One Man's Goal - People Living in the Projects Shouldn't Throw Stones
This post represented my opinion at the time of writing it. Please consider it a work of fiction unless you have done your own research into the matter. I've followed up this post at the following link.
If you aren't aware that a guy named Marc Galeazzi of One Man's Goal and I were recently screwed over in transactions where we purchased blogs on Sitepoint, then read Garry Conn's post about Flipping Blog Scams. Garry did a good job of spelling it out. There is no need for me to rehash it here. Quite frankly, I'd rather forget about it.
What really pisses me off is a post I came across by a prick named Justin that calls himself the SEO Zombie. This guy brings dead sites back to life or so he says. If you read this interview and One Man's Goal, it is clear that Marc is full steam ahead. He doesn't believe he was scammed and is very optimistic about the future of his blog. Good for you Marc.
This is where this prick SEO Zombie comes into play. He decided to declare Marc's blog a failure and warn his readers to stay away. Let's take a closer look at what SEO Prick has to say and what makes him the authority to pass judgment on Marc.
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First off it is Marc and not Mark. Second, take a look at your grammar. I'll be the first to admit, my writing and grammar skills leave something to be desired, but I'm not out critiquing anyone else like you.
WTF do you offer that makes anyone want to return to your blog? What type of great information do you have to offer? I noticed that you don't display your Feed Burner stats. What's the reason? Do you have so many readers that FB can't display your stats correctly?
You are complaining about how short Marc's post is and your previous post was 121 words. Are you freaking kidding me?
I'm guessing since you are the SEO Prick, blogging isn't your thing. Your an SEO Expert...right? Is that why your site has 14 backlinks and a PR of 0? Sure it was only created a month ago, but my point is you haven't proven you are capable of anything. WTF do you know? Nothing you can prove or show in stats.
Can you point to any other projects you have been successful at? I doubt it. Like you, I live in Nashville. Your whois shows your address is Jones Ave! I know that area well. I grew up a piece of poor white trash living on Jones Ave. Dude, this is the freaking projects! You can't walk out your door without someone trying to sell you crack or a bj. Talk about a guy living in a glass house. Dude, a glass house would be an improvement for you.
If you want to get a good look at this fat slob, just check out his Google Video. Bring dead sites back to life? Did I miss something? Didn't the video say you've been at this for a few months? He also mentions that Vic over at Blogger Unleashed can't help everyone and he, the SEO Prick, intends to pick up Vic's slack. Yeah right!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7jWF181SdqA
Some people don't, but I like Vic. I spoke with him by email just yesterday. Vic has some great content and he has a habit of calling it like he sees it. The difference between the SEO Prick and is Vic is vast. It doesn't matter if you like Vic or not, there is no denying he is a success.
SEO Prick closed his post with this nugget, "I think you got scammed, cause you have no idea how to blog. Sorry to be harsh, but I think you needed to be called out."
Dude, that stuff works great for Vic, but he has his stuff together. Why don't you go accomplish something, move out of your mother's house in the projects, and then try again.
I'll end this post by saying this. If your fat, I don't care, me too.
If you live in the projects, I don't care. At one time, me too.
If you have zero page rank, I don't care. At one time, me too.
But if you are fat, live in the projects, and have zero page rank, and piss me off, I'm going to remind you that you are fat, live in the projects, and have zero page rank.
On a blog that I follow all my comments, I decided to nofollow all links to Nashville's Fat Sloppy SEO. Don't turn this into link bait for this piece of crap. Please nofollow any links to his site.
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Tags: blog scams, blogger unleashed, fat seo, garry conn, marc Galeazzi, one man's goal, seo prick, seo zombie, vic
One thing I am curious about is if you have researched his physical Nashville address or are you just venting a little bit by saying that he lives in the projects of Nashville.
Clearly Justin is a total noob, I can tell that just in the YouTube video that he did over two weeks ago with less than 20 views.
What is the piece that I am missing here? Why did he write the post about Marc? Just for link bait? What's the scoop?
Best Regards,
Garry Conn
Hi Garry,
SEO Prick lives on Jones Avenue in Nashville. Have you ever heard of Dickerson Road? It is right off the most crappy part of Dickerson Road. I know the area well. I really grew up on Jones Ave.
I have no idea what the scoop is. I don't think he is smart enough to do it for link bait. He mentions Vic in his video. My guess is he thinks he is the next Vic or something.
I don't have a short fuse by any means. Most things that should piss me off don't. But there was just something about this guy "calling Marc out" that just sent me over the edge. If he had some type of background, I'd of let it go. But clearly this guy is a nobody.
No problem with that. Just don't paint yourself as something different and try "calling someone else out".
I'm not too concerned about defending myself against your post. Mark himself agreed with my evaluation and said he'd be changing things at his site. (check his comment) I wasn't rude to Mark, and hoped the criticism would be useful. Anyone should be willing to hear what his visitors think, and I do visit his blog weekly.
Your attack doesn't carry much weight. The fact that you attack my grammar and where I live is weak. And, if you're curious, I no longer live there. That address is old. I know its on my whois, but its from 5 years ago when I got my first domain on namecheap, just been lazy on the updating it. I currently live in Knoxville TN., and got to UTK. But, you're an asshole for judging someone for where they live. I was in high school when I lived there, so it's no reflection upon me, but my parents.
Yes, the site has no link building right now. Since you're so great at back tracking my info, note that the domain is 20 days old. And, I'm in college taking exams right now. Doesn't leave much time for link building until its over.
And the reason I got frustrated with Mark is because he seems to ignore people's advice. I am close to his age and would love to see him do well. I check his blog and feel like my time was wasted. So, I made a post for him to read.
And anyways, I am nobody. I'm not an A-lister. I am a web designer who recently go involved in the MMO blogging scene. My SEOZombie site is just a slow building project for now, among the other things I'm juggling in life (college, job, etc).
You need better material to write about than some random ass dude name Justin, who's just expressing his views on his 2 week old blog with no traffic.
@Justin
Then why did you write me a book? And it is Marc not Mark. I don't care what his comment was. I don't share his view point if that is how he really feels. My guess is he was just being nice.
You said people should avoid his blog, he doesn't know what he is doing, and he published horrible useless content. You were sarcastic as hell and you close your post by stating "you are calling him out" and your "sorry to be harsh". Did I miss anything? You don't think this is rude?
O.K.
Yeah, so.
I lived there too. You missed my point. If you still live there, your not very successful at SEO and MMO. That's just a fact. That's not a bad thing.
What is a bad thing is if you are not successful and go around and pretend to be. When you "call Marc out" and instruct him how to do things like you are the authority, you set yourself up for criticism.
I did note that the domain was new in my post. Once again you missed my point. You have no stats and nothing to prove your rude advice is worth considering.
You say you are an SEO and offer SEO services. What sites have you had success with? How many clients do you have? Are you currently taking clients?
Marc invested $10,000 dollars. What did you invest? He doesn't have to take your advice. If your time is wasted, don't bother reading his blog. Duh!
No. You made this post in hopes you'd get some traffic and links. If you wanted to help him why not send him an email?
Me too. The difference is I don't go around calling people out with nothing to back it up.
WTF? Are you trying to tell me what I need to be doing now? I'm not Marc. I don't want your advice.
Dude you can try to put on the nice face now. I like how you have tried to make this into a "I was just giving him feedback". No you were just being a prick and didn't expect to get called out on it.
You shouldn't justify my ability or success based of my current blog. I don't share my other sites, nor do any MMO/SEO's. I make enough to not need a job while I'm in college. The last site I launched gets 2,000 visitors a day and only took me about 2 months. Not too bad imo. Check back at my blog in 2 months, and place judgement then.
And my judgment on Marc was on his blog's post quality. Being a reader is the only qualifcation needed to point that out.
It wasn't link bait. Marc isn't a big target. I didn't even try to promote it.
It was for Marc, he replied to my post, I was happy. I replied to his comment and was very polite to him.
All this took place before you made your post. You just made this post trying to stir drama.
My site isn't launched 100% yet, which is why I haven't promoted it. Had you not made this post, nobody would have found it.
This wasn't done for promotion, but hell, I'm not complaining. With the great picture you painted of me, lol, people will want to click through to my blog. In two months, when my site is up and launched, I look forward to the traffic you send me from this post. I get no juice, due to the no follows, but I'm fine with getting your visitor's click throughs. Hell, some might be my readers in a few months.
I didn't follow One Man's Goal until Vic made that post about it. When he did, I started following Marc's blog. And had Marc impressed me, I would have be a long time reader. Sadly though, he disappointed me.
I made a reply, cause hell I figured I explain my view. In a week though, this won't matter. Why? Because nobody cares about a 2 week old blog.
The worst things you pointed out about me:
- I have an opinion and I express it. I want a blog I follow to have good post.
- I was an smart ass in the way I wrote. (So are you, so.... Does it really matter?)
- I am overweight.
- I come from a poor family.
Reasons your attacks don't matter.
- This applies to MANY bloggers. You just wanted to pick me. But there are many people you could attack. And I'm not special enough to matter for more than a day.
- lol, again many bloggers are assholes, vic, me, and now you
- I weight too much. How many MMO people do you think are overweigt? My weight affect nothing.
- Yea, I come from a poor single family home. I lived in east nashville as a teen. I'm now 22, so who gives a fuck where I lived when I was 16?
If anyone wants to judge me on those factors, thats fine.
This isn't a "nice act". I'm a nice guy, who was stressed with exams, went to read a blog, got frustrated with it wasting my time, and posted about it on my empty blog. I'm not back tracking. The article is still up, people can go read it. All the post was, was a frustrated demand that a blogger I follow improve his quality.
I hope this gets you some traffic and makes you some money. I'll get some traffic from this and its all win win for both of us. And ultimately, Marc will also get some traffic. So everyone gets a little traffic at the cost of people knowing I use to be poor and I am currently fat. A fair trade off.
Just keep up with my blog over the next month or two, you'll learn I'm a nice guy and not the image you're painting.
@Justin - Dude you just don't get it. Read this slowly and maybe you will get it. If you still think I'm picking on you for being fat or living in the projects, then read it again. You still don't get it.
B.S. Vic has Blogging Zoom. Shoemoney has listed several sites including Auction Ads and ring tone sites. John Chow has TTZ Media. Aaron Wall has listed several sites. Garry Conn - I can tell you over 100 sites that Garry owns. Sorry Garry, I looked. Josh Spaulding has listed several sites.
With that said, can you list just one? If not, no big deal. Just don't go around trying to be the next Vic because you are not.
If it was for Marc, then why did you address it to your site visitors? Remember, telling your visitors to stay away?
No the worst thing I have pointed out about you is that you are clueless. You haven't achieved anything you are willing to share. No problem with that. A lot of people haven't.
But a lot of people don't go around "calling other people out" and telling them how to best manage their $10K investment.
A lot of people aren't dishonest with their readers. Why did you remove the track back to this post on your blog? Let your readers read and decide for themselves.
Why did you remove the You Tube Video? Were you ashamed of it?
Yeah it matters. Marc didn't ask for it. You did.
You are obviously missing my point. I'm not Vic and neither are you. What works for Vic isn't going to work for me or you. If you can post great content and show your successes, then you can get away with calling people out like Vic. Until then, I wouldn't try it.
How many overweight bloggers? Hmmm... well Shoemoney used to be fat.....
This will be the last time I explain this one for you.
I came from the same street and probably graduated from the same school. Maplewood right? (Side note: How did if feel being the only white kid in class? Fun huh? I remember how fun it was too.)
I can stand to lose 20 lbs. My wife says 30 lbs. Either way, I'm not skinny.
I brought these issues up because I knew they would get under your skin. You've made it a point to say several times you don't live in East Nashville anymore and you removed the You Tube Video. I guess I was successful right?
So how did it feel for someone to critique you in a harsh way, when you didn't ask for it? If you can get that, you'll get my point of this entire thing. If not, it is time wasted.
I hope you move forward and do well. I have no ill will toward you. You just pissed me off when I read that you were "Calling Marc Out". Congrats to you. I don't get pissed off easy.
BTW, if you think you are getting a lot of clicks from my blog.....you need to take a closer look. We'd both be starving if we were depending on that.
I understand you're critical of my success and not just weight or where I live, but you spent a fair amount of time on those two topics.
I am happy with my $600-800/month I make part time online while in school. That is successful to me, considering I've been doing affiliate/Google ads for only 2-3 months.
I'm not an A-list, or have their success, but that doesn't mean my point was not valid. Marc actually emailed me about my post and I'm now communicating with him via email.
Yes, it was for Marc. Read the post, you'll see that I directly address Marc throughout the post. Yes, the post also applies to anyone who visits my site, but its easy to see specific comments I make directly to Marc. I speak directly to Marc 4 or 5 times in my post. So, it was directed to Marc, but also applies to my visitors.
Marc in his email agreed with some of my points and asked me my view on a few things. He's making some changes too. I think you blew this up more than it should have been.
I'm not clueless just because I have yet to generate a huge site. I've done web design for years, but never for myself.
Lack of site success doesn't disqualify my view as a reader. I'm not trying to teach people shit I don't know with the post. I simply say to my readers that his current posts are a waste of time. I don't see how I need qualification for that.
I have an opinion about his 10K. I disagree with it. Does he have to listen to me...hell no. But that doesn't prevent me from wanting to express my view.
About the removal of stuff. The video wasn't meant to be published, that was me practicing my first video. I didn't like it and didn't leave it on my site. I hadn't removed it from YT and didn't want the world watching it. Thats why it wasn't on my site.
I removed the trackback because I disagree with you actually sharing my old street name. Mentioning my old physical address is something I didn't like, so I removed that info in my whois and removed the trackback because I'm not wanting to share information about where I use to live.
And because eventually I plan to receive traffic and I have no desire to send it to this post.
I went to Hume Fogg. If you're from Nashville, then you'll know that means I'm not the dumb fuck you might think I am.
Yes, you did under my skin. I'm fine with being singled out for grammar, bad post quality, shitty SEO. If you single me out for a mistake I make, I will accept that. You can call me an asshole, sarcastic, out of line... all fine.
I think you used cheap tactics to attack a person's weight and where they're from. If you need to fill 1/3 of you post content with my weight and my street address, I don't think your point is as strong as you'd like it to be.
Remove all the attacks and name calling based off those two factors and your post would be very different. You approached a debate by poking fun.
Your post isn't comparable to mine. I called out Marc on content. Not on how he talks in his videos, or how he looks. All I asked was... "give me something good to read"
I honestly have no problem with you targeting me. Just like I did to Marc, you're welcome to return the favor.
I only frown on your posting my previous physical address and singling me out for my weight. Two issues you brought up just to bother me.
But, its fine. I know your view and disagree with it. I feel like as a reader I was qualified to say some of his posts made me want to stop visiting his site. Maybe I was rude, but did I deserve for you to poke fun at my weight and being poor, I don't think so.
Good luck on your site, this post at least got you a lot of free content for Google to go through.
Justin,
You still don't get it. That's fine.
You come across as a nice guy. You weren't so nice in your post to Marc.
I never posted your street number. If it makes you feel better, I'll remove the street name. You just let me know. It was my street too.
There is no shame in being fat or poor. I have been poor and I am still fat. The entire point was to turn the tables and show you how being treated "harsh" felt.
I agree as a reader, you have an opinion and can share it. I have no problem with your complaint. My problem was how you said it and you chose to do so on your blog addressed to your readers. If you wanted to give feedback to Marc, try using his comment section or dropping him an email if you really are looking out for his benefit.
If you'll look back at Marc's post that you commented on, there were several people that commented on the tone of your post.
Hume Fogg - Yeah, I know Hume Fogg well. That is a good sign you are intelligent. It has no reflection on your willingness to treat people with respect.
You want me to remove OUR old street name, just tell me. Otherwise, I'll leave it up and wish you good luck.
Brent Crouch
WOW. Thank you both for wasting my time. Seriously guys, do you not have anything better to do than try and out smart one another? Are you both friends again?
@theaffiliatepost - Friends again? We were never knew each other to start with despite growing up on the same street. As far as wasting your time, I apologize for that an accept full responsibility. I explained it a little better in the next post.
http://www.brentcrouch.com/2008/05/01/have-you-ever-regretted-a-post/