Comments on: Would You Have Let Danny Leave?

By: PPC Summit

PPC Summit — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:50:53 +0000

What Incisive failed to realize was that the brand was as much about “Danny Sullivan” as it was about Search Engine Watch.

Perhaps that’s beacuse the “Danny” brand was much stronger in the US than in the UK?

Many of the early folks who posted at SEW did so because they respected Danny enough to want to engage him in conversation and solicit his opinion. Now they have just followed him to Search Engine Land, where he is reinforcing the “Danny Sullivan” brand. Danny has positioned himself well as the authoritative writer on SEO, and has years of exposure to back that up. I can’t think of anyone else in the industry with that same clout (who doesn’t work at a search engine, Matt Cutts springs to mind).

It seemed that Incisive had quite a lot of time to keep Danny in the fold and didn’t work hard enough to do so. I can’t imagine why he would go back to them, as if there’s one thing I have learned over the years, it’s that large corporations don’t learn that quickly from their mistakes. Especially when it comes to appreciating their people.

By: PPCblogger

PPCblogger — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:06:19 +0000

What caused the huge upspike in 2006 April?

Good question… will have to do some digging.

When this first happened I commented at Search Engine Forums wherever Danny goes, there go the SEOs. I’m not even and SEO and I knew that.

Very true Rose. Where Danny goes, the world of search will follow!

By: Rose Sylvia

Rose Sylvia — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:13:29 +0000

LOL. This is the first headline that caught my eye on my first visit here. Do you think these corporations recognize brilliance when they see it? You’re assuming they had a clue that Danny was - pure and simple - the reason for the success.

When this first happened I commented at Search Engine Forums wherever Danny goes, there go the SEOs. I’m not even and SEO and I knew that.

By: DoubleSpark

DoubleSpark — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:04:02 +0000

Are there any wagers on time before SEL/SEW and SMX/SES merge?

You think they could buy Danny again?!

Not sure Danny would be willing to head back for round 2… even for a fistful of dollars.

By: Jon Kelly

Jon Kelly — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:28:41 +0000

Are there any wagers on time before SEL/SEW and SMX/SES merge? I can’t imagine Incisive sitting by and watching this happen for more than a year before making making a move to bring Danny back into the fold. It really doesn’t make a ton of sense for there to be two competing conference curcuits in this field in the long run.

By: g1smd

g1smd — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:56:59 +0000

What caused the huge upspike in 2006 April?

That is a huge change (if it can be believed, and I don’t usually believe much from Alexa stats).