Comments on: Dumbass of the Week: Derek Powazek

By: ViperChill is Back, Baby!

ViperChill is Back, Baby! — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:12:04 +0000

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By: Thank you Derek Powazek, but… | Ask Kalena

Thank you Derek Powazek, but… | Ask Kalena — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:28:45 +0000

[...] Not surprisingly, the SEO industry was outraged. Some bared their teeth and responded in kind. Others tried to reason with you and calmly deconstruct your criticisms. All of us were offended on some level and felt the need to defend the industry, me included. [...]

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By: Derek Powazek outed himself big-mouthed and ignorant, and why that’s a pity

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:52:00 +0000

[...] Of course calm and knowledgable experts in the field setting the records straight, like Danny Sullivan (search result #1 and #4 for [Derek Powazek] today) and Aaron Wall (SERP position #9), can outrank a widely unknown guy like Derek Powazek at all major search engines. Now, for the rest of his presence on this planet, Derek Powazek has to live with search results that tell the world what kind of an “expert” he really is (example). [...]

By: Kalena Jordan

Kalena Jordan — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:38:20 +0000

@ Rick – thank you
@ John – thanks and yes, you’re probably right :-(

By: John Akerson

John Akerson — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:29:29 +0000

Bravo. I tip my glass to creators of good stuff, and you and Danny Sullivan both exemplify that. The whole thing reminds me of a tweet that I saw today. It went something like this: “I wonder why Garth Brooks is trending, aw shoot, I just helped it”

It is a self fulfilling prophecy. By engaging the SEO-o-sphere – Derek is helping himself trend. Linkbait? Probably. Effective self-promotion? Perhaps. Effective? I bet it will pay off. In terms of the time and effort he invested – his risk is managable and his returns will likely be extraordinary.

Regardless of the merits of his argument – his acid attracts eyeballs like iron filings to a magnet.

By: Rick Simmons

Rick Simmons — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:58:58 +0000

No question that there are some bad things going on out there – there are also bad cops, bad politicians and obviously those who should not be blogging – thanks Kalena for taking on this issue. It has been brewing for awhile and I am happy to see you have handled it so well.
Not sure why he would want to stir it up other than he can’t figure it out anymore.
The only snake oil I see here is getting a lot of press and thankfully mostly bad press from a stupid post. Keep up the good work and let the Kalena Army beat the dumbasses down to where they belong – would that be somewhere there is no Internet – might have something there.

By: Kalena Jordan

Kalena Jordan — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:14:57 +0000

@ Jeff @ Mike @ Gil – thanks all, appreciate you stopping by
@ Paul – linkbait was my initial reaction as well. Now having flashbacks to Calacanis *shudder*

By: Gil Reich

Gil Reich — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:31:21 +0000

Excellent post, thanx.

By: Paul F

Paul F — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:45:29 +0000

Derek may have some points, but it seems to me he’s obviously baiting. Our business is only going to get more competitive in the next 5 years and the SEO’s with the training, experience and best practices will be the one’s on Google’s top 30.