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Learning SEO Basics On Hiatus
By Kimberly Bock | May 9, 2008
(update: No longer on hiatus. I am not a quitter)
I am sorry to say that I am having second thoughts about maintaining this blog.
I have met a lot of people that I respect but I just can’t see spending everyday of my life associating with the constant greed and lack of priorities that is so prominent within the marketing communities I’ve been affiliated with.
One of the worst things I could have done was to get into a relationship with one of them. He is unable to be loyal and honest with me due to his fear of abandonment by them. So, that pretty much drew the line for me.
I’ll be on hiatus for quite some time. I may not return at all.
Beware. Watch your back. They can be cruel.
I hope your experiences with them are more fulfilling than it has been for me.
Be good to yourselves and others,
Kimberly Bock
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Topics: Controversy |
May 9th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
Kim, that would really suck because you make seo accessible to oodles and poodles of newbs. Who’ll do it if not you?
On the other hand, I understand the frustration and aggravation, and keeping up blogging can be hard as hell. Particularly with an audience like yours that is transitory; once they learn the basics, they’re off to the advanced sites.
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May 9th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Please don’t go! There are some of us that are not full of this constant greed you talk about. But the best to you if you do!
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May 10th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
If that’s your choice I respect that. I’ll miss your contributions here on the blog as well as on Mixx. Of course marketing or SEO is not enough and many people tend to concentarte or limit it to monetray gain. I have the impression though that here som epersonal and professional things get mixed up unnecesarrily.
Take a break and cool down if you like, maybe then the decision process will be a little less biased. Otherwise if you’re completely sure already then sell the blog, I think it’s already worth a lot.
P.S.: Marketing and SEO are not greed driven etc. by definition, the best marketers I know online are green marketers fighting for a better world on the Web.
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May 11th, 2008 at 6:59 am
I’ll echo the sentiments here Kim and say that the SEO and social media community will be a far poorer place without you. I hope that time will heal wounds and we’ll see you here once again. You will be sorely missed if not.
You are one of the people who truly embraces the meaning of ’social’ in social media, and I’d just like to thank you for the support you have given me over the past few months.
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May 11th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Kim,
I just want to add my voice to all the others that are saying,
Please don’t go.
Like a lot of the other people here, I’ve found you and your blog to be a great source of information and encouragement.
You were one of the first people to make me feel welcome when I took my first tentative steps into this community and it would be a shame to lose you from it because of the difficulties and frustrations you’re feeling with regard to certain other members.
I hope the break gives you time to reflect and to come back stronger.
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May 11th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
Kimberly~ I will totally miss you. I sincerely hope you will remain on Facebook and continually poke me with all kinds of fun applications and keep in touch.
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May 12th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
It’s sad to see you leaving Kim! When you started out, myself and many others identified you as the social media trailblazer, and a keen observer and participant of this crazy search marketing world. Take care and keep in touch if possible!
Dev
May 13th, 2008 at 12:47 am
“The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, confused, deluded forever; but it is shot through with beauty, with love, with glints of courage and laughter; and in these, the spirit blooms timidly, and struggles to the light amid the thorns.”
- George Santayana
Don’t let the negative behavior of others detract, distract or derail you from your good work. I hope you will decide to press forward and rise above.
Sean
May 13th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
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May 15th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
Choice is our gift from the creator, if it is your will then so be it. I know in fact, in my own little bubble, you are the one person I would always regard as real. You contributions are immeasurable Kimberly, you always speak your mind and do not seek acceptance of bow to the ego’s of others.
I am sad to see you retreat, but if it is what you will then seek the path that feels right to you, and over time, that may change. We all have our challenges to overcome on a daily basis, but all I know is you made mine easier every time I brushed into you only with tour enthusiasm, and 110% that you bring to the table.
Dharma - is all about doing what you are intended, a warrior must fight, if that is their purpose. Take some time, define yours and then embrace it with all of your essence. If this is not it, then you shouldn’t force…allow.
We will miss you!
Jeffrey Smith
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May 15th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
I’m glad you feel that way jeffrey. i feel the same about you too. that’s why i was only on hiatus for such a short period of time. had to come to my senses! i wrote a follow up to explain.
http://learningseobasics.com/archives/488
thanks everyone for the support and encouraging words. well needed and appreciated more than you know.
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