Comments on: Search Engine Marketing Firms Are Stupid

By: web design leeds

web design leeds — Sat, 23 May 2009 08:38:46 +0000

just found this via google, some good poins here

By: 11 Surefire Ways To Become A World-Class SEO Douchebag — Sugarrae

11 Surefire Ways To Become A World-Class SEO Douchebag — Sugarrae — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:37:41 +0000

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By: Bryan Eisenberg

Bryan Eisenberg — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:13:57 +0000

Thank you Jim. I am flattered. You know the respect goes both ways.

By: Jim Kukral

Jim Kukral — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 02:45:41 +0000

Bryan, thanks for stopping by my blog and commenting. Glad to hear that I’m not crazy from someone I respect as much as you.

For anyone who doesn’t know what Bryan is, does, or has done, click his name above and start reading everything. It might take 6-months, but you’ll be smarter for it.

By: Bryan Eisenberg

Bryan Eisenberg — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 13:15:00 +0000

Jim,

You are a 110% correct. This is why Search Guru Mike Grehan has said “SEO is Dead.” Since I started publishing in this industry over 8 years ago very few people until recently have been talking about conversions in the search space. The issue the SEO industry faces is a marketing one and unfortunately there are many who may believe they are marketers but they have spent all their time talking about algorithms, code and technology and very little about what marketing is really about; people and why they do the things they do. Check out SEO for Beginners & Marketing Amateurs http://www.grokdotcom.com/2007/06/25/seo-for-beginners-marketing-amateurs/ to get SEOMoz’s Rand Fishkin’s significant other’s brutally frank opinion on the SEO problem..

By: mark rush

mark rush — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 12:27:28 +0000

Dont know what seo firms youve been talking to but my advice is look further afield as in my experience, MOST seo firms get to know a business, then its customers before taking on a campaign… i know I do.

By: Frits Straatsma | datewereld dating

Frits Straatsma | datewereld dating — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:00:01 +0000

A part of the search engine marketing firm’s responsibility should be finding out what the frases are the better clients find their way to the company with.

By: 11 Surefire Ways To Become A World-Class SEO Douchebag - Sugarrae

11 Surefire Ways To Become A World-Class SEO Douchebag - Sugarrae — Mon, 14 May 2007 10:18:28 +0000

By: Andy Beard

Andy Beard — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 22:20:14 +0000

Jim has a point

You can SEO a site for the top search query in a niche and quadruple the traffic, and only increase sales by 10%, because most of the buying traffic is actually coming from the long-tail.

There is a benefit in SEO with a PPC mindset, target more low hanging, high conversion traffic.

I think he is also saying there is a difference between what a customer wants and what they need, and in the mind of an internet marketer, more profitable sales wins over more traffic.

By: Johny Xantas

Johny Xantas — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 22:02:17 +0000

You too!