OK, I will get started this week on these issues Aaron. I really have no ill-will toward you or SEOs.
I made a simple, uninformed comment five years ago during a Q&A session when someone asked me about SEO. Back then when we were doing Engadget and Joystiq and HAckADay we didn't do ANY SEO and our opinion of SEO was it was a waste of time.
I've personally learned from great SEOs like you and Michael Grey how to do white hat stuff, and what the best practices are.
Our goal at Mahalo is to produce great content, and yes, rank for that content when we have a GREAT page in search engines.
We don't want to rank for lower quality pages or pages that are being built out. Your anger towards me is misplaced I think... i was joking saying SEO is bullshit and it's not my fault that everyone takes my one-liners and turns them into gospel.
I will make a concerted effort to rehabilitate the damage I've done with my flippant comments. Honestly, I will. Even willing to do a joint press release with you and have you on This Week in Startups to discuss...
... provided you keep giving me all this great free advice! :-p
I made a simple, uninformed comment five years ago during a Q&A session when someone asked me about SEO. Back then when we were doing Engadget and Joystiq and HAckADay we didn't do ANY SEO and our opinion of SEO was it was a waste of time.
I've personally learned from great SEOs like you and Michael Grey how to do white hat stuff, and what the best practices are.
Our goal at Mahalo is to produce great content, and yes, rank for that content when we have a GREAT page in search engines.
We don't want to rank for lower quality pages or pages that are being built out. Your anger towards me is misplaced I think... i was joking saying SEO is bullshit and it's not my fault that everyone takes my one-liners and turns them into gospel.
I will make a concerted effort to rehabilitate the damage I've done with my flippant comments. Honestly, I will. Even willing to do a joint press release with you and have you on This Week in Startups to discuss...
... provided you keep giving me all this great free advice! :-p
all the best,
Jason
http://www.twitter.com/jason