My Take On The FuckingPirate

by Jeremy Schoemaker on January 19, 2007 · 12 comments

Well a few things happened this week but I think one of the biggest impacts on the SEO world was the fuckingpirate exploiting some wordpress blogs.

Now on his site he has a really good quote that I TOTALLY agree with…

The blogsphere (God I hate that word) is filled with countless “SEO blogs� syndicating what other “SEO blog� syndicated from another “SEO blog� that syndicated some bullshit guru.

– From FuckingPirate

When I read that I want to stand up and clap for this guy… His actions though dont quite agree with what he said. If he wanted to attack the SEO blogs that just recycle and syndicate the same stuff over and over why go after graywolf and stuntdubl? I cant think of 2 more ORIGINAL SEO blogs on the net.

I really get the impression this guy knows what he is talking about but just does not want to put in the work to get there… so he finds a script to take down a few blogs and wants his 2 seconds of fame and preach his “SEO’s Suck” which again he makes some REALLY good points that I agree with.

Well then again maybe I missed the point… Maybe the ends justify the means to him.

What do I think his biggest impact to SEO is? Well you can bet your ass more SEO’s will keep up to date with there wordpress software and also might look into some basic security. Heck it did get WordPress to release a security update the same day. Maybe its because the sector of people he attacked also had a direct line to most of the WordPress team?

O well… next new thing in a few days ;)

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1 Brian Mark January 19, 2007 at 11:25 am

I couldn’t agree more on his comment or on the fact that he targeted the wrong people by that statement. Those comments could have been made in much less destructive ways with just as much impact, but he’s totally taking the easy way out. It’s just sad.

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2 Hannes Johnson January 19, 2007 at 11:27 am

Sounds to me like he’s a bitter guy looking for some attention :)

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3 2plue January 19, 2007 at 11:36 am

The fuckingpirate seemed to almost be a fan of you shoemoney saying you were the budda and also linking to the elite retreat. I thought it was you at first.

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4 NeO January 19, 2007 at 11:38 am

Good points, When I saw his list of targets the other day (on his blog before it was pulled) I was glad I wasn’t on that particular list :D

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5 webprofessor January 19, 2007 at 12:26 pm

In a month no one will remember him

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6 Clint Lenard January 19, 2007 at 1:15 pm

I’m surprised so many people don’t update their scripts … speaking of which :-O

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7 Gary R. Hess January 19, 2007 at 1:28 pm

Well, I have one thing to say:

That was one hell of a linkbait!

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8 ghoti January 19, 2007 at 3:46 pm

Remember who?? :-)

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9 Shortshire January 19, 2007 at 4:00 pm

This guy wants his 2 seconds of fame as you put it. I agree with his speech about talking out seo from being copied by another seo but c’mon, he’s trying to take down the big fries and prevent it all but that won’t work well. I hope you figure out how this guy really is.

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10 George January 22, 2007 at 11:02 am
11 Brian Turner January 22, 2007 at 11:24 am

Fuckingpirate is a non-event.

Sure, throw bricks through people’s windows and people take notice.

Aside from that, nothing achieved.

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