Comments on: Google’s power position http://blog.payne.org/2008/09/05/googles-power-position/ Working to improve the signal-to-noise ratio Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:15:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: payne http://blog.payne.org/2008/09/05/googles-power-position/comment-page-1/#comment-451 payne Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:08:52 +0000 http://blog.payne.org/2008/09/05/googles-power-position/#comment-451 A very relevant NY Times article ("Stuck in Google's Doghouse"): http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/13/technology/13nocera.html A very relevant NY Times article (”Stuck in Google’s Doghouse”): http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/13/technology/13nocera.html

]]> By: payne http://blog.payne.org/2008/09/05/googles-power-position/comment-page-1/#comment-450 payne Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:08:03 +0000 http://blog.payne.org/2008/09/05/googles-power-position/#comment-450 Brian: I completely agree. If you have truly useful content, you're in the best position to get organic traffic. My overall point is that depending on Google exclusively (in both organic and paid) has risks. It also had high maintenance costs -- it takes a lot of effort to stay current and manage this stuff (as you know!). Brian: I completely agree. If you have truly useful content, you’re in the best position to get organic traffic.

My overall point is that depending on Google exclusively (in both organic and paid) has risks. It also had high maintenance costs — it takes a lot of effort to stay current and manage this stuff (as you know!).

]]> By: brian halligan http://blog.payne.org/2008/09/05/googles-power-position/comment-page-1/#comment-449 brian halligan Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:55:05 +0000 http://blog.payne.org/2008/09/05/googles-power-position/#comment-449 Hi Andy. I'm not sure I would agree with you on SEO being "bonus icing." If you create "remarkable" content that others link to and not over obsess about any individual keyword rankings, in aggregate the smart guys at Google tend to reward you with significant amounts of traffic. I'm getting more and more negative on Google adwords. When it was new, there were awesome arbitrage opportunities, but now even the nichiest of keyword markets are efficient. Brian. Hi Andy.

I’m not sure I would agree with you on SEO being “bonus icing.” If you create “remarkable” content that others link to and not over obsess about any individual keyword rankings, in aggregate the smart guys at Google tend to reward you with significant amounts of traffic.

I’m getting more and more negative on Google adwords. When it was new, there were awesome arbitrage opportunities, but now even the nichiest of keyword markets are efficient.

Brian.

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