Comments on: Most Companies Still Don’t Get SEO – Yet They Want To Go Social?

By: WorldAssignment.com

WorldAssignment.com — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:37:29 +0000

I completely agree, SEO is the stepping stone to create a solid online community. And it should be developped before any attempt to have a social media strategy. Nonetheless, as Thomas said, the “technical” side of developping SEO scares a lot of people. Is this a new form of Techno-Phobia? How do you control it and integrate it within a company?

By: Dylan

Dylan — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 23:36:31 +0000

This relates to several different lectures and projects we’ve had in the recent past; not only is search engine optimization key for small or large businesses, but it is also the basis on which any company should build onto.
As a client for Jour. 523 we had a local volunteer clearinghouse; for this particular client this was not a problem and I was very surprised, being that it was such a small company.
A large, recognizable company should definitely know better.

By: Eric Brown

Eric Brown — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:31:35 +0000

This post is so Spot On, and what we see everyday in our consulting business. The bigger question is, someone helped them get there, that business paid someone to build a completely SEO useless web site. So, I don’t agree with you that they know, (at least as a broad brush statement) and I believe that lots of folks are getting really bad advice, and even worse product.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:30:09 +0000

SEO is more effective for startups to make first sales, because they don’t have a loyal community at all and SEO will help to generate first clients, freinds and fans. Social Media marketing is the next step after SEO marketing. You start managing your community and relations with clients, not keywords etc.

By: Josh Braaten

Josh Braaten — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:29:24 +0000

I’ve seen this happen! I think it’s because on the surface, social media seems easier than SEO. Search engines seem like magical, strange places with spiders and stuff. At least people want to TRY social media because they have a Facebook account. On second thought, that’s probably hurting social media as much as SEO’s lack of understanding the basics. Ultimately there’s still a lot of opportunity with both.