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Old 25-02-2008, 02:55 PM
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Hi guys,

I'm putting together my arguments for my view that SEO is BS as a follow-up post to this discussion and I want to make sure that the views of the SEOs that disagree with me are included.

I've put the following questions to Dave and Richard (as I see them as representing the SEO scene) and would love to hear the general consensus of those on these forums too:

1. If a site, built from scratch, is constructed using industry-standard best practices (semantic markup, IA, usability, accessibility), is SEO still required? If so, why?
2. Do you think on-site SEO practices are perfectly aligned with the interests of the visitor?
3. What do you consider as acceptable off-site SEO practices?
4. Do you think that successful SEO (i.e. SEO work that gets sites and pages ranked well for the search terms of their choice) is good for the internet?

Many thanks in advance for your thoughts.

Eoghan
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"I'm putting together my arguments for my view that SEO is BS.."

Bit late for that I'd have thought, be surprised if the boys respond....
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Old 25-02-2008, 03:48 PM
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I was thinking that too.

Eoghan why not just tell us why you think SEO is BS to begin with? You already made the statement without explaining why.
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Shouldn't you have put together your arguments BEFORE you attacked the SEO people?
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Eoghan why BS - you think it does not work or you don't want to work at it?

By the way, had a read at your blog - great fun.
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Old 25-02-2008, 05:26 PM
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Shouldn't you have put together your arguments BEFORE you attacked the SEO people?
Because he cant.

Eoghan would you like to share with us how you have tried ranking for certain keywords using your own clients websites?
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Ah Gavin, harsh...
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Hey Camino, that site of yours, you having a dig at Dave? :-)
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You trying to tell me mine is s***?
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Hey Camino, that site of yours, you having a dig at Dave? :-)
Fantastic!

Back on topic...I don't think it's even worth replying about the topic of this discussion. This thread serves no purpose other than discussion bait.

This thread is bull****.
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