SEO Article: with HUMOR & IRONY - GoFuckYourself.com

2HousePlague · 05-18-2006, 07:14 PM

" Remember that time after optimizing your first website when you checked your search engine rankings and actually saw your site show up in the top of the results? Was that not the coolest feeling in the world? Part of what makes SEO so much fun is getting to tangibly see the fruits of your labor -- right there in the search results pages (SERPs). Whether you run automated ranking reports (responsibly through the search engines' APIs of course!) or just do some spot checks by hand, achieving the goals you set for your campaign totally rocks!

Before you get lost in that lovely memory, do you also remember that time soon after you spotted your high rankings when you realized that your overall traffic to your site barely went up -- and worse than that, you didn't make even one more dime than you had made before you got the rankings?

How can that be?

Welcome to the real world of SEO. It's time you learn that ranking reports are not your friend. In fact, I'll go so far as to say that they are closer to being meaningless drivel to everyone other than your boss's over-inflated ego... more

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WiredGuy · 05-18-2006, 07:17 PM

hehehe, i remember these days. Now, I just look at overall traffic and sales, not the SERP's. I remember once upon a time where I'd go crazy trying to get the highest PR possible. Today, a majority of my joins come from pr0 sites

WG

2HousePlague · 05-18-2006, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by WiredGuy

hehehe, i remember these days. Now, I just look at overall traffic and sales, not the SERP's. I remember once upon a time where I'd go crazy trying to get the highest PR possible. Today, a majority of my joins come from pr0 sites
WG

The trophies are cool, though.

2hp

travs · 05-18-2006, 07:39 PM

hehe indeed those were the days

Haydos · 05-18-2006, 10:23 PM

trends always go around ....

05-18-2006, 07:14 PM	#1
2HousePlague CURATOR Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: the attic Posts: 14,572	SEO Article: with HUMOR & IRONY " Remember that time after optimizing your first website when you checked your search engine rankings and actually saw your site show up in the top of the results? Was that not the coolest feeling in the world? Part of what makes SEO so much fun is getting to tangibly see the fruits of your labor -- right there in the search results pages (SERPs). Whether you run automated ranking reports (responsibly through the search engines' APIs of course!) or just do some spot checks by hand, achieving the goals you set for your campaign totally rocks! Before you get lost in that lovely memory, do you also remember that time soon after you spotted your high rankings when you realized that your overall traffic to your site barely went up -- and worse than that, you didn't make even one more dime than you had made before you got the rankings? How can that be? Welcome to the real world of SEO. It's time you learn that ranking reports are not your friend. In fact, I'll go so far as to say that they are closer to being meaningless drivel to everyone other than your boss's over-inflated ego... more 2hp __________________ tada!

05-18-2006, 07:17 PM	#2
WiredGuy Pounding Googlebot Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 34,485	hehehe, i remember these days. Now, I just look at overall traffic and sales, not the SERP's. I remember once upon a time where I'd go crazy trying to get the highest PR possible. Today, a majority of my joins come from pr0 sites WG __________________ I play with Google.

05-18-2006, 10:23 PM	#5
Haydos Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Under Posts: 308	trends always go around .... __________________

05-18-2006, 07:39 PM	#4
travs Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,631	hehe indeed those were the days