We recently exposed the use of Google Analytics on the Yahoo! Rivals site which was bad enough.

You can imagine my shock when I discovered Google Analytics code on the Yahoo! Search Blog:

<script type=”text/javascript”>
var gaJsHost = ((“https:” == document.location.protocol) ? “https://ssl.” : “http://www.”);
document.write(unescape(“%3Cscript src=’” + gaJsHost + “google-analytics.com/ga.js’ type=’text/javascript’%3E%3C/script%3E”));
</script>
<script type=”text/javascript”>
try {
var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker(“UA-6563788-1″);
pageTracker._trackPageview();
} catch(err) {}</script>

Great PR.

SEO-003

I’ve been working in the SEO industry for over a decade and never once have I posted in a forum, written a blog post about SEO or spoken in public about what I do.

The reason: the best SEOs in the industry operate in stealth mode.

I realise the irony that I’m now posting a blog entry about this, but I’m using the alias SEO-003 to prove that I’m not doing it for my own personal gain.

It has become a necessity for me to vent about the industry I work in to prevent me from suffering a stroke or other debilitating mental breakdown.

While the true SEOs toil away and perfect their craft, the celebrity SEOs perfect their public brand as a façade for their lack of knowledge.

If you are a true SEO, run silent, run deep (unless you need to blog under an alias to prevent yourself from suffering a brain haemorrhage).

More rants to follow.

SEO-003