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and complete this poll for me? I just want to get an idea of the numbers and types of folk who’s reading the Hobo blog to give me an idea of the audience I should be writing for.

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19 Responses

  1. Nick says:

    2 People looking to hire ……….

  2. Alok says:

    Seems like I am among the majority group.

  3. Scott Milsom says:

    Experienced in-house SEO :)

  4. Ian Brodie says:

    I’m not a professional SEO, so I’m looking to learn for myself. On the other hand, I seem to know rather more than a good deal of people who pass themselves off as professional SEOs…. Ian

  5. Edward Legge says:

    I, like Ian, am learning but have also noticed there are plenty of SEO charlatans out there. Great website guys, and thanks for all the advice!

  6. Shaun Anderson (Hobo) says:

    Thanks for the quick replies – I hate polls too lol :) @Ian – I hear ya!

  7. Bill Ludwig says:

    I put myself down as experienced SEO as we have been doing SEO for several years but one of the main reasons I read the blog is to learn more. Keep up the great work.

  8. Ricardo says:

    I really like the experiments you do.

  9. Emily says:

    Thank you for your wonderful site! I am a small business owner looking to improve my company’s web presence… we are currently redoing the corporate site and it has really helped me to better communicate my needs to the developers, regarding optimizing our rankings and what to do and not do; as well as to better understand what it is they are doing all around!! Sincere regards, Emily Eberly, President First Planet Software, Inc. Cincinnati, Ohio USA

  10. Brian says:

    I’ve been learning a lot from your recent posts and your archives. Thanks for the quality SEO blog; keep it up.

  11. Shaun Anderson (Hobo) says:

    Thanks so much everybody for taking time out – I hope it will only make the blog more useful!

  12. van man says:

    shaun you sound like your confidence has been knocked! :( if thats possilble :) Who should you be writing for ? your clents, and all those other people linking to your site – just think all those other SEO companies charging huge rip-off amounts for things most could do themselves but need a wee helping hand, and youre keeping people informed of your seo findings – I do notice some sites copying you to a degree so that must be a compliment . Your not short of work are you ?…….. lol One comment Site colour could be updated to freshen it up !!

    • Shaun Anderson (Hobo) says:

      Hi Martin Ha! We’re talking about site colour etc as I read this :) And no, we’re actually knocking back a lot of work at the moment with the Christmas rush.. Confidence knocked? I may be from Greenock but I am human…. ;)

  13. van man says:

    Hi shaun One of those hobo emails had a link the other day to a Seo site – One that keeps calling me and offering a monthly service of £350pcm (starting price) Gulp! Much as I would like to have that sorta monthly spare dosh – I kindly declined the offer. Why did you have this companys Link – Irony maybe ? Aye the colours a bit lifeless I think – trendy last year or so but old hat now , then theirs all the other issues…but one thing at a time eh! You should check what your competitors are doing. Martin

  14. Shaun Anderson (Hobo) says:

    That’s Google Ads for you – contextual ads appear in the feeds – that I don’t have control over. Just testing them out – made a couple of hundred quid for nothing, but thinking about removing them anyway.

  15. Nick says:

    Shaun, I was the first to comment (stalker!) & then everyone else put me to shame by thanking you for the site. Ok ok ok – thanks for the great blog! Actually 80% of the stuff you say is generally out there in 101 blogs and eBooks, so there must be something in the other 20% or the way that you say it! The colour of the website? – Time for another poll! Personally I think it’s fantastic! If I was hiring, this website would clinch it for me. That’s from someone who hates brown!

  16. Shaun Anderson (Hobo) says:

    Martin, I had to edit your comment – that’s guaranteed to get you kicked out of adsense and I am too paranoid to have such advice (or rather speculative question) in the comments…. do you not think i had thought of that in the past lol :)

  17. Nick says:

    I see no adsense, but everything is recorded on Backtype.



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