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Climbing up the Search Ladder

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the how-to-get-ahead-in-business dept.

j_heisenberg writes "Wired carries a story on SEOs or search engine optimizers. Among some bold claims: traffic is up 6 times and sales double, once you hit the first page of results on major engines. The catch: eventually everyone will use SEOs, and there is only one first page."

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  1. SEOs Overrated? by SuperficialRhyme · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Just by using XHTML compliant code and writing in our blog my fiancee and I are the #1 result in Google, Yahoo, and the new MSN search for a wide variety of topics. This includes areas we only talk about in one post or something. Perhaps the $$ and time that people spend on search engine optimization sites/links/etc would be better spent writing proper XHTML?

    Our site is http://www.caseyandanna.com [No link, please don't slashdot!]
    A few of the common search terms that we see involve: Cinara Aphids, Shrek2 pictures/etc (my typo), Aramark norovirus

    Anyway, that's our experience.

  2. Aren't SEO unethical by The+Grey+Clone · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Am I the only one who considers SEO unethical, almost to the sense of Nvidia or ATI making drivers that would cheat on benchmark programs? If your page is what someone wants, good, if it isn't, you can pay Google and they'll advirtise it on the side of the page along with all the other junk.