Danny Sullivan leaving Search Engine Watch
This is pretty big news. Due to contract negotiations going south, Danny Sullivan is leaving Search Engine Watch. He’ll also be ending his Conference appearances. It’ll be interesting to hear what happens next. In his blogpost at Daggle.com Danny has suggested that there are some ongoing negotiations with other players, and he’s also entertaining the idea of going it on his own. I’m sure he’ll land on his feet.
And all I can say about the new owners of Search Engine Watch is WHAT WERE THEY THINKING???? Though there are other good people there, I have a feeling the new management team is going to find out just how valuable Danny Sullivan is. The hard way.
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November 17th, 2006 at 5:39 pm
Although I’ve followed Danny since then I really didn’t get his genius until I wrote an article for Andy Beal’s SEM Scholarship contest. My first paragraph says it all.
Back in the 20th century Danny Sullivan, a guy who seems to get ‘it’ long before most of us know what ‘it’ is, wrote about sem seo certification in an article entitled “Promoters Call ForCertification”. In that article he describes an open letter from Beyond Interactive, Mercury Seven, US Web and Web Ignite to the major search engines. These four firms were calling for the establishment of a certification program for optimization professionals from the search engines. After Danny gave his reasons why he believed certification wouldn’t be viable, he added, “Given this, it may make sense for the major search engines to consider experimenting with the GoTo model and accept paid links, especially for competitive terms.”
Practical tip #1 – Whenever Danny Sullivan speaks, listen, whatever he writes, read.