Comments on: Scarcity, SEO, Integrity and Lemons

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playfish — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:04:40 +0000

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By: aaron wall

aaron wall — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:18:17 +0000

Hey Lea…didn’t realize you were you as you didn’t put your URL in your first comment. ;)

By: Ari

Ari — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:49:55 +0000

@Lea – There is great value to be had on in the right places – see the post after this one.
@Alister – indeed, there’s a lot of value in long term client education.

By: SEPo

SEPo — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:40:23 +0000

Excellent post Ari – Spot on.

By: Alister on search engine optimisation

Alister on search engine optimisation — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:44:21 +0000

Once a customer has been jaded the only way a different seo company is going to get their custom is by explaining their processes in detail and a lot of convincing, as well as trying to tell them where the other company went wrong.

By: Lea

Lea — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:21:29 +0000

*shrug* thats nice to know, but I haven’t had it happen to me.
and I suppose, for me, the flipside of my tight scottish background is if I pay for something I have to get full value – so I’ll be surfing the paid forum when I could put my time to better use actually working :)
I don’t need to network for JVs and such “I work alone” :) and I have no wish to build a big SEO consultancy because I have found that customers are almost always more trouble than they are worth.
But thats me – YMMV.

Hey Aaron! Long time no talk! :)

By: D&G

D&G — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:35:58 +0000

@LEA,

I have found some paid forums super helpful in getting new insights. Connecting with people in a more closed environment will allow you to build better connections.
I have made new friends who are willing to help in certain cases with complex issues.

By: aaron wall

aaron wall — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:24:30 +0000

For what it is worth Lea that is why some people get selected as moderators and such. A number of experts who joined our site and gave back were given free memberships and made moderators. And if a person is super helpful then it can even open up job opportunities and such (with the people running the main site AND with various members of the community).

By: Lea

Lea — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:04:40 +0000

I have a problem about paying for these forums when my experience is I help on forums more than I get help. Way more :(

By: D&G

D&G — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:03:09 +0000

It’s always funny to hear the “Big Brands” story, while the Big G is pushing itself more and more in between the big brands as a viable option for the searcher, see Aaron’s post: http://www.seobook.com/google-moving-in

When I ook at the results on the Toy of the year a couple of weeks ago, the bigger toy companies or marketplaces were ranking on the first page for Zhu Zhu Pets.

Now, on the day of Cyber Monday, the top 10 results are filled with the so called news sites who claim Zhu Zhu Pets are all sold out everywhere.

Toys R Us, eBay and Amazon are banned to second page results. Results are, higher spend on Paid Search, as these companies are competing over the shoppers in search for a Zhu Pet.

Seriously, can you really say the top 10 are helping you out to find the perfect present for your kid?