http://www.seopscentre.com/link-fests/week-ending-friday-may-9th-2008/ Learning By Doing Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:27:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.seopscentre.com/link-fests/week-ending-friday-may-9th-2008/#comment-121 Ken Jones Fri, 09 May 2008 13:33:40 +0000 http://www.seopscentre.com/?p=30#comment-121 Thanks for stopping by Greg. I do believe that you weren't intentionally linkbaiting, that's just how things turned out. And I agree with your statement that "SEO as we know it is going to continue its death spiral." But the key turn of phrase there is "as we know it." Where we differ is that I feel (and judging by your post's comments so do a lot of other people) this just means that SEO will have to adapt and evolve to account for new trends in search, just as it has done in the past when major changes have occurred. Whether that's in the form of so-called SEO 2.0 or something else entirely, the simple fact is that as long as there are search engines there will be people working to ensure that their sites are optimized to appeal to they way those engines rank their results. It's the ones who fail to evolve and stick with outdated practices (like the meta-tagging example you gave) that will die out. Thanks for stopping by Greg. I do believe that you weren’t intentionally linkbaiting, that’s just how things turned out.
And I agree with your statement that “SEO as we know it is going to continue its death spiral.” But the key turn of phrase there is “as we know it.”
Where we differ is that I feel (and judging by your post’s comments so do a lot of other people) this just means that SEO will have to adapt and evolve to account for new trends in search, just as it has done in the past when major changes have occurred.
Whether that’s in the form of so-called SEO 2.0 or something else entirely, the simple fact is that as long as there are search engines there will be people working to ensure that their sites are optimized to appeal to they way those engines rank their results.
It’s the ones who fail to evolve and stick with outdated practices (like the meta-tagging example you gave) that will die out.

]]> http://www.seopscentre.com/link-fests/week-ending-friday-may-9th-2008/#comment-120 Greg Howlett Fri, 09 May 2008 12:54:58 +0000 http://www.seopscentre.com/?p=30#comment-120 Hi, thanks for writing about my article. You may not believe this, but it was not linkbait. I just do not mind taking an unpopular position if I believe in it! In my opinion, SEO is on life support. Hi, thanks for writing about my article. You may not believe this, but it was not linkbait. I just do not mind taking an unpopular position if I believe in it! In my opinion, SEO is on life support.

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