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Get Satisfaction responds to NYTimes' DecorMyEyes Article
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Re: Get Satisfaction responds to NYTimes' DecorMyEyes Article
#12I do basic SEO as part of my job, so I know a few basic tools that can look through this. Google keyword checker gives 590 searches a month for that phrase, so it's not too competitive. I'm sure he ranks for a lot of these tail phrases though. A lot of his juice comes from every page on his site linking with good anchor text to every other page (seems to be over 10,000 according to Yahoo Site Explorer). The fact that…
looks like we're crossing paths on another internet community :)
Amazing, cool to see you here D.
Re: Get Satisfaction responds to NYTimes' DecorMyEyes Article
#13> It is not until the last page of an EIGHT page article that it becomes clear that Mr. Borker is quite troubled financially. This is no formula for success.
> He won’t get specific about his annual income, but he tallies the business from the day before: 120 orders, gross revenue of roughly $20,000, which yielded perhaps $3,000 in profit, out of which he had to pay his employees — mostly women who answer phones and e-mail, off-site — and advertising.
Even if he's paying those order-takers lavishly (unlikely) and his site-related expenses are exorbitant, he should still be clearing at least 2/3 of that. He won't be buying a private island any time soon, but a one-man company turning a ~$2,000/day profit from home isn't exactly what I'd call financially troubled (though this may end badly for him otherwise).
Re: Get Satisfaction responds to NYTimes' DecorMyEyes Article
#14And yet, he is still a top search result somehow. I wonder if other forums are not being as dilligent with rel=nofollow, other legit factors are helping his ranking, or if it's all seo.
Maybe Google doesn't actually use "rel=nofollow" the way they say they do.
Re: Get Satisfaction responds to NYTimes' DecorMyEyes Article
#15Did anyone else find that typeface completely unreadable? Without iReader, I wouldn't have bothered with the article.
I feel like people who use such a light weight for body text care more about the chunk of text "looking good" instead of actually being, you know, readable. Especially on a dull yellow.
Hardly a good attitude for a blog.
Re: Get Satisfaction responds to NYTimes' DecorMyEyes Article
#16I've previously heard some SEO folks say that nofollow may still play some part in rank, however diminished. What's the consensus?
Re: Get Satisfaction responds to NYTimes' DecorMyEyes Article
#17> It is not until the last page of an EIGHT page article that it becomes clear that Mr. Borker is quite troubled financially. This is no formula for success. > He won’t get specific about his annual income, but he tallies the business from the day before: 120 orders, gross revenue of roughly $20,000, which yielded perhaps $3,000 in profit, out of which he had to pay his employees — mostly women who answer phones and…
And that's assuming he isn't selling fake designer frames, which would have a lot higher margin. Either way he's pulling in quite a lot of cash.
Re: Get Satisfaction responds to NYTimes' DecorMyEyes Article
#18If Mr. Borker is threatening and defrauding his customers, as he clearly seems to be doing, this is a matter for the authorities. They should have no trouble shutting down his business and website.
The SEO aspect is interesting, but rel="nofollow" is not the way to solve this, nor is it Google's job to do so. That said, kudos to GetSatisfaction for their diligence.
Re: Get Satisfaction responds to NYTimes' DecorMyEyes Article
#19> It is not until the last page of an EIGHT page article that it becomes clear that Mr. Borker is quite troubled financially. This is no formula for success. > He won’t get specific about his annual income, but he tallies the business from the day before: 120 orders, gross revenue of roughly $20,000, which yielded perhaps $3,000 in profit, out of which he had to pay his employees — mostly women who answer phones and…
It's also assuming that he's telling the truth. From someone who is clearly not trustworthy, I seriously doubt those are his actual financials.
Re: Get Satisfaction responds to NYTimes' DecorMyEyes Article
#20Get Satisfaction is objecting to sleazy but successful tactics to draw undeserved attention?