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  Shoemoney defends his turf

  http://www.bradparsons.com/?p=6
  87 days ago in Brad Parsons · Authority: 1

  Here’s an “SEO Expert” intentionally crossing paths with Shoemoney, and here’s Shoemoney’s reply…the highlight of my day…
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  Shoemoney defends his turf…

  http://www.bradparsons.com/2008/06/shoemoney-defends-his-tur...
  87 days ago in Brad Parsons · Authority: 1

  Shoemoney defends his turf… { June 10th, 2008 } Here’s an “SEO Expert” intentionally crossing paths with Shoemoney, and here’s Shoemoney’s reply…the highlight of my day… Posted in Uncategorized
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  Don’t SEO your site, UEO them

  http://www.jamersan.com/2008/06/dont-seo-your-site-ueo-them/
  87 days ago in Jamersan's SEO Blog · Authority: 10

  I was reading the Shoemoney blog today when I saw his post of Sage Lewis’ video debating if SEO is dead. It is funny to me that many people I have seen that seem to be on opposite sides of this argument are really saying the same thing and completely agree with each other but are confused on terminology. I agree, SEO is dying. It isn’t quite dead yet, but is heading toward extinction as Google continues to grow and incorporate more human generated information into it’s algorithm. However, SEOs will continue to thrive as they move away from tricking the algorithms and more toward practicing UEO (User Experience Optimization) which good SEOs are already doing. Typically, the phrase SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is used to describe tweaking your website to take advantage of known deficiencies in search engine algorithms in order to increase your rankings for particular key terms. SEO, if done properly, works. However, many of the known search engine algorithm deficiencies are constantly being improved and modified so that many SEO tweaks only have a short term effect. I understand that the term SEO has grown to often encompass more than this, but if you poll around, you’ll see that this is most people’s understanding of the term. It is the mission of search engine companies to provide users with the best search experience possible by feeding them the information they desire. The search engines attempt to cater completely to the user and their needs. With SEO, we have created a struggle between the search engines and website owners in which we fight to “fool” the engines in falsely ranking our sites. What we should be focusing on is UEO (User Experience Optimization) and making sure we optimize our website to provide our users with the information they desire in a format that is easy for them to browse. With UEO, website owners work more in harmony with search engines as we both share the same goal of quality content that is easily accessible. When performing UEO on your website, don’t worry about the search engine rankings. If you build quality sites that are user friendly, search engine love will follow. Considering UEO when developing your sites will lead to much longer, more sustainable search engine ranking results. ShareThis
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  Sage Lewis of Sagerock WTF?

  http://www.shoemoney.com/2008/06/10/sage-lewis-of-sagerock-w...
  88 days ago in ShoeMoney® - Skills To Pay The Bills · Authority: 2,321

  Saw this weird post on Search Engine Guide from some old ass dude named Sage Lewis who I nor anyone else in the Search Engine Marketing Industry has ever heard of take a swipe at me with a post titled Shoemoney Spouts Off While Google Keeps Growing. Referring to my SEO has no future post. I have zero problem with people disagreeing with me but atleast make a point... Just look at this idiots video (which has a total of 18 views as of now): YES ... he actually agrees with me in the video... so what is the point? Ohh I see... Sage Lewis is one of these dirtbag SEO's who has never achieved anything... Even his company site despite using this amazing technique is not even listed in the top 100 for any of these spammy keywords PLAIN TEXT HTML: <a href="http://www.sagerock.com/ohiowebmarketing/">Ohio web marketing</a> | <a href="http://www.sagerock.com/ohiowebmarketing/ohio-search-marketing.html">Ohio search marketing</a> | <a href="http://www.sagerock.com/ohiowebmarketing/ohio-seo.html"> Ohio SEO</a> | <a href="http://www.sagerock.com/ohiowebmarketing/cleveland-search-marketing.html"> Cleveland search marketing</a> | <a href="http://www.sagerock.com/ohiowebmarketing/cleveland-web-marketing.html"> Cleveland web marketing</a> | <a href="http://www.sagerock.com/ohiowebmarketing/cleveland-seo.html"> Cleveland SEO</a> | <a href="http://www.sagerock.com/ohiowebmarketing/akron-seo.html"> Akron SEO</a> | <a href="http://www.sagerock.com/ohiowebmarketing/akron-search-marketing.html"> Akron search marketing</a> | <a href="http://www.sagerock.com/ohiowebmarketing/akron-web-marketing.html">Akron web marketing</a> | <a href="http://www.sagerock.com/ohiowebmarketing/cleveland-search-engine-optimization-firm.html"> Cleveland Search Engine Optimization Firm</a> | <a href="http://www.sagerock.com/ohiowebmarketing/ohio-internet-marketing.html"> Ohio internet marketing</a> Its kind of sad because I thought most of the people at Search Engine Guide had a clue... then this retard comes along. While he was scared to link to me (even though he agreed) because he might *fall* for my *linkbait* I will link to him. I will let people make up their own minds about this journalist.
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  Sage Lewis of Sagerock WTF?

  http://bucksfree.com/sage-lewis-of-sagerock-wtf/
  88 days ago in Internet Feeds · Authority: 3

  Saw this weird post on Search Engine Guide from some old ass dude named Sage Lewis who I nor anyone else in the Search Engine Marketing Industry has ever heard of take a swipe at me with a post titled Shoemoney Spouts Off While Google Keeps Growing. Referring to my SEO has no future post. I have zero problem with people disagreeing with me but atleast make a point... Just look at this idiots video (which has a total of 18 views as of now): YES ... he actually agrees with me in the video... so what is the point? Ohh I see... Sage Lewis is one of these dirtbag SEO's who has never achieved anything... Even his company site despite using this amazing technique is not even listed in the top 100 for any of these spammy keywords PLAIN TEXT HTML: <a href="http://www.sagerock.com/ohiowebmarketing/">Ohio web marketing</a> | <a href="http://www.sagerock.com/ohiowebmarketing/ohio-search-marketing.html">Ohio search marketing</a> | <a href="http://www.sagerock.com/ohiowebmarketing/ohio-seo.html"> Ohio SEO</a> | <a href="http://www.sagerock.com/ohiowebmarketing/cleveland-search-marketing.html"> Cleveland search marketing</a> | <a href="http://www.sagerock.com/ohiowebmarketing/cleveland-web-marketing.html"> Cleveland web marketing</a> | <a href="http://www.sagerock.com/ohiowebmarketing/cleveland-seo.html"> Cleveland SEO</a> | <a href="http://www.sagerock.com/ohiowebmarketing/akron-seo.html"> Akron SEO</a> | <a href="http://www.sagerock.com/ohiowebmarketing/akron-search-marketing.html"> Akron search marketing</a> | <a href="http://www.sagerock.com/ohiowebmarketing/akron-web-marketing.html">Akron web marketing</a> | <a href="http://www.sagerock.com/ohiowebmarketing/cleveland-search-engine-optimization-firm.html"> Cleveland Search Engine Optimization Firm</a> | <a href="http://www.sagerock.com/ohiowebmarketing/ohio-internet-marketing.html"> Ohio internet marketing</a> Its kind of sad because I thought most of the people at Search Engine Guide had a clue... then this retard comes along. While he was scared to link to me (even though he agreed) because he might *fall* for my *linkbait* I will link to him. I will let people make up their own minds about this journalist.
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  Sage Lewis of Sagerock WTF?

  http://www.myaffiliateguide.com/sage-lewis-of-sagerock-wtf
  88 days ago in My Affiliate Guide: Making money is easy! · Authority: 16

  Sage Lewis of Sagerock WTF? Jun.10, 2008 in Home Comments Off Saw this weird post on Search Engine Guide from some old ass dude named Sage Lewis who I nor anyone else in the Search Engine Marketing Industry has ever heard of take a swipe at me with a post titled Shoemoney Spouts Off While Google Keeps Growing. Referring to my SEO has no future post. I have zero problem with people disagreeing with me but atleast make a point... Just look at this idiots video (which has a total of 18 views as of now): YES ... he actually agrees with me in the video... so what is the point? Ohh I see... Sage Lewis is one of these dirtbag SEO's who has never achieved anything... Even his company site despite using this amazing technique is not even listed in the top 100 for any of these spammy keywords PLAIN TEXT HTML: <a href="http://www.sagerock.com/ohiowebmarketing/">Ohio web marketing</a> | <a href="http://www.sagerock.com/ohiowebmarketing/ohio-search-marketing.html">Ohio search marketing</a> | <a href="http://www.sagerock.com/ohiowebmarketing/ohio-seo.html"> Ohio SEO</a> | <a href="http://www.sagerock.com/ohiowebmarketing/cleveland-search-marketing.html"> Cleveland search marketing</a> | <a href="http://www.sagerock.com/ohiowebmarketing/cleveland-web-marketing.html"> Cleveland web marketing</a> | <a href="http://www.sagerock.com/ohiowebmarketing/cleveland-seo.html"> Cleveland SEO</a> | <a href="http://www.sagerock.com/ohiowebmarketing/akron-seo.html"> Akron SEO</a> | <a href="http://www.sagerock.com/ohiowebmarketing/akron-search-marketing.html"> Akron search marketing</a> | <a href="http://www.sagerock.com/ohiowebmarketing/akron-web-marketing.html">Akron web marketing</a> | <a href="http://www.sagerock.com/ohiowebmarketing/cleveland-search-engine-optimization-firm.html"> Cleveland Search Engine Optimization Firm</a> | <a href="http://www.sagerock.com/ohiowebmarketing/ohio-internet-marketing.html"> Ohio internet marketing</a> Its kind of sad because I thought most of the people at Search Engine Guide had a clue... then this retard comes along. While he was scared to link to me (even though he agreed) because he might *fall* for my *linkbait* I will link to him. I will let people make up their own minds about this journalist.
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  The Future of SEO

  http://www.tinpig.com/2008/05/seo-future.html
  110 days ago in TinPig · Authority: 6

  Last week's entertainment included a post and follow-up by ShoeMoney in which he prophesied the demise of SEO as we currently know it. As posts of this type will, it raised the ire of the SEO community at large, including this ridiculous, and thankfully brief, commentary by Sage Lewis. Let's put aside Mr. Lewis's apparent reading disability (he stumbles over quite a bit of his script - perhaps a retake was in order) and focus on this statement he makes: SEO is all about optimizing for the visitor. You make the visitor experience great and you will be paid off in your search engine ranking results. Unfortunately, this is mostly incorrect. Here's why: Back-Links - SEOs spend vast amounts of time generating inbound links. Inbound back-links have zero capability to make the experience better for the site visitor. The Algorithm - You can hardly read a semi-intellectual post about SEO without mention of "The Algo." Frankly, the search engine algorithms don't care about the visitor experience. They count keywords, look for on-page markup, and use other factors gleaned from the scraped page in an attempt to determine if said page is relevant to a particular search term. Here are some examples of how the algorithm really doesn't take the user experience into account and at times can be directly counter to a good user experience - Rewriting the URLs of a dynamic site so they look static does nothing for the user experience. Modifying site copy so that it's more keyword rich has no direct benefit for the user. In fact, any site that brings it's own voice and style to content creation often has to make editorial sacrifices in order to achieve a highly optimized piece of content. This directly results in a degradation of the user experience. Meta Description / Keyword / Title tags have little impact on the user experience. Mr. Lewis might bring up the concept of good site architecture, and how a highly silo-ized site benefits both SEO and the site visitor. I'll agree on this point, but let's also remember that information architecture has been around much longer than SEO. Making a site intuitively navigable has been best practice in site creation for many hears and has nothing specific to do with SEO, other than the fact that the search algorithms need intra-site links to find content. It's a bit presumptuous for Mr. Lewis, and the SEO community, to co-opt good site design in the name of search engine optimization. It's as if with one fell swoop they've made sites findable and been what site designers and IAs have been looking for all their lives. The final irony here is, of course, that SearchEngineGuide has dedicated time to ShoeMoney's post. Here's what Mr. Lewis has to say - ... our industry falls for this every single time when somebody criticizes it, comes out and bashes it, and it comes out and links right back to the person. Which I find funny....This ShoeMoney character is not worth our time. Of course, Mr. Lewis's post is free publicity for ShoeMoney. Now that's funny. Related Posts: Spammers, All
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  Shoemoney Spouts Off While Google Keeps Growing

  http://promotesearch.com/2008/05/14/shoemoney-spouts-off-whi...
  114 days ago in Promote Search · Authority: 1

  Shoemoney Spouts Off While Google Keeps Growing 9:44 pm by in Sage Lewis Shoemoney Search Engine Guide SEO Google AdW, Search Engine Optimization by Sage Lewis This week, Sage addresses Shoemoney’s article “SEO Has No Future,” in which Shoemoney talks about Google-influenced search results and the pervasive problem of web spam in the industry. Sage proposes that the article is possibly nothing more than a link baiting ploy and that the industry maintain focus on optimizing the visitor’s experience. Google looks to increase visitor experiences by including landing page loading time as a quality score factor in Google AdWords by mid-June, and they are in preview release stages of a new, comprehensive, sophisticated, integrated social media tool called Google Friends Connect. Want more from your web site?Search Influence can help! Targeted Traffic. Increased Revenue. Results Guaranteed. Customized Internet Marketing you can afford. Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. Original post by Search Engine Watch Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
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  Shoemoney Spouts Off While Google Keeps Growing

  http://submitkeyword.com/?p=1767
  114 days ago in Submit Keyword · Authority: 1

  by Sage Lewis This week, Sage addresses Shoemoney’s article “SEO Has No Future,” in which Shoemoney talks about Google-influenced search results and the pervasive problem of web spam in the industry. Sage proposes that the article is possibly nothing more than a link baiting ploy and that the industry maintain focus on optimizing the visitor’s experience. Google looks to increase visitor experiences by including landing page loading time as a quality score factor in Google AdWords by mid-June, and they are in preview release stages of a new, comprehensive, sophisticated, integrated social media tool called Google Friends Connect. Want more from your web site?Search Influence can help! Targeted Traffic. Increased Revenue. Results Guaranteed. Customized Internet Marketing you can afford. Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. Original post by Pete

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