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June 6, 2008

You know you need SEO when:

Filed under: seoStuart Tofts @ 4:13 pm
  • Your competitors have never heard of you.
  • Your boss thinks a search engine is a mountain rescue helicopter.
  • The majority of your clients communicate with you by post.
  • Your corporate website includes the legend “.angelfire”.
  • Your marketing budget is entirely spent on printing coupons on the back of bus tickets.
  • You have no clients in their twenties, thirties or even forties.
  • Your IT worker leaves for a job in McDonalds because they want more of a challenge.
  • Your marketing executive has taken to drink.
  • Your sales figures resemble a graph plotting Gordon Brown’s popularity.
  • You think the word blog is something to do with the Flower Pot Men.
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5 Comments »

  1. I guess I need seo then!! Great article!

    Comment by ThomasC — June 8, 2008 @ 8:26 am

  2. that was funny, lol! still many people does not realize they need seo. Many real world business just place their fancy new website online and then forget about it.

    Comment by RAL — June 10, 2008 @ 7:01 pm

  3. - You invest monthly a big amount in AdWords in a niche without having natural visitors…

    Comment by delero — June 16, 2008 @ 7:41 am

  4. LOL - Thanks for a good laugh and a good dose of reality!

    Comment by Ali — June 16, 2008 @ 3:39 pm

  5. Very funny indeed! I work for a company doing SEO, you would not believe the anount of people who think its not necessary lol!

    Comment by Search engine ricky — June 17, 2008 @ 9:12 am

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