Comments on: SEOmoz Gone Wild

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By: theseogirl

theseogirl — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:27:38 +0000

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

By: Michael Martinez

Michael Martinez — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:56:15 +0000

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.