Comments on: Web 2.0 & SEO: Must We Piss In Every Public Fountain?

By: SEO London

SEO London — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:57:17 +0000

Social media websites are missed used, specially biggers and not professional SEO's.

By: SEO and the Public’s Fountain « Good Luck With That

SEO and the Public’s Fountain « Good Luck With That — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:16:10 +0000

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By: Dan Thies

Dan Thies — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:15:24 +0000

Good points, Shaun.

Unfortunately, a lot of the social bookmarking & social news sites seem to have been built to cash in on spam.

By: Shaun

Shaun — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:08:27 +0000

hikaye: I think you are missing the overall point.. sure the link counts, but the real question is, "is the story you are posting on digg worth anything to any of the users?" If the answer is no, then it's spam.. plain and simple.

The problem is - and why we see so much of it, is that in general Google loves these sites and pushes power towards and out of them. If Google devalued everything from these sites, then they would never get spammed, because there would be no gain.

But because Google loves them, you need to use them.. if you not you are trailing behind. It kind of makes you wonder how long you can piss in the cup before it overflows.

By: Dan Thies

Dan Thies — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:03:19 +0000

Now I'm confused too. I haven't the slightest idea what you're talking about.

By: Norbert (confused) Szabo

Norbert (confused) Szabo — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:37:39 +0000

Wonderful post! I got a bit confused when you started to speak about "what Web 3.0 should be" because editing each others web sites could cause a chaos. Surely difficult to build because then who can tell who the moderator is? Would there be a thought that I can tell about: "Its mine" or rather just: "Its ours". Some sites would improve some not and much more would fall. If there is no definite controll it would became a war off masses or simply just a white noise which was called internet.

By: The SEMMYS - Hobo SEO UK

The SEMMYS - Hobo SEO UK — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:38:32 +0000

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By: Dan Thies

Dan Thies — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 02:46:07 +0000

Thanks guys, and LOL @ Bob!! (Are you coming to SNL in April?)

By: Radzster

Radzster — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:11:23 +0000

Congratulations on your Semmys Dan! I absolutely love this post...

Radzster

By: Bob Andrews

Bob Andrews — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:48:33 +0000

I never thought I would hear a statement with such eloquence, that included the word "piss"

Bravo on a beautiful sentiment.