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Opinion July 31st, 2007Warning: Opinionated post which contains no web tool links, no web trend news, no amazing search marketing discoveries, and zero insight into ranking algorithms. What this post is about is the flagrant and unoriginal content that people pepper within their blog posts in order to rank for current trends and gain residual traffic.
The utopian and idealistic purpose of the internet is to deliver relevant content to those who seek it, accurately matching user query with quality content. Those who blog solely for the purpose of earning ad revenue are more often than not contributing to what the internet isn’t.
This post will in no way deter those from exploiting search trends but I hope to somewhat reiterate what’s important. The web should be our chalkboard, documenting the pursuit of knowledge and providing the most collectively accurate answers to those who seek them. Adding junk, trash, and spam to our environment seems to be an unfortunately human characteristic that not only muddies the waters of useful information but also permeates past this digital realm.
I’m tired of unoriginal content, of thoughtless spammy online fodder, and anything antithetical of the internet’s intent. I’m already an environmental advocate (as are most people these days) but how about we start greening the online world too?
We should blog to help others find useful resources, bring to light industry news, introduce new ways of thinking, and collaboratively test our theories. We should stop thinking about how we can benefit from the internet and start contributing to its positive and collective pursuit of knowledge and discovery.
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