Comments on: Where is PRWSocial?

By: Lyndon Antcliff

Lyndon Antcliff — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:58:37 +0000

These little tests sometimes tell us very little, but other times they can tell us a lot. We constantly prod and poke until the goodies are given

By: jaamit

jaamit — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:37:49 +0000

LOL well its at #3 just from creating the page about the hashtag without any tweeting or links (the power of domain authority and a tightly targeted page title…). Dont worry I wont be linkbuilding to it ;)

By: Lyndon Antcliff

Lyndon Antcliff — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:20:49 +0000

I don’t think anyone here is blaming the people tweeting. The responsibility is with the people who are in charge of marketing of the website. The point is that social media and SEO should be working together in an holistic fashion to enable the strategic objectives of the online marketing plan to succeed.

And that if you are going to put someone in charge of the online marketing plan you are much better off with an SEO as they are much more likely to get it than the PR guru as they are more likely to understand how it all fits together.

But, you are right and it is easy to make fun of PR people, if you read my blog you will find I make fun of everyone including myself, so don’t feel too hard done by.

By: Steve Berry

Steve Berry — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:10:53 +0000

Don’t blame the people Tweeting! It’s very easy to have a pop at PR people, but bear in mind that the delegates didn’t decree/define the hashtag.

By: Paul Allen

Paul Allen — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:45:09 +0000

Haha… Wrists weighed down with Rolex watches? iPhones smeared with canapes? I’m in the wrong job lol

Let’s hope someone notices this article at #1 and see if they manage to do anything about it :)

By: Lyndon Antcliff

Lyndon Antcliff — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:35:40 +0000

Love it, an SEO smackdown challenge. Look forward to see how you get on.

Thing is, who can really keep track of all these tools? There seems to be a new one every time I come back from the loo.

Maybe Jaamit you can help me with a top ten essential tool list ;)

By: jaamit

jaamit — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:01:35 +0000

LOL i like the way you’re now ranking for “PRWSocial”…hmm was that all part of the master plan? ;)

Incidentally a great site I came across a while back when trying to figure out what a twitter hashtag or trending topic is about is http://whatthetrend.com/ – a crowdsourced tool to solve your confusion… I’ve added PWRsocial in there, mainly as an experiment to see if it can outrank you :p

By: Lyndon Antcliff

Lyndon Antcliff — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:17:41 +0000

It’s been a cliche for a long time in the SEO world that content is king, I think any SEO pro knows how to create content that works and then create the conversation that follows, allowing the content to go virtal. It’s not the PR that bangs on about linkbait, it’s the SEO. The SEO knows how to get the link, the link is merely a result of the conversation between the linker and the content.

This opinion is based on how PR people operate in the social media world and most do not get it right, especially when compared to a crusty old, grizzled SEO who is battle scarred from many “conversation creations!”

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:49:49 +0000

I agree with the integration piece. Where PR people have the potential to become masters of social media is because of their understanding of how to create conversations and content. You have to have something worth watching/engaging with for SEO to have a purpose in the first place!

By: Lyndon Antcliff

Lyndon Antcliff — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:00:02 +0000

Well as someone once said, “anger is an energy”

By: claire stokoe

claire stokoe — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:56:00 +0000

So funny, you got me here with the angry “no it isnt response…” then you talked about PR and i had to say. “yep. thats true” lol..

love it x