Comments on: Community: The Human Element of SEO Success

By: Reynder (findability)

Reynder (findability) — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:48:46 +0000

I like the WIIFM. It is a nice twist to a, I must say, not a very new view on the importance of community building.

By: Matt McGee

Matt McGee — Tue, 20 May 2008 04:23:12 +0000

@Miriam - I did turn off that plugin, you’re right. Sorry about that, but I didn’t have much choice. There was no way to set it so that stars would be turned off for my own comments. And with all the comments I leave, the row of stars next to my comments was obnoxiously long and distracting.

I’d bring the stars back in a heartbeat if I could remove them from my own comments….

By: Jake Matthews

Jake Matthews — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:08:39 +0000

thanks for sharing Matt and Wendy!

By: MiriamEllis

MiriamEllis — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:17:05 +0000

Matt -
You took away my stars

I’m not feeling like as much of a rock star anymore.

However, I loved this article!

David -
Wee FM…all wee, all the time. I like that.

Miriam

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The Human Element of SEO Success - Community — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:23:31 +0000

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By: David Mihm

David Mihm — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:44:32 +0000

Matt, another fabulous post. I love the “WIIFM” acronym. It really rolls off the tongue, like “wee fm.”

A spin-off linkbuilding technique that just came to me after reading this post:
1) Make it easy for customers/community members to voice their opinions about what your site should include/focus on.
2) Implement the good suggestions.
3) Announce you are making changes/producing new content and why/where the ideas came from somewhere on your blog.
4) Get links from your tech-savvy users who had input into your changes/content.

Regardless it is a win-win when you listen to your community and vice versa.

Community Disaster, n. - see “Digg.com”

By: Matt McGee

Matt McGee — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:15:13 +0000

Thanks so much, Art - very kind of you.

I visited Las Cruces about 20 years ago, when I was doing play-by-play for the Pepperdine U. campus radio station. Our basketball team was playing an NIT game against NMSU. Didn’t get to see much of your town, though — was a real quick trip.

By: Art Schobey

Art Schobey — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:09:23 +0000

Great post!

Matt, I have been in Web design/development fulltime since 1997. I’ve been existing in a sort of industry exile here in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Only over the last several months have I allowed myself the time to read the better blogs on SEO. I must say that the clarity & quality of your posts have informed and inspired me like no others. Thank you for being there!