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I wonder why this is upvoted so much in such a short time. The article looks like typical SEO hacking.

by sva_ 5y ago

tentacleuno 5y ago
Don't attribute to malice what can be explained by people clicking the upvote button on a post :-) EDIT: then again, they could be getting their 'Hacker News case study' article ready...
- thechilliguy 5y ago
  This is my 3rd post on HN just trying the waters. I don't know why it boomed like that so this is going to be the shortest case study ever: We Got Over 1k Pageviews In 30 Minutes Just By Posting On Hacker News The end
  - jacquesm 5y ago
    > This is my 3rd post on HN just trying the waters. Don't.
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jacquesm 5y ago
It is, and unethical SEO hacking as well. Listing your competitors brands in your articles is a pretty obvious unethical hack. I've flagged this.
- thechilliguy 5y ago
  Can you please be more specific about what competitors brands have I listed in the article? Plus I don't understand what's unethical about writing a strategy around a case study.
  - aaronchall 5y ago
    I'd ignore that particular individual's comment. A full case study should include a qualitative discussion of the competition, and the more granular, the better. Far from unethical, it's a best practice. Source: I wrote a lot of papers like this for business school.
- tentacleuno 5y ago
  Sidenote, but I am sure Google and Co. have already optimised their systems to make competitor-naming schemes worthless re: SEO. Of course, this assumes the blog post is SEO hacking in the first place. Back on topic, there is also a section of the Hacker News guidelines which I feel is appropriate here: > Please don't complain that a submission is inappropriate. If a story is spam or off-topic, flag it. Don't feed egregious comments by replying; flag them instead. If you flag, please don't also comment that you did.
  - jacquesm 5y ago
    I don't think I need to have HN's rules read back to me by you.
    - yolo123x 5y ago
      we get it, you have a lot of karma. well done. you have an equal score on the pompous-o-meter.
  - miakiraki 5y ago
    Competitor naming schemes? SEO hacking? This case study mentions only one brand - their client. Can you please elaborate what do you mean by that?
    - tentacleuno 5y ago
      Sorry, to be clear I'm not accusing anyone. Just responding to OP's point about the 'hack' he pointed out the blog post was using. I am not entirely sure what is being referred to, but would be interested to hear if anyone has any ideas?
      - thechilliguy 5y ago
        Also, this is NOT a blog post case study. If anyone hasn't read it yet, it's a YouTube case study. Totally different.
      - 5y ago

I wonder why this is upvoted so much in such a short time. The article looks like typical SEO hacking.

by sva_ 5y ago

I wonder why this is upvoted so much in such a short time. The article looks like typical SEO hacking.

Don't attribute to malice what can be explained by people clicking the upvote button on a post :-) EDIT: then again, they could be getting their 'Hacker News case study' article ready...

thechilliguy 5y ago
This is my 3rd post on HN just trying the waters. I don't know why it boomed like that so this is going to be the shortest case study ever: We Got Over 1k Pageviews In 30 Minutes Just By Posting On Hacker News The end
- jacquesm 5y ago
  > This is my 3rd post on HN just trying the waters. Don't.
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jacquesm 5y ago

It is, and unethical SEO hacking as well. Listing your competitors brands in your articles is a pretty obvious unethical hack. I've flagged this.

thechilliguy 5y ago
Can you please be more specific about what competitors brands have I listed in the article? Plus I don't understand what's unethical about writing a strategy around a case study.
- aaronchall 5y ago
  I'd ignore that particular individual's comment. A full case study should include a qualitative discussion of the competition, and the more granular, the better. Far from unethical, it's a best practice. Source: I wrote a lot of papers like this for business school.
tentacleuno 5y ago
Sidenote, but I am sure Google and Co. have already optimised their systems to make competitor-naming schemes worthless re: SEO. Of course, this assumes the blog post is SEO hacking in the first place. Back on topic, there is also a section of the Hacker News guidelines which I feel is appropriate here: > Please don't complain that a submission is inappropriate. If a story is spam or off-topic, flag it. Don't feed egregious comments by replying; flag them instead. If you flag, please don't also comment that you did.
- jacquesm 5y ago
  I don't think I need to have HN's rules read back to me by you.
  - yolo123x 5y ago
    we get it, you have a lot of karma. well done. you have an equal score on the pompous-o-meter.
- miakiraki 5y ago
  Competitor naming schemes? SEO hacking? This case study mentions only one brand - their client. Can you please elaborate what do you mean by that?
  - tentacleuno 5y ago
    Sorry, to be clear I'm not accusing anyone. Just responding to OP's point about the 'hack' he pointed out the blog post was using. I am not entirely sure what is being referred to, but would be interested to hear if anyone has any ideas?
    - thechilliguy 5y ago
      Also, this is NOT a blog post case study. If anyone hasn't read it yet, it's a YouTube case study. Totally different.
    - 5y ago