Comments on: Search Engine Friendly vs. Search Engine Optimized

By: Stacy Renee

Stacy Renee — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 04:02:09 +0000

This is a very nice article. I definitely agree with #5 5. An Optimized site is the result of extensive research. It requires a statistical basis which keeps track of user behavior. A Friendly site is the result of technical expertise which takes into careful consideration the many issues which can get in the way of optimization. You couldn’t have said it any better. Keep it up.

Stacey Renee

By: Stacy Renee

Stacy Renee — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 04:15:32 +0000

Very cool, I am just starting to learn about search engine optimization, so I am reading every article I can find, thank you very much for yours. I will definitely be back to read more

Stacy Renee

By: seo

seo — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:19:16 +0000

From this post, one can say that it is very thin line between optimization and freindlyness. One has to use both these things to get best rankings in google. One should write keyword rich content without compromising natural flow or language. Even the comment section is content rich in this part of blog.

By: Richard Sharpe

Richard Sharpe — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:12:15 +0000

Honestly I think there some semantic hair splitting going on here, if most designers produced SEO friendly sites as an SEO guy id be a very happy man.

Many of the difference you identified are become less imporrtant as the engines start to use more usability stats in there ranking algorythms.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:56:22 +0000

Getting unfriendly (and duplicated) url’s indexed can sometimes be a difficult task. This is why making sure there is no duplicate content, and that the URL’s of the website are search engine friendly.

By: Joe Dolson

Joe Dolson — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:56:10 +0000

Yes, Shari, it is an arrogant response. I certainly understand that it’s honest; but my first impression is definitely that your response is arrogant.

I don’t think that I, at any point, indicated the search engine ‘friendliness’ and search engine optimization are separate. I stated, very clearly, that they are different. If you are attempting to argue that these are in fact the same thing, then I heartily disagree with you. That’s a gross simplification of how the web works and how projects are developed.

Being search engine friendly is an aspect of search engine optimization, but it is not inclusive of all aspects of optimization.

By: Shari Thurow

Shari Thurow — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:47:23 +0000

I must say that I am thoroughly (pun unintentional) disappointed with this article. I do not agree with your or Stoney’s perception of “optimization” vs. “friendly”. And I am the person who originated this topic/field and wrote the first book about it.

Search-engine friendly design follows the principles of search engine optimization (text, links, popularity/validation, searcher behavior). To separate the two? Ridiculous.

Search engine optimization is optimizing (which includes writing, coding, scripting, programming, designing, etc.) documents for people who use search engines, both the commercial web search engines and site search engines. Search engine optimization accommodates the wide variety of searcher behaviors, not only querying behavior.

IMHO, it requires knowledge of searchers and search engines.

Most SEOs, I believe, have a somewhat reasonable understanding of search engines. However, I think the general knowledge of searcher behaviors in the SEO arena, overall, is abysmal.

That is my first impression of the article. It may seem like a somewhat arrogant response, but it is an honest one.

By: Webmaster Tips

Webmaster Tips — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:38:14 +0000

I enjoyed the article very much.

It is definitely true that a lot of people out there don’t really understand what search engine optimization is all about. There are a lot of details that go into keyword research and such, but everything has to flow naturally.

Greg

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:22:56 +0000

Great content.
I had really wondered b/w these two terms(Optimized and Friendly). This post cleared my doubts.

By: Joe Dolson

Joe Dolson — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:32:49 +0000

Thanks, Daniel - your article sums up the major issues fairly well. Glad you appreciated my article, as well!

Best,
Joe