Comments on: SEO Luddites: The Disgrace, My GOD

By: PoLR

PoLR — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:21:40 +0000

Mr Happy – if you are up to the challenge of making a whisy hater learn to like the taste then I know two takers (one’s a lad though, is that allowed)

By: Jane Copland

Jane Copland — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:49:48 +0000

I’m not in Scotland (bugger it), but that sounds like something I’d be very good at.

By: Mr Happy

Mr Happy — Mon, 19 May 2008 12:08:27 +0000

To all SEO luddites – if your in Scotland give me a shout. I need some folk to taste whisky for a blog and SEO luddites seem exactly my target niche market.

By: Igor The Troll

Igor The Troll — Thu, 15 May 2008 09:54:25 +0000

Jullie, Rebecca did a nice post about Digg!

“Bastards!”

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/digg-has-shoutblocked-me

I am glad to see the SEO industry taking on an advocate approach, instead of just being Google sheep!

By: Jane

Jane — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:07:31 +0000

@Hank Which doesn’t stop Stephen from doing it all the time

By: Julie Joyce

Julie Joyce — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:06:40 +0000

@PoLR: write it on a placard!

@Jane: that would be too easy wouldn’t it?

By: Jane Copland

Jane Copland — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:40:04 +0000

As someone who works for a company that specialises in SEO tools, I should be appalled. But I still like the idea of Julie typing with two fingers.

/sits back and waits for “biggest SEO tools on the Internet” jokes/

By: PoLR

PoLR — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:04:28 +0000

I try to keep up with these things as I feel obliged to however, I still prefer to do my accounts on a spreadsheet (or god forbid, sometimes just plain old paper and pen) and I never trust the rank-checkers! At last, I can admit it…aahhh, that feels good!

By: Lisa Ditlefsen

Lisa Ditlefsen — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:28:51 +0000

I agree, definitely think you can become a bit lazy and miss out on alot of learning if you totally depend on tools doing everything for you. Although I must admit like Mr.Happy I’m fully pimped up with Firefox add ons and SEO tools, but it’s only a handful I regularly use. I LOVE Aaron Walls new rank checker plug-in, it’s sweeeeeeeeet http://tools.seobook.com/firefox/rank-checker/

I LOVE spreadsheets, I’m more likely to use a few tools , extract information and make my own formula in a spreadhsheet and build on that. I think it’s crucial for SEOs to have their own theories on how “things” works, not just rely on “tools” to tell you how it is. You need to use your brain as well! No point in using loads of keyword tools for example if you don’t ALSO use your brain =)

By: Igor The Troll

Igor The Troll — Wed, 14 May 2008 12:38:40 +0000

As long as you do not practice Bush style SEO, you are ok!