Happy New Year for 2004

[Woz]

Wow, time does go fast. It seems like only yesterday we were talking about the consequences of Update Boston and here we are at Ginger already. Florida has just past and is also yet to come. Of course that sentence speaks reams of the SEO industry in that we tend to mark time by Google updates.

So what awaits us in the future? Will it be Yalta, or, as most seem to think, Yinktomi? (Actually, I kinda like the idea of or Y'alltheweb for you Southerners!)

Will affiliates get a fair go? Certainly the playing field is changing, time to change bats perhaps?

Will MSN get their engine going? I hope so, and I hope there are more Search Engines waiting in the wings. We need more players and more variety, a little friendly competition at the top end.

It seems the the saying "there is nothing so constant as change itself" is as true today as ever. Of course Change is what the SEO business is all about. That constant duck and weave in pursuit of the allusive top position. "Should I use the keyword once or twice in the title and should I then use stems in the text? Will that have the desired effect come next update." Sigh, Decisions Decisions.

Whatever happens, we are, as the Chinese say, "living in interesting times."

So, following past traditions, let me start the official 2004 thread by wishing you all a Happy, Safe and Prosperous New Year.

Onya
Woz

[mat]

All the best to everyone here. It's wet and dull in Italy, and Florida doesn't seem that far away right now.

[caine]

happy new year to all - hope its prosperous!

sorry about the late surfacing - heavy sesh!

[shaadi]

Prosperous new year to all at WebmasterWorld

[Gert_Jan]

Happy new year from holland!