Thu 29 Oct 2009
Help!
Blurb by Shaun Anderson (Hobo)Can you take 2 seconds….
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.
Cheers 
Did you know when you link to a Hobo SEO post we have search engine friendly links back to your site if approved? Our comments are also search engine friendly you know (once you've commented on a few posts)! Do you need any more encouragement to get involved in the conversation ;)
2 People looking to hire ……….
Seems like I am among the majority group.
Experienced in-house SEO
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
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!
Thanks for the quick replies – I hate polls too lol
@Ian – I hear ya!
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.
I really like the experiments you do.
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
I’ve been learning a lot from your recent posts and your archives. Thanks for the quality SEO blog; keep it up.
Thanks so much everybody for taking time out – I hope it will only make the blog more useful!
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 !!
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….
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
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.
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!
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
I see no adsense, but everything is recorded on Backtype.