SEO is a dirty business here in South Africa, so I can imagine how bad it must be abroad. It's difficult at times to stick the rules and apply integrity to SEO as there's so many "fakes" out there who don't understand the process and hop around stealing proper code, doing little if any benefit to their project and bringing the industry as a whole into the gutter. I do think it's time that we all got together with one common goal in mind to regulate and accredit search engine optimization practices not through trademarks where one “wise guy” looks to further his own financial interests but rather as a community of recognised skill and experience, we are the custodians of our the world wide web and I think it’s time we seek to hold it in high regard!
Duane Hamann
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The issue regulating the SEO industry
SEO is a dirty business here in South Africa, so I can imagine how bad it must be abroad. It's difficult at times to stick the rules and apply integrity to SEO as there's so many "fakes" out there who don't understand the process and hop around stealing proper code, doing little if any benefit to their project and bringing the industry as a whole into the gutter. I do think it's time that we all got together with one common goal in mind to regulate and accredit search engine optimization practices not through trademarks where one “wise guy” looks to further his own financial interests but rather as a community of recognised skill and experience, we are the custodians of our the world wide web and I think it’s time we seek to hold it in high regard!
Duane Hamann
duane@hamann.co.za