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Re: The Death Of The A-list

wil reynolds — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:13:25 -0000

Shawn, tacky and entitled is SOOO true.

Re: Google Hates SEO’rs, It’s Time To Face Facts & Give In

wil reynolds — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:52:53 -0000

Hmmm, don't know what I think about this one - but you are right, why fight google. people spend too much time complaining about what they don't think is fair, instead of fixing the issue and becoming valuable.

Re: GeekCast 31: The Hot Mess

wil reynolds — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:09:49 -0000

What a cluster F

"When it is time to change??" Nice one!

Re: Buying Links: Good or Bad?

wil reynolds — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:33:49 -0000

Yes Shawn - the annotations are really useful!

Re: Buying Links: Good or Bad?

wil reynolds — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:34:19 -0000

Hey Thanks Evan! Will I see ya at Boston?

Re: What, Couldn’t Make it to Pod/SearchCamp Philly?

wil reynolds — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:10:57 -0000

wow, really glad you enjoyed!! Thanks for the shout out.

Re: Wordpress is forcing text to wrap around image. Help!

wil reynolds — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:17:39 -0000

AHHH This was bothering me LIKE MAD!! Thanks for posting.

Re: Renewed Focus and Consulting

wil reynolds — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:05:38 -0000

Hey dude, keep at it. Good luck and I'll keep you in mind for future opps.

Re: Penguin’s Favorite Speaker

wil reynolds — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:07:06 -0000

Thanks so much, glad to hang with the penguin for a second!

Re: Link Building on Twitter

wil reynolds — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:13:11 -0000

Thanks for reviewing the video, glad you enjoyed it!

Re: There Are No Experts Here

wil reynolds — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:39:30 -0000

PREACH! I hate self proclaimed gurus/experts. Just do a search for social media guru / expert and look at the long line of douche-bags referring to themselves as such. The important thing is to follow this post up with an education on how to find someone with passion and expertise in social media - so you don't get ripped off by self-proclaimed experts with a bunch of followers.

Re: Reflections on PodCamp Philly

wil reynolds — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:32:49 -0000

Glad you enjoyed the session, see you at the next one, lemme know if you are running into any issues I'll see if I can help ya.

Thanks!
--Wil

Re: Reflections on PodCamp Philly

wil reynolds — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:32:49 -0000

Glad you enjoyed the session, see you at the next one, lemme know if you are running into any issues I'll see if I can help ya.

Thanks!
--Wil

Re: Example of a Great PR Pitch

wil reynolds — Fri, 23 May 2008 11:18:05 -0000

Funny, I think what this person did was smart. They developed a message that was generalizable, but made people feel that it was personal. Seth sees this and then shows us that what we thought was personal was not.

I think the only thing that could have been done to make this more authentic would be to actually read the blogger's stuff and connect (if possible) the bloggers actual interests to your clients offering.

Re: Is a Search Engine for African-Americans a Step Backwards?

wil reynolds — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:35:52 -0000

Beal my man, you are off here.

"Just when I thought I had it all figured out–we’re one America and there should be no segregation/segmentation based on the color of our skin–Rushmore Drive launches."

This is about marketing dude, you know that. Products and services have been marketed to people of different wealths, races, sexual orientations, etc. BET for instance makes sense.

However this idea is awful, for once simple reason...relevancy.

People, regardless of color, wealth, sexual orientation, height, etc want relevant results.

Would I be more likely to use this search engine because I am black - YES - if it did a better job than Google. Which it won't do, because if they could do a better job than Google they would not focus their search on one race and instead do for do it for the whole world - thus increasing revenues.

If this is a portal then fine, a search engine? STUPID!

If I type in a query I want the best result, searching for a coupon or a medication? Just get me the best result, I don't want coupons only for blacks or only black doctors to return in my results for a medication.

Let me go short IAC, they are reaching for straws!

Re: Is a Search Engine for African-Americans a Step Backwards?

wil reynolds — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:43:34 -0000

I just meant you were off on that quote. Not everything else.

Re: Google Now Crawling Adobe Flash Files, Ruins the Web in the Process

wil reynolds — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:10:17 -0000

Andy, thanks for sharing this. Do you know if it just looks like a big text file or will you be able to have the readable text be full of bolds, header tags, and other design elements to create emphasis?

Wil Reynolds's last blog post..SEO Company Ratings are useless - and 8 ways to fix them

Re: Bloggers Increase HP Laptop Sales 85%

wil reynolds — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:21:38 -0000

Janet, great findings, great post. Definitely sharing with the crew here at SEER, if I get a second I'll post it on our blog too. What I like is the actual TRACKING of efforts, not just doing SM b/c it is COOL, but because it can lead to real business results.

Re: 8 Essential Free Social Media Monitoring Tools

wil reynolds — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:24:23 -0000

Andy, great sources thanks!

Wil Reynolds's last blog post..I got my a** kicked for being white hat

Re: Wordpress PlugIn: SphinnIt Button

wil reynolds — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:54:31 -0000

Michelle, thanks for this plugin, as we are rebuilding our site right now it'll help shave some time, much thanks!

Re: How FriendFeed Can Teach You About Your Friends

wil reynolds — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:44:44 -0000

Hey Tamar, thanks for sharing I have mine up now, works smooth and easy, only took 5 minutes.

Re: Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

wil reynolds — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:42:01 -0000

Tamar, the hard part is defining what kind of update goes on which site? I don't have the time to update both, and I'd rather just do that. Thanks for laying out the two sides.

Re: What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

wil reynolds — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:09:08 -0000

Tamar, wow this is LONG, need to read it in a quiet place :)

Re: Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2008

wil reynolds — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:35:29 -0000

Tamar, excellent resource, looks like I am going to have a lot of reading to do over the next few days! :)

Happy B-day!

Re: The Best Niche Social Media News Sites Right Now

wil reynolds — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:29:55 -0000

Chris this post alone sparked 3 hours of link building strategies for me thank you buddy!

Re: Should Companies Hire Multiple Search Marketing Firms?

wil reynolds — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:23:23 -0000

Lee to add to this:

1 - If you have 2 SEO's on the same domain, one's aggressive tactics can kill the results of the other

2 - It is extremely rare that 2 SEO companies will have equal results and equal customer service skills. Meaning even if you do with with 2 on two different sites, more than likely you'll find yourself liking on over the other either in how they respond to you or in results.

Most GOOD SEO shops will turn down an opportunity if there are to be 2 SEOs on the SAME site because they ultimately want to be responsible for as much of the outcome as possible and having someone else in there will only cause issues and infighting.

Infighting will just lead to you have to manage the two, taking more of your time away from what matters most.

Unfortunately we have pissed in our own pool with so many bad SEO shops who overpromise that clients are starting to think this is a good idea to hedge against a bad experience.

Re: When SEO Isn’t For Increasing Sales

wil reynolds — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:21:15 -0000

Lee, you bring up a great point - while I really like the fact that SEO (and web marketing in general) is such a trackable medium. I can still remember the first time I read that iProspect study (WhitePaper_2006_SearchEngineUserBehavior.pdf)

That said 36% of the browsing public believed that top rankings indicate a leadership position or top company in the field.

Re: 5 Ways to Re-Purpose Content for Blog SEO

wil reynolds — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:17:53 -0000

Lee, good post! One thing I have found that can work is to take old posts and re-position them to fit the context of the day (politics, economy, hybrids, etc). Very often just changing the angle a bit can give a new context and new life.

Re: How To Track Social Media Using BLVD Status

wil reynolds — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:05:32 -0000

Greg thanks so much for this write up - the PLETHORA of SEO tools is getting nutty to truly evaluate, and I appreciate the thorough review.