Comments on: SEO “Outing” Is Immoral

By: Ethical SEO Capable of Producing Noticeable Rank Improvements

Ethical SEO Capable of Producing Noticeable Rank Improvements — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:02:14 +0000

[...] I for one, am glad Google continues to strive for quality in their ranking. I think Matt Cutts and the rest of the Google search team, do an excellent job managing this quality. While, I do have some sympathy, for the lost jobs and lost business, “outing” can cause, I do not think SEO “Outing” Is Immoral. [...]

By: Secrets to human networking in cyberspace | SEO Blog of Link-Assistant.Com

Secrets to human networking in cyberspace | SEO Blog of Link-Assistant.Com — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:10:09 +0000

[...] recently read a great post by Joe Hall and shared it on Twitter. With blogs like that, the comment section alone is a post in and of [...]

By: Ethics and SEO - Website Design Prices

Ethics and SEO - Website Design Prices — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:20:37 +0000

[...] Joe Hall on SEO “Outing” (comments on this well worth a read) Google doesn’t tell people what to buy, it helps them [...]

By: Patience is a Virtue « topservicewizard

Patience is a Virtue « topservicewizard — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 01:35:51 +0000

[...] SEOs who out others & market themselves by using polarizing commentary (at least in the short run, whereas in the long run that may backfire). [...]

By: Patience is a Virtue | Affiliatesguru.info

Patience is a Virtue | Affiliatesguru.info — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:48:16 +0000

[...] SEOs who out others & market themselves by using polarizing commentary (at least in the short run, whereas in the long run that may backfire). [...]

By: The ethics of SEO | Construction Zone

The ethics of SEO | Construction Zone — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:01:48 +0000

[...] Joe Hall, whom I respect a lot, did a post saying SEO “outing” is immoral. He mentions that while the outed practices themselves might be non-ethical, those people have [...]

By: Patience is a Virtue - SEO Blog

Patience is a Virtue - SEO Blog — Tue, 29 May 2012 08:01:22 +0000

[...] SEOs who out others & market themselves by using polarizing commentary (at least in the short run, whereas in the long run that may backfire). [...]

By: Rick Thomas

Rick Thomas — Mon, 21 May 2012 14:43:02 +0000

Saying ‘if your paycheck doesn’t say Google on it…’ is like saying “If your paycheck doesn’t say ‘Police Department’ on it, it’s not your job to report a crime.” The police can’t be everywhere, and imagine what society would be like without 911. The same holds true with Google and the internet.

And in terms of putting peoples’ families at risk, doesn’t the “outing is immoral” position equate with putting honest businesspeople (and their families) at risk by sitting on our hands while spammers knock them out of the top 10? Either way you’re putting livelihoods at risk, might as well be the people making the internet more mediocre.

By: Gregory Ciotti

Gregory Ciotti — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:41:53 +0000

I have a question here that maybe someone can fill me in on…

Did any of the other blog networks in that post get hit? If not, why was BMR essentially obliterated and how do the others manage to stick around?

I’m a local SEO guy, so I’m not very familiar with the outing of blog networks.

By: How to Guest Blog – NOT! « Will Scott

How to Guest Blog – NOT! « Will Scott — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:15:24 +0000

[...] I was inspired by @JoeHall‘s post on the ethics of outing SEOs. This one, however, too dumb to move past without giving a little coaching. With a little help from [...]