SEO is for Idiots
Did that get your attention? No, I’m not going to write another SEO is dead or all SEOs are scumbags post. Actually just the opposite.
There’s been a lot of hate towards SEOs and the industry lately. Most of which has been led by Jesus Calacanis. Just for the record I happen to think Jason is a brilliant guy and I respect him a lot. I don’t agree with half the shit that comes out of his mouth, but then again I’m not so sure he does either. I think he’s just an attention whore and attention he gets.
For the most part I’ve been watching the battle from the sidelines. Listening to both sides of the story but refraining from jumping in with another me-too rebuttal. I decided this morning that I want to add my two-cents.
As the CEO if an Internet company (or any company for that matter) — if you don’t want traffic from Google you should be fired. Simple as that. If by now, you don’t understand the value of Google rankings then you’re an idiot.
I’m not talking about spamming and ranking for obscure crap that is irrelevant to your business. But if you’re not fighting for a top 3 spot for relevant terms then you have no business running a company. It’s common sense really.
And that’s really all I have to say about that.
Cameron Olthuis is the Founder of
Preach! What you are saying is simple really. I am afraid that is the exact response and fire that Jason is looking for. He definitely subscribes to the “any publicity is good publicity” theory. He knows that if he gets the SEO community worked up, his name is going to be tossed around high PR’s everywhere.
He is saying screw linkbait and has just become humanbait for link juice.
Yeah, I know that’s what he’s looking for and he got plenty of it. I was trying to stay out of it but couldn’t resist. He is a clever guy though… but still an asshole.
Cameron, stop trying to get attention!
Great Headline!!
I agree with you 100%……Jason doesn’t want traffic from Google. yet any search phrase they have yet to created an entry for, automatically defaults to Google’s results.
SEO’s love to hate Jason but we can’t stop talking about him. (not so stupid after all)