{"id":4097,"date":"2015-10-14T10:50:09","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T14:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jacobking.com\/?p=4097"},"modified":"2015-10-15T11:34:19","modified_gmt":"2015-10-15T15:34:19","slug":"expert-roundup-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jacobking.com\/expert-roundup-posts","title":{"rendered":"Expert Roundups Must Die &#038; Why SEOs Can&#8217;t Have Nice Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jacobking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/expert-roundups-must-die.jpg\" alt=\"expert-roundups-must-die\" width=\"350\" height=\"239\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jacobking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/expert-roundups-must-die.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.jacobking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/expert-roundups-must-die-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>47 Experts Nobody Has Ever Heard of Share Their Top Link Building Tip!<\/p>\n<p>Sound familiar? Yeah it&#8217;s just getting desperate out there. <\/p>\n<p>You know the type of post, the &#8220;expert roundups&#8221; or &#8220;roundup posts&#8221; as it&#8217;s been coined by my fellow SEOs.<\/p>\n<p>Like most tactics that go mainstream with SEO, we beat the shit out of them until they are pretty much useless. The same thing has happened with these expert roundups I&#8217;m afraid. <\/p>\n<p>Remember the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mattcutts.com\/blog\/guest-blogging\/\">decay and fall of guest blogging<\/a>? Good times, until they weren&#8217;t good times and Matty boy put his team on the scene.  <\/p>\n<p>Will roundup posts have the same fate?<\/p>\n<p>Meh, who cares, if this is your primary link source then I feel really bad for you. <\/p>\n<p>Fortunately they seem to be losing steam now that people are &#8220;catching on&#8221; to how ridiculous these things really are. <\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s get one thing clear, <strong>most of these people are <u>not<\/u> fucking experts<\/strong>! <\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re just some random bastards another random bastard targeted in a desperate attempt to get links and social shares. <\/p>\n<p>What the hell does &#8220;expert&#8221; even mean? I&#8217;m not even sure I even want to be considered an expert at SEO, how can you be an expert at something that changes so fast? <\/p>\n<p>Yeah think about that for a minute assholes.<\/p>\n<p>Alright Jacob, enough blowing off steam, it can&#8217;t really be that bad? <\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t think so? Well obviously you aren&#8217;t on the SEO roudups most wanted list. <\/p>\n<p>If you were, you&#8217;d realize just how much of a joke it is. There is even a dude that runs an actual paid service for peddling his roundups across the interwebs&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just got an email offering blog post &quot;roundups&quot; as a service (pitch: get links from the unsuspecting &quot;influencers&quot; who participate). Ugh.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rand Fishkin (@randfish) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/randfish\/status\/653976025655721984\">October 13, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hitting up Rand, probably not such a good idea haha. <\/p>\n<p>And sorry Bill, we all love you, but yes they&#8217;ve been taking advantage of you my friend. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/randfish\">@randfish<\/a> I went from feeling honored, to eventually realizing I was on a shared list of &quot;dudes who say yes&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bill Sebald (@billsebald) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/billsebald\/status\/653985056613113857\">October 13, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Maybe we could do a post like this instead: <\/p>\n<h3>&#8220;Bill Sebald and 39 SEOs You&#8217;ve Never Heard of Give Their Best Link Building Tips&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>Sure contributing might get you a link in the process but let&#8217;s consider the trade off before we dive in. Most of the people in these roundups are completely clueless and it might even damage your reputation by just being in their very presence, so consider that.<\/p>\n<p>Some people have been pretty successful with it though, let&#8217;s look at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacobking.com\/seo-assholes\/neil-patel\">big deal Neil Patel<\/a> for example. I&#8217;ve wondered if this dude just has a response with spintax he uses over and over because damn, <strong>he is literally the <u>roundup king<\/u>.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Where do you find the time Neil?!<\/p>\n<p>We can&#8217;t hate on Neil that much tho, dude is banking no doubt with his big deal shtick. Alright now let&#8217;s look at some classic roundup responses and have a little fun. <\/p>\n<p>Just play around with some queries like this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/?gws_rd=ssl#q=%22seo+tips%22+%22experts%22\">&#8220;seo tips&#8221; &#8220;experts&#8221;<\/a> and you&#8217;ll find tons of them.<\/p>\n<p>You thought you could hide you bullshit spueing SEOs you but you were wrong. From SEO to link building I\u2019ve pulled a collection of some {ridiculous|hilarious|insane|moronic} roundup contributions and displayed them here for your enjoyment. Get your umbrellas out because it\u2019s raining bullshit below ;-)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jacobking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/neil-patel-scares-me.png\" alt=\"neil-patel-scares-me\" width=\"200\" height=\"184\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4103\" \/><strong>Neil Patel on Optimized Anchors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>For a long time, SEOs used anchor texts with keywords to improve their SEO. The great thing was it worked! But the days of optimized anchors are gone. Today, using optimized anchors is like asking for a penalty. <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quicksprout.com\/2014\/03\/28\/5-seo-techniques-you-should-stop-using-immediately\/#more-20029\" target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jacobking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/barry-schwartz-beast.jpg\" alt=\"barry-schwartz-beast\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jacobking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/barry-schwartz-beast.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.jacobking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/barry-schwartz-beast-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><strong>Barry Schwartz on Link Building Advice:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>My best advice now, build a Google Glass app, it gets a ton of exposure and links.<\/p>\n<p>We did and it was a huge success.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/digitalphilippines.net\/link-building\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jacobking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ash-buckles.jpeg\" alt=\"ash-buckles\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jacobking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ash-buckles.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.jacobking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ash-buckles-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><strong>Ash Buckles on G+ SEO Tips:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Be sure to check out active users on Google+ that are discussing authorship and author rank.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.hubstaff.com\/20-seo-tips-experts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jacobking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/charlotte-waller-seo.jpg\" alt=\"charlotte-waller-seo\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jacobking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/charlotte-waller-seo.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.jacobking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/charlotte-waller-seo-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><strong>Some girl I&#8217;ve never heard of spitting that link building knowledge:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The best way to do offsite SEO nowadays is to NOT do SEO!<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.matthewwoodward.co.uk\/tips\/seo-link-building-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jacobking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Kulwant-Nagi.jpg\" alt=\"Kulwant-Nagi\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jacobking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Kulwant-Nagi.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.jacobking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Kulwant-Nagi-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><strong>Another dude I&#8217;ve never heard of:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Don\u2019t do any SEO if you want to survive for long term. :)<\/p>\n<p>I am not saying to quit it completely but my point is; don\u2019t try to over optimize your articles for SEO as Google knows what you are doing to get higher SERP.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reginaldchan.net\/experts-share-seo-tips-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jacobking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/shit-seo.png\" alt=\"shit-seo\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jacobking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/shit-seo.png 200w, https:\/\/www.jacobking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/shit-seo-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><strong>The Shit SEO on the $500 Link Building Budget<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nNowadays, you have to think outside of the box. The box has to be barely visible. When you look back to where that box is, you can\u2019t actually see it. That\u2019s how far outside of the box you have to think, and being an SEO that is almost impossible to do as most of us are just creatively retarded.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/healthywealthyaffiliate.com\/46-seo-experts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jacobking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/roundup-josh.png\" alt=\"roundup-josh\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jacobking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/roundup-josh.png 200w, https:\/\/www.jacobking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/roundup-josh-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><strong>Careful, this one might make your head explode:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>My favorite white hat link building technique that scales is expert round ups.<\/p>\n<p>This is my favorite one to do because it allows you to get great links, connect with really influential people, and it helps promote you as an expert in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ahrefs.com\/white-hat-link-building-expert-roundup\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Well there you have it folks, <strong>this is why <u>SEOs can&#8217;t have nice things<\/u>.<\/strong> Now it&#8217;s time to jump on Twitter and tweet at all these expert SEOs one by one and annoy the living shit out of my followers (kidding, well sort of). <\/p>\n<p>Is there a hilarious roundup answer I left out? Just <em>leave a comment<\/em> below with the details. <\/p>\n<p>If it meets my quality guidelines I&#8217;ll gladly add it and make backlink dreams come true for yet another SEO expert. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>47 Experts Nobody Has Ever Heard of Share Their Top Link Building Tip! Sound familiar? Yeah it&#8217;s just getting desperate out there. You know the type of post, the &#8220;expert roundups&#8221; or &#8220;roundup posts&#8221; as it&#8217;s been coined by my fellow SEOs. 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