Comments on: Men With Pens – Blogging Expert Gets Blogged

By: admin

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:47:16 +0000

Thanks for stopping in to comment, Erick. Although I agree with you in part, I have to disagree about the desert dwellers. There is at least one desert dweller that wants coffee in this big, wide world. What you write about, focus your branding efforts on, etc, may have a low amount of searches, yes. However, if you’re selling coffee to desert dwellers, you can guarantee that most of those who hit your site are there with a purpose. To buy the coffee you have located in the desert. Although I understand it was a metaphor, I believe it does apply. There is always at least a few people that want something out of the ordinary. I think if someone could set up a website with nothing but out of the ordinary things, they’d do pretty well.

As far as what SEO is, I whole-heartedly agree. Searchers come first; the search engine (although necessary) should come in a late second.

Thanks again for the comment and for stopping by!

By: Erick Pettersen

Erick Pettersen — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:28:42 +0000

I think SEO content has it’s place; though, optimizing one’s website for Google, or other search engines, depends more than a few keywords, metatags, and links.

It depends on people wanting and searching for what you offer. It really doesn’t matter if you set up a coffee kiosk in the middle of the desert, because desert dwellers want water, not coffee.

So, despite all of the criticism, SEO is not simply about a few keywords. It’s about optimizing your site, your product, your brand, and you to meet the needs of the searcher rather than the search engine.

Oh, and I agree with James that following all of your Twitter followers diminishes the value of Twitter.

Thanks for a great blog-interview

Erick

By: admin

admin — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:42:07 +0000

Thank you! I’m glad you found it interesting and helpful!

By: Frugawailla

Frugawailla — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:34:26 +0000

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By: admin

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:40:43 +0000

I definitely agree, Gabriella – about James, that is. We have our own secrets, though. lol I humbly submit that we are already rock stars. (did that sound humble?)

By: Gabriella

Gabriella — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:57:14 +0000

I was thrilled that James played with us. He is a great writer and a true gentleman. Now if we can only get his secrets we could be rock stars too.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:39:04 +0000

lol, Charles - Valuable content is definitely key to my mind, but, of course, I believe in SEO as well. In fact, valuable content should be a part of any SEO campaign. The blog I wrote on natural writing vs. SEO copywriting clearly defines our views on this subject. If you're writing about relative information, your keywords should show up in the copy anyway, and in a natural form. No keyword stuffing, no fighting with where to place them, just easy writing and reading. Thanks for your comment!

By: Charles - Big Idea Blogger

Charles - Big Idea Blogger — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:17:30 +0000

Thanks for the interview! My favorite part is where James say they paid no attention to SEO but still got a PR5. It confirms my belief that we should just focus on valuable content without getting distracted with SEO. Thanks again!

By: admin

admin — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:37:03 +0000

Thank you, and thank you for reading! We’re glad you enjoyed it – I know we certainly had fun coming up with the questions.

By: KeHoeff

KeHoeff — Thu, 28 May 2009 20:20:13 +0000

hey this is a very interesting article!