Comments on: Introducing 10 Traits of Green SEOs

By: mitjamavsar

mitjamavsar — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:48:58 +0000

About a year ago i’ve made this list: stopwebpollution.org

Now I see the thing can also be called green seo. I like your thinking. Seems like you noticed the same problem.

By: my ma.gnolia

my ma.gnolia — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 07:04:39 +0000

[...] 10 Traits of Green SEOs [...]

By: onreact

onreact — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:02:09 +0000

Mike: It's a cool blog you have. Doesn't matter how you call it what you do as long as it's worth it. I was just making a point that such people exist :-)

spostareduro: Do not focus on the bad things in life too much. I could lament over all the evil SEOs but I focus on the cool people. You got bad apples and a commercial oriented majority in every trade. In SEO they are just more visible. [I'm not saying that you are lamenting.]

altamira: Yeah, for most people in SEO the color is rather random ;-)

Jonathan: Contact me via Twitter @onreact_com, email: onreact at onreact.com or Skype: onreact.com and I tell you who they are. Most of them work for their own projects though.

Michael: Yeah, the term is kind of made up but there are people who focus on green marketing in the UK too.

Lorna Li: Cool. I don't want to call people SEOs as it might hurt them in many cases. not all of them want to viewed as SEOs/marketers I guess. If you hang around Twitter and StumbleUpon for a while you'll notice them.

Yeah Max, I agree, well said. Cool blog although I get tired by this widely use theme by now...

By: Max Gladwell

Max Gladwell — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:22:28 +0000

You’ve pretty much described MaxGladwell.com. However, what you call SEO tactics we look at as social media marketing. It’s very consistent with our post on being “a beacon”, where SEO is implied. But for us, SEO is a consequence rather than an intent, especially when you consider the negative views of SEO as basically manipulating search results by staying one step ahead of the algorithms. There’s no substitute for great, original content and quality links, and there’s no shortcut to getting there. The 10 traits you describe require a lot of time and effort and sincerity. But it pays off because it’s sustainable, whereas much of SEO is not.

That said, while we cover nonprofits and charities, social entrepreneurs are the ones who will really change the world and have the biggest impact. Profit motive is key.

By: Lorna Li

Lorna Li — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:56:06 +0000

Yah! I second Jonathon Colman – who do you mean when you refer to Green SEOs? I like to think of myself as a Green SEO, but I don’t specifically do search engine optimization for a Green company/nonprofit. I like to blog about ways that social technologies / and or search marketing tactics can impact environmental causes, and I’m sure there are many search / online marketers out there who like to follow and blog about green issues. Though I must say the intersection of Green with social media and search is very, very narrow.

Would love to see your list of Green SEOs…

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:13:16 +0000

In the UK I’ve never really seen any ‘Green SEO’ maybe everyone’s just so good at it on Bebo that it drifted under my radar :) Or maybe not…

By: Jonathon D. Colman

Jonathon D. Colman — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:22:01 +0000

Who are all of these green SEOs and where do they hang out? I feel like I’m familiar with many social cause marketers, but not too many folks specifically focused on green search engine optimization.

Little help? :)

By: altamira

altamira — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:41:19 +0000

I´m a blue SEO, I think

By: spostareduro

spostareduro — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:14:15 +0000

i think the most important thing to take note of, is the fact SEO’s have the ability to promote some really terrific
causes by way of their career knowledge. Why not use it to be of benefit to mankind as opposed to promotion
of what has already proven itself to be of detriment. Greed and MEisms. it’s time we woke up. we wont have a future without an earth & it’s resources. we have an obligation to protect each other. period.

thanks for the post. :-)

By: mike

mike — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:51:04 +0000

I’m trying to get there on 1 and 2, but I’m not afraid to say that I market and sell, and I’m more more health than environment. But I guess green is starting to take on a different meaning now that driving a car less fuel efficient than my ’88 honda crx hf was and buying food that other people can’t afford is green. Biofuel was green for a nano-second and now nano-tubes are the new asbestos. hmmph. No I guess I’m not green. I’m just a guy with a lot of student debt. I’d like to prove that business models based on producing community improvement can be viable. Green used to mean cash here’s to hoping that it doesn’t come full circle.