Date of my last post 11-15-2004, 11:59 AM
I forgot this thread existed

Funny, this thread is officially one year old two days from now.

wow, I notice there is a response to this like every other month or so :D

I believe that a site that is truly well organized and designed for humans will do well in the SERPs. If it is easy for you to find whatever without the search box, it will likely be easy for the bots to find whatever also.

If you still want to worry a little about the bots, spend time with your title, h1 and meta tags and anchor text.

not be realeastic ;)

A strong foundation will withstand the storm :cool:

I've always felt it's about a balance between what your target market expects in a web site and what the SEs want. I mean, say your target market doesn't care about the site not being user-friendly, then you can go for heavy SEOing. But if they want a really cool customer-orientated site, you're going to have to get clever with your SEO work (possibly relying on more off-page factors like links).

Beat Google! Think again, can only be done short term and has negative long term effects, try beating EGGS!

It's better to find out what Google likes and do things right than trying to trick them and get yourself penalized :)

5 gold stars and top marks for those that quite rightly advise just doing it right in the first place.

I totally agree with Starbug & SiteTutor. WebToucan is hitting the right spot too.

It's a real breath of fresh air and a delight to see some real seo experts that aren't tempted by the dark side. hehe.... lets face it - it's nothing like it's cracked up to be anyway.

:D