BigMouthMedia - all talk or deserved success?
Posted by: Marketing Guy Date posted: February 6th, 2008 Published in: Branding, Marketing, SEO Agencies, Search Engine OptimisationI’ll kick off things with disclosing that I don’t have a very high opinion of BigMouthMedia. I worked there Jan 2005 - Jan 2006 and left fairly disenchanted with the company having had more than one disagreement with the powers that be about various things and some blog posts which ultimately led to them threatening legal […]
Jobsite.co.uk are forum spamming
Posted by: Marketing Guy Date posted: January 24th, 2008 Published in: SpamQuick rant here.
I run quite a busy careers site and we get a lot of spam on the forums. Mostly automated porn stuff, some other random bits and pieces as well. That’s just what you need to deal with when you run a forum.
Over the past few weeks, the SEO for Jobsite.co.uk has been spamming […]
Karma be gone! Reporting paid links to Google is a legitimate business move!
Posted by: Marketing Guy Date posted: January 16th, 2008 Published in: Google, Link Building, SpamDavid Wallace has a nice write up about reporting paid links to Google this week, which is based on the back of a poll by Blogstorm. Both posts have some interesting comments on them and while I don’t agree with some of them, the articles are well worth a read.
The key areas that grabbed my attention […]
Do it write! 9 SEO agency site copywriting sins…
Posted by: Marketing Guy Date posted: January 9th, 2008 Published in: Copywriting for SEO, SEO AgenciesJust before I start yet another post pointing out flaws here, there and everywhere, I’ll stick my hands up and say I’m as guilty of this as anyone else. Cliched statements and claims that tend to be found on SEO agency / consultant sites - stuff that is usually written as a sales pitch, but […]
Why in-house link building isn’t a practical solution for most companies
Posted by: Marketing Guy Date posted: December 1st, 2007 Published in: Link BuildingADDED: Welcome SmallBusinessNews readers! Just an advanced warning that this article contains a range of profanities. But seeing you already read the article over at SBN or by email that’s too little too late ain’t it? Perhaps that should be the motto for the SEO industry? Ho-hum.
I read an article over at SEW today […]
Is the UK SEO industry in a mess?
Posted by: Marketing Guy Date posted: August 27th, 2007 Published in: Search Engine OptimisationThis is a little bit of a rant about the state of the SEO industry (specifically the UK SEO industry) - we’re plagued with dodgy agencies and consultants dragging our collective name through the mud - do we do something about it or just wade through and mind our business?
Mahalo - spam has had a facelift courtesy of Jason Calacanis
Posted by: Marketing Guy Date posted: June 1st, 2007 Published in: SpamSo I guess I don’t need to point out the background on Jason Calacanis’s latest project, Mahalo (no link - I don’t link to spam). Most SEOs out there know the amusing battle he’s been having with the SEO industry.
He’s one of these guys that most SEOs meet from time to time (usually online) that […]