Comments on: 7 SEO 2.0 Lessons: SEO for Humans Instead of Spiders is Not About Google and “Content is King”

By: NP

NP — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:14:22 +0000

I must admit I flip between embracing Google SEO strategies and not doing so. My most common approach now is to create a page without really catering to search engine stuff, and then before publishing it, seeing if I can tweak it without making it less attractive to readers while pleasing the spiders a little.

By: Silvia Hartmann

Silvia Hartmann — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:50:41 +0000

“So content that nobody gets besides a few scientists is not president.” Ah … I think it still is, if your target market are those few scientists, who between them will spent 17 million dollars of government grants on your new gizmo :-) Great post though for all the rest of it, couldn’t agree more!

By: Daniel Aloy

Daniel Aloy — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:47:25 +0000

Although I like the idea of writing for people rather than spiders, the competition gets by with murder when it comes to Google. Some very spammy and duplicate content websites get top tier while the “people” websites get left behind.

I manage a small house painting website and some of the folks that get to first place are of the spammy variety. So, what’s the answer?

By: Samantha

Samantha — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:19:19 +0000

Unfortunately people will always optimize for google. If you read forums, you will always find people asking stupid questions like “will google ban me if I link to that?” or “will I lose my rankings if I add alt to my images” and so on.

By: RT

RT — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:21:33 +0000

Interesting and thoughtful. Although, I’m not sure if step 6 is valid or just a semantic cul de sac?… and I definitely don’t like that nasty spider at the top!

By: Texts for Robots

Texts for Robots — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 12:12:52 +0000

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By: jahrakal

jahrakal — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:41:13 +0000

I agree, we should prioritize people over spiders. Good points bro!

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:53:30 +0000

Good content can meet both your readers’ needs and the search engine spiders’.

If you can find a good site with good content, it can help too.

By: malcolm coles

malcolm coles — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:03:43 +0000

While this is rings true, how do you get the traffic in the first place who are going to Sphinn etc you without google. Going round leaving comments on other people’s blogs etc is a slow process – whereas optimising for google can bring many more visitors in the short term.

By: calin

calin — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:26:31 +0000

To be honest I don’t agree that SEO is a one-night stand. Search engine optimization can be the spark of a nice relationship too. How many of us thought to have a one night stand … then eventually got married? :P