Comments on: The New SEO Glossary: Say Goodbye to Link Condoms & Juice

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:40:57 +0000

Link condom! hahaha, I haven’t heard that before.

I know what you mean about professionalism, but being a little boy at heart i’m going to have to bring it into conversations now! :-)

By: Jason Grodsky

Jason Grodsky — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:58:07 +0000

I agree that if those in the industry want to be taken more seriously the lingo has to begin to transform and we have to clean it up. You make some great points, but getting the culture to change will be harder as most people are set in their ways. It’d be interesting to see if business for those who are more disciplined and make the change would see an increase in business. If we’re expected to be taken seriously there has to be a tweak to the lingo, once that happens the easier it will be for others to offer the respect most want.

By: Devan Perine

Devan Perine — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 22:57:42 +0000

I didn’t realize until you put it all together in one area, but how ridiculous it is that majority of all the SEO jargon has some sort of sexual connotation. But honestly, what else do you expect from a male-dominated industry? *sigh*

Grow up, boys.

Amen, Amanda! Love this post!

Thought you’d also get a kick out of my colleague’s post on why SEO is like a woman. It’s hilarious! ;) http://enmast.com/2012/10/seo-woman/

By: Kent

Kent — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:17:19 +0000

Why human likes to make things complicated?

By: Lyena Solomon

Lyena Solomon — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:55:52 +0000

I think, we have SEOs that are just too good at their jobs. They are entertaining, use colorful metaphors, and make them extreme. That’s why those terms take off because they are somewhat shocking but accurate. So, we giggle and use them internally.
However, I am in complete agreement with you, Amanda. We need to clean up our lingo if we expect people to take us seriously. That is when people will stop looking at SEOs as hacks and instead see us as professionals.

By: Amanda King

Amanda King — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:40:04 +0000

Nick – exactly!

By: Amanda King

Amanda King — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:39:32 +0000

Dani, hah! You have a better memory than I do…:)

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:32:46 +0000

I actually hadn’t heard of “link condom” either. Clever, but is it appropriate? I think you make a good point. How can we ever expect clients to understand SEO or respect what we’re doing if we’re throwing around industry jargon that they don’t understand, sounds silly, and possibly even unprofessional?

By: Dani Stein

Dani Stein — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 19:18:48 +0000

HA! Love this – Amanda, I’ll never forget the first time I heard the term “link juice.” It came from YOUR mouth, and I was a new little wee SEO, and I had no idea what you were talking about, but I knew even then that you hated it. I believe your exact words were, “Yeah, we use a lot of fancy language in this industry…” haha!

Great post – sharing with the girls in the office :)

By: Keith Eastman

Keith Eastman — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 06:25:35 +0000

I have never heard some of the langauge in this blog before and I have been doing it for 11 years… Is because I don’t have that many techy die hard marketing friends? LOL.. Love this post I am sharing it.