Shoemoney Dislikes 95% of SEOs, Can't Do Grammar

February 10, 2008 by ian

Truth is, I don't like 95% of SEOs, either. I make a habit of tearing down the fraudsters whenever possible.

But man, Shoemoney, could you get someone to proofread a bit?

"Its like people don’t know you can goto a web site without going to a god-damn Search Engine."

Which, when filtered through 6th-grade grammar books, becomes:

"It's like people don't know you can go to a web site without going to a god-damned search engine."

I'm hardly Hemingway myself. This shouldn't be a big deal. It really shouldn't. But I'm sitting here after a four-kid sleepover, studying up for SMX, trying to recover from jet lag. So I'm not my normal happy self. Cough.

C'mon - if you're blogging, which of course is writing, couldn't you work a little on the writing part?

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Barry Rueger says:

February 10, 2008 12:26

I don't know ether Shoemoney is confused, or if his ideas are just lost in really bad writing. I could likely count on one hand the number of times in day when I actually type in a URL. I have one group of sites that open automatically in Opera, a set of client sites that are contained in a separate toolbar that I turn off or on as needed, a half dozen more that are bookmarked in the browser, and hundreds of others linked at del.icio.us.

If it's not in one of those places I Google because the search box is right there in the top right corner. It's faster and usually easier than trying to remember the exact spelling of a long URL, or whether it's dot-com or dot-net or dot-org or dot-co-dot-uk.

Sure, I'll type www.amazon.com or mail.google.com, but that's about it.

Alex Morse says:

February 10, 2008 13:08

I agree.

I'm sure that I'm guilty of the occasional grammar faux pas myself, but it seems that the vast majority of bloggers are getting sloppy.

Laura says:

February 10, 2008 15:06

em, mayhaps hes doin a eecummings thang?

(gest kiddin)

Ian says:

February 10, 2008 16:21

What pains me the most is the number of A- and B listers that are getting so sloppy. It's hard to take them seriously if they can't use the right 'your'.