Comments on: What Standards? http://www.phoenixrealm.com/what-standards/ Search Engine Optimisation SEO Blog - Website Design Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:52:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: SEO Doctors: Educating our Clients » SEO Blog http://www.phoenixrealm.com/what-standards/#comment-7176 SEO Doctors: Educating our Clients » SEO Blog Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:32:32 +0000 http://www.phoenixrealm.com/what-standards/#comment-7176 [...] and a few of our readers have mentioned the problem with “partially educated” SEO clients. If you have read one of my first posts here on PhoenixRealm you would know that I too have had [...] [...] and a few of our readers have mentioned the problem with “partially educated” SEO clients. If you have read one of my first posts here on PhoenixRealm you would know that I too have had [...]

]]> By: Jayson http://www.phoenixrealm.com/what-standards/#comment-7160 Jayson Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:57:16 +0000 http://www.phoenixrealm.com/what-standards/#comment-7160 Yeah I think that standards will prove valuable to the many business owners that start SEO on their own and end up getting bad advice. It would really help clear things up. It would be important for Google, Yahoo and MSN to play a part as well so bad recommendations aren't going around Yeah I think that standards will prove valuable to the many business owners that start SEO on their own and end up getting bad advice. It would really help clear things up.

It would be important for Google, Yahoo and MSN to play a part as well so bad recommendations aren’t going around

]]> By: fiona http://www.phoenixrealm.com/what-standards/#comment-7149 fiona Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:36:11 +0000 http://www.phoenixrealm.com/what-standards/#comment-7149 I agree that sometimes standards are not a good measure, that sometimes we must make modification to tailor fit some requirements compared to having a standard. I agree that sometimes standards are not a good measure, that sometimes we must make modification to tailor fit some requirements compared to having a standard.

]]> By: morgan http://www.phoenixrealm.com/what-standards/#comment-7134 morgan Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:55:04 +0000 http://www.phoenixrealm.com/what-standards/#comment-7134 *laughs* I know exactly what you're talking about! Some of my biggest struggles have been with people who think they know what they're doing. One of my favorite sayings is that a little bit of knowledge is a scary thing. When someone gets a little nugget of insight and then broadly applies it to everything is when they start to mess things up. There are subtleties with everything (especially SEO) and there is no one-size-fits-all approach to it. :) *laughs* I know exactly what you’re talking about! Some of my biggest struggles have been with people who think they know what they’re doing. One of my favorite sayings is that a little bit of knowledge is a scary thing. When someone gets a little nugget of insight and then broadly applies it to everything is when they start to mess things up. There are subtleties with everything (especially SEO) and there is no one-size-fits-all approach to it. :)

]]> By: Gary http://www.phoenixrealm.com/what-standards/#comment-7133 Gary Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:33:30 +0000 http://www.phoenixrealm.com/what-standards/#comment-7133 Hi Morgan, I am all for education, but than in itself can be another can of worms. Some of my most testing times with clients has been when they have been half educated, ie they have read an article in a magazine and now believe they are the experts. Everything written in magazines is gospel, right? Hi Morgan, I am all for education, but than in itself can be another can of worms. Some of my most testing times with clients has been when they have been half educated, ie they have read an article in a magazine and now believe they are the experts. Everything written in magazines is gospel, right?

]]> By: morgan http://www.phoenixrealm.com/what-standards/#comment-7114 morgan Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:06:16 +0000 http://www.phoenixrealm.com/what-standards/#comment-7114 The only problem that I see with standards is coming up with them solidly enough to write them down. Who would be in the governing body to determine what exactly the standards are? What exactly would SEO standards comprise of? I like the idea of standards; I'm just not sure how feasible it is in the online environment. We're no longer in the world of easy accountability. Companies can easily say, "Yeah, I follow those standards" while at the same time they have contracted black-hats who don't follow them, but they're nigh untraceable because they're online (different ip, different mac addresses, nothing connecting the companies, etc). I'd almost prefer it if companies came up with their own standards that they adhere to. This way you know where they stand. Granted, they can just as easily abuse these as mandated standards, but at least you know they've put some thought into it. Also, the people who hire companies need to ask these questions. "Do you have standards?" "What are they?" And, most importantly, if there aren't any obvious standards for a company, "Why don't you have posted standards?" An educated consumer will help alleviate this problem quite a bit. The more educated they are, the better they will become at spotting shady transpirings. ;) The only problem that I see with standards is coming up with them solidly enough to write them down. Who would be in the governing body to determine what exactly the standards are? What exactly would SEO standards comprise of?

I like the idea of standards; I’m just not sure how feasible it is in the online environment. We’re no longer in the world of easy accountability. Companies can easily say, “Yeah, I follow those standards” while at the same time they have contracted black-hats who don’t follow them, but they’re nigh untraceable because they’re online (different ip, different mac addresses, nothing connecting the companies, etc).

I’d almost prefer it if companies came up with their own standards that they adhere to. This way you know where they stand. Granted, they can just as easily abuse these as mandated standards, but at least you know they’ve put some thought into it.

Also, the people who hire companies need to ask these questions. “Do you have standards?” “What are they?” And, most importantly, if there aren’t any obvious standards for a company, “Why don’t you have posted standards?”

An educated consumer will help alleviate this problem quite a bit. The more educated they are, the better they will become at spotting shady transpirings. ;)

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