Comments on: What SEO Software Means For the SEO Community

By: Link Love - Thursday 06/11/2008

Link Love - Thursday 06/11/2008 — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:09:13 +0000

[...] What SEO Software Means For the SEO Community on WinningTheWeb. Here Gyutae Park has discussed the 3 points to prove that SEO softwares are good. [...]

By: Downloadic

Downloadic — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 02:42:54 +0000

Thanks for the review of Ranksense, It is outstanding.

By: Gyutae Park

Gyutae Park — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:40:15 +0000

Very well put! I think it’s important to note that tools are tools but they represent different things to different people. For example, an SEO tool might be a way for an expert to automate tasks and save time, but it could also be a way for a newbie to learn the process and educate themselves.

By: Gyutae Park

Gyutae Park — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:38:25 +0000

I totally agree with you on that. SEO tools will never replace the experience of a qualified SEO expert. Software should be used to make tasks easier and to save time. However, for most small webmasters who don’t have much SEO knowledge, software is a good place to start to empower themselves.

By: Karri Flatla

Karri Flatla — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:50:23 +0000

It’s no different than a copywriter using MS Word to work on web copy, or an SEO using Google advanced operators for research – a tool is a tool is a tool. What the human behind the tool does with it is what makes all the difference. Good article!

By: SEO Stuart

SEO Stuart — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:39:01 +0000

IMHO SEO tools will never replace the need for an specialist SEO. There are some great SEO tools available, for anyone to benefit from but it has to be said that all they really do is automate extremely time consuming tasks, that yes, can all be done manually, but doing so would consume far too much time and there by increase the cost of hiring a professional to an unreasonable amount. The other thing to remember is the information these tools collate is not enough to optimise a website to the best of it’s ability without comprehensive and up to date knowledge in all aspects of SEO and how they all compound together to achieve top results.

By: djarchi

djarchi — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:42:21 +0000

I think that these new tools will help SEO’s but could never replace the job of an SEO. I think that software can’t replicate human ingenuity. These tools should be seen as a way to advance the capabilities of SEO, not a replacement.

By: Gyutae Park

Gyutae Park — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:29:18 +0000

That’s an interesting way of looking at it. Tools are made to make SEO’s better and to help them do their jobs more efficiently. However, as the tools get more sophisticated, I can see how the tools would basically run themselves and humans merely push the buttons.

By: AxeThem

AxeThem — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:23:17 +0000

I have always thought that the tools just made the consultant better. I guess there is that underlying theme of will the machines beat the humans thought, or a creation become stronger than its creator.

By: Gyutae Park

Gyutae Park — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:57:47 +0000

I guess there’s two sides to the more competition aspect. In one hand, more competition means less opportunities for webmasters in terms of getting up in the rankings. However, it also means the SEO industry will mature and like you said the value of it will increase.