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by raven2

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I know there are a lot of SEO places out there. And that most of them want to sell you something. (Ususally the "Submit Your Site to 999,999 Search Engines" malarkey)

How about some non commercial discussion about "ethical" SEO. Real info for real people.

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by dr dij

what is an SEO?
submissions executive other?
security executive officer?
search engine offline?
some exotic offer?

by gadgetgirl

SEO could be...

Sex Education Officer
Sunday Expedition Order
Sinfully Executed Outing
Silly Explanation Overload....

GG

by charliespencer

I'm guessing it's "Search Engine Optimizer", and I'm guessing it has something to do with paying a third party to improve your chances of moving to the top of a search results page.

GG, are you applying for the Sex Ed Officer position?

by bhunsinger

Submerine Executive officer
Senior Explosive operations
Silly Explanations online
Stupid Employee opinions

by gadgetgirl

World
Against
Numerous
Layers of
Acronyms and
Names

and you just know after the "n" up there, I was so tempted to follow with a "k"....

:p

Bit of a feeble effort I know, but still early, brain not fully engaged yet

GG

by bfilmfan

This one might put this whole conversation on the Too Hot for TR list.

I am sure that the performance involves a great deal of groveling, pleading, submissivie/dominance behavior and other assorted ego-building exercises.

Come to think of it, an interview and foreplay with one of my dates have a great deal of commonality. Everyone is acting like a virgin in a hood, but only the wolves are attending the tea parties.

by dr dij

actually, now that we know what you mean this would be a good topic. alot of people on this forum work real hard and like to have some fun. hopefully not at your expense.

by charliespencer

We had this topic completely derailed! Now you're trying to get it back on track???

Killjoy.

Our company has a web site, but we market to railroads and mass transit systems. There aren't a whole lot of buyers in this market, so increasing our search results positioning wouldn't provide any real benefits.

by dr dij

well it is a tech topic, even if it in essence kind of useless like you said for many regular biz. and the original post was kind of obfusticated with unclear acronyms.

the only ones it would help are those providing only internet info, generally? (like porn sites)

tho there are many small biz that would benefit from rankings increase.

if you're selling over net then you also should show up with comparison shopping sites or places like amazon.

Well there are whole books on this topic.

I have a serious side too, and he had a valid topic, after we figured out what it was (Sex Ed Officer?).

by dr dij

my own site (several non-porn, non-commercial sites) ranks the amazing 583,746th in total traffic. How's that for search engine optimizations :)

No, I can't tell you what it is, might risk increasing the rank.

by raven2

humiliated and chastised our protagnist curls into a fetal ball and sobs uncontrollably.

Thanks for the reality check, but I do like the Sex Education Officer. Applications are being taken at the following web site. .......... ;-)

I see a lot of sites that seem to miss an important feature of the whole internet idea.

Information

Good ethical Search Engine Optimization will promote good information. Who do you want to tell the story of what your company does to the web. Bozo the vindictive Blogger or someone who knows.

Getting that information found is the issue.

Yes, there are seemingly hundreds of site, books, and pundits each promoting sometimes contradictory theories.

Good information about good tools, sites, and services are critical for anyone trying to keep up with this side of tech.

All that said having been said; now here is my take, with a couple of suggestions.

Marketleap.com seems to be a reliable site for ranking information.

Alexa has some interesting information.

Google has page rank that has garnered alot of press, but I wonder how much impact it really has.

My company uses Omniture to view traffic information. It gives the full set of tracking info, geographic, system, etc.

Is all of this stuff marketing hype that when after it is all reported, collated, annotated, analysed, and filed is not worth the paper it was printed on?

Do I need to look for a "real" job?

Note to self, see top of this post.

Anyway thanks for the chuckles if nothing else.

Now where is my towel?

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