“If you’re using Digg to turn a buck, you’re pathetic”

by Lyndoman on May 16, 2007

I know I shouldn’t, but there have been many times in my life when I knew I shouldn’t. But you gotta check this guy out. Now to be honest, I think it’s a wind up, you know like lonelygirl was a wind up. It’s like the Borat of the SEO world. I’m hoping he’s not being serious. I have to watch this everyday to have a laugh.

I wonder if he’s a triple cappucino kinda guy?

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David Eaves 05.16.07 at 5:19 pm

He’s for real alright, I can just tell, funny as!

David Eaves 05.16.07 at 5:32 pm

He probably sucks at it like me and doesn’t want anyone else to be to be making cash off it.

robwatts 05.16.07 at 9:20 pm

Ha! Lyndon you just couldn’t resist now could you!

I chuckled at this too – linkbait with a lesson in ‘don’t go on video without a pre approve subtext’ thrown in for good measure.

Which part of marketing is about using prevailing market conditions doesn’t he get? Or perhaps this is just some huge exercise in Irony.

Lyndoman 05.16.07 at 10:44 pm

Well the whole premise of his arguement is wrong. “Digg was not made for SEO’s to abuse so SEO’s should not abuse it?”

It’s irrelevant what Digg was made for.

A marketer uses the tools that are available. Directories come along, we use that, Web Rings come along we use that, email comes along etc.

So when Social Media puts it’s hippy dippy head above the parapet expecting everyone is going to use it as it intends, it’s going to get its’ head blown off.

Lets call it what it is. It’s business, and like Robs says, if the prevailing market conditions mean that to achieve our goal we have to do specific things. Then we do it.

It’s not complicated.

Tom_Distilled 05.16.07 at 11:40 pm

Did this get dugg by any chance?………………………………………….

This is JUST ANOTHER CASE OF LINKBAIT/DIGGBAIT

T

Lyndoman 05.17.07 at 12:04 am

Tom, if you go to Digg you can find out.

But really what it is is another blog post and not every blog post is worth Digging.

As to Linkbait, I hope everything I write will get linked to. But this post is not crafted in a way to illicit tons of links, just a bit of fun really.

Tom I would love to know your interpretation of what linkbait actually is as I don’t think we apply the same meaning. Look forward to your thoughts on the matter.

smoMashup 05.20.07 at 11:14 pm

Someone call 911; we need a waaaah-mbulance for this guy!

affiliate networks 05.29.07 at 5:44 am

This video is great, thank you for sharing it. It reminds me of “I’ll take my ball and go home”.
-Pete

David Eaves 05.30.07 at 4:36 pm

I keep coming back and watching this, cracks me up everytime!

Daniel Travolto 05.31.07 at 4:27 pm

This guy is stupid and how hope he doesn’t have any clients or websites :-)

Chris 06.06.07 at 9:41 am

I see why I have never heard of this guy before… haha!

I am sure that Kevin would have a different view on Digg being “around” in two years.

Great video…

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