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SEOmoz Gone Wild
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July 7th, 2009The SEO IndustryI apologize for the recent lack of posting – I’ve come down with a bit of a summer cold, and have been mostly resting. In between my Coldeeze and TheraFlu today I came across something fun on SEOmoz in Rand’s “Link Consolidation: The New PageRank Sculpting” post. I do admit I’m getting a bit tired of the PageRank scultping commentary, but the tone of a certain Michael Martinez gets the mozzers quite inflamed, I felt like I was watching the SEO version of Jerry Springer. Oh now, I never thought I’d say SEO and Jerry Springer in the same sentence.
The point behind Michael’s comments, that the success of PageRank sculpting really can’t be measured, is true, in my opinion, however his tone was one of attacking Rand and the others who went up against him. We’re all allowed a bad day, and perhaps he was doing this intentionally for the publicity, but it made me roll my eyes. We’re grown ups here, act professionally – state your opinion, no need to attack. This sort of back and forth attack is what takes professionalism away from the SEO industry. Sure, there’s rarely an absolute in SEO and constructive debating is always welcome in my book, but attacking another is just immature. But hey, that’s me
2 Responses to “SEOmoz Gone Wild”
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Well, if you or others find my tone offensive I can’t offer any excuses for that, but there is a lot of history behind the debate and at least one of the people in the SEOmoz discussion has a history of being ridiculously hostile against me.
That said, I’m just venting my exasperation at the desperate attempts that people like Rand and Russ Jones (Virante) are making to shore up the PageRank Sculpting myth.
Maybe they feel their professional credibility will be harmed if they admit they were as blind to what happened as everyone else — but in my opinion it’s their intransigence that hurts their credibility most.
And when someone with Rand’s visibility continues to advocate a failed technique, that’s just embarrassing a community that doesn’t need any more embarrassment.
If we had real industry standards this whole debate would have been squelched in an instant. By applying credible standards to the ridiculous claims that Rand and others have made about PageRank Sculpting, consumers would have known immediately there was no substance to those claims.
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theseogirl
Hey Michael,
Thanks for shedding some additional light on this. I do agree with you on PageRank sculpting being ineffective, or atleast there being little proof of it actually working – I’ve actually never advised it for a client. It was mostly the tone of the moz comments, but I know I can create quite a stir if I’m passionate about a subject.Thanks for visiting and sharing your views.
- The SEO Girl
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