Comments for Eric Lander's Blog http://www.ericlander.com Information and Opinions on Search Engine Optimization & Internet Marketing Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:23:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Google’s Greed Has Produced Horrific Social Experiences #SEOLunch by Kevin Rose, Google+ and Spilt Milk #SEOLunch - Eric Lander's Blog http://www.ericlander.com/google-greed-horrible-experiences/#comment-31314 Kevin Rose, Google+ and Spilt Milk #SEOLunch - Eric Lander's Blog Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:23:08 +0000 http://www.ericlander.com/?p=1060#comment-31314 [...] here – and it’s not a new thing for me to introduce… The end user. Last week I said (as it applies to Google+): Google has become a vehicle to user’s end destination on the web. [...] [...] here – and it’s not a new thing for me to introduce… The end user. Last week I said (as it applies to Google+): Google has become a vehicle to user’s end destination on the web. [...]

]]> Comment on Are SEO’s With Technical Knowledge Dinocorns? #SEOLunch by Blake Waddill http://www.ericlander.com/seos-technical-knowledge-dinocorns/#comment-31257 Blake Waddill Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:03:18 +0000 http://www.ericlander.com/?p=1035#comment-31257 When I read the headline, I got a little nervous. I thought technical SEO was going to be so much deeper than .htaccess and robots.txt. It seems like pre-Caffine, knowing how to make sure your entire site got crawled and indexed was a major requirement which involved technical knowledge. Now, we are spoiled with highly advanced crawling via Googlebot and plugins that make all these technical aspects of SEO less necessary. It is kind of like doing math with pencil/paper vs. using a calculator. The person with the calculator can get answers but doesn't know why - when the going gets touch, Mr. Pencil/Paper can solve problems were Calculator Jr. can't even identify step 1. When I read the headline, I got a little nervous. I thought technical SEO was going to be so much deeper than .htaccess and robots.txt. It seems like pre-Caffine, knowing how to make sure your entire site got crawled and indexed was a major requirement which involved technical knowledge.

Now, we are spoiled with highly advanced crawling via Googlebot and plugins that make all these technical aspects of SEO less necessary.

It is kind of like doing math with pencil/paper vs. using a calculator. The person with the calculator can get answers but doesn’t know why – when the going gets touch, Mr. Pencil/Paper can solve problems were Calculator Jr. can’t even identify step 1.

]]> Comment on Why Does Google Hate Webmasters So Much? #SEOLunch by Jim Spencer http://www.ericlander.com/google-webmaster-tools-updates/#comment-31226 Jim Spencer Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:15:35 +0000 http://www.ericlander.com/?p=1047#comment-31226 This article is interesting in its own right, but it also provides some fodder for further theorizing on the subject of your gripes. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jw_on_tech/archive/2012/03/13/why-i-left-google.aspx I see more fee information/services and fewer free information from Google. This may offer an insight as to why. This article is interesting in its own right, but it also provides some fodder for further theorizing on the subject of your gripes. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jw_on_tech/archive/2012/03/13/why-i-left-google.aspx
I see more fee information/services and fewer free information from Google. This may offer an insight as to why.

]]> Comment on Google’s Greed Has Produced Horrific Social Experiences #SEOLunch by Meg Geddes http://www.ericlander.com/google-greed-horrible-experiences/#comment-31220 Meg Geddes Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:45:58 +0000 http://www.ericlander.com/?p=1060#comment-31220 Heh, people spend more time on MY websites than they do on Google+. I find that telling. I also found it telling that they're making such a big push that they're driving their own people out. You can't bully people into having fun. (Believe me - I've tried) I'm one of the 25%! Heh, people spend more time on MY websites than they do on Google+. I find that telling. I also found it telling that they’re making such a big push that they’re driving their own people out. You can’t bully people into having fun. (Believe me – I’ve tried)

I’m one of the 25%!

]]> Comment on Are SEO’s With Technical Knowledge Dinocorns? #SEOLunch by g1smd http://www.ericlander.com/seos-technical-knowledge-dinocorns/#comment-31208 g1smd Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:03:46 +0000 http://www.ericlander.com/?p=1035#comment-31208 If this "inbound marketing" name catches on, I'll guess that discussion of anything technical will be rapidly kicked to the kerb by those folks. The technical stuff will be deemed to be part of the IT departments remit. However, any seasoned SEO practitioner already knows, from experience, that the vast majority of IT departments have no clue about SEO and often are the source of many of the problems requiring fixing. If this “inbound marketing” name catches on, I’ll guess that discussion of anything technical will be rapidly kicked to the kerb by those folks. The technical stuff will be deemed to be part of the IT departments remit.

However, any seasoned SEO practitioner already knows, from experience, that the vast majority of IT departments have no clue about SEO and often are the source of many of the problems requiring fixing.

]]> Comment on Are SEO’s With Technical Knowledge Dinocorns? #SEOLunch by Avoid SEOs That Lack the Basics | Stay Above the Fold » Stay Above the Fold http://www.ericlander.com/seos-technical-knowledge-dinocorns/#comment-31200 Avoid SEOs That Lack the Basics | Stay Above the Fold » Stay Above the Fold Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:25:19 +0000 http://www.ericlander.com/?p=1035#comment-31200 [...] our industry, creating a new word for those SEOs who possess necessary, technical SEO knowledge: Dinocorns (old-fashioned and becoming rare). He made up the word, but I think it fits [...] [...] our industry, creating a new word for those SEOs who possess necessary, technical SEO knowledge: Dinocorns (old-fashioned and becoming rare). He made up the word, but I think it fits [...]

]]> Comment on Why Does Google Hate Webmasters So Much? #SEOLunch by Eric Lander http://www.ericlander.com/google-webmaster-tools-updates/#comment-31199 Eric Lander Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:16:26 +0000 http://www.ericlander.com/?p=1047#comment-31199 True. I still use a hybrid of tools. Sometimes I can't break myself away from Xenu's TSVs. True. I still use a hybrid of tools. Sometimes I can’t break myself away from Xenu’s TSVs.

]]> Comment on Why Does Google Hate Webmasters So Much? #SEOLunch by Meg Geddes http://www.ericlander.com/google-webmaster-tools-updates/#comment-31198 Meg Geddes Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:15:20 +0000 http://www.ericlander.com/?p=1047#comment-31198 Yea well, all the more justification for using Screaming Frog. But I have to *pay* for that. Yea well, all the more justification for using Screaming Frog. But I have to *pay* for that.

]]> Comment on Are SEO’s With Technical Knowledge Dinocorns? #SEOLunch by Meg Geddes http://www.ericlander.com/seos-technical-knowledge-dinocorns/#comment-31197 Meg Geddes Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:12:35 +0000 http://www.ericlander.com/?p=1035#comment-31197 (I have no problems whatsoever with coming across as elitist) (I have no problems whatsoever with coming across as elitist)

]]> Comment on Why Does Google Hate Webmasters So Much? #SEOLunch by Eric Lander http://www.ericlander.com/google-webmaster-tools-updates/#comment-31196 Eric Lander Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:53:45 +0000 http://www.ericlander.com/?p=1047#comment-31196 You have no idea how much that pisses me off. To think that the change was made knowingly is the worst. I cannot tell you how many people I know, our office included, use that option regularly for pulling errors and fixing them. I did think of you when writing it too. You have no idea how much that pisses me off. To think that the change was made knowingly is the worst. I cannot tell you how many people I know, our office included, use that option regularly for pulling errors and fixing them. I did think of you when writing it too.

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