An SEO consultant complaining about Google's frequent algo changes is like a mechanic complaining that cars break down too often.
More like an arsonist complaining about updates to building code.
Bingo
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#12Keep up the good work Google. I hope this serves as encouragement for them to continue to screw over those who want to turn searching for relevant information into a war for who can cheat the system the best.
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#13Am i the only one who thinks that SEO is more a plague then it is a real profession? Google making it hard for SEO is exactly the right thing to do. Making it impossible for SEO should be the ultimate _goal_ of a good search engine.
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#14An SEO consultant complaining about Google's frequent algo changes is like a mechanic complaining that cars break down too often.
Not entirely - after all, to his clients an SEO consultant isn't just a black hole they throw money into. They do expect to see results in the form of higher search ranking, and Google's algorithm changes make it harder to deliver on that.
I think I'd mirror others' analogies. It's more that the complaint is futile - and kind of sad. One comes away with the impression that the author is naive enough about the nature of his profession to genuinely believe that, on this subject, he and Google should be buddies and not adversaries.
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#15Keep up the good work Google. I hope this serves as encouragement for them to continue to screw over those who want to turn searching for relevant information into a war for who can cheat the system the best.
Exactly my thoughts.
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#16I wonder how this post got to the top even though the sentiment in the comments is that this posts sucks.
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#17I wonder how this post got to the top even though the sentiment in the comments is that this posts sucks.
I think you'll find only a very tiny fraction of HNers bother to comment, so it's not a representative view of people's opinions on a given article.
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#18Am i the only one who thinks that SEO is more a plague then it is a real profession? Google making it hard for SEO is exactly the right thing to do. Making it impossible for SEO should be the ultimate _goal_ of a good search engine.
My opinion of google improved reading this article. I equate the quality of Google's search as the inverse of the happiness of "seo gurus".
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#19I think SEO is practically dead, and for good. The Social Web is supposedly lot more democratic and apparently a better choice.
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#20I wonder how this post got to the top even though the sentiment in the comments is that this posts sucks.
We can't downvote posts.