Comments on: Wal-Mart is Trying to Put Us Out of Business With Their New SEO Services http://blog.kbsweb.com/wal-mart-is-trying-to-put-us-out-of-business-with-their-new-seo-services/ Techmology Bits Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:52:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: GallatinDork http://blog.kbsweb.com/wal-mart-is-trying-to-put-us-out-of-business-with-their-new-seo-services/#comment-2199 GallatinDork Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:18:55 +0000 http://blog.kbsweb.com/?p=229#comment-2199 "They want me to pay $30 a month to use a proprietary “profile builder” that will then submit my profile to directories and yellow pages. This is something people can do themselves, and is fairly useless to begin with. Wal-Mart will also, for my $30, submit my URL to search engines–something that is universally considered by SEOs to be no longer necessary. It’s also free and takes 10 seconds for people to do. " I could not agree more. “They want me to pay $30 a month to use a proprietary “profile builder” that will then submit my profile to directories and yellow pages. This is something people can do themselves, and is fairly useless to begin with. Wal-Mart will also, for my $30, submit my URL to search engines–something that is universally considered by SEOs to be no longer necessary. It’s also free and takes 10 seconds for people to do. ”

I could not agree more.

]]> By: Jeremy Scott http://blog.kbsweb.com/wal-mart-is-trying-to-put-us-out-of-business-with-their-new-seo-services/#comment-2180 Jeremy Scott Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:52:14 +0000 http://blog.kbsweb.com/?p=229#comment-2180 Good. Another Wal-Mart supporter comes by to judge us. Let me tell you how this works. When Wal-Mart brands something and puts it on their website, whether it comes from a third party company or not, it is still a Wal-Mart product. So the fact that they've partnered with an SEO firm you respect (and probably work for) means nothing. It is a service being provided and sold by Wal-Mart. And I think that while there are wide-ranging opinions across the country about Wal-Mart... it's undeniable that they have earned a bit of skepticism whenever they roll out a new service they hadn't previously offered. And what they're offering isn't SEO. Anyone who leaves blog comments about SEO with the name "SEO Tester" should know that SEO is more than submitting profiles and URLs to search engines. They want me to pay $30 a month to use a proprietary "profile builder" that will then submit my profile to directories and yellow pages. This is something people can do themselves, and is fairly useless to begin with. Wal-Mart will also, for my $30, submit my URL to search engines--something that is universally considered by SEOs to be no longer necessary. It's also free and takes 10 seconds for people to do. So Wal-Mart, through this wonderful SEO firm you love (and probably work for) is charging $360 a year for unnecessary and unhelpful services that won't touch a customer's actual website code in the least. Sounds like a scam to me. Good. Another Wal-Mart supporter comes by to judge us.

Let me tell you how this works. When Wal-Mart brands something and puts it on their website, whether it comes from a third party company or not, it is still a Wal-Mart product.

So the fact that they’ve partnered with an SEO firm you respect (and probably work for) means nothing. It is a service being provided and sold by Wal-Mart. And I think that while there are wide-ranging opinions across the country about Wal-Mart… it’s undeniable that they have earned a bit of skepticism whenever they roll out a new service they hadn’t previously offered.

And what they’re offering isn’t SEO. Anyone who leaves blog comments about SEO with the name “SEO Tester” should know that SEO is more than submitting profiles and URLs to search engines.

They want me to pay $30 a month to use a proprietary “profile builder” that will then submit my profile to directories and yellow pages. This is something people can do themselves, and is fairly useless to begin with. Wal-Mart will also, for my $30, submit my URL to search engines–something that is universally considered by SEOs to be no longer necessary. It’s also free and takes 10 seconds for people to do.

So Wal-Mart, through this wonderful SEO firm you love (and probably work for) is charging $360 a year for unnecessary and unhelpful services that won’t touch a customer’s actual website code in the least. Sounds like a scam to me.

]]> By: SEO Tester http://blog.kbsweb.com/wal-mart-is-trying-to-put-us-out-of-business-with-their-new-seo-services/#comment-2177 SEO Tester Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:51:48 +0000 http://blog.kbsweb.com/?p=229#comment-2177 You guys need to do your research before you jump the gun. Sam's Clubs uses a Redmond, WA (near Microsoft) based company called Innuity, Inc. (http://innuity.com/) to provide all of the services including Website Hosting. I've personally called their support team and they are for real. They are not outsourced and do know their stuff. I hate reading these post because it clearly show people are too lazy to do some real research. You guys need to do your research before you jump the gun. Sam’s Clubs uses a Redmond, WA (near Microsoft) based company called Innuity, Inc. (http://innuity.com/) to provide all of the services including Website Hosting. I’ve personally called their support team and they are for real. They are not outsourced and do know their stuff. I hate reading these post because it clearly show people are too lazy to do some real research.

]]> By: Gallatin Guy http://blog.kbsweb.com/wal-mart-is-trying-to-put-us-out-of-business-with-their-new-seo-services/#comment-2130 Gallatin Guy Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:17:34 +0000 http://blog.kbsweb.com/?p=229#comment-2130 I would'nt trust the tech goons at wal-mart to install a network card and autorun a driver cd for me let alone search engine optimization for a commercial web site. alot of these big guys are a rip off waiting to happen. This monthly thing looks like a scam to me as just updating your webpage every month will get you a search engine bump even though temporarily. Not sure I'd trust them to pick my keywords, titles, reword my links, or even the most basic html modification. May as well pay the trusted local firms who'll actually do the research to get you the best rating possible specifically for your business and your area. I would’nt trust the tech goons at wal-mart to install a network card and autorun a driver cd for me let alone search engine optimization for a commercial web site. alot of these big guys are a rip off waiting to happen. This monthly thing looks like a scam to me as just updating your webpage every month will get you a search engine bump even though temporarily. Not sure I’d trust them to pick my keywords, titles, reword my links, or even the most basic html modification. May as well pay the trusted local firms who’ll actually do the research to get you the best rating possible specifically for your business and your area.

]]> By: Jeremy Scott http://blog.kbsweb.com/wal-mart-is-trying-to-put-us-out-of-business-with-their-new-seo-services/#comment-2080 Jeremy Scott Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:42:27 +0000 http://blog.kbsweb.com/?p=229#comment-2080 Give me a break, RD. I'm sick of the Wal-Mart haters blaming the shoppers for the decline of American businesses. I'm making a point that a big-box retailer selling a technology service is odd. You're making a point that if I buy my jeans there then I should just accept whatever they want to sell... which is honestly a bit dumb. It's like Pizza Hut deciding to start selling hammers. Or Home Depot selling psychiatric advice. My point is that SEO services are a strange thing for Wal Mart to sell... and that Wal-Mart's SEO service might not be high-quality--like a lot of what they sell. Which is it: Do you hate Wal-Mart? Or do you want to beat me up for giving Wal-Mart grief? Because it seems like you want it both ways. Give me a break, RD. I’m sick of the Wal-Mart haters blaming the shoppers for the decline of American businesses.

I’m making a point that a big-box retailer selling a technology service is odd. You’re making a point that if I buy my jeans there then I should just accept whatever they want to sell… which is honestly a bit dumb. It’s like Pizza Hut deciding to start selling hammers. Or Home Depot selling psychiatric advice.

My point is that SEO services are a strange thing for Wal Mart to sell… and that Wal-Mart’s SEO service might not be high-quality–like a lot of what they sell.

Which is it: Do you hate Wal-Mart? Or do you want to beat me up for giving Wal-Mart grief? Because it seems like you want it both ways.

]]> By: RD http://blog.kbsweb.com/wal-mart-is-trying-to-put-us-out-of-business-with-their-new-seo-services/#comment-2079 RD Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:42:07 +0000 http://blog.kbsweb.com/?p=229#comment-2079 Funny how you didn't mind putting American workers out of work to get cheaper pants, but now that it encroaches on your livelyhood Wal Mart is a problem. Maybe you and a few thousand others should have bought that $15 pair of pants elsewhere when you saw major brands closing American operations to keep their prices "Falling" for a little bit more and they wouldn't have your money to go into another sector. Funny how you didn’t mind putting American workers out of work to get cheaper pants, but now that it encroaches on your livelyhood Wal Mart is a problem.

Maybe you and a few thousand others should have bought that $15 pair of pants elsewhere when you saw major brands closing American operations to keep their prices “Falling” for a little bit more and they wouldn’t have your money to go into another sector.

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