SearchWarp Update: the truth comes out
by Randall McCarley
November 4th, 2006
SearchWarp came clean about the changes they made on their site. Their solution to making their articles rank well in the search engines is to nofollow the external links and to move articles that don’t fit their quality guidelines to Users.Search-o-rama.com. SEO and Internet Marketing articles will be moved to SEM.SearchRamp.com. Note: existing SearchWarp articles will not be moved, just the new ones that are submitted.
The explanation for the change begins:
It is with great remorse that I am making these announcements to the friends and users of SearchWarp. I feel compelled to be transparent and honest with our users, and I believe that I need to let you know what has been happening behind the scenes here.
I’d like to commend SearchWarp for bringing the truth even if it did take a bit of encouragement. I still say there are better solutions but at least now SearchWarp authors are getting the whole story and can make an informed decision about where to post their articles.
One “problem” about doing business online is that when you try to be clever someone will figure you out. And then some jerk will start making noise about it. Good service is just good service and that requires being upfront about your policies not hiding behind half-truths. If your service really is valuable your users will stick around.
PS. Special thanks to Lorien1973 for taking the “other side” and shedding some light on the SearchWarp perspective. Your time and insights were of value and I hope to hear more from you on other topics. Lorien1973 is a popular author at SearchWarp and pretty sharp guy IMO.
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