Comments on: How to Fight Big Business in Google and Beyond with Smart Mob SEO

By: Eileen Begley

Eileen Begley — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:37:49 +0000

Very inspirational. Have managed to rank ahead of the big guys some times too. But sure is getting harder and harder. Liked the info about being a “hub” am going to try that tactic.
Thanks

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:32:07 +0000

The faster part is intriguing, because small businesses can often be quicker to the punch.

By: Tadeusz Szewczyk

Tadeusz Szewczyk — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:31:18 +0000

umar: Being first means that when you publish something as the first site you get treated as the original source of a news item for instance.

By: umar

umar — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 13:23:49 +0000

Rebel with a cause:

for this one must have contacts. it takes time.

Be faster:

What do you actually mean? Will my site rank higher because of less competition or being first is a ranking factor?

By: Paul Gravel

Paul Gravel — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:24:16 +0000

I wish some day you can teach a dinosaur like me to write blogs.

By: Tadeusz Szewczyk

Tadeusz Szewczyk — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:49:05 +0000

Zarko: Thank you for pointing this Mashable technique out, I didn’t really notice it yet. Now that I think of it it sound pretty logical.

Jason: Glad to have you in my mob, which is not (yet) really like a club. Ideally SEO 2.0 works without an official organizational structure but indeed it can help. I’ll think about you next time I decide to drop the Google bomb.

Mark: Good points, very true.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 30 May 2011 14:53:47 +0000

I think the biggest problem with large business is lack of flexibility to quickly adapt. Another seems to often be a lack of accountability within the org. Those are two negative traits that small businesses normally do not have.

By: Jason Acidre

Jason Acidre — Fri, 27 May 2011 05:26:38 +0000

Couldn’t agree more, given that “fast is the new big” when it comes to this modern age of marketing. I guess the only factor that separates the big from small businesses is the “budget”, big companies are pretty much capable of making their outreach faster, though apparently most of them are already confident with the already garnered strength of their brand.

Would love to join your mob someday :)

By: Zarko

Zarko — Wed, 25 May 2011 15:50:48 +0000

Hey,

one thing I know for sure you are right is that corporations are too slow. you said days, weeks, months, in most cases the companies I worked for take a month or more to get an answer for regarding a simple matter! So this is a great advantage, bloggers are faster, the same goes for news. it’s very important to be seen as the first news source, just look at Mashable and their tactics, post small but be first and in the next 30 or so minutes when you look at the same page that had only 150 words first, you see a 600 words post with images, links and sources!

By: Tadeusz Szewczyk

Tadeusz Szewczyk — Mon, 23 May 2011 14:22:01 +0000

Good to know Andrew. Be prepared. When we strike no search engine will be safe!