Comments on: Ruud Questions: Dave Harry aka the Gypsy

By: Ben McKay

Ben McKay — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:23:09 +0000

Awesome interview – really enjoyed it!

Thanks guys for putting that together.

Some history, some SEO philosophy, some project management tips and all in all a great account that prompts a great bit of thinking about SEO.

Cheers Ruud for the good questions and cheers to Dave for the awesome answers!

🙂

By: Bob Gladstein

Bob Gladstein — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:33:25 +0000

Interesting interview, but I just have to ask — what is an SOSG? It’s used in this sentence: “This is why folks should consider paying more attention to the geekier side of life (we’re not wieners, we’re SOSGs). ”

Apparently, there’s a baseball blog out there called Sons of Steve Garvey. Somehow, I doubt that’s it.

By: DazzlinDonna

DazzlinDonna — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:45:38 +0000

His ideas about “futureproofing” your SEO got me out of a reactive state, into a proactive research state.

By: Organic Guy

Organic Guy — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:32:59 +0000

I LOVE THE A-Team! Great reference at the end there. This was a good interview too, I was not aware that the Gypsy was such an IM intellectual, so this was surprisingly refreshing. LOVE the part about LSI as BS! LMAO

By: fantomaster

fantomaster — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:07:13 +0000

Great interview, guys!
About “SEO as an art”: most people seem to believe (entirely erroneously), that “art” means “gut level is all you need”. I.e. something like “it ain’t REAL work” (on the perennial philistine’s “money for nothing/get your checks for free” line.)

Not so: mastering the “craft” part fundamentals, and only that, is what may (no guarantees) make “intuition” and “talent” prevail – not vice versa.

In other words: do your homework, kids, in SEO as in anywhere else. Or else…

As they say: “Poeta fit non nascitur.” (A poet is made, not born.)

By: Jeremy Rivera

Jeremy Rivera — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:08:27 +0000

I’m very glad that I started “on the trail” of the Gypsy, and started looking deeper into search. His ideas about “futureproofing” your SEO got me out of a reactive state, into a proactive research state. Woo!