.

As an in-house SEO with some decent rankings under my belt, I’m the SEO rockstar in my company, but I still go through the shakes when I write comments (like this one). Part of me worries that I only know enough to deal with the sites/products/niches I know.

Outside of my “job,” the project budgets and aspirations have all been drastically smaller in scale…not big enough to attempt competitive keywords and give me the ego-trip I need to feel worthy of having my blog articles posted anywhere.

Congrats on overcoming your fear! Keep the posts coming.

By: Clarkson

Clarkson — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:52:00 +0000

Well, 99% of blog posts are shit, and the comments usually degenerating to the to the same point where people are bitching about who’s better, MS, Apple, or Linux.

Welcome to the 1% ! You have no idea how nice it is to read something thoughtful and insightful, that’s not a fucking top 10 list or similar crap. Sorry, I swear when I’m cranky

By: Keith

Keith — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:33:49 +0000

Excellent stuff.

I suffer from ‘Small fry’ syndrome too (no, not that type of small fry!) in that we are still a baby SEO company, and I’m still new to the industry, but it’s nice to get some inspiration from respected SEO professionals. It seems hard to fit everything in – I’ve not blogged for weeks due to a high workload (woohoo, proper work with clients!!!), and lots of studying, but I think a bit of time management is in order to enable me to get back into the swing of Blogging, Social Media etc.

Apologies for poor grammar in that last paragraph, but I wrote it too quickly!

By: Hyder

Hyder — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:24:20 +0000

Wow! Gr8 post Sarah.

Well you hit the nail on my head. I was also like you..just reading and reading but not taking initiative to write down something good or something which people can appreciate.

You know it hurts when someone deflate you..but we should take it as a positive reply and correct it on our own.

I know it will take time to be famous in SEO world but its not impossible. Making some impact is always possible if we had those guts and confidence.

Please write some more post like this.

By: Geir Ellefsen

Geir Ellefsen — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:46:57 +0000

It’s all about the right attitude

By: Rick Ramos

Rick Ramos — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:20:15 +0000

This is a fantastic post. As a SEO newbie, I love running into advice and encouragement for those of us who are still trying to cut our teeth. SEO has a great, supportive community. I’m learning that more every day. I couldn’t be happier about the industry I have fallen into.

By: Nancy E. Wigal

Nancy E. Wigal — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:10:41 +0000

Great post! I’m just starting to do SEO full time, and you’ve hit on all of my concerns. I like the analogy of rising slowly to the top, much like SERPs.

thanks!

By: DBlizzard

DBlizzard — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:16:29 +0000

Just got kicked out of 2 communities because I thought #2 read “be confrontational”. #3 says don’t differentiate so I went after everyone. I really need glasses. Thanks for sharing and pretending the rest of us really have a chance

By: Edward Labuschagne

Edward Labuschagne — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:01:06 +0000

Brilliant Post and most definitely worth a mention. I think you have also now ackuired your first South African follower… Well I think I’m the first.

By: Sarah Goodwin

Sarah Goodwin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:38:54 +0000

As if to prove I haven’t really learnt my lesson, the words “Cool Rand Fishkin just commented on my blog post” just left my mouth!