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Old 02-24-2017, 01:51 AM  
Iron Mike
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Join Date: Nov 2004
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SEO has changed since 2008...

Hi there. I'm in for +10 years now, and my gut feeling is that a lot has changed, not for the better. Spamming/flooding (on all levels, all platforms, all niches) hasn't stopped. If you look at "SEO" articles (non-adult niche) for example, it's always the same: "the more text, the better". Articles with lots of trash content rank better than quality articles. It's about gathering traffic in the short run only, NOT about creating lasting values.

Google is a kraken. It is. It's getting worse and worse. The magic word is "aggregation". They simply collect EVERY data monade there is and present other peoples' then re-combined properties/contents as their own! Thats robbery. One of my mainstream projects failed because of this tactic. The big "don't be evil" company is stealing. From everyone. Sorry, but playing against each other on THE G is not business.

Tactics. Thats another key phrase: What has "business" become when parties play the "burnt soil" game (much like intelligent agencies). It's about proxy wars, weakening "the enemy", staying on top, win at all costs. And the big ones can hit their "rivals" the hardest. Ethics? There are no ethics no more.

It really has become a farce. "Don't be evil" is feeding on our diligence, our business tactics, our business models and our inventions, our efforts and time, undermining our modesty and values. Much like a HUGE psychic vampire. And no, cognitive dissonance ('i don't care as long as it doesn't concern me!') will not work here. Not in the long run, which is less than five-ten years from now (in the AI age).


Bottom line:
If you play fair, you will be erased from the equation sooner or later. Play foul and you will be erased from the equation sooner or later. End game.


Any comments on that?
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