Comments on: UK SEO Census – 8 Bloggers (And Me) Under the Microscope

By: Jason Bridgewater

Jason Bridgewater — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:14:23 +0000

I just received my ‘Gym bag’ today.

Very disappointing. Probably one of the worst freebies ever!

It came all crumpled in an envelope too small to hold it.

As an avid gym goer i’m not sure what could even fit into it. Maybe my socks?

COnsidering how much we spend with Google i’d expect better – shame on you Scroogle!!

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By: Dixon Jones

Dixon Jones — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:52:29 +0000

Thanks for bringing in me in. I did, however, run out of coffee before the end

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By: Kelvin

Kelvin — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:05:18 +0000

I’m glad everyone agreed to get involved….
I’ll admit collectively it’s a bit of a beast but definately given a good insight into what some of us in the UK industry are thinking.

Even if we can’t all agree that Brighton is the centre of the universe!

By: Simon Dance

Simon Dance — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:49:02 +0000

Excellent stuff Kelvin – a real pleasure to have been involved.

Have a grab that beer sometime soon.

Simon

By: Doug Heil

Doug Heil — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:03:14 +0000

How does one assess how good or not good a SEO is? How do you know that the UK SEO’s are not way better than the USA SEO’s?

I don’t even know if my closest associates in the industry are actually good or not good. Unless I view and know exactly the clients of a firm, how would I know if they are indeed any good or not? Do you all really know how good that firm is you met at a conference? How? Is it because they spoke at that conference? Does that make them good as well?

Hmm, erm. Interesting stuff how the SEO industry will actually say this firm is good or that firm is good, etc. I’ve always wondered how you judge these firms. I guess I must be missing something. There seems to be a misconception out there that states the SEO’s in the states are one up on SEO’s elsewhere. Tell me; exactly where do you come up with that opinion? Don’t sell yourselves short over there. You would be very surprised at some client websites of some of these so-called “A” listers you hear about.

By: Ciarán

Ciarán — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:04:08 +0000

Thanks again for asking me Kevin – a real pleasure.

It’s good to see that we all seem to agree that there is no-need to have an inferiority complex when it comes to the industry in the UK. You only have to look at the likes of Rob Kerry, Dixon, Dave Naylor, Mike Grehan, etc… to see that we can more than hold our own.

Please note, I am not in ANY way putting myself in the same bracket as the names above (except when it comes to drinking, because Rob’s only 12)!

By: Kevin Gibbons

Kevin Gibbons — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:20:20 +0000

Lyndon’s quote about SEO geeks with bad breath was a classic!

Just put it on Sphinn too if you fancy voting:
http://sphinn.com/story/32734

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:08:51 +0000

Nice post mate and thanks for including me. The list at the top is in order of importance right?

Lyndon – I like your philosophy of which conferences to attend, a man after my own heart!

By: Kimara DiSalvo

Kimara DiSalvo — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:57:59 +0000

I run a Google PPC campaign for my employer and was very impressed with the gifts I received from Google last December:
To Keep: a 2-Meg USB thumbdrive (credit card style)
To make me feel part of the holiday spirit: a $100 credit at DonorsChoose.org. This is a charitable website that encourages average people to fund grant proposals to schools for various learning projects. I was able to select a grant proposal that met my criteria (reading-oriented, disadvantaged students, and where my gift would take the project to full funding so I would know that it meant a difference). This gift of a gift-giving-opportunity introduced me to a great way to make a difference, and filled me with the holiday spirit! Just last week I received thank-you letters and photos of the kids in the class I helped enjoying the learning aids purchased with the grant. I’ve shared these with everyone where I work, which has interested them in helping this website as well.

What a totally “feel good” experience! Way to go, Google!!!

By: Will

Will — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:58:16 +0000

I used to work at eBay and we all got various freebies like fleeces etc. When we gave items away through the community boards, it would cause a frenzy…I used to post as naughty_elf for the christmas promos, like the treasure hunt, and such was the fervour, that we once had 500 comments in 5 minutes on a competition posting where you had to reply to be in with a chance of winning a prize. Employees were not allowed to sell any eBay merchandise they owned until they left eBay’s employ.

Sadly, the days of naughty_elf seem to have been numbered as I don’t think there hasn’t been any such silliness for a while.

I got the google gym bag invite too. Bizarre or what?!