Comments on: How To Exploit Google’s Brand Update

By: Backlink Checker

Backlink Checker — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 13:14:00 +0000

Good points, the current updates from google are to soon if you ask me.. almost every 12 hours

By: Brands and SEO in Google’s Algorithm

Brands and SEO in Google’s Algorithm — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:51:59 +0000

[...] Adwords to bid on a brand (or as a signal for brand or trust) is something that was brought up by Shark SEO. (Actually he has a great post and my article is quite similar to his) – it makes sense to [...]

By: Fire Finch SEO

Fire Finch SEO — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:44:25 +0000

This update has certainly ruffled some feathers amongst SEOs in my local area. While I doubt that you AdWords spending actually matters for organic listings, the rest of the tips are excellent in my opinion.

By: Google Vince Update hits the UK | SEO It

Google Vince Update hits the UK | SEO It — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:54:38 +0000

[...] are required for Google to take your site seriously. Speculation is rife over a number of blogs. Shark SEO had some reasonable suggestions as did David Harry at Fire horse [...]

By: inkodeR

inkodeR — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:33:34 +0000

So in other words…

Don’t be shit

By: Social Man

Social Man — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:13:54 +0000

Great post and fully agree with Jones. What is the purpose of the internet if all we see is the boring high-street giants?

We already have the same shops on every country, city, airport, street etc.

Doing the same on the internet completely beats the purpose. The big brands can use AdWords for that. 3 positions at the top and another 6 or 7 on the side are already dominating results. Why do this for natural listings.

What Schmidt might not be saying is that their big AdWords spenders with all their crap Flash sites have started complaining about their positions and the fact that they cannot get their heads around SEO.

By: Scott Dylan

Scott Dylan — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:49:01 +0000

This is a very informative and great read Shark, have just followed you on Twitter.

Scott Dylan

By: Jones

Jones — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:53:49 +0000

Before WalMart, Mom and Pop shops did just fine and made a decent living for themselves. Now we live in a society of sameness. The big brands are in every city in America and the landscape of Chilis, McDonalds, Taco Bell, Burger King, Applebees, etc. do little to distinguish one town from another.

Is this really what we want? Starbucks already proved that their brand on every corner was too much for the public to bear.

Mom and pop shops don’t necessarily want to own the market, squash the competition or become big brand corporations. They just want to make a decent living. They also provide us with the diversity of choice.

Fortunately, we still have local banks that are not failing and are not in Google’s top 10 list even though they are relevant to our search.

Google is just another Walmart, serving up the same thing everyday, trying to shape and control the market. Let’s hope the masses can break away from the herd.