[UPHPU] SEO

[John David Anderson]

On Oct 4, 2007, at 11:37 AM, Wade Preston Shearer wrote:

>> Shouldn't they be pretty closely related, though?
>
> It depends on from what perspective.

All parts are essentially equal to me - it's a holistic approach that  
will give you the most success - but I'm not telling you anything you  
don't know.

> They are related and both important in terms of the success of your  
> website, yes, but SEO standard for "search engine optimization" and  
> has nothing to do with usability. I website that is very well  
> optimized might is likely to more usable than one that is not, but  
> you can have a very, very optimized website that outperforms all of  
> the others that is completely unusable.

I'm not sure how a completely unusable site could outperform, but I  
kinda see what you're saying.

I suppose my point is that unless you take into account the wants of  
real people, all your SEO work doesn't amount to much in the long run.

-- John