How to research SEO candidate
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Not to beat a dead horse but: This is the response I got when I informed them that I could not provide access Via FTP.
Hi Jon,
Our lead developer said: "With respect, the GUI of Wordpress is not the ideal place to do all of a websites maintenance. And not all tools are compatible with the GUI, like our particular DB find and replace toolsets. In the event of some form of failure, FTP is also the first source accessed to rectify problems. Additionally, all developers tools such as Coda/Sublime/Dreamweaver/etc are void without such types of access.
For highly technical tasks like speed improvements on a website, for a site we do not host, I am not comfortable performing such maintenance without my full toolset available."
Please let us know if you will be able to provide the requested access.
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@popester said in How to research SEO candidate:
Not to beat a dead horse but: This is the response I got when I informed them that I could not provide access Via FTP.
Hi Jon,
Our lead developer said: "With respect, the GUI of Wordpress is not the ideal place to do all of a websites maintenance. And not all tools are compatible with the GUI, like our particular DB find and replace toolsets. In the event of some form of failure, FTP is also the first source accessed to rectify problems. Additionally, all developers tools such as Coda/Sublime/Dreamweaver/etc are void without such types of access.
For highly technical tasks like speed improvements on a website, for a site we do not host, I am not comfortable performing such maintenance without my full toolset available."
Please let us know if you will be able to provide the requested access.
Why are you still talking to these people? Drop them, they serve no purpose for you.
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@popester said in How to research SEO candidate:
Additionally, all developers tools such as Coda/Sublime/Dreamweaver/etc are void without such types of access.
None of those are developer tools, this is a scam. And no developer needs that kind of access. I run a development company, this would never be requested, let alone provided.
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@popester
I can see that not having ftp will impact their workflow, but that is different from "it is not possible". I interpret their answer as "I will not work with you unless you respect my workflow" -
@popester said in How to research SEO candidate:
.... like our particular DB find and replace toolsets.
That's not something anyone should ever ask to run on your production system. Ever.
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@dave_c said in How to research SEO candidate:
@popester
I can see that not having ftp will impact their workflow, but that is different from "it is not possible". I interpret their answer as "I will not work with you unless you respect my workflow"Yup, which is exactly what you want - them to not work with you. You want nothing to do with these people.
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@popester said in How to research SEO candidate:
Please let us know if you will be able to provide the requested access.
Nobody has that type of access. Don't you have policies covering this sort of thing? If not, you probably should!
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It's a scam just stop responding to them and be done with it.
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@coliver said in How to research SEO candidate:
It's a scam just stop responding to them and be done with it.
And have a talk with management about watching out for scams and running tech stuff by the tech team before bringing outsiders in to do work.
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@popester said in How to research SEO candidate:
Not to beat a dead horse but: This is the response I got when I informed them that I could not provide access Via FTP.
Hi Jon,
Our lead developer said: "With respect, the GUI of Wordpress is not the ideal place to do all of a websites maintenance. And not all tools are compatible with the GUI, like our particular DB find and replace toolsets. In the event of some form of failure, FTP is also the first source accessed to rectify problems. Additionally, all developers tools such as Coda/Sublime/Dreamweaver/etc are void without such types of access.
For highly technical tasks like speed improvements on a website, for a site we do not host, I am not comfortable performing such maintenance without my full toolset available."
Please let us know if you will be able to provide the requested access.
Lol... Dreamweaver? Are they a bunch of 10-year olds?
Wtf would they use Dreamweaver for editing WP content?
Why do they need to worry about server and/or website availlability failure if they are only worrying about SEO?
I would never contact them again. Definitely a scam and definitely nobody I would want touching my websites.
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@tim_g said in How to research SEO candidate:
@popester said in How to research SEO candidate:
Not to beat a dead horse but: This is the response I got when I informed them that I could not provide access Via FTP.
Hi Jon,
Our lead developer said: "With respect, the GUI of Wordpress is not the ideal place to do all of a websites maintenance. And not all tools are compatible with the GUI, like our particular DB find and replace toolsets. In the event of some form of failure, FTP is also the first source accessed to rectify problems. Additionally, all developers tools such as Coda/Sublime/Dreamweaver/etc are void without such types of access.
For highly technical tasks like speed improvements on a website, for a site we do not host, I am not comfortable performing such maintenance without my full toolset available."
Please let us know if you will be able to provide the requested access.
Lol... Dreamweaver? Are they a bunch of 10-year olds?
Wtf would they use Dreamweaver for editing WP content?
Why do they need to worry about server and/or website availlability failure if they are only worrying about SEO?
I would never contact them again. Definitely a scam and definitely nobody I would want touching my websites.
Does Dreamweaver still exist? I was wondering that before you even posted this...lol
I prefer Frontpage
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@irj said in How to research SEO candidate:
@tim_g said in How to research SEO candidate:
@popester said in How to research SEO candidate:
Not to beat a dead horse but: This is the response I got when I informed them that I could not provide access Via FTP.
Hi Jon,
Our lead developer said: "With respect, the GUI of Wordpress is not the ideal place to do all of a websites maintenance. And not all tools are compatible with the GUI, like our particular DB find and replace toolsets. In the event of some form of failure, FTP is also the first source accessed to rectify problems. Additionally, all developers tools such as Coda/Sublime/Dreamweaver/etc are void without such types of access.
For highly technical tasks like speed improvements on a website, for a site we do not host, I am not comfortable performing such maintenance without my full toolset available."
Please let us know if you will be able to provide the requested access.
Lol... Dreamweaver? Are they a bunch of 10-year olds?
Wtf would they use Dreamweaver for editing WP content?
Why do they need to worry about server and/or website availlability failure if they are only worrying about SEO?
I would never contact them again. Definitely a scam and definitely nobody I would want touching my websites.
Does Dreamweaver still exist? I was wondering that before you even posted this...lol
I prefer Frontpage
I think it actually does. I looked into this years ago wondering if any of those old tools still existed. No idea what use it would be today, though.
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Yup, they released version 2018 two months ago!
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@scottalanmiller said in How to research SEO candidate:
Yup, they released version 2018 two months ago!
Lol
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@irj said in How to research SEO candidate:
@tim_g said in How to research SEO candidate:
@popester said in How to research SEO candidate:
Not to beat a dead horse but: This is the response I got when I informed them that I could not provide access Via FTP.
Hi Jon,
Our lead developer said: "With respect, the GUI of Wordpress is not the ideal place to do all of a websites maintenance. And not all tools are compatible with the GUI, like our particular DB find and replace toolsets. In the event of some form of failure, FTP is also the first source accessed to rectify problems. Additionally, all developers tools such as Coda/Sublime/Dreamweaver/etc are void without such types of access.
For highly technical tasks like speed improvements on a website, for a site we do not host, I am not comfortable performing such maintenance without my full toolset available."
Please let us know if you will be able to provide the requested access.
Lol... Dreamweaver? Are they a bunch of 10-year olds?
Wtf would they use Dreamweaver for editing WP content?
Why do they need to worry about server and/or website availlability failure if they are only worrying about SEO?
I would never contact them again. Definitely a scam and definitely nobody I would want touching my websites.
Does Dreamweaver still exist? I was wondering that before you even posted this...lol
I prefer Frontpage
Haha. I think I was literally 10 when I was playing with DW. At 11 I switched to Frontpage.
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@scottalanmiller said in How to research SEO candidate:
@irj said in How to research SEO candidate:
@tim_g said in How to research SEO candidate:
@popester said in How to research SEO candidate:
Not to beat a dead horse but: This is the response I got when I informed them that I could not provide access Via FTP.
Hi Jon,
Our lead developer said: "With respect, the GUI of Wordpress is not the ideal place to do all of a websites maintenance. And not all tools are compatible with the GUI, like our particular DB find and replace toolsets. In the event of some form of failure, FTP is also the first source accessed to rectify problems. Additionally, all developers tools such as Coda/Sublime/Dreamweaver/etc are void without such types of access.
For highly technical tasks like speed improvements on a website, for a site we do not host, I am not comfortable performing such maintenance without my full toolset available."
Please let us know if you will be able to provide the requested access.
Lol... Dreamweaver? Are they a bunch of 10-year olds?
Wtf would they use Dreamweaver for editing WP content?
Why do they need to worry about server and/or website availlability failure if they are only worrying about SEO?
I would never contact them again. Definitely a scam and definitely nobody I would want touching my websites.
Does Dreamweaver still exist? I was wondering that before you even posted this...lol
I prefer Frontpage
I think it actually does. I looked into this years ago wondering if any of those old tools still existed. No idea what use it would be today, though.
People who like to spend money for no reason. You know way to many of them are around :unamused_face:
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@tim_g said in How to research SEO candidate:
@irj said in How to research SEO candidate:
@tim_g said in How to research SEO candidate:
@popester said in How to research SEO candidate:
Not to beat a dead horse but: This is the response I got when I informed them that I could not provide access Via FTP.
Hi Jon,
Our lead developer said: "With respect, the GUI of Wordpress is not the ideal place to do all of a websites maintenance. And not all tools are compatible with the GUI, like our particular DB find and replace toolsets. In the event of some form of failure, FTP is also the first source accessed to rectify problems. Additionally, all developers tools such as Coda/Sublime/Dreamweaver/etc are void without such types of access.
For highly technical tasks like speed improvements on a website, for a site we do not host, I am not comfortable performing such maintenance without my full toolset available."
Please let us know if you will be able to provide the requested access.
Lol... Dreamweaver? Are they a bunch of 10-year olds?
Wtf would they use Dreamweaver for editing WP content?
Why do they need to worry about server and/or website availlability failure if they are only worrying about SEO?
I would never contact them again. Definitely a scam and definitely nobody I would want touching my websites.
Does Dreamweaver still exist? I was wondering that before you even posted this...lol
I prefer Frontpage
Haha. I think I was literally 10 when I was playing with DW. At 11 I switched to Frontpage.
Yeah I think I was around the same age when playing with these.
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@scottalanmiller said in How to research SEO candidate:
The bottom line is generally.... just make good content. If your content is good, your SEO will be good.
Kind of, but you can improve ranking by including what you are trying to rank for in the content.
It's not a scan. As people have mentioned, Yoast has great writeups on this.
Moz also has a bunch of great stuff.
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@brrabill said in How to research SEO candidate:
@scottalanmiller said in How to research SEO candidate:
The bottom line is generally.... just make good content. If your content is good, your SEO will be good.
Kind of, but you can improve ranking by including what you are trying to rank for in the content.
It's not a scan. As people have mentioned, Yoast has great writeups on this.
Moz also has a bunch of great stuff.
SEO "as a thing" is not a scam, SEO as a thing you hire companies to do, is a scam. You can't hire this out, it's not realistically plausible. SEO is something you do, not something you buy.
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SEO companies are con artists. It's like three card monte. Hiding a card in a shuffle is a real thing, but that game on the street is a con.
