Comments on: The Rarity of the Shared SEO Experiment http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2008/12/the-rarity-of-the-shared-seo-experiment/ SEO and Marketing Blog Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:43:49 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: seo philippines http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2008/12/the-rarity-of-the-shared-seo-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-18173 seo philippines Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:39:10 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2008/12/the-rarity-of-the-shared-seo-experiment/#comment-18173 <p>Its very interesting. And i think its very useful for us..Thanks for the info! Really appreciate it. </p> Its very interesting. And i think its very useful for us..Thanks for the info! Really appreciate it.

]]> By: paisley http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2008/12/the-rarity-of-the-shared-seo-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-18172 paisley Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:39:03 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2008/12/the-rarity-of-the-shared-seo-experiment/#comment-18172 lol... interesting.. started an SEO experiment in public with 12 other people last week... 5 of the 12 have #1 rankings for the terms we targeted.. 1 strayed from the original experiment, 4 did not. lol… interesting.. started an SEO experiment in public with 12 other people last week… 5 of the 12 have #1 rankings for the terms we targeted.. 1 strayed from the original experiment, 4 did not.

]]> By: Virginia Nussey http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2008/12/the-rarity-of-the-shared-seo-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-18171 Virginia Nussey Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:12:38 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2008/12/the-rarity-of-the-shared-seo-experiment/#comment-18171 <p>Mark, you're right. I realize that competition is a real concern for SEOs, but whenever someone does share their findings, I find the results fascinating.</p> <p>Thanks for your insights, Dr. Pete. I didn't realize the scientific community was so secretive. Maybe there's hope for the SEO community to put the puzzle together after all...</p> <p>And thanks, Matt. I look forward to your future experiments!</p> <p></p> Mark, you’re right. I realize that competition is a real concern for SEOs, but whenever someone does share their findings, I find the results fascinating.

Thanks for your insights, Dr. Pete. I didn’t realize the scientific community was so secretive. Maybe there’s hope for the SEO community to put the puzzle together after all…

And thanks, Matt. I look forward to your future experiments!

]]> By: Dr. Pete http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2008/12/the-rarity-of-the-shared-seo-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-18170 Dr. Pete Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:56:25 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2008/12/the-rarity-of-the-shared-seo-experiment/#comment-18170 I hate to say it, but as a former research scientist, I have to admit that that kind of secrecy is also common in the scientific community. Fortunately, all of the incentives in academic research are around publishing and most people want to extend knowledge, so the important things eventually get shared. I'm sure some of it in SEO is wanting to keep a competitive advantage, but it's also just very hard to do research. Most of what people report (like Matt's post) is really observational - you carefully track what happened and report it. It's in the field, though, by necessity - you can't move your website into a laboratory and control everything that's going on. So, until dozens of SEOs do a similar observational study and compare notes, we only have a piece of the puzzle. I'm not insulting this approach in any way - I wish more people reported numbers like this. It's just that experimentation in the traditional sense is very difficult for organic SEO, and most people don't know where to start. I hate to say it, but as a former research scientist, I have to admit that that kind of secrecy is also common in the scientific community. Fortunately, all of the incentives in academic research are around publishing and most people want to extend knowledge, so the important things eventually get shared.
I’m sure some of it in SEO is wanting to keep a competitive advantage, but it’s also just very hard to do research. Most of what people report (like Matt’s post) is really observational – you carefully track what happened and report it. It’s in the field, though, by necessity – you can’t move your website into a laboratory and control everything that’s going on. So, until dozens of SEOs do a similar observational study and compare notes, we only have a piece of the puzzle. I’m not insulting this approach in any way – I wish more people reported numbers like this. It’s just that experimentation in the traditional sense is very difficult for organic SEO, and most people don’t know where to start.

]]> By: Matt Ridout http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2008/12/the-rarity-of-the-shared-seo-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-18169 Matt Ridout Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:33:30 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2008/12/the-rarity-of-the-shared-seo-experiment/#comment-18169 <p>Hi, </p> <p>Thanks so much for taking the time to read my post and posting your feedback about it. I hope to do more of these insights experiments soon.</p> <p>Matt </p> Hi,

Thanks so much for taking the time to read my post and posting your feedback about it. I hope to do more of these insights experiments soon.

Matt

]]> By: Jim Gaudet http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2008/12/the-rarity-of-the-shared-seo-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-18168 Jim Gaudet Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:06:31 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2008/12/the-rarity-of-the-shared-seo-experiment/#comment-18168 For onpage SEO you can just view the source of any page you want. So you can learn yourself. On page seo will help with your terms, but links, links, links and traffic, traffic, traffic. That's the potion. I do as practice though, make sure all my code is validated, and that it is clean. This helps when optimizing for SEO. For onpage SEO you can just view the source of any page you want. So you can learn yourself.
On page seo will help with your terms, but links, links, links and traffic, traffic, traffic.
That’s the potion.
I do as practice though, make sure all my code is validated, and that it is clean. This helps when optimizing for SEO.

]]> By: Nick Stamoulis http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2008/12/the-rarity-of-the-shared-seo-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-18167 Nick Stamoulis Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:43:52 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2008/12/the-rarity-of-the-shared-seo-experiment/#comment-18167 <p>That is great, very rarely do consultants and marketing professionals share too much of their testing information. </p> That is great, very rarely do consultants and marketing professionals share too much of their testing information.

]]> By: Mark Anderson http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2008/12/the-rarity-of-the-shared-seo-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-18166 Mark Anderson Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:19:00 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2008/12/the-rarity-of-the-shared-seo-experiment/#comment-18166 SEO experiments are not like science experiments for several reasons. By publishing all the results of science experiments, every other scientist benefits. SEO experiments on the other hand only benefit you if they are kept secret. If you publish your results, then you've leveled the playing field. We can't all rank #1. SEO experiments are not like science experiments for several reasons. By publishing all the results of science experiments, every other scientist benefits. SEO experiments on the other hand only benefit you if they are kept secret. If you publish your results, then you’ve leveled the playing field. We can’t all rank #1.

]]> By: xie mo http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2008/12/the-rarity-of-the-shared-seo-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-18165 xie mo Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:21:57 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2008/12/the-rarity-of-the-shared-seo-experiment/#comment-18165 <p>We know that the Internet has become the enterprises to promote products, increase the visibility of the necessary means to their business information in BtoB's Web site to log into a lot of business after the Internet will do; At the same time, relatively well-known site in order to enrich their own Data resources, has been the find this kind of enterprise customer base continued to increase their visibility. </p> We know that the Internet has become the enterprises to promote products, increase the visibility of the necessary means to their business information in BtoB’s Web site to log into a lot of business after the Internet will do; At the same time, relatively well-known site in order to enrich their own Data resources, has been the find this kind of enterprise customer base continued to increase their visibility.

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