Posted by Vampi Fangs on 09/25/17 11:24

On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 17:27:13 -0700, Onideus Mad Hatter
<usenet@backwater-productions.net> wrote:

>
>>these search results are the ones you should care about as far as your
>>'business' goes
>>
>>http://www.google.com.au/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial_s&hl=en&q=web+design+walla+walla&meta=&btnG=Google+Search
>>http://www.google.com.au/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial_s&hl=en&q=web+development+walla+walla&meta=&btnG=Google+Search
>
>...not really. Why would I want to limit myself to Walla Walla? I
>can get web design jobs in Walla Walla via much easier means than
>trying to rely on Google.

i'm sure you can

the point is that your business is not findable through search engines

not a very good advertisement for your 'skills'

>And really, the bottom line is that Google just isn't a viable tool to
>try and use for advertising in the first place. Anyone whose pushing
>such an endeavor obviously doesn't know the first thing about running
>a business.

another wonderful illustration of how much you know and care about
promoting your own and your clients' businesses

>>>o_O
>>>
>>>Searching for Hatter and blog puts mine right up at number one and ALL
>>>the content is graphic. This is because search engines don't
>>>generally care about the actual content on your site so much as how
>>>many people are linking to you. If you click on the "cached" option
>>>in Google you can see this:
>>>"These terms only appear in links pointing to this page: hatter blog"
>
>>you might like to read google's tips for web masters
>>
>>http://www.google.com.au/webmasters/guidelines.html
>
>
>...nothing on there worth mentioning. What particular part of that
>link did you think was relevant and why?

read the sections relating to content, which you claim don't matter

>>>So really, if your sites are bad ass enough, you don't need to do
>>>anything to get them "search engine optimized" or what the fuck ever
>>>scams faux web designers (like a lot of the ones around here) fall
>>>into.
>
>>>I figure, if no one in these froups can formulate a halfway coherent
>>>reason that I can't counter for not using Flash...I'm just gonna go
>>>ahead and do the whole thing like that.
>
>It's too bad you couldn't formulate a counter argument against the use
>of Flash...oh well, it's not like you're a web designer Vamps.

why would i want to discourage you from pursuing that which will make
your aims much easier for you achieve and your sites less clunky, that
which you have resisted so vehemently in the past?

such a short memory you have


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