Comments on: Practical eCommerce SEO Survey Scary or Misinterpreted?

By: admin

admin — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:13:26 +0000

I sure will, Bill! I hadn’t really looked much more, but I will now. Sorry if your comment has been pending a while, I didn’t get my alert!

By: bill parker

bill parker — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:06:54 +0000

Once you find this actual survey could you post the questions?

By: admin

admin — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:15:26 +0000

Hi Virginia,
Oops! Sorry about the link, I will fix that right now!

Did you get a chance to see the survey? I’d be really interested in that.

And, I totally agree with you on the questionable SEO advice floating around out there. I’ll be interested to see the results of your poll, thanks for the reminder that I need to take it!
-Heather

By: Virginia Nussey

Virginia Nussey — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:05:49 +0000

Hi Steele,

Thanks for sharing my post. I totally agree with you about how the phrasing of the survey would make a big difference and your example is a perfect illustration of this.

For me, the part that really raises concern is this: “Many of the respondents said [...] that they believe there was enough information available for free to do a good job without professional help or training.” Considering the sheer volume of questionable content being passed off as sound marketing advice on the Web, this is concerning. There are just too many traps online that a well-meaning business owner could fall into when looking for info on DIY SEO. So my question is: what is the SEO industry’s responsibility to these business owners? I’ve got a survey on my blog post and I’m hoping to find out what SEOs think.

P.S. The link to the post seems to be misdirected. Here is the blog post: http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/archives/2009/02/scary_findings.html

Best,
Virginia