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Just came across an idiotic article titled “Search Engine Optimisation A Waste of Time and Money, according to Warrington Web Works CEO” which includes the following example…

In order to prove what a waste of time and money search engine optimisation is, Anthony sat down and wrote his article, “SEO Mind Crime,” relaying the story he had heard from his client. He posted his article on Wednesday afternoon and as a test he told his readers to search for “SEO Mind Crime” on Google over the coming days. They didn’t have to wait long.

By late Thursday afternoon, UK time, just 24 hours after posting the article appeared at positions 3, 4 and 6 on Google’s first page. This out of 826,000 indexed pages, the ultimate proof why Search Engine Optimisation is no longer required in Web 2.0

This is an absolute stupid example. The article has ranked for the keyword ‘SEO Mind Crime’ which is not competitive at all. I would agree with Antony if he had got that page rank for the search term ‘SEO’. I would now wish to challenge him to go ahead and write an article on Phentermine or Gambling or Real Estate or even SEO. If his page ranks well so quickly, I’ll accept whatever he says.

Wikicamp is all about harnessing and understanding the power of Wikis. It is a one day event aimed to bring together the best minds from the Wiki/Internet space to talk about issues, opportunities and what the future and evolution of this valuable tool looks like.

Crowd sourcing, Wisdom of crowds, User generated content and collaborative knowledge sharing have become the keywords of today’s Internet. Wikicamp aims at demystifying these terms. The event will feature workshops, debates and keynotes on the present state and evolution of the wiki.

Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia and President of Wikimedia Foundation will be attending the event. He will share his vision for Wikipedia and his experiences. The event is scheduled for the 25th of February, and the venue is at the Main Auditorium, Tidel Park, Chennai.

In an attempt to eliminate spamming, Wikipedia has added “nofollow” tag to all outbound links. The “nofollow” tag was introduced a while back for webmasters to tell the major search engines to ignore the specific link. When Google sees this tag, the outbound link is passed by as if it were regular text.

Thus, if you have links pointing in from Wikipedia they will be lost, at least in terms of helping with your SEO campaigns. Links come and go all the time, but to lose a Wikipedia link is a big deal as it is a highly regarded site in the eyes of the search engines and its credibility with Google would mean the link would have a significant ranking value.

If you are looking to sign a deal with someone to do your SEO, I hope you have your BS meter set to high, and are willing to call people out for stuff you don’t think is accurate. Don’t fall for the smooth salesguy pitches from people that don’t actually DO any of the search optimization work. Here are a few resources thay might help you in finding a perfect SEO.

• SEOmoz - Recommended SEO, web development and support firms.
• topseos.com - Ranks the top 30 SEO firms world wide each month based on competitive advantages, services and pricing levels support, unique attributes and performance.
• SEMPO - This is the leading search engine marketing industry association web site. You can submit a project request and SEMPO members will reply. There are currently 500+ members world wide.
• Marketing Profs Vendor Selector - A list of the top SEM and SEO firms with additional information on each. There are 48 world wide SEO firms listed.
• SEO Consultants - Strict inclusion guidelines for this directory of search engine optimization specialists and companies makes sure vendors do not engage in search spamming. They claim to reject 70% of the consultants that apply. After 7 years, there are only 140 SEO consultants and firms currently included so the process of inclusion is indeed selective.
• seopros.org - This is an older list and somewhat like seoconsultants.com.
• semlist.com - This vintage list was recently revised and is part of Incisive Media’s Search Engine Watch web properties.