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I wonder how this post got to the top even though the sentiment in the comments is that this posts sucks.
by moccajoghurt 14y ago
I wonder how this post got to the top even though the sentiment in the comments is that this posts sucks.
- grecy 14y agoI think you'll find only a very tiny fraction of HNers bother to comment, so it's not a representative view of people's opinions on a given article.
- michaelhoffman 14y agoWe can't downvote posts.
- deleted 14y ago[deleted]
- Terretta 14y agoBut we can flag them.
- michaelhoffman 14y agoYes, but why would we?
- illuminate 14y agoRight, I'd only do so if it was an outright scam.
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- oldpatricka 14y agoI find the perspective of the SEO guy interesting, even if I find what he does kind of skeezy and annoying.
- illuminate 14y agoThe honesty is a bit refreshing, I agree. I'd love to read a good, anonymous confessional of the daily life of a SEO that's more intimate and less of their usual humblebrag PR.
- user24 14y agoI upvoted it before I'd read all the way through. I thought the guy was complaining that he had to jump through Google's hoops to get his product in front of his users. Now that I know he's complaining that Google are making it harder for him to game the system, I'd retract and reverse my upvote if I could.
- CKKim 14y agoWhat others have said about commenters/lurkers and not being able to downvote, but also I think the "sentiment" is more that SEO sucks than that this piece is garbage per se. I upvoted it because it's entertaining and it did, along with the discussion here, broaden my perspective on SEO.