Comments on: Google SEO is ruining the internet http://www.jontodd.com/2006/07/25/google-seo-is-ruining-the-internet/ Optimal Fri, 20 May 2011 21:14:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tom http://www.jontodd.com/2006/07/25/google-seo-is-ruining-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-40042 Tom Fri, 20 May 2011 21:14:22 +0000 http://www.jontodd.com/2006/07/25/google-seo-is-ruining-the-internet/#comment-40042 SEO is definitely sucking the life and freedom out of the internet. It's not enough to simply make a website anymore. You have to pay $$$ to make sure it's just the way google wants it. Pandering, keyword ridden, robot-friendly webpages, soaring to the top of the rankings. Originality, humanity, punished, Someone ought to create an antagonistic force, something to throw all the algorithms off, something to stave off the robots and preserve the randomness, unpredictability and humanity. It would be the opposite of Google. It would be welcome. SEO is definitely sucking the life and freedom out of the internet. It’s not enough to simply make a website anymore. You have to pay $$$ to make sure it’s just the way google wants it. Pandering, keyword ridden, robot-friendly webpages, soaring to the top of the rankings. Originality, humanity, punished,

Someone ought to create an antagonistic force, something to throw all the algorithms off, something to stave off the robots and preserve the randomness, unpredictability and humanity.

It would be the opposite of Google. It would be welcome.

]]> By: Dagoth http://www.jontodd.com/2006/07/25/google-seo-is-ruining-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-34265 Dagoth Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:29:12 +0000 http://www.jontodd.com/2006/07/25/google-seo-is-ruining-the-internet/#comment-34265 And what can any of us do to prevent SEO from ruining the internet? And what can any of us do to prevent SEO from ruining the internet?

]]> By: Jon Todd http://www.jontodd.com/2006/07/25/google-seo-is-ruining-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-1268 Jon Todd Sat, 29 Jul 2006 17:35:36 +0000 http://www.jontodd.com/2006/07/25/google-seo-is-ruining-the-internet/#comment-1268 I feel like there are some pretty well established methods for detecting and otherwise limiting click fraud which have been implemented by search engines. Furthermore if SEO's stay on top of things they can also track ip's with high ad traffic and potentially not run ads to those machines. No doubt click fraud is an existing problem but I think the most concerning issue that SEO's face is building page rank and aquireing organic (non-paid) clicks to their site. I feel like there are some pretty well established methods for detecting and otherwise limiting click fraud which have been implemented by search engines. Furthermore if SEO’s stay on top of things they can also track ip’s with high ad traffic and potentially not run ads to those machines. No doubt click fraud is an existing problem but

I think the most concerning issue that SEO’s face is building page rank and aquireing organic (non-paid) clicks to their site.

]]> By: tippingthevelvet http://www.jontodd.com/2006/07/25/google-seo-is-ruining-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-1250 tippingthevelvet Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:27:09 +0000 http://www.jontodd.com/2006/07/25/google-seo-is-ruining-the-internet/#comment-1250 It seems that Google is more like a dictator than like a God. While gods characteristically have little control over the direction of a man's mind - hence the importance of faith, etc. - a dictator aims to influence the flow of information for the purpose of maintaining power. Also, I was wondering, what is your opinion on click fraud and the way it factors into advertisers' faith in the value of online advertising? It seems that Google is more like a dictator than like a God. While gods characteristically have little control over the direction of a man’s mind – hence the importance of faith, etc. – a dictator aims to influence the flow of information for the purpose of maintaining power.
Also, I was wondering, what is your opinion on click fraud and the way it factors into advertisers’ faith in the value of online advertising?

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