Comments on: Excuses, excuses: 5 debunked reasons not to do SEO

By: J McKenna

J McKenna — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:06:52 +0000

I found your article quite useful and interesting. I have bookmarked the site for later usage. Jeremy

By: Article DIrectories

Article DIrectories — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 07:24:05 +0000

I really liked your blog! Stumbled your page now. Thanks

By: Justin Parks

Justin Parks — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:12:40 +0000

Try explaining all that to clients who cant even set up their email address (to start with) are suspicious of new technologies and who ultimately think the internet is free or that google cost 5-99 to make and now makes billions so all their needs can be meet for the same amount and the results will be through tomorrow wont they.

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:37:00 +0000

It is unfortunate that some people will give up before they even give it a chance. Yes for some industries they have lots of catching up to do but for many there are still many areas for opportunity.

By: Sanjiv

Sanjiv — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:41:54 +0000

Nice post. People who think they can afford to do Searhc marketing activity as it invoives huge budget, they only look at the negative side of it. Once you have invested money and your search marketing efforts start paying back, for most of the businesses it forms major source of sales and revenue generation..

When looking at top keywords one should not only look at the competition, searches associated with the keyword is the most important factor.

For example: “Social Shopping” as a keyword has huge competition and we could achieve number 1 position in just 2 months time. However there are very little searches happening with this keyword.

By: Jeff @ Evaluate your site

Jeff @ Evaluate your site — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:47:11 +0000

Nice read. I too have felt some of these things with a company i run, the big boys all get top rankings, and i know at least one has a dedicated inhouse seo person, so i feel like i will never be able to catch up on the front.

Like the read about using less popular keywords, but only time will tell if the less popular words convert into more sales.

Thanks

By: Dominic

Dominic — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:57:37 +0000

I agree with your point about choosing less popular keywords. However, I would like to add that oftentimes people searching for information via very popular keywords are researching for information. Therefore, it’s a good for business to optimized their sites using more specific, less popular keywords in order convert incoming traffic into sales.

By: Dominic Anderton

Dominic Anderton — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:15:53 +0000

I have the impression that naysayers and folks finding excuses are most likely not going to make any money or get any decent results.

When was the last time an excuse got any results, right? lol

By: Jag

Jag — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:13:51 +0000

Its nice that you like to argue on SEO at any cases :)

By: SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 10, 2009

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By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:17:18 +0000

Do you ever run into the complaint that SEO just doesn’t work anymore? Do a google search for SEO and you’ll find many articles on how SEO a few years ago does not produce the same results as it does now…

By: Fred

Fred — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:30:14 +0000

This is great stuff! We find very similar objections when dealing with SMEs here in Ireland. I like the one “I have enough business without the web”. It’s all about educating the customer. IKt doesn’t matter how ridiculous the objection sound….The way I see it is OBJECTION = OPPORTUNITY.
Cheers
Fred

By: Manshu

Manshu — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:06:50 +0000

Very interesting and true. I’d like to know if there is any market for optimizing blogs at all. Are there techniques that are used to optimize content specifically for a blog.