SEO, amateurism, biased opinions and the market performance of the "true professional" in SEO
March 4, 2008 7 comments
He started a discussion in the blogosphere about the level of work / training that moves with SEO / SEM. In this brief article, I present my opinion about it.
Reading the feed from Fabio Ricotta blog, I saw an article that, actually, is the opinion of the author about the text "SEO is for Training", WITHOUT Brazil. Intrometido, I decided to give my opinion!
The argument presented by Erick Beltrami Formaggio, Article of SEM Brazil at first actually can be considered fully valid. However, since the vast majority of what is said / written, there controv é rsias!
One of the main arguments is on "self-development of theories and practices" with regard to SEO. For the way it is handled in the text, appears to be a bad thing! To you, it is? So the best thing to do is follow strict and only what you see on the internet and is learned in courses and books? Not for the creativity and thought pr ó priority when it comes to optimizing for search engines? And where that left t é cnica that brings real results? If innovation is "sin", where does it emerged?
At another point, the author says:
Most of the agencies that sell advice is to SEO, Sponsored Link or even Google Analytics, certifications are not important, and not be recognised as SEM agencies by the search engines, through stamps such as "GAP", among others .
Again, the way it is put this statement, it appears that only one who has certifications and more certification in a certain area is legitimately confidential á able to act on it and / or comment on the matter. In the same sense that Fabio, I think the autodidatismo, if forms a good knowledge of whom the practice is tantamount much as a piece of paper on the wall… As well Ricotta said, in order, titles do not count, the opposite results, and count a lot.
I mean, tying the ability of a person; say whether it is good or not in making; say that it is no good if you can wait for the sole reason of not having certification, is take a really extreme! Agree?
As I said, not completely descordo of everything that was quoted in the article by Erick Beltrami; their posture and manner with which the matter was addressed, the more biased (it is presumed that he has "trocentos" certificates, right…), is I am motivated to write this post, showing my opinion.
When the author of the controversial article said "Then it makes no sense at least to my way of seeing, in companies that has nothing to do with trying to eat this Search slice of the cake", which explicitly rejects the experiments showed that, by ventura, are made by someone who has no wall of the house decorated…
Finally, I make it clear that respect the opinion and most of the arguments presented by the author, but I do not agree! The Fabio Ricotta said that several people know who started at home, learning alone on the Web, and today are working in large enterprises, and this is the reality of who work in the virtual environment! The learning, discipline, the display of results, finally, the service well done, can you tell if a person is or is not qualified for this or that function.
Opinion of who does not (and does not mind) with certificates! ;-)
PS: Erick Beltrami cites that "Many people who have no experience with the market WITHOUT leaves so 'self-developed' theories and practices that have nothing to do with the real Optimization Sites (SEO)." I know what he is the true optimization for search engines that cited, so I can learn to use the false…














The arrogance demonstrated in the article SEMBrasil seems to come from those who just have a bad experience in a business, that is probably lost a customer for someone who had no certification:)
For me what should be given the time to hire someone to the SEO, will always be the results and to verify that before you hire the best people will always see the results of previous guests and is not how many certifications that are pasted on the wall.
The issue of certficação is extremely ambiguous, especially in technology, have a certification, for me not to say anything, the speed that things change, a certficação obtained for 6 months ago potentially worth as much as toilet paper.
Tárcio,
Congratulations for the article. It shows very well reviewed the why the article Erick was not happy. And I find the law looks the articles he writes.
In the market have even heard that some agency SEM are not happy because the agencies' joint "professionals are taking these companies.
A big hug
@ Bruno Martins
Interesting point that you raised! Actually "something" must have happened to the author of the article feel so uncomfortable with who is not "graduate"… And I fully agree when you say that, especially in our field, the certificates, if not useless, losing the value and quickly!
Abraços and appear!
@ Paulo Rodrigo Teixeira
Thanks, Paul! Actually who has a diploma (and is considered better and / or more worthy of who is not) must be terrorized when "any desenvolvedorzinho" abocanha their clients… rsrs
Thank you for commenting!
Is that I am happy to see an article as good.
Abração!
Brazil can not get rid of culture cartorial, unfortunately.
Tárcio Hello!
A little more delayed in time to give an opinion on your beautiful article. Impressed with this discussion, launched a question in my network of contacts from Linkedin. Citing including SEMPO and DMA as a reference for certification in SEO. The Q & A was to check with the professionals out there, if it was necessary certifications to develop a good job of SEO. And if there was still value in recognition and certification of SEMPO, DMA and so on.
Well, 98% of professionals consulted agreed that certifications are valid but dispensable! What nobody needs them to succeed with SEO.
Respect the opinions and even busquei study and have a certification with Paul Rodrigo (for signal, I recommend the entire world of the courses Paulo), but if in Brazil we change this culture "of the colonels" we will get nowhere…
Thanks and good luck, congratulations on your blog.
@ Luiz Parreira
Hi, Luiz!
It was a little late but their participation was very important! These statistics prove that you mentioned further that, more than wallpapers, the important results are a positive attitude and ethics to get it.
Thank you for commenting!
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