SEO 2020 FORUM

[themezoom]

We all deal with contradictory information each day with SEO. These are a few of my favorite debates that I have daily/ weekly/ monthly. What are your favorite contradictory debates in the SEO industry?

1. All links work vs. Contextual links work
2. Buy links for click through (or don’t buy them) vs. Buy links for search rankings
3. There’s nothing a competitor can do to hurt your site vs. Googlebowling
4. SEO is dead vs. Long live SEO
5. Directory links are important vs. Google hates directory links
6. All penalties are algorithmic vs. Lots of hand edits
7. Sandbox vs. There is no sandbox
8. Filters vs. Penalties
9. The blue pill vs. There is no spoon
10. Pagerank is dead vs. Buy links based on Pagerank (okay this one is just plain WRONG)
11. Content remix vs. Scraper sites
12. Blogs rank too well vs. SE’s don’t like blogs
13. Real simple syndication vs. Real simple stealing
14. Lots of links vs. Quality links
15. Google knows all vs. Google is dumb
16. Lots of directories vs. Good directories
17. Automated vs. Manual
18. Linking in vs. Linking Out
19. Global vs. Local
20. Google is good vs. Google is evil

[Adrian]

I'm sure that all the above make for an interesting debate but which is the right answer?

As a newbie, I have read a lot of infomation most of which contradicts something somebody else has written. This leaves me confused.

In the hope of an 'Adsense Empire' I purchased a collection of 50 sites but then felt left high and dry as what to do next. Yes I got them all hosted and changed all the ID details. But over 1000 impressions and no clicks.

I am very encouraged with Charles' Plan and now understand more about articles. But to make sure I'll ask:

If I write one original article for each site, linking to the home page and submit to as many directories that I can, am I likely to see any improvement?

I am not able to change these sites as they are in PHP and I don't understand it so I'll have to start making new sites with static pages re 'The Plan'.

Many thanks to Charles for clear refreshing instructions and details.



Reagrds to all,


Adrian