Comments on: Distinct SEO Interview #2 – Randall McCarley

By: 75 SEO Interviews | SEO News - All The SEO Scoop

75 SEO Interviews | SEO News - All The SEO Scoop — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:35:19 +0000

[...] Randall McCarley [...]

By: 75 SEO Interviews | SEO News - All The SEO Scoop

75 SEO Interviews | SEO News - All The SEO Scoop — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:35:19 +0000

[...] Randall McCarley [...]

By: sawan singh

sawan singh — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:53:39 +0000

how to answer the following question in interviews:

How can you decide targeted keywords for your website?

By: barry

barry — Mon, 28 May 2007 19:20:12 +0000

I still don't see SEO rising to the occasion like this. To me, it's just a subset of a new marketing trend that smart business' will figure out and implement. SEO's can't create organizations on their own because their decisions carry no weight in how things rank. That's up to Google and Yahoo. (And the other ways to drive traffic, social media, etc.)

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 28 May 2007 11:34:08 +0000

True. W3C has, were not used to its potential, created a code standard. I agree SEO has some what a "smoke and mirrors" persona. Nothing really hard and fast - what works well for one engine doesn't produce the same result in another and what may work today won't during the next update.
Good content and creative link building (virtual, PPC, affiliate and static) I think will always be staples to get people to the site...a year from now I can read this and think how stupid I was in my belief - what is around the corner?
NASCAR, Black Angus Beef and other organizations were developed because of the need for standards - those needs came about because the trust factor in their products was declining. Once those organizations came on-line the peoples trust soared - the same can happen for our business if done properly. It will take the leaders in SEO and design to take the first steps, not just one company but the Dale Earnharts, Richard Pettys of SEO to sit a board and deliver accreditation. It will go a long way in educating the public.

Time for me to have my morning coffee

By: barry

barry — Mon, 28 May 2007 04:36:10 +0000

I think SEO is really a smaller subset of web marketing. That means the web designers work for the web marketers and not vice versa. I think a little past infancy and into the growth and maturity stages is where we're at. Many business owners understand they need advantages and the web gives them this option. I really doubt a standard will ever come about. Web designing never did, mind you it's a different game. Having said that, you can still find some business courses that offer some SEO stuff. But you dont go to school to learn how to be a good business person do you? Accreditation will never come together, ever, why? This industry relies on the movements of other corporations for its info and changes. What google does we follow. no SEO can actually lead the field at the top cause we're always interpreting what some beast online is doing.

By: NavyCS

NavyCS — Sun, 27 May 2007 22:08:50 +0000

First off, good stuff!

I agree with the answer to number 4's non-compete clause. I think most companies have a website but are uneducated about the potential. Its funny but most the time I ask the business owner their website address they have to pull out a card to check. SEO as a business is really in its infancy. I predict the days of the website design company getting away with doing just design to make a site look pretty are coming to an end. Once the general public understands just placing a page on a server doesn't by itself create traffic the SEO community will become overwhelmed with work (not that some are not now). Do you envision an industry standard accreditation coming?