I’m not generally a big fan of rap music (too much swearing for an innocent guy like me), the only rap song on my iPhone is “I’ll Be Missing You” by P Doddy or whatever his name is these days. I do however love the SEO industry and couldn’t resist the charm of this rap video by a chap called “Poetic Prophet“. I’d love it if Danny got him to open one of the SMX events 
I’ve always wanted to be tagged in a meme post, but never dreamed it would be on a topic which will only enhance the impression many have of me; i.e. that I may not be so interested in the ladies (despite the fact that I’m married & all that). So thanks for that Julie, I really appreciate it. Anyway, here we go….
Sorry Julie, but you really stitched me up there! Everyone knows that all UK SEOs are black-hats, and that black hats are all ugly, otherwise they wouldn’t have spent so much time in their bedrooms when they were kids!
My friend Gav was due to get married to his Romanian fiancée in
Now I was going to tell you about the in depth detail that we went into regarding his book but I won’t, what I would say is that if you’re interested in finding out the technical aspects of PHP in the context of SEO buy the book, you won’t be disappointed even if you aren’t overly technical. They have achieved something that no one has done so far in this industry. Also if you are in
Or at least the bloke most willing to play the game and pimp his readers to win a popularity contest. And for that we salute him.
For anyone unhappy with the result, all I can say is that I said I would close the vote when it got to 200, but due to being away I’ve let it get to 208 and Dave got nearly 25% of those! The top 5 in reverse order are:
I realise that Rob & Todd got the same number of votes but thought in the interest of fairness that Rob should take the lower position (seeing as how he is one of the creators of this site!)
Anyway, I wanted to make a badge for Dave to proudly display on his site, but in order not to piss off our sisters at SEO Chicks we felt that this might not be the most politic thing to do. But if anyone else would like to make one and sends it to us, we’ll pass it on to Dave along with a link to the designer’s site from SEO Blokes.
You can’t say fairer than that now can you?
Are you the boss of an SEO? If so, they probably either don’t think of you as a boss, or can’t wait to leave the company. A real SEO is a maverick, the kind of person who sat alone in the classroom with a demonic smile and created masterplans when others were playing hopscotch. You cannot tame such a beast, only use their talents in the knowledge that they are probably using you.
When I was the boss of a team, I trained rough diamonds into becoming little gems - although there’s a point in the process when these gems realise the powers which they behold. Why work for an evil person such as myself, when you can rule your own dominion?
I currently report to someone, although I see that person as a friend and someone I respect as an excellent SEO. They do not like being called the boss, and I probably wouldn’t work with them if they did. There’s a big difference between a coalition of SEOs and a tiered hierarchy of reporting. I work alongside Julie from the SEO Chicks, and she was jokingly told by our chief to report to me in future. The little lady now calls me, Sir, which she finds highly amusing; as she is of an SEO mindset and would never report to someone like me. If I were paranoid (which I am), I may just think that it’s also a reference to Marcie, from the Peanuts comic strip.
People assume that SEOs go freelance to earn more money, although any major corporation would be more than willing to match the income of a freelancer in return for gaining market share and higher profits. After all, affiliates only earn a small percentage of the profit on a product from the seller, the seller earns a lot more when acquired directly. It all boils down to the lone gunman, the Dirty Harry; the bloke or chick working at home in their dressing gown for 10 times what their parents or siblings ever earned. They are the kings and queens of their kingdom, and whether they want to knock Amazon off #1 on Google today or sit in front of the TV and eat Pizza is their decision.
The Lisa wrote a post stating that “Your Boss Is Not Your Friend“, although in my books they would therefore be your enemy - the person standing between you and your goals. If your boss is your friend, you will respect their opinion and requests, a boss is someone that is trying to cage you - trying to control the uncontrollable.
