W H A T M A K E S S E OTHE EXPERTS WEIGH IN:

good OR bad?

SEO has been divided for along t ime into many warringhalves such as . . .

1. On-page vs . off -page SEO2. In-house vs . agency SEO3. Black hat vs . White Hat SEO4. Technical vs . non-technical SEO5. Local vs . nat ional SEO6. Bing vs . Google SEO

IT ’S A MIRACLE THATTHE SEO INDUSTRY IS

STILL STANDING!

Talk about a house div ided against i tsel f . . .

But the most importantdual ism in SEO - - the biggestdef init ional spl i t with themost impact on peopleactual ly doing (or paying for)SEO - - is "Good SEO" vs ."Bad SEO" - -

IN OTHER WORDS,SEO THAT HELPS

YOU VS. SEO THATHURTS YOU.

But what exact ly def ines "good"and "bad" SEO?"

We went to our

panel of internet-based SEO experts

to f ind out theiropinions.

While we can'tnecessari ly agree with al lof these experts 'assert ions ( in fact , westrongly disagree withquite a few of them),these pearls of wisdomprovide insights into both"Good" and "Bad" SEO:

What is

goodSEO?

"Good SEO isl ike waving

a red f lag infront of a

bul l ."-Anonymous writer at Tangence.com

"Good SEO isl ike cr icket :you shouldplay by therules ."-Mel Pedley, writing at Accessites.org

"Good SEO is 70percent sc ience and

30 percent art ."-Andrew Gaberson, writing at Lunametrics.com

"Good SEO isl ike a greatcup of Joe."

- Tory Buckley, writing at NetMark.com

"Good SEO is l ikef i l l ing in the

blanks on a MadLibs page."

-- Chris Dunne, writing at RepriseExpress.com

"Good SEO isl ike wine: i t

matureswith t ime."

- Darren Rowse, writing at Problogger.net

"Good SEOis not asexpensiveas BadSEO."-David Trounce, writing at MalleBlueMedia.com

What is

badSEO?

"Bad SEO isworse than

no SEO."- Joe Flanagan, writing at RankEasily.com

"Bad SEO is a bit l ikebui lding a housewithout any doors orwindows – i t doesn’tmatter how lovelythe wal lpaper is , noone’s coming roundfor tea."- Andy, writing at medialouge.co.uk

"Bad SEO iswhat used to begood SEO in the

early 2000 ’s ."- Anonymous writer at TimberWebDesign.com

"Bad SEO is a l ikea crash diet – i tmay get resultsquickly , but inthe longer term,it 's not good foryou."-Anonymous writer at MackayWebDesign.co.uk

"Bad SEO isso overt ly

apparent i t 'sdistract ing."

- Stephanie Irvine, writing at Copywritinganimal.com

"Bad SEO is aplague upon

reputableoptimizers

everywhere."- Asley Wilson-Rew, writing at Protocol80.com

"Bad SEO is l ikebuying a stack ofdodgy supplementsand 2 minute a dayworkout programs offthe internet or aninfomercial ."- Anonymous writer at InternetNewZealand.com

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