Why I Won’t F’in Digg or Stumble That Page For You
Intro from Shoemoney: A month a go I was talking on Instant Messanger with a very well known female SEO who also works for a very large and well respected SEO Firm and she expressed how she wishes she had a place to vent her frustrations on the industry. I told her I would give her a platform. She choose the pen name of SEOBitch. Please welcome her.
It seems lately that everyone wants their shit on the front page of Digg or Sphinn or wants to get those millions of StumbleUpon views. And yeah, the vast majority of what I see that people want to hit those front pages is just that, shit. And inevitably, many of these so-called social media experts and wannabes spam all their friends and frenemies asking for those precious votes. But want in on a little dirty secret? Those requests actually make me hit that tempting little “Bury” button, instead of voting you up by one. And know what else? I wield more power since those bury votes can do far more hurt than that single Digg vote would have done for you.
So want to know why I bury instead of Digg? Let me tell you tell you how you all piss me off when asking for those Diggs and Stumbles.
You’re only good for one f’in thing
If you instant message me, and your entire interaction with me is “Can you Digg this for me, thanks”, and especially when it comes complete with an obfuscated tinyurl so I can’t even see what it is you want me to Digg, like hell I will Digg it for you. If you can’t even bother to ask me how I am because you are too busy with your mass IM Digg campaign, like hell I will Digg it. IM the next sucker who is willing to bow to your every command, because you know what? That sucker isn’t me.
Bend over
If I haven’t heard from you in six months and I get a “hey, how are you?” out of the f’in blue, sorry if I am a little suspicious of your motives. Because chances are after I say how I am and then ask how you are, I’ll get a “fine, fine, hey can you Stumble this?” And yes, chances are pretty good that I won’t since you clearly didn’t give a shit about how I was, all you wanted was my popular Stumble account to show my Stumble friends that I thought your shit was actually worthy. So why don’t you just ask me to bend over too, while you’re at it? What you are doing is the same damn thing.
Shut the tweet up
If 80% of your tweets are asking for a vote of some kind, or worse, all your “New blog entry” tweets go straight to your Digg or Sphinn submission pages of that blog entry, surprisingly I won’t really feel that inclined to give you my vote. And chances are pretty good you will get an unfollow pretty quickly by me and many others too. At least combine some of your pathetic attempts to garner votes with tweets about something to mask the obvious, that you are only on twitter to use and abuse your followers.
F’in spam folder
Want to know the fastest way for all your emails to go straight to my spam folder? When you only ever email me when you want a vote or stumble. And just because I can’t see who else you emailed doesn’t mean you can fool me into thinking that you only emailed me and not the 80 other people you did. I might let it slide once or twice, but three times in a week? Your emails will start automatically going to my spam filter where they will never see the light of day. And bonus bury points to those who email me with nothing but “Digg” in the subject line and the URL in the body.
CC’in asshole
And if you forget to BCC and f’in CC us all? Well, let’s just say that is a pretty tempting opportunity to email you back, and yes, I will definitely CC everyone in on it, about what an asshole you are for exposing all those email addresses when many of them are blackhat spammers, if I don’t respond back to everyone with a nice little FU email instead. Trust me, your popularity will wane after that little stunt.
The moral of the story? If you are a friend I actually talk to on a regular basis, meaning conversations that don’t end with you asking “can you…”, I will pretty much Stumble and Digg anything you ask, and even the things you have blogged that you don’t ask me to. But beware, if you are one of those f’in so-called friends I only hear from when you want something from me, trust me, your spam campaign would be better off steering way clear of me and my bury, desphinn and report spam abilities. Because if you are an asshole to me, you are definitely going to get asshole back.
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All the old timers know seobitch=jill whalen just whois seobitch.com
I think its Jane from SEOMOZ
wow great articles. it’s so entertaining me lol
thanks
Aren’t you quite the little tigress! I love it.
Ouch! I would be red in the face if I was one of those people reading this post. Good for you, this is SO true.
If I had to guess I would say Lisa from Bruce Clay
Why so much anger?
PS. Digg this for me… http://digg.com/basketball/Lakers_the_Surprise_Celtics_Predictable
I get some shouts from fellow diggers. At least for now, they send good articles and not just their own self serving links. A little bit of courtesy and online etiquette goes a long way. Other than that, I agree with SEObitch, when abused, it is just like spamming.
I could not agree with this post had I written it myself. Right on. Oh yeah, I was the one to submit this to SU not because you asked me to but because everyone on there should read it.
Amen!
I don’t even pay attention to the pleas of for Diggs etc any more. I don’t even bother looking.
anyway, is that seobitch.com is yours?
Yep…relationships are the basis for asking for Stumbles & Diggs and if you forget the relatonship, a negative response is to be expected.
So.. Am I meant to bury this? I’m confused.
Ha Ha, SEObeyatch!
Lovely post from a woman who is only asking for a little respect. Is that too much to ask?
Sing it with me, R-E-S-P-E-C-T.
You’re beautiful, and a talented writer, and look smashing in those shorts.
You’ve lost so much weight I almost didn’t recognize you.
Uh, by the way, SEOb, could you digg my site?
wow! hardcore!
Wow… Will a cupcake make things better?
You are SO “on the money” with your post. If people can’t take the time to at least know your name and what you actually do, then they certainly shouldn’t expect any “love” from you. Common courtesy and common sense are in short supply these days.
Like those that ask for JVs and links. All those “Dear Webmaster” emails. Makes me want to JUMP at the chance to help them out - eh? At least know my name!
Sheesh …
Thanx for the rant!
I will bet money that SEOBitch is Rae! because it just sounds like her. She was born on the rag! lol
LOL! What a great read. I have a bunch of those “F’in” friends, I treat them the same way. Go “Digg” yourself a hole!
Ummm, Ms. SEOBitch, how are you today? fine? great, I’m good too…. anyway, can you digg and stumble and reddit and twitter this for me?
http://www.shoemoney.com/2008/06/11/why-i-won’t-f’in-digg-or-stumble-that-page-for-you/
thanks!
btw, long time no talk! Oh, no please don’t bend over!
Hmm, cupcake and pizza maybe.
Internet marketing isn’t always pretty. If someone never talks to you and just asks for votes then you are totally justified to be pissed off.
funny! I like the “bend over” part. wait did I say that out loud?
OK. That was scary.
man you are right I hate it when I get IMs to stumble things or digg things - it gets annoying I do not even participate in the digg game anymore either
LOL I love the replying to the CC’d email part.
You seem a little bit angry or maybe more, i dont know. But people makes you sometimes acting like that.
SEObitch is an understatement
nothing like a woman scorn lol
That is definitely Rebecca from SEOmoz
Whahahahaha, that’s so funny. I get stuff like that all the time, people I don’t know from a bar of soap who just want me to Digg and Stumble stuff.
Nice one Shoe!
You need better friends.
I too despise getting CC’ed… a few times I even got “CC’ed” after replying. Some people! Sheesh.
Anyway, I’d Digg and Stumble this if I were into that kinda’ stuff. Hahaha
I am afraid to even comment on this post. So afraid of getting buried alive!
oh man, you are just being silly.
SEObitch is either sugarrae, rkelley, or lisa barone
Vicious! btw, will you digg this post for me?
The problem with these sites is the abuse they suffer, making the posts lack respect.
I for one agree with this article. The results on digg or stumble upon should be natural.
lol
http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Why_I_Won_t_F_in_Digg_or_Stumble_That_Page_For_You
SEO-B, you sound pretty bitter.
Maybe you need a hug or a pet or something.
I say, don’t let virtual losers ruin your day.
Use your talent for something positive.
She is so angry. Either she gets nothing but those time of request all day long or she is tense. I always help someone else out with a digg or thumbs up, but I only get asked occasionally.
Or maybe she just needs some deep link love.
great post! I love it!
Pamcakes?
I was wondering why you never responded to my digg requests
I have to say I agree with the writer - I know a few people that do this to me, and it can be quite annoying. I propose this: Want a Digg? I want a Guinness, damnit.
This doesn’t do much good when you are hiding behind an alias.
I was thinking Lisa. I didn’t compare writing styles but the tone seems comparable. Either way, I like her plus I think we may share some of the same friends…
lol the digg post makes this thread
What if I send you flowers? Will you digg it then?
Your are sooo right! Great post, thanks!
not using the bcc is a big f’ up. i would be pissed as well.
yeah but she already did this post a few months ago didn’t she?
pretty lame post. seobitch is trying too hard. swearing over and over don’t make a post any funnier.
and don’t digg this one either http://blog.hustlestrategy.com/2008/03/10/real-estate-search-iii-the-internet-kills/ and definitely don’t stumble it… i should tynurl it up but figured why not leave it open
The thing I find interesting is because of practices such as those described in this post, the authority of those sites (at least in my opinion) is pretty low yet people still try so hard to get on the front page of them.
i disagree, it is very entertaining…
Yes, which is why I think it’s her
use piqq so you don’t have to deal with SEObitches
here’s an invite
http://piqqus.com/signup.php?r=5977&c=aa57dngpjo484817d093
Haha, I swear it’s not me.
Her anger got old after the first paragraph. The frustration is understandable but a boring post to say the least.
Sounds like someone needs a Midol.
Do regular (non-digg-fanatic) people still use digg? I found it was not useful except to find left-wing conspiracy theories or perverted videos or crap about iPhones.
SEObitch, keep it coming.
Elizabeth
Wow, imagine what would happen if you focused all that energy on something else. Maybe something like forgiviness. Anybody can talk like that when no one knows who they are. I wonder what you’ve done wrong lately? Oh, I know, you wrote this horrible post.
I agree Vlad, everything in life needs to be a fair give and take.
I dont blame these poor women. I mean I know of a few of them but did not realise how you all thought about them. Puts a different perspective on things.
LMAO
I stopped using them a long time ago,
If I want stumbles, I just buy them from a submitter site simply because I have no friends - seobitch…..I could use a friend but would you get mad at me if I sometime asked you about SEO stuff - if you would get mad then I don’t want you as my friend then - I can’t take that
Yeah - no one likes to be a DIGG bitch…but we are all guilty of the above mentioned to some degree. (some more than others) If you are active in social media then you have probably lobbied to your personal network for sphinns, stumbles, or diggs, at one point in time.
Rules I go by:
1) don’t abuse your network
2) reciprocate when appropriate
Many social ‘contacts’ we have are like ‘no strings attached’ relationships…..neither of us want a relationship, but we both have needs. Don’t see too much wrong if both parties understand the mutually beneficial nature of the relationship.
*many of these ‘friends’ that just contact you for votes ect…. aren’t really friends. Redefine your expectations and you shouldn’t be disappointed when they only im you for that needed vote. (hopefully you are doing the same with them and it’s not one-sided)
**if you cc your contacts you’re just an idiot!
I don’t think it’s Jane because she’s a Kiwi and should spell “asshole” - “arsehole”. My money is on Rebecca from SEOmoz despite her denials.
HAH. Thanks for the laugh.
A lot of angst in that post. I think we should let Alanis know about it.
For the most part, I agree. However, if you are in this field and have befriended people on Digg, Sphinn, SU etc…then you have to expect that. You carry over your friends list to each network, so it’s going to happen each time. I wouldn’t bury people because of this, then you would have to bury everyone. Just don’t click on it or don’t be friends with those people, it is as simple as that. I have to deal with this all the time, but I do have a choice as to whether I vote, digg, stumble, or whatever the case, their story. If it’s shit, then it doesn’t get my vote. But, to sabotage their efforts is not going to do anything or stop what is going on. Now I say don’t bury, but I do believe in burying stories that are duped, heavily self promoted on top of being shitty, or scraped. Anyway, like the name though, that is great!
To everyone who thinks that was written by me: it wasn’t.
I am hoping that SEOBitch starts a weekly or bi weekly rant here & I hope ShoeMoney is punking us all and it’s not even a chic!
Who peed in your wheaties, SEO Bitch? Maybe you should channel some of that anger into some zen habits and relax.
Horrible? Maybe someone is finally honest! Focus anger energy on forgiveness? That must be a joke
Whoever thinks I wouldn’t have the balls to post something like that under my own name can go fuck themselves. Please. This post doesn’t have half the rage I get about idiots. It doesn’t even have half the rage I get about hitting a sand trap in golf.
I’ll just say that Rae, Becs, Jane and myself are not the types to hide behind an anonymous blog post. If we wanted to write this post, we would have done it on our own blogs and would not have used a censored “f’in”.
You’re going to have be a little more creative with your guesses, gentlemen.
Uh-uh…that isn’t my domain!
Seems like Becs to me: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/please-stop-spamming-me-for-votes
Why my comments aren’t posting, not sure. Last one though. Seems like Becs to me: http://tinyurl.com/yul8fu
Anyone else notice that problogger does this a lot? highly annoying when its about Flipping photography which I have no interest in.
I would LOVE to know which “BIG SEO FIRM” she’s from because I have screenshots of one of the BIGGEST buying links… and I’m saving those for when this companies EGO gets a little too big which it flirts with every day. It would be ironic that she works for this company wouldn’t it?
BTW - I agree with Twitter being mostly spam and some of the other stuff… but I can’t get past an SEO working for a BIG COMPANY whining like a little school girl.
oportunistic bass-tard. Love it.
I get the same type of im’s but i just ignore them instead of wasting my time burying it. Why do that? everyones just trying to move up how ever they know how.
Why would they? A handful of power members control more than half the stuff that gets to page one or so I hear. Thats a classic example of spam imo. No thanks, I don’t want to read only what puts money in this groups pockets - thx.
Full disclosure - I use Digg and follow some of these people too, so I’m likely more part of the problem than the solution. Sry.
Great post homes…if I ever ask you for some help it will be with some cold hard cash in your paypal account, cause thats the way I roll…money talks!
F’ing dugg this! Awesome article.
You vent out to those who only want “friends” for one reason! And not for their friendship either…
You’re going about this all wrong SEOBitch…
If they send you an email to Digg Sphinn or whatever, reply with an invoice for your time and ask for payment up front. Tell them you charge a $60 hourly rate because your time is important and minimum charge is 3 hours even if it takes a minute to Digg. If invoice is not paid in full by such and such…it will be buried
~Terry
sound like she’s Sugar Rae…
Cy, you do not get the award for being a good listener.
CY: Sugarrae would never censor herself and would put it on her own blog
@Terry Tay: I like the way you think.
hahah.. thats a great post very entertaining to me… so basically you’re receiving and giving out assholes…
I kept looking for the words “uh, No you didn’t!” haha!
I an be your friend SEOBitch just give me same treatment, dugg… forget them work with your own blog. What’s your blog url by the way if you have?
That was quite a rant! But i enjoyed it too.
It isn’t suggarae, she has bigger balls then anyone else here and would have no problem posting this on her own blog. it isnt rebecca cos she has already had this rant, plus her nads are almost as big as rae’s.
my money is on Jane or lisa. Jane because she is so nice and wouldn’t want to offend anyone, or Lisa cos she is scared of Bruce
I agree with popular wealth. Why not just stick to what you do and stop bitching? I agree, Digg requests are annoying, but whining like a 5-year old? Come on.
Agreed. Trying to sound tough. Fails.
So, as for the anonymity thing, first I don’t have my own blog, just didn’t have a need for it until I wanted to stamp my feet and swear! Second, if I used my name it would still be tied to the company, regardless if I had a big ass disclaimer saying it’s my opinion and no one can take it from me, it’s mine dammit!
And no, I will not confirm nor deny who I am, and it seems everyone has a guess, but let’s just say I have already been asked and already denied that SEObitch is me
As for the F’in part, I was going to say fuckin, and I originally had fuckin, but I didn’t want to totally offend those with uh more sensitive sensibilities who might see it on the RSS before clicking through.
So what, should I do another SEOBitch bitchfest?
@MLH You have no idea how much of a tigress I am, both in and out of the office.
@Commando That is much more original than how requests are usually worded!
@ChrisBartow Is it a chocolate cupcake with sprinkles and a cherry?
@Joe I do have better friends than the ones I refer to, they are the ones I Digg and Stumble without ever being asked!
@Geiger Funny, I was betting I would have scared everyone from Digging this!
@BretFrohlich Trust me, my talents are put to extremely good use, this is simply my entertainment
@Brandon You made deep link love just sound soooo dirty!
@WTL You know, exchanging a beer for each Digg isn’t that bad of an idea!
@Hyder At least I get something in exchange
@Collin Yeah, it is amazing how many SEOs are cheap bastards and won’t shell out a bit of moolah to buy their Stumbles instead of annoying all their IM contacts with Stumble requests.
@Matt I don’t think arsehole is nearly as effective when a hot chick is saying it!
@MartinBowling Thinking about doing some more rants if people want them, and yeah, I am definitely a hardcore chick, not Shoemoney in drag
@Rita That is a bit kinkier than I like it!
@TalkBinary Some of these people who have commented have their ears burning, because a few of them are the guilty ones I am talking about.
@PopularWealth Well I think all SEO companies have their dirty little secrets. You just keep imagining me in my knee socks and pigtails.
@Drunk Yes, PayPal works
@Dave Yeah, it annoys me too, the photography ones which bore me to tears, the rest of his don’t bother me a tweet.
Josh, read the comments. It’s not me. I can write better than that.
I think SEOBitch is HOT! That post turned me on. Anyone know how I can get a date with her?
Whoever wrote this doesn’t know a ’shit’ about internet marketing. You are lucky that you didn’t disclose your name…..cuz….it would be be suicidal if you did………Even though all the rest of the 100+ ppl over here who commented have proved themselves as gr8 ‘pu$$Y’z….by taking your ‘crap’ and not really saying anything to you becuzZZ— they are not ’sure’ whether you are Jane, Jill or whatever. But Who gives a damn anyway? No matter who you are, I know you are a total looser and an attention whore…Today if this was some other blog…THE same peeps here would have flooded you with comments — criticizing you.
But now no one wants to ’say’ anything..cuz they don’t want to hurt the ‘mysterious lady’ who might be some big shot at the SEO industry…>>FUDGE u….you don’t even have the ‘pu@@Y’ to put up this shit up in your own space….and you have put it up in shoemoney blog so that you can get all attention….u wh0re
so…sUmbody asked u to digg or stumble……big deal huh? …who the fudge are u anyway? CEO of some big company? No! You still ‘work’ for someone….you know ‘work’? Work means…..You ‘work’ and then you buy ‘dinner’! So no ‘work’ means no ‘dinner’! if you are also that ‘rude’ with your clients then no one will even ask u to ‘bend over’ for FREE. (if u knw what i mean )
Dont be ‘too proud’ of whatever achievements you may have gotten already…. remember that you were ’small’ once! I am sure a Wh0re like u had to give BJ to ppl to go where you are now….
But now those ‘newbies’ are just asking for Diggs/stumbles…….and If you don’t want to help them…..its FINE…why do u have to make this such a ‘big deal’….U attention Wh0re!
Don’t Delete this Shoe…I want everyone to see…
Anyway SEOBitch YOu are FiRED…dont come to office 2moro..pack ur things and leave….
Hey shoe, what is your IM address so I can ask you to digg my new post, LOL, just joking. Most of the time I just say yes but do not even click on the link
Can’t be her, I’ve never seen so many “a**hole” in anything I read from her.
hehehe thats a lot of comments.Good link bait. post tho !
“I will pretty much Stumble and Digg anything you ask”
Great for keeping the quality up.
shut up
Passion, well written and to the point. That’s hwat keeps the comments flowing. Great post, no more, no less - brilliant common sense.
I agree with you SEO bitch. There is someone on my IM list that as soon as I log in to my IM account, he is there, will U Digg this? Will U SU this? I have since removed him from my list. Apparently, I’m not the only one who is pissed off about these requests.
This post is too hot. People are all open-minded to write what they have. And because of this i like this web site:)
After all these years a good post can still get people riled up. Remeber what they say about arguing on the Internet.
i think if you create a blog then its great… just my opinion..
Jane Copland? The english lady? Dunno if she is that prone to cussing, although anybody can get upset enough to curse, I suppose……
Hahahahahahahahahahah…..you’re quite the opportunist, aren’t you!
First it was dozens of requests for link backs from spammy get rich quick sites. Now between the blogcatalog “friends” who are promising a million dollars from your website tomorrow, and these social tagging begs, it’s a pain to sort through my e-mail. Haven’t used the bury yet…maybe it’s time! Thanks for the inspiration!
I have given this page a StumbleUpon review too! Come on everybody, let’s see how many SU reviews this page can get!
Go home and get a live!
I did read the comments, I just assumed you may be lieing
from above: “but let’s just say I have already been asked and already denied that SEObitch is me”
regards to shoemoney:)
Yes, this post tells trues but nowadays the world is going that way. Here in Spain people don’t use Digg and Stumble so I can’t ask anybody for that, but people is doing it all the time.
I don’t like asking people to stumble for me, and I don’t use digg because a lot of the front page diggs are garbage and based on the number of friends you have in your clique. But it was very funny reading your article.
LOL so far the best comment within this list of comments..!
Blah.
Go whine where the audience actually gives a shit.
If you cant take it, get out.
Hmmm… now WHY did I waste my time reading that vitriol ?
lol very nice post seobitch
People asking to dig can eat my shorts
There’s nothing wrong with asking people for diggs w/out going into a song and dance about whether you like the weather outside today. The probably arises when these people never digg your things in return.
SEObitch, I love your post and feel the same way. I would like to be your friend. I will never ask you to digg nor stumble my blog.
P.S. Please post again sometime in the near future.
I agree with the message in this post.
But is this aggressive verbal behavior really necessary ?
This powertalk is not the right solution. You only create more aggression this way.
Just talk to your friends and tell them how you feel about it.
But in a nice way. I´m sure they will understand.
Or is this the way typical SEO people handle difficult situations ?
Dude, you are kind of a jack ass
Shoemoney. being that you are ranting about Digg, I will ask you to Digg my favorites, but only if you think they are worth a Digg!
http://digg.com/users/igorthetroll/history/favorites
Wow! So that’s what I have to do to get comments on my site? I quit!
OMG, this post had me rolling. That’s hilarious, I wasn’t aware at the amount of people begging for Diggs. Well, I figured it was happening, because some of the high Digg numbers you see on crap articles is amazing. That’s really funny though, you exposed them all!