Comments on: I’m So Bored with the SEO

By: Julie Joyce

Julie Joyce — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:23:53 +0000

Hey Liza…glad you said you don’t “just” mean that drinking and shopping boat.

By: g1smd

g1smd — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:43:01 +0000

*** Bubble 2.0 ***

You know it!

By: Ciaran

Ciaran — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:34:13 +0000

I think I’m in the same boat as you Ms Joyce (and I don’t just mean the ‘drinks too much, likes to shop’ boat).

I’m meant to be a regular contributor to 3 blogs and try to contribute to another one on top of that. But recently all I’ve felt like saying is “Wow, look how cool this video is”. One solution is to start a personal blog and then you can do exactly that.

Otherwise I find myself writing more & more about the businesses behind all the things we regularly get in a tizzy about. The Microhoo fiasco is much more interesting to me than a PR update, and will have a much longer lasting impact. Likewise I couldn’t give a flying about Cuil, but am fascinated with the ridiculous amount of money being poured into Bubble 2.0 companies.

At the end of the day, whether you’re blogging about SEO or this cool new band you’ve just seen, you know that there will always be plenty of us eager to hear what you have to say.

By: Eli

Eli — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:38:41 +0000

Sounds like you need to find some new reading material

By: Doug Heil

Doug Heil — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:10:58 +0000

Good stuff Julie! I’ve said from the beginning that social media sites are really just for teenagers; that’s what they started as anyway. Marketers saw an opening to exploit, and SM has been going downhill since. As someone said above; it really does seem like 1999 again. SM sites are looked at by marketers as a way to self-promote. Anytime you give this kind of outlet to a marketer, they will do their best to use it/exploit it. It’s human nature. I’m not going to compare SM sites to regular discussion forums, but isn’t it ironic the fact that discussion forums don’t allow direct self-promotion and SM sites do allow it? Well, I know some do… but many do not. SM directly entices self-promotion and voting up of friends. Discussion forums have no such thing.

By: Dear SEO Community, It’s Not Me, It’s You - Sugarrae

Dear SEO Community, It’s Not Me, It’s You - Sugarrae — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:36:41 +0000

[...] about but everyone aimlessly “Sphinns”. It’s a joke. It’s sad. I’m bored out of my [...]

By: Julie Joyce

Julie Joyce — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:11:16 +0000

I always enjoy taking credit for things, especially when it is unearned, but I cannot do it for this…I think a lot of people are just fed up.

By: g1smd

g1smd — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:24:08 +0000

Heck. Have you started a trend?

http://unclepeppers.com/2008/10-reasons-why-sphinn-makes-me-hate-seo-this-headline-is-one-of-them/

By: Gaz

Gaz — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:13:07 +0000

I’m a little gutted I can’t go on Wednesday, down to Brick Lane…I’ll just have to go Cold Turkey on the whole SEO thing for a night..Proove I don’t have SEOOCD, besides my team have a match in Canterbury, so holding out for more ‘me’ time and not SEO time. We may even get a victory, it may even be me that gets the win who knows!

By: Julie Joyce

Julie Joyce — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:58:02 +0000

Yes Gaz I’d say so.