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Comment on Incoming links from spammy websites can harm your rankings. #seo by Chi

Chi — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:23:19 +0000

Hi
Thanks for the great blogs, I’ve just bought an interest in a small business and thought it would be beneficial to learn the right way to promote it. I thought I knew a little about SEO but most if what I believed to be good practice isn’t and your explanations as to why were very informative. Keep up the good work

Comment on 90% of quality links are paid links…full stop by Ewa Grzybek, MCIJ (@_homosapiens)

Ewa Grzybek, MCIJ (@_homosapiens) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:23:42 +0000

Very good point!! “@iamoldskool: Latest: 90% of quality links are paid links…full stop, read it here: http://t.co/fQ88u2W0”

Comment on “Here comes the girls” – Here comes blatant sexism – Boycott Boots campaign by Steve W

Steve W — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:25:39 +0000

You are, of course, absolutely right and I have today joined your FB group. I belong to another FB group called Representing Men, that have highlighted your blog and campaign.

Boots the Chemist is blatantly using sexism against men to bolster the women going to shop in there – because its sales are falling as supermarkets, in particular Tesco, are expanding their range and introducing pharmacies into their stores. People won’t queue at Boots if they can get the same produce cheaper & easier at the supermarket with the weekly shop.

Plus, Boots aren’t exactly cheap. Most of their products are cheaper elsewhere. Plus, because of their “Advantage Card” scheme, it seems to take ages for people to get served at the checkouts! Not that I will be bothering now, since I will be boycotting them until they change their advertising.

Take a look at this link: http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/sectors/retail/boots-looks-to-customer-experience-to-help-maintain-share/3031717.article

“The supermarket talks directly to 30,000 customers each week asking them to rate their experience on a five point scale.” And how many of those are men, I wonder…?

And even this (sexist) journalist doesn’t actually like Boots all that much: http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/blogs/lucy-handley/great-christmas-ad-from-boots-so-why-do-i-feel-alienated?/3031769.article

Comment on “Here comes the girls” – Here comes blatant sexism – Boycott Boots campaign by Jim Seward

Jim Seward — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:53:24 +0000

Thanks for your responses Guys, I think this is starting to get legs as I’ve noticed more and more sites talking about these sexist adverts negatively.

Some great stats on this page

http://brightonmanplan.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/is-boots-ad-sexist/ about the reality of so called “man flu”

Comment on “Here comes the girls” – Here comes blatant sexism – Boycott Boots campaign by Neil Herbert

Neil Herbert — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:13:37 +0000

I so agree. I have written to Boots about this – it is grossly insulting. I received a patronising reply. Could not agree more that if women really think that Christmas is all about receiving cheap perfume branded by Britney – model parent – Spears then they really are missing the whole point of a family Christmas. Christmas should be a happy family time for all – male and female. I hate the way that Boots and other advertisers portray it as the exclusive domain of women and mums as if fathers are just irrelevant. As for the portrayal of men as wimpy hypochondriacs – while women bravely soldier on. The most irritating aspect of this is that it just simply is not true. Women are 50% more likely to be absent from work than men. Seek nearly twice as many GP appointments than men and are far more likely to be disciplined at – or dismissed from – their jobs for persistent absence. Why do we stand for this casual ignorant dismissal of men as irrelevant by shops like this. Boycott Boots – remove your custom shop somewhere where you are valued and respected as a customer. If you are a man that is certainly not Boots!!!! Its time men voted with their feet and their wallets and show these sexist retailers what it means to lose 50% of their customer base – after all men have more disposable income than women – lets use it to teach these bigots a lesson!!! Does anyone have any ideas how this boycott could actually catch on – would make a great message to get out there!

Comment on “Here comes the girls” – Here comes blatant sexism – Boycott Boots campaign by Al Lomax

Al Lomax — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:49:44 +0000

Totally agree with you, Jim, the Boots cold remedies ‘I’m fine…’ ad is batantly sexist and insulting towards men. The ASA has received about 90 complaints the ad and, so far, has refused to act. This kind of attitude will only reinforce the unfortunate male tendency to avoid seeking medical help when ill, sometimes with tragic consequences, (after all who wants to labelled a ‘spineless cry-baby’?) I intend to complain to Boots and the ASA about the advert.

Comment on What a day at Alton Towers can teach you about #SEO by Jim Seward

Jim Seward — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:47:56 +0000

Just as an update to this post. I went back to Alton Towers for the second time this year to see the fireworks and it was heaving….There was an hour wait for the worst rides.

The lesson here is that some sectors are over saturated and you have to be realistic about what you can achieve in these sectors and cherry pick your keywords rather than trying to rank for everything

Comment on Head to Head Give it up at #searchlove by Jim Seward

Jim Seward — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:26:12 +0000

I think this post is a joke…but we’re all entitled to our opinion

Comment on Head to Head Give it up at #searchlove by Nut

Nut — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:08:26 +0000

I am at the congress and i think that this post is tottally spammy black post. Dont you?

Comment on Having a #sitemap and submitting it to #Google improves your #rankings by Jim Seward

Jim Seward — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 22:49:17 +0000

Just as a quick update, I just heard from the SEO Guru that is @neha_pandkar again…this time, telling me how to create an email link in my blog…

rather than you have to go to his blog and suffer in indignity of being told simple basic html….Google mailto…..yawn