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I'd like to jump in here. Hacker News and seomoz are the two websites I read the most consistently, and I've always found seomoz to be accurate, timely, and int
by qeorge 17y ago
I'd like to jump in here. Hacker News and seomoz are the two websites I read the most consistently, and I've always found seomoz to be accurate, timely, and interesting. Although all their articles are generally well written, Danny's especially are always backed up by piles of data.
More generally, why is it that the mere mention of SEO brings distrust? I would expect this community to be keenly interested in SEO. Not only is the process itself fascinating, but I feel launching a start-up without a solid SEO strategy in place is at best irresponsible, at worst suicidal.
- byrneseyeview 17y agoI feel launching a start-up without a solid SEO strategy in place is at best irresponsible, at worst suicidal. I disagree (I'm in the SEO biz). In the long run, good content is more important -- and it's more of a long-term investment. However, SEO is the most cost-effective way to get a lot out of any given chunk of content. People have a good reason to distrust SEO: when they encounter it and see it as SEO, it's pretty obnoxious. Most good SEO is hard to recognize as such, just as a good salesperson makes you feel like you made the decision yourself.
- qeorge 17y agoI agree that good content is also essential, but I think the idea that good content will naturally be found / attract links is a fallacy. Thus, launching without an SEO strategy is putting your business at a serious disadvantage, one that you may not be able to recover from, even if you have great content. I really like your point about why people distrust SEO. I guess I have the separation between good and bad SEO, and care deeply about accessibility and usability, so its hard to remember that the bad SEO is what people usually notice and think of. Glad to know there's other SEO's on HN :) Cheers!