Comments on: The difference between being on top of and ahead of your (SEO) game

By: Laura Godfrey

Laura Godfrey — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:28:25 +0000

Planning ahead is essential. Who knows what will happen next month/year in terms of SEO. I completely agree with Dev Basu's comment -

One person presents their like or dislike of a particular SEO tactic, and others follow suit, aiding in spreading such speculation.

This is true. Why must we follow others? - Should we not experiment and test new techniques; so we don't all wind up with the same results?

SEO is pot luck quite frankly. There are hundreds of different ways to implement SEO into your website. You just need to understand how to use keywords effectively and what works at that specific moment in time.

By: Monika

Monika — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:14:54 +0000

Joost I've read between the lines -> because I read always between -> because I am a woman. ;)

Google is a woman too. The rich aunt- unfortunately mostly bitchy and moody.

Do you know how it is to live with a woman who has their period? If and if you can live with her without any stress - this is the best training to be a seo. ;)

You know what you would like to have, but you have to go two steps back and one step forward to get what you want.;)

To be a seo means often think crazy and act logical.

So I agree with you and this is miraculously,because I am a woman

kindly regards
Monika

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By: Dixon Jones

Dixon Jones — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:41:18 +0000

I started commenting Joost... and by the time I started trying to insert Youtube videos to support my perhaps flimsy retort, I decided I had better do a post of my own :)

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By: Santi Modesta Purnamasari

Santi Modesta Purnamasari — Wed, 21 May 2008 11:52:38 +0000

Dear Mr.Joost,
Regards from Island of Paradise ?
Need your kind help,as I need to search a friend of mine,namely: Rene Glasbeek
Koek Koek straat, Netherland
Please advise me any website to search people in Netherland?

Age 41-43
Last contact: 1989 - 1990
I am still in Bali - Indonesia , rite now
email: aprila_patricia@yahoo.com
hp +628113804455

Thanks a lot Joost

btw: what is the meaning of SEO ?

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By: gadget

gadget — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:35:55 +0000

Just when I think I'm beginning to understand SEO a little, you clever bods go and mess with my brain! Fundamentally I actually understand and agree with what you're saying but as a jack-of-all-trades webmaster, I'm often lost in what to do next to get my sites ahead of the rest. Thanks for the post though - it all goes in, somehow, somewhere!
Ps. Any new plugins planned?

By: Dev Basu

Dev Basu — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:49:21 +0000

You're right on the money Joost! There's this big group think phenomenon that happens to a lot of SEO's. One person presents their like or dislike of a particular SEO tactic, and others follow suit, aiding in spreading such speculation. In a sense, it's a lot like trading, you can go with the market sentiment, but you'll suffer if you pull out of your position too quick!

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Inhouse SEO » Hat SEO eine Zukunft? « — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:08:41 +0000

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By: Joost de Valk

Joost de Valk — Mon, 12 May 2008 11:47:47 +0000

@James: well they're creative enough :) It's just that some of them don't like taking any risks, and because of too much knowledge, that stops them from doing quite a lot of things...

@Glen: yep, loads of SEO's seemed to think that.

By: Glen Allsopp

Glen Allsopp — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:20:45 +0000

I like your thinking Joost, your paid linking example is right on the money. I think I fell into the trap of thinking it was far too risky.

By: James

James — Mon, 12 May 2008 05:27:27 +0000

SEO requires creativity. The guys that are "seo experts" tend to do the same thing that everyone else does, and thus, not make any money

By: Joost de Valk

Joost de Valk — Sat, 10 May 2008 08:35:02 +0000

@Dave: well go and do it then! :)@Navin: I'll get you the chance to buy me those once ;)@Dennis: Reading Bill Slawski's awesome blog SEO by the SEA is a good start.

By: Dennis Beekman

Dennis Beekman — Sat, 10 May 2008 08:32:23 +0000

Hi Joost, where can you find new search patents Google bought? Do they publicate it somewhere?

By: Navin

Navin — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:26:52 +0000

I probably owe you more beers than you think ;)

By: Dave Shapiro

Dave Shapiro — Fri, 09 May 2008 22:41:04 +0000

Couldn't agree more, Joost. Although hypothesizing about SE algos and what will work for rankings is something I immensely enjoy, it's nowhere near as effective as Test -> See what works -> Execute. If I did more of the latter I'd be a far better SEO.

By: Roy

Roy — Fri, 09 May 2008 22:39:48 +0000

Thank you, for your fast reply. I completely agree with the testing you must do and serving the clients with the best service that you can possibly provide.

By having the vision about what's coming you must never forget how you got there in the first place.

The problem with lots of clients is that, if we think fast, the must act on it. All SEO consultants working for big corporations know that some of the big corporations take up to 3 years to completely roll out the advised project. It's a pity then if your strategy completely relied on cheap link building, sub-domains and some content. Instead of creating real value on your domain.

Not all customers are as fast as we'd like them to be.