Please welcome our new SEO overlord

To Jason,

We appreciate your concern about us as an SEO community but much like our current government failing us, we don't need your politics.

This does have to go down as one of the stranger stories from this year so far....

Can't wait to see how it turns out...should start brainstorming new acronyms of what?

Forget Obama, Jason Gambert for president! They both apeared out of nowhere!

I love this guy, we need a face figure! I hope he sets it up like a democracy and we can all vote etc! That would be the coolest thing that has ever happened in the internet world.

:woohoo:

This guy is an absolute idiot. There's not a snowball's chance in hell that he will be able to succeed, and it's not shocking enough for him to get any serious publicity.

Not sure what that has to do with anything. The discussions surrounding standards has gone on for 10 years... how a person with no standing in the community believes they can dictate when it will happen, and whom is going to be involved is pure foolishness.

IMO he merely added that into the mix as it is a hot button issue. No where in the filings are there any mention of this being about standards... that's a late addition on his blog.

Trying to trademark SEO is about $$$$.... that's it. The rest is a pile of crap... plain and simple. He doesn't care about me nor SEO... which is my passion... his is $$$.

yeah, and when I/we contact him what do we say?

"Thank you dear overlord, what is thy bidding?"

The appropriate response has been taken and disagreement with the TM application has been filed. That is the only communication we in the SEO community need. Did he contact us when making the application? Did he publisize his application? No.... it was all a sneaky little game and he has been discovered. This is NOT about caring for the community... or this individual would have been doing so prior to this and we'd all know him as someone that cares ( U know, like Danny)... this is about $$$... make no mistake.

Think about someone trying to trademark the term 'Autobody' or 'Transmission' and then telling all the mechanics in the world that they can't use the term in their advertising unless they conform to their guidelines... yeah... whatever... idiot.

You say, 'he wants to hear from the community' --- once again, I don't know what U do for a living, but imagine ONE individual trying to tell your entire industry what to do. Not the government, not an industry association, not a respected member of the community...just a guy U'd never heard of...uh-huh...

This is about $$... plain and simple. So he heard from us... Google his name...plenty of responses out there for him :evil:

SMO? Have U trademarked it? Better get on it... he he....

Will someone please tell me what sort of guidelines you could draw up which would cover all possible contingencies?

Even if you accept that this guys motives are pure as the driven snow (and I do not for one minute think this true) the only advantage to be gained in trademarking a generic term is $$$