Comments on: Aaron Wall’s SEO Book Does Not Sell!

By: jimmypage

jimmypage — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:57:20 +0000

An excellent seo book, rock ! I’ve bought and try its great tips. Thank you, Aaron!

By: rangola

rangola — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:18:27 +0000

I’ve never actually got round to reading straight through the book, but I’ve dipped into it so many times, and always found something helpful, something I didn’t know – about more than just SEO. One of the benefits of the slightly disjointed nature of the text is that you can just leap to the relevant section and get what you need without having to have had a lot of context from earlier pages.

By: subbu

subbu — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:42:35 +0000

An excellent book either for novices or experiened SEO practitioners. New ideas and new methods of finding that davantage in targeting keywords and thus sales with an online venture.

By: onreact

onreact — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:53:03 +0000

The Dude: The issue with life time updates is not OK it seems to me but consulting can not be included for a one time book fee.
I assume that 1h consulting with Aaron Wall is worth somewhere between 300 and 500$.

There were far too many people buying the book for Mr. Wall to consult everybody for free.

I think he does a paid forum now, you could apply for a membership discount or something.

By: The Dude

The Dude — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:25:25 +0000

Great blog! I will be visiting on a regular basis. This is a late post, but better late than never.

I came across this blog today thanks to Aaron Wall. I bought his SEO book in late 2007 to learn how I could improve my search engine rankings. I wanted to see if others had the same experience with Aaron I had.

I email Aaron a couple of times before purchasing his SEO book and he was very accommodating. He answered my emails promptly and was very friendly. After he had my money, it was a different story. Here’s what he says in his book (which cost me $80):

“Some people ask me to do ten hours worth of competitive analysis for free. Generally, I cannot do hours of consulting for free, but if you have a quick question or do not understand something, please make sure you e-mail me so I can try my best to help you.”

When I asked him a quick question, he email me back and told me that I had to pay him an hour for his time before he would answer my question.

He also promised lifetime updates on the book. I emailed him and asked him if the updates were archived on his web site anywhere. He ignored my email. This was after he had informed me that I had to pay him an hour’s worth of consultation before he would answer a question. Too bad Aaron does not live up to his promises or practices what he preaches! Maybe that had something to do with his book going belly-up.

My experience with Aaron was like Bee’s. The book was pretty basic and had a lot of padding. Someone suggested that the price point should have been around $20. Aaron suckered me on the lifetime updates which have turned out to be bogus. And like Bee’s experience, he totally ignored my e-mails. Not only did his SEOBOOK failed, but Aaron has turned off former clients that may have help promote his current gig.

Aaron is a good self-promoter and people buy into his marketing ploys. He reminds me of the guy on those info-commercials who is always selling his miracle-cure books. Like that guy, Aaron is more hype than substance.

I tell my clients to stay away from this guy. Just type in “search engine optimization” in Google. Aaron’s web site, the one that you pay $100 a month for expert advice, is no where in sight on the first 5 pages! Good job, Aaron! And good job taking care of your clients! I am sure you will do the same for your new clients.

By: Barry Levine

Barry Levine — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:28:39 +0000

the SEO book….

Please call me. 310-589-2200

By: aaron wall

aaron wall — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:03:48 +0000

Hi Bee
If you want to get a refund please email me…I give them the same day in most cases (with the rare exception of when I can’t find out who ordered it – many of the people who ask for refunds use an email not connected to their paypal account, without giving their name, and then take a bit to get back to me with their account details when I ask for them)

By: onreact

onreact — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:59:02 +0000

Don’t get me wrong, I think there is nothing wrong with this ebook. The SEO pro is clearly not the market though. Intermediate users still can benefit from it.
So if you’re a normal webmaster get it.

By: david deangelo

david deangelo — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:18:14 +0000

I have read his book. For myself, I don’t see anything I do not know before. For people who already know SEO, its really no point in getting the book.

However, for complete beginnners, its a good introduction, and its updated.

So I recommend it for beginnners but not for those who is already in SEO

By: tom

tom — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 04:10:24 +0000

I thought the book was excellent. It was well written and well put together with lots of links and sources.

I think it’s kind of funny that you read a book and then want a refund after, that’s kind of absurd.

I don’t know how the author of this post expects to sell an SEO book to people coming from Stumbleupon, that’s just funny.