Be careful what you wish for.

Back in the olden days, I was a damn fine programmer/consultant. I did work for big corporations. I worked closely with client to spec systems. One of the things I’d tell them up front is: If the system is not working like you expected, then I got it wrong and it will be corrected. That got me a lot of business.

We are going through a change here. It is taking place between people half a world apart. Complaints, needs, responses happen in net fashion. The net is not a good support mechanism. The free flow of ideas is stymied. Misunderstanding becomes the norm. We’ve all experienced the problem when we’ve communicated with support people on poker sites. We end up talking at each other instead of to each other. It is a feature of the process.

So, right now the editor we use is torked. The WSYWYG is missing. The text is littered with HTML markup that makes the beast all but unusable. That is an annoyance but it is resolvable. And, it is quickly resolvable. Nothing to sweat here.

The real problem affect the others here. SEO is a net god created by Google. To be a white hat site is the goal. The technical folks have created guidelines that work great everywhere but in the Blogs. I have very few links from other blogs. I am not really a blogger; I am a curmudgeon that likes poker. The others here are networked with Blogs. It is referred to as blog pimping. The biggest day I ever had for readers was when Iggy linked to one of my blogs. This activity creates readership and the others here are bloggers and will be adversely affected.

The problem is how do both sides get there views and needs addressed. In the old days, we booked a conference room and ironed out the mess. By setting across a table we could talk to each other; that is very different from writing each other. We got a clear picture of the other person’s problems. In the net setting that can take days or weeks.

I would point out to our technical brothers that links abound in blogdom. People like Iggy scatter them with reckless abandon. And Iggy still resides at or near the top of the Google search engine. Blogs are not normal sites. Best practices are different.

It is too bad we can’t all sit down and work this out. Instead we face a time consuming process that will raise everyone’s blood pressure. It is the dark side of Web 2.0.

ADDENDUM:

There is a great promo on Mansion for those of you outside the U.S. For us, it remains being second-class citizens of the world. They are giving away bunches of seats in their big tournament. How can you go wrong…other than being a U.S. Citizen who’s government is protecting you from Demon Poker now instead of Demon Rum. Hell, Dubwa, why not bring back the Volstead Act while you are at it? This promo runs for one week only and awards 8 seats ($12,500 value) each day in the tournament which runs from May 21-27. You gotta love it!

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