>> Compare the Paris Hotels results we have with Google’s and tell me what you think we are missing

Non biased results? Fair enough Google isn’t perfect and certainly people will game SERPs but I’ll take free competition over 1 person’s biased opinion any day.

Mahalo suggest a link vs Google? In Google everyone gets a shot and sites don’t get black balled because someone thinks “they are ugly”.

While I totally agree that people (and SEOs in particular) should be helping clients make kick ass sites, I still can’t help feeling that you have a very narrow view of what most SEOs do for a living.

Your site is clearly designed to game search engines on a large scale – a mass of keyword links to sites you choose isn’t simply an editorial preference – it’s designed for SEO – it’s designed to manipulate SERPs – it’s designed as a big “fuck you” to SEOs.

Your “results” pages have no value for users – a list of links using the same keyword text? Even back in the day, SEOs weren’t that blatant with their intentions!

If you want some feedback – drop the keyword links (use the site brand name, use a more accurate description of the page you link to) and nofollow them (all of them). Personally that’s what it would take for me to think of Mahalo as anything more than a link farm.

MG

Regarding the Paris Hotels serp I’m not sure I can agree with you. Compare the Paris Hotels results we have with Google’s and tell me what you think we are missing, list ALL the spam they have, and you’ll find that we are much better for users.

What links did we miss on the Paris Hotels serp do you think? I think that’s a really solid page for someone looking for hotels in paris–perhaps the best *single* page to start on. (of course the destinations we are pointing you to are better for a deeper dive–i love tripadvisor and nytimes most myself).

Also, the fact is with our SERP anyone can suggest a link, report a problem witha link, and discuss the results with the Guide on the message board. Compare that with all the other search engines where you are told “talk to the algorithm.

I’ve been hard on SEOs, sure. Maybe too hard. However, my point was DON’T optimize your site for a search engine–optimize for people. You agree with that right?

Who would you rather work with in getting exposure for your clients, Mahalo where we will talk to you or Google.Yahoo/Ask where they tell you to talk to the algo?

consider this an olive branch to all SEOs. we will take your call and help you get your clients listed. all we ask is they make kick-ass sites that help people!!!

mahalo for the feedback.. keep it coming!

jason