Comments on: The Independent Webmaster’s Manifesto

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By: shaunjudy

shaunjudy — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:26:50 +0000

Very interesting post...I like the case study in the finding alternative sources of traffic section of the post.Thanks for the info.

By: Netherlands

Netherlands — Thu, 07 May 2009 09:27:09 +0000

Thanks for sharing this knowledge with fellow webmasters, and the point of relying on google toomuch can be hurting your business.

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By: Autoverzekering

Autoverzekering — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:02:46 +0000

Interesting post and thanks for sharing.

I agree, relying too much on Google can be very
hurtful to your business.

By: geld lenen

geld lenen — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:34:43 +0000

Google is so powerful it’s kinda scary don’t you agree?

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Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:52:15 +0000

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Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:39:16 +0000

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Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:37:04 +0000

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By: Geld

Geld — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:42:31 +0000

You shouldn’t be linking out this much, because I can’t keep up reading all your given links!!

By: Gabriel Goldenberg

Gabriel Goldenberg — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:51:14 +0000

Markus, I’d say you should then use Yahoo/Ask (it still exists, for now…), and just not promote them. Practically, their results for SEO purposes are as good, and for general purposes Yahoo’s are as good.

By: markus941

markus941 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:21:27 +0000

Good post. However “Become a brand evangelist for Yahoo, MSN or Ask”…

What if you don’t like any of those 2 other options (and Ask is effectively out of the game)?

By: Gabriel Goldenberg

Gabriel Goldenberg — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:04:53 +0000

Brad, glad you liked it.

Brandon, that was an excellent point and I’m adding a link to you in the main body of the post.

Cartoon blogger, thanks for dropping a comment . I see you at least are relying on Bidvertiser ads!

By: Cartoon Blogger

Cartoon Blogger — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:15:05 +0000

I agree, relying too much on Google can be very hurtful to your business.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:11:27 +0000

I’ve felt this way about Google for a while. Could the masses crush Google in the same way they built it? I think so. What if the major thought leaders on the web just quit talking about Google and started talking about how great Yahoo is (true or not). Initially, there would be some backlash from the second tier writers, but eventually, people begin to believe what they read. A few months in, traditional media would pick the story up about how Yahoo is once again gaining steam, Google is fading etc.

What would this accomplish? I think its hard to say. If nothing else, maybe it would make Google play nice with the people that made them once again.

By: Columbus Web Design and SEO

Columbus Web Design and SEO — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:40:47 +0000

i really like this! thanks for finally putting together a webmaster’smanifesto that covers everything.

all the best, brad

By: Gabriel Goldenberg

Gabriel Goldenberg — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:44:55 +0000

Barbara, I responded by email. Long story short, we’re largely in agreement, and thanks for pointing out the importance of personal brands specifically. It’s also awesome you’ve been in business so long!

Gerri, I’d love to hear the results of you implementing this!

Tin Pig, I’m glad you also see things my way. Google has excessively close control over the web economy and it’s quite unreasonable.
As to the best product, it may have been true, but it took webmasters spreading the word about it for it to grow.

I’ve emailed you re the fatal flaw…