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Ben, WordPress SEO Expert
I am an expert WordPress SEO consultant in London and I actively practice "White Hat WordPress SEO". I offer over a decade of WordPress SEO experience consulting to my clients in the UK and overseas. The following is my WordPress SEO true story…
Chapter 1: Ben, Are You Really A WordPress SEO Expert?
My journey with SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) started 12 years ago when I was 21 years of age in 2006. Just before this, I was a branch manager running a small sales company in the Insurance sector and I had recently graduated with a BSc Internet Computing from Aberystwyth University 👨🎓. I had KPIs and ambicious performance targets (I learnt alot about how to sell and sell good). I remember working a bank holiday in a call centre and selling over £10,000 of Insurance. It was at that point I relaised If I could do this selling something I didn't love, what could I achieve if I started my own business… I hated sales (despite being good at it) and I didn't just want to get a standard IT support job like most of my newly graduated friends. So I decided to start my own business. I was self-employed as a WordPress web developer and I soon realised that my WordPress website development business was about to die a slow and painful death. I didn't have
many any clients, I had no money and I was ambitious as 🔥 🔥 hell 🔥 🔥. Being a WordPress developer 12 years ago was challenging because businesses didn't want WordPress websites 😞 💻 they'd say things like: "Why do you build WordPress websites? I'm a business, isn't WordPress just for bloggers? It's not for me. No, thank you Ben". I was hungry for business – I once flyer-ed the small town I was living in at the time with 1,000 leaflets (by hand) that I'd made myself asking for meetings if the businesses wanted a WP website for £500! I only had one meeting with an Estate Agent – but it never amounted to translatable business. Starting my business was the hardest thing I've ever done (I've climbed mountains ⛰, competed at a good standard in various amateur sports and suffered from sleep deprivation on more than one occasion 💤 working for 48 hours straight). Thankfully, WordPress later became (7 years later) the largest website CMS (Content Management System) in the world and I'd being training for 7 years before the business demand for the platform kicked off. One of the reasons I'm such a good developer is because I had so much free time on my hands to learn how it worked when I couldn't get any WP gigs. I often wonder if the business owners that I proactively approached remember the kid that told them WordPress would become the next best web platform on the internet and it would be a wise business move to future proof their website in advance and take advantage of open source technology – but that's another story.
So my SEO journey started in 2006 with a lead generation campaign for a printing company which included SEO, PPC, Social Marketing and Email Marketing. I needed money for my WordPress web business to
grow survive and I needed it fast. I negotiated 50% of the net profit of the internet sales raised for the printing company. I was young and keen, but I had no experience with SEO, I knew a little bit about selling and the rest was largely enthusiasm for success – I needed to create a win-win situation for the printer to take me seriously and accept my offer (so there was a zero engagement fee). The deal was done on a handshake 🤝 and I promised the printer that his large format Annapurna UV trade printer would be running none stop and his telephone would be inundated with phone calls from new customers generated by B2B online leads (SEO). I didn't realise at the time how hard it would be, but it turned out to be so much 🌟 fun 💰 💰 💰 !
Since working with the client I have generated around a million of pounds in revenue for the client, we became market leaders and we worked with brand names you see on the high street and we even worked for the agencies that brand some of the brand names on the high street. Yes – you read that correctly. Part of our online market intelligence and discovery process identified: Some highstreet brands are their own agency (they do this to save cost and control their destiny without being locked in to one digital service provider). My SEO campaign was tremendously successful. Yes I made it a win, win! To put things into perspective: Sometimes we sold so much print, that I had to work the night shift in a cold factory and lock up on my own. I didn't care about working long hours, we were making money £££ and speaking to new clients every day!! I couldn't believe how powerful SEO was. We spoke to international brands that called us! Yes, that actually called us in Birmingham to do business! It was amazing, but hard work. There were times when I fell asleep link building whilst the printer was running (large format printers are noisy – that's how hard we worked). My working hours at the time were 8am – 8pm. The main challenge we had was getting a 5-figure credit limit from all our suppliers (we'd grown quickly) and it took some convincing to get the suppliers to give us credit so we could hold stock (before we sold it) ready to ship next day! The lonely hours I spent in the printing factory made me realise printing is craft – it's hard and takes a lot of time and effort to do well. We were masters of our craft. Today, they're still a client and 12 years later, they still receive phone calls and e-orders from online leads. The guy I work with is a true entrepreneur – thank you 👍 for the business opportunity Steve.
Chapter 2: The SEO Game Back In The Day
If you're an SEO specialist or know about search engine optimisation: To put things into perspective, the rel = nofollow link attribute had just been invented 💡 when I started SEO. Do follow keyword comment links through platforms like CommentLuv (I couldn't find the link to this anymore – I'm not sure if it exists anymore?) and similar blog comment management platforms and forums were like the gold rush 🏆 of the SEO scene at the time…
Twelve years ago it was a lot harder to get ✅ good back links (not like today) and at times I felt like an SEO explorer 🌐 traversing the internet, webpage after webpage, going deeper and deeper into the web, searching for the best ways to get back powerful links. My quest for discovery was immense. I probably visited 500+ websites per day searching for links (manually). The real SEO back link gold was finding links no one else had yet discovered.
At one stage of my career, I office shared with a good SEO company (maybe Google search something like "SEO Birmingham" to find them) on my learning journey and soon realised that they were in the same situation as me (always searching for the next best SEO strategy, never quite lost and getting positive results for their clients). I dedicated years of my life getting SEO results for clients (never employed always as a freelance SEO consultant) – experimenting with the dos ("White Hat SEO") and the don'ts ("Black Hat SEO").
My target quota each day was to make 50 links manually which were keyword rich! If you know about SEO nowadays this wouldn't be a wise or viable SEO strategy today. If I visited 500 websites and got 50 links – that was a good day in the office! 😁
Chapter 3: *F~c£* 2012 It Was A Hard Time To Be A WordPress SEO Consultant
When you're successfully making money online, you notice that 1-2% of all your search engine traffic (website traffic from Google) are going to buy something when they visit your site 😎 😎 😎. You can predict how many sales you will make based on your current and future visitor traffic levels. For us this was translated as: 200 visitors a day = 4 sales per day and for every 1,000 visitors = 20 sales.
I still remember coming into my office one day and looking at my daily Google Analytics report and seeing something seriously wrong. We were only getting around 10% 📉 of usual traffic levels, which wasn't sufficient to get us the online sales we'd been accustomed too. My website was online and it wasn't broken. 💥💥💥 NOOOO?! 💥💥💥 I still have nightmares 🤢 about this stage of my life… here's my recollection of the true events that unfolded in the Search Engine Industry Worldwide:
Chapter 4: My SEO Nightmare Begins
Google started cracking down 🚓 🚓 on sites using Black Hat SEO tactics, they radically changed the magic search engine page results (SERPs) ranking formula and this turned the industry upside down changing the future of the internet as we know it, forever. I had read forums and blogs about a potential Google ranking storm but never thought I'd experience anything like this or that it would be such a widespread reform…
There was an industry website that made a webpage to ☠ alert SEOs of current live Google algorithm changes ☠ . The Google crack down search algorithms were named as cute and cuddly animal names 🐼, but they weren't really officially or formally announced in advanced so webmasters didn't have months or years to prephare. The webpage never gave too much information away (largely because no one knew how they worked) and some algos had just a single paragraph explanation even though most of the updates affected hundreds of millions of websites (yes the entire internet). Even if you weren't doing SEO to your website your natural search engine rank (probably) changed and fluctuated alot because so many search results were being removed from page 1 of Google. The algo releases were relentless and continued to be released periodically every few weeks. Some algorithms that were released went through second and third stage improvement variation cycles to make sure they definitely worked next time – if the first release didn't take affect as Google had planned. It was like Google had trained a 🚨 SWAT team that was going after sites SEO'd in certain ways, hunting "us" down algorithmically. Penalties were harsh and automatic. Google continued to launch periodical algorithmic changes 🤖 🤖 (🐼 Panda, 🐧 Penguin and 🐧🐧 Penguin 2.0 were the worse ones) they hit world class websites (at the time market leading) and completely reshuffled the SERPs (Search Engine Result Pages) index. Webmaster forums were flooded with screenshots of Google Analytics visitor traffic charts that showed 2,000 visitors per day, dropping to 60 visitors per day. The charts looked like flat line heart monitor charts that a doctor ⚕ would see in a patient crisis. Webmasters all around the world were crying out on forums asking what to do and sharing their bad experiences openly accompanied with detailed site information (webmasters wouldn't usually share traffic levels or any sensitive site information – that's how bad it was). The Google algorithmic changes are why the websites that were on page one of Google around 7 or 8 years ago are most likely not on page one today for the same search phrase. The algos are part of the ranking DNA formula that Google uses today. In the search industry – this was like a recession, but it went largely under the radar in newspapers and TV but was reported EVERYWHERE online. My guess why it wasn't in the non-digital press at the time was because most didn't understand it and Google didn't hang about to explain their actions, nor did anyone anticipate that it would have been so aggressive in the SERPS shake up. It's not until the calm after the storm that the true extent of damage can be appreciated. Nothing had been done like this before! You can go back and watch Matt Cutts (Former Head of Google Web Spam) talking about SEO topics here on his blog. I got the impression Google took a "The less they know the better" attitude because they knew a lot of webmasters were going to be very unhappy. 24 hour news and international news was still not quite mainstream or readily available all the time. The facts were: the Google ranking rules changed and they changed hard, fast and forever (read more about penalties here). Penalised sites could never come back and in plain English: first time Black Hat SEO offences had lifetime sentences for website owners (although we didn't know this yet). At the time there was a lot of speculation by web developers, marketers, SEOs and tech professionals why these changes were rolled out and enforced… truthfully my view (post SERPs apocalypse) is: it was near enough impossible for new websites to break into competitive markets and tactical SEO was becoming spammy (very spammy)! I knew as a webmaster my site was untouchable because I'd done X years of Black Hat SEO, so for anyone to compete with me:
- It would take them X years of Black Hat SEO and
- I'd see them coming a mile off and would have time to react by doing more SEO
Sites at the top of SERPs in 1st, 2nd , 3rd , 4th and 5th position – we were untouchable. Many website owners were paying for Black Hat SEO (whether they knew it or not) and to compete like for like – Black Hat SEO techniques needed to be launched to get results. Believe you and me, I tried A LOT of White Hat SEO at the time and it just didn't work as well. It wasn't good for the internet and it wasn't good for new startups knowing they couldn't conceivably get ranked within 1-2 years for the popular search phrases they wanted!
Chapter 5: Disruptive Technological Change Took The SEO Industry By Storm
The monopoly market leading websites had wasn't healthy, it wasn't fair and it had to be broken – someone or something needed to make a disruptive change to the search engine optimisation industry and Google the search engine super power had the balls to do it. It starting enforcing ⚠ ⚠ the rules ⚠ ⚠.
My printing client website eventually became a victim 🔫, in fact I don't know anyone who wasn't affected in some way if they had a website, regardless of if they were actively doing SEO at the time or not. I hated Google at the time for coming after us – Google was hunting us down 1 by 1 automatically. Everyone I knew in the SEO game was affected. People lost their jobs, webmaster threatened to sue Google, there was so much fallout.
Years later I realise it had be done and respect Google more for taking action to protect the future of the Internet. "We" in the industry were being hunted down by algorithms that would analyse our back link profile and website content / structure and give us an F based on a few values that some other tech person had come up with that we didn't even know.
Yep, the inevitable happened – the fortune of my business was changed by someone I had never met or done business with. Shortly after being hit (by Penguin 2.0 on 26th May 2012 AM GMT… I had initially escaped Penguin 1.0) I determined after many sleepless nights and many failed come back attempts (months later) that we had to start again. I knew I could probably do what I did in six years in one year. I cried 😭😭😭😭 (honestly) and then I took action: I cleaned up our SEO strategy, built a new site, put it on a new domain, added better content, added value to my visitor experience (online checkout, FAQs, artwork upload, blog, good content, videos etc) and dealt with the pain and guilt from loss of revenue for a period of what I thought would be 12 months (worst case scenario). I did the same for other websites too. Luckily, we had a few loyal print clients and our business model encouraged repeat business with the trade. The staff were awesome (thank you guys and girls) and we went all in to turn the dire situation in our favour and take advantage of the new market uncertainty with our new competitors still trying to figure out how to do online sales effectively. We knew our market and we were bold enough to use our historical business intelligence to our advantage to turn the situation in our favour.
"Change brings opportunity" …to those that seek it out
It took around 9 months to come back with a better printing site and I learnt valuable SEO lessons along the way ** the hard way **. Almost all of our past competitors were killed off. And new competitors came into the arena to do battle. Because the fallout ☢ was so large scale, the Google SERPS became a level playing field for the first time I can even remember! The Google algorithmic updates had killed off Black Hat SEO, they had been successful, I saw sites with lower DA (Domain Authority) and PA (Page Authority) scores ranking better, these sites often had pure back link profiles that hadn't been artificially inflated with rubbish or spammy back links. I had to relearn how to do SEO effectively, otherwise I would pay the price again and I didn't know if I had another year of re-learning in me. I was tired and weary and had to adopt a White Hat SEO strategy moving forward. SEOs page rank had stopped being reported too! So we were driving blind, in the dark.
Building new websites with WordPress helped me to build better sites. The plugin repository helped me add better user experience features quickly because I didn't have to hand code .php and .js. WooCommerce enabled me to sell efficiently without having to build a custom shopping cart and accept payments with PayPal and Stripe and third party artwork upload sites allowed me to offer an efficient way to receive client artwork. The time save from working with WordPress was unbelievable and it's one of the reasons why the process only took around 9 months to come back bigger and better.
Chapter 6: What Were Other WordPress SEO Consultants Doing At The Time?
At the time "Someone" I knew: just kept launching a new site every week. He made so much 🤑 money 🤑 in his niche he didn't care 😜. Google would index his new site and he'd have a period of 5-7 days to generate a "boat load" 🚢 of money until the algorithmic changes took effect. And then he'd start his SEO process again. Yes, he got to page 1 for search phrases in 5-7 days in niches with DA scores of over 40 and remained there long enough to generate an ROI. Remember earlier I said that DA (Domain Authority) and PA (Page Authority) scores were much lower now and it was broadly a more even playing field? Google miscalculated "these guys" – Google thought that Black Hat SEO Consultants would stop because the price to pay was too high. Google at the time was also in an experimental era of introducing algorithmic changes which removed sites from it SERPs under certain conditions. Google was also learning on the job (just like the SEOs), after all no other search engine in the history of mankind had rolled out algorithmic changes like this before so quickly and so aggressively. Therefore, despite Google being the godfather of search engines it also took time to process, evaluate and take action for one simple reason: It needed to be sure and double sure so that it didn't make mistakes and remove the "good websites". My friend gamed the system (this period of 5-7 days) to the max whilst Google was making its mind up! During this point of my life, my friend was owed a lot of money for his SEO efforts by a man who owed a yacht and holidayed in lots of sunny places. Myself and my friend didn't have much in common except SEO. We lived it and our income was directly proportional to how well we performed. We lived on the edge of certainty and uncertainty in our market places and we shared techniques to pinpoint what worked and what didn't and better still we both tried different things. Yes, you guessed it, I did all the White Hat SEO things and left him to it! At times I felt like a priest trying to convert an atheist during our discussions. We eventually formulated a safe game plan often by working late into the evening & early morning. I still remember the prominent London club 🍹 near Baker Street we both went to one night after the first positive SEO results since being hit (3 months prior) – with £30 per drink on the menu. If my friend is reading this, I hope you're living a happier life overseas and have found what you were searching for. He moved away and we lost contact.
Chapter 7: SEO Was Now A Fight For Survival – Me Versus The Google Algorithm Updates
At this point in time, the search industry was divided on what to do next 😡. I continuously strategised my way through the storm, often changing course but always making headway and I came out the other side. There was an enormous amount of pressure to solve a complicated problem that no one knew the answer to. At this stage I'd only started to see a couple of positive results, so I was still unsure of long term strategy effectiveness and validity. The information and data available at the time was misleading – Some days I'd read high ranking website back link profiles and the next day they were nowhere to be found. What should I do? What would you do? 😕 😕 Forums were flooded with advice based on no previous experience AKA BAD SEO ADVICE and MISLEADING DIGITAL MARKETING INFORMATION, remember this was the first time in history that this had ever happened, and it turned out to be impossible to solve this mathmatics equation just by doing "1 thing". It was stressful and I'm glad It happened to me when I was younger and more adaptable. It was basically fuc£ing hard and I had to come up with SEO tactics that you couldn't just read about in moz.com (they weren't invented yet!)… "Content Is King". Competitors that were also hit and other SEO consultants I knew at the time tried: PPC (Pay Per Click Advertising), social, other search engines, TPIs (Third Party Introducers) etc. I didn't try these or place as much emphasis on these as a valuable long term solution because they were expensive and frankly not as good. Google was and still is the search engine preference for most internet users whom are searching for something they need right now. It was mad to build a business case to suggest doing something else. The ones that I knew, that did go elsewhere and tried something different often failed because they couldn't replicate the same volume of quality online leads that Google brought them in the past. They're business relied on leads and with a shortage of online leads they're businesses were compromised. And if they did change their business lead gen source: They were often safer but often made less money. Other SEO Consultants that I knew stopped doing SEO and built websites, become social media marketing consultants or tried something new. Imagine learning that everything you had self taught yourself for five years was all wrong. What would you do? Relearn the new methods for the next five years or try something new? I stuck with SEO and re-skilled and re-trained myself.
Chapter 8: Why Am I Sharing My Story?
Engaging the services of an SEO consultant is risky. Although this is a wordy story it accounts for just a small snippet of my WordPress SEO experience that I've gained from doing SEO and getting real tangible results for clients (I've got the photo 📷 album to prove it 😊). If you don't understand why my story is important here it is in a nut shell…
If your WordPress SEO consultant hasn't had an experience like this, he or she could cause harm to your site which may only fixed by building a new site and starting again. And that's not to mention if you're already generating revenue from online leads, how long can you survive without any online leads 💭???? By the way, if your site gets blacklisted by Google and you launch a new site, new domains rank so much slower (if you can start again and have the budget to do so). You'll probably also have to create a tonne or original AKA new good content never used before on the internet (No – you can't just copy and paste it), a site wide 301 redirect will only cause your new site to inherit all the bad of your previous site! And it keeps getting worse (sorry but I don't make the rules)… the algorithmic changes Google makes to target heavily SEO'd websites have not been released yet – they are future updates designed to target naughty tactics of today's Black Hat SEO companies or the White Hats that unknowingly stray alittle off course (believe me it can easily be done!). So, to sum up, the process of starting again took me the best part of a year, it will probably take you longer. It's a bit like visiting a casino if you do Black Hat SEO, sooner or later the house always win.
The SEO solution is: don't visit the casino and certainly don't play roulette like I used to play it. Don't do Black Hat SEO.
Chapter 9: What Have I Got To Offer? And If I Was So Good How Come I'm Not An Online Millionaire Like My Buddy In The Club?
Twelve years later, a little bit older and a little bit wiser 🕒 I realise if I was solely money orientated I would be rich! After working with a private aviation client producing over a million pounds of leads, printing companies generating around a million pounds of leads and various other businesses, it would have been easy for me replicate their business model – gain valuable market intelligence and insight on what worked in their niche and replicate it for myself – again and again. But I chose not to cut the partners I worked with out of the business, I made the business decision to lean, add value, but not to harm.
I realise now: I am an explorer at heart, I have a moral compass and gain a lot of value and enjoyment from going from nowhere to somewhere 🌎 and that's why I love 🧡 doing what I do. I'm motivated by success and the journey (and I want both when I work with a client). I change businesses, grow businesses, get threats from competitors because their income stream is threatened (that happened), I change the landscape of the internet (just a little) all because of my love for "the game".
Chapter 10: What Do You Get If You Work With This SEO Consultant In London?
If you work with me it's important that you know a few things up front. I can't work with every business that contacts me for a variety of reasons.
I choose my clients not because I'm arrogant but because of my ethical and moral compass. I have this rule in place because I can't work with two clients in the same niche (two competitors) or work with clients that work in industries that I wouldn't be comfortable explaining to a young child. I'm ethically minded and want to enjoy the SEO exploration and journey without doing others harm.
When you work with SLIB Design Limited you work with me and only me as your WordPress SEO Consultant. You'd be surprised how many [slick rick] salesmen are in the SEO industry and after the hand shake the work is [sometimes] outsourced to another continent for far less [~5% of your spend]. It might take you 6-12 months to realise that you didn't pay for what was promised in the meeting. I don't do this. I'm serious about getting results and I'm ethically minded. There's no middle man and I'm the guy that you shake hands with. I'm contactable during business hours and outside of business hours (if we pre arrange). Yes, I am based in London. I live centrally and work a little further out at Plexal – London's premier innovation tech hub near Hackney Wick Overground right next to Stratford Westfield Shopping Center / Tube & Underground. If you travel via Stratford there's a free shuttle bus to HERE East. I work here because travelling from central to non central lets me avoid the 🚉 commuter rush 😀. If you haven't been to Plexal yet and you want to visit – I co-host a public speaking event that runs twice per month that's open to visitors if you're interested in learning offline sales techniques… this is handy for when you start getting inbound (reactive) sales calls.
I don't have an agent and if you're a recruiter or an SEO company please do not contact me. I don't need representation, nor do I need a partner service.
I don't charge clients to create their SEO strategy. Which makes it worthwhile for us to at least have a discussion if you're serious about getting results. I read competitor backlink profiles like you read the newspaper 😀 (often smiling). Your competitor back link profile (who links to them and who they link to) will influence the future of your SEO strategy moving forward. There isn't any one-size-fit-all SEO strategy that works for all businesses. But there are a few key fundamentals that you must master to stand a chance of competing at the highest level. So, don't turn up to the game and forget your best football boots and make sure you wear them in first.
I can offer input and value based on what works now and what is considered safe now. I'm not a fortune teller 🧙♂ – do another google search if you want someone to tell you it'll be OK in the end.
My SEO recommendations are based on science, the Google documentation (that's public), what trusted industry SEO websites are reporting (current trends) and what's worked before for other clients. If you haven't realised already, the sites in your industry are being ranked, compared and analysed against one another, against the broadest set of values that have ever been digitally quantified and the gatekeeper of the measurement and value of this data is called Google. If you're unsure by what I mean here's a hand drawn sketch explaining how Google works based on Larry Pages PageRank paper (co-founder of Google and featured on the Forbes rich list). The information isn't top secret and you can read about it on WikiPedia. Whenever I show SEO clients this, they look at me like I've just discovered fire and usually say something like:
"What SEO is just about building connections (links) from big balls (authoritive websites)?"
I usually reply:
"Yes sir/madam. And Larry drew us a diagram to show us how to do it."
Larry's PageRank Diagram
This diagram shows Search Engine Optimisers how Google was originally designed to rank websites
Ben's [Edited] PageRank Diagram Based On Larry's
This is my own interpretation of the PageRank diagram
Source: I made this
This is my own interpretation of the PageRank algorithm diagram. It might not be 100% correct but it's faired me well until now.
I work on a retainer price model. 75% of my retainer is reserved for labour and the remainder 25% is used to create fantastic content. Just to be clear, I need the 25% and I need the 75% to do SEO.
I don't just do one thing. If you think SEO is all about getting as many back links as possible, and expect to see results in weeks or days, look at my diagram again and think about it carefully. How many big balls do you know and how easy is this diagram to create? How many balls do you need?
I am expensive, and I am good. Budgets I work with are typically between £500 – £5,000 exc VAT per month.
All my clients sign an NDA. This protects my clients' backlink profiles and it also protects your backlink profile. It's not a case of hiding information but it is a case of need to know.
Lastly, if you're not serious about getting results, if you don't care about your brand reputation, if you haven't got the budget or you're simply not a person with buying influence please don't contact me.
If you've carried on reading and made it this far, you're probably serious about getting results and most likely need a motivated and ethical WordPress SEO consultant (based in London). My direct dial office number is +44 (0)2081850530 and my email is email@example.com. Give me a call and I'll add value to your SEO strategy.
Chapter 11: Thank you
My father once told me: "measure twice and then cut once". It took me 12 years to truly appreciate the meaning of his words – get it right first time around and you won't pay for the consequences of bad decision making.
Thank you for taking the time to visit my website and read my story. My story is an honest account of what actually happened to me. Please don't judge me based on my past mistakes – we all make mistakes in life. The people, clients and friends involved in my SEO journey will know who they all are. I want to thank them all openly for helping me to become a better professional and for the value they all have added to my professional WP SEO career. My experiences have helped me to define our WordPress SEO company service. I've purposely not named names because there are so many people to name and I don't want to miss any one out, My story doesn't include the whole detail because that would take too long to type. Thank you 🙏.
Chapter 12: The Finale
I often get asked a few common questions by clients/readers that contact me after reading my story. I was emailed by a guy in the states the other day. So I thought I'd add this bit in
"Ben, was Black Hat SEO worth it?"
Looking back: At the time (12 years ago), yes. When you have to pay a VAT bill every quarter and you run a new small business and your rent is due and you're young and don't know any better and your cashflow is almost non-existent. Black Hat SEO at the time was largely more accepted as a common and mainstream SEO practise. To be frank there wasn't as many good places to get White Hat SEO black links from (unlike nowadays). In terms of where I fitted in on the black hat scale – probably around 5/10. I came across so many guys that got quick results for clients and they were 10/10 on a scale, but their sites were always hit hardest by Google's algorithmic changes. I never went to this extreme.
"Would you do Black Hat SEO now-a-days?"
No. Absolutely not.
"Ben Do you just do WordPress SEO now?"
I don't like the phrase WordPress SEO expert… but we specialise in SEO for WordPress websites, B2B lead generation for WordPress websites and WordPress website maintenance & management. Our core services are all related to WordPress. Our WordPress SEO service has been curated based on the SEO story you've just read (made from mistakes and disasters – to find out what really works).
"Was it worth it ?"
I wouldn't be as good a White Hat SEO consultant now if I didn't make the bad Black Hat SEO decisions I'd made in the past. So, yes, it was worth it. But I paid the price.
"Ben – Can you give me any 5 SEO tips?"
Tip 1. Ask your customers to review you on Google My Business (Google Reviews Formerly Google Places). This is really good for your brand credibility, because Google will show your star rating if someone searches your company name. Yes, some people don't mind spending more if they know they'll get something better! Google star ratings are quality indentifiers.
Tip 2. Adding your site and company information to Central Index. This is really useful for local searches and if you do a bit more research you'll find out why this is probably a good idea.
Tip 3. Stay away from Black Hat SEO tactics and familiarise yourself with the Google rules (Do a Google search for them). If you only use one of these tips, make sure you use this one!
Tip 4. Look at what your competitors are doing and react accodingly. This tool will give you insight and it's fairly low cost to the other market alternatives.
Tip 5. Remember the google algorithmic changes might be called cute fluffy animal names 🐵 🐶 🐨 but really they're monsters in disguise 👾 💀 👽 ☠
So What Do You Tink? Am I Good At WordPress SEO? …Here's A Photo Of Me Holding Over 1 Million Pounds Of Leads For One Client :)
Published: 04 March 2017


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The three friends have concluded their answers on the question of the serenity of the wicked, and Iyov now includes all of their answers in his rebuttal. Iyov complains that his friends have all pointed their fingers at him when discussing the evils which occur to reshaim. Iyov is a rasha in their eyes, and they considered Iyov's suffering as proof that the success of the rasha does not last forever. Iyov contended that his question included all of mankind, including the successful reshaim among them, and none of their answers took this into account. How could they draw conclusions from what happened to one individual? Eliphaz said that reshaim are constantly fearful and are insecure in their success, but reshaim are found that are secure and serene. Bildad maintained that the households of reshaim will be destroyed, but reshaim are found who remain alive and successful, and their households exist for a lengthy amount of time. Bildad had also said that the souls of the reshaim will be cut off, and they will eventually receive their punishment in the everlasting world. Iyov complained that man is not cognizant of this hidden punishment which is hidden from the eyes of all man. Death spreads its wings on all living beings without distinction. Who really knows if there is wisdom and accounting in the nether depths where the dead descend?
Iyov also did not agree with Tzophar's answer - that the rasha dies suddenly and descends to the grave. Iyov asserted that a quick and easy death without suffering can be considered part of the success of the rasha, and is what he desires. How could it be fair and just that the tzaddik who suffered from pain will die a bitter death, and the rasha will die in serenity, and both of them will descend to the grave equally? The rasha's sons may be cut off after his death, but the rasha won't be affected by this punishment, since he is no longer alive. It would be more fitting if the rasha himself would receive punishment for his sins while he is still alive, and consequently will recognize Hashem's justice.
Finally, Iyov complains that the purpose of his friends' answers were not to comfort him and express the truth, but were a breach of brotherly love. Instead of comforting him like a brother, they accuse him of being a rasha.
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public interface IHelpContentProducer
"org.eclipse.help.contentProducer" extension point. When
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Obtains content of a specified help resource.
InputStream getInputStream(String pluginID, String href, Locale locale)
pluginID - unique identifier of a plug-in containing the resource
href - path of the resource in a plug-in.
An href has a format path/to/resource or path/to/resource?parameter=value1¶meter2=value2... For example, references/myclass.html may be passed.
locale - used by the client. In most cases, content in a user language
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TEL is a global provider of connectors and sensor technologies, serving multiple end markets such as automotive, A&D, industrial equipment, medical, energy/subcom, and consumer (data networks and appliances).
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This is a pointless thread. I just need to get this off my chest somewhere. When I moved 100km away from home into a 10m² room to study IT I was pretty hyped. Volunteering for these boards was fun and I was excited to do something awesome. Weekly meetings were something I was looking forward to and I kept telling myself: "This is it! This is what I want to spent my time on!" Even though everything was planned out in my mind and I was so see the results of my studies, volunteering for the boards, participating in eSports related events and some other new interests, I didn't move forward a single step. I'm stuck here. With ideas I'm never gonna realize. Because what I realized, is that I somehow can't pull through with what I have in mind. Some might say "JUST DO IT!" but I just can't. I think I love studying IT. But I can't really do it. I think I loved being a volunteer, but I never did anything meaningful. I think I liked sports, but I never pursued it further. Why? I have no idea. I don't know what's wrong with me. Which is why I'm gonna talk to professionals who might know what the hell I'm doing wrong. It's depressing. In fact it's so depressing, that the only thing I've been doing for a week or two now is stay in my 10m² room and play video games. But league seems to make things worse. The players have been so toxic lately, that I realized I'm actually beginning to be toxic. And THAT is alarming to me. My internet is not the greatest. Even though I live in germany, our ISPs are (excuse me for my language) actually abominations. I've been starting to rage. Mostly at myself. But also sometimes in league (It never went further than "idiot", or "f*** you", but still..). For someone who **never** did that, it feels shitty. To feel like you actually have to insult other people. I felt powerless and absolutely shitty. The (sometimes toxic) community isn't making it easy for me and the fact that my internet isn't the greatest just fuels this toxicity even further. I know I shouldn't play league when my internet isn't doing well. But wishing reports, cancer and death doesn't really help. My therapy starts in 2 days. I hope this will actually change my life. Enough rambling... TL;DR: Idiot 19 year old can't handle his life and his studies, gets depressed and realized he needed professional help after starting to stay inside 24/7 and raging at himself and other people. If anyone even reads this - thanks. **Update:** WOW! I did not think this post would take off like that. Thank you so much for every comment and even those who just read the whole thing. It makes me feel like people actually care. Thank you! But seriously 600 views is enough. Please don't make this post go viral D: This account isn't particulary anonymous or something.
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Validation of the recognition-primed decision model and the roles of common-sense strategies in an adversarial environment
Soh, Boon Kee
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This dissertation set out to understand the decision processes used by decision makers in adversarial environment by setting up an adversarial decision making microworld, as an experimental platform, using a real time strategy (RTS) game called Rise of Nations (RON). The specific objectives of this dissertation were: 1.Contribute to the validation of recognition-primed decision (RPD) model in a simulated adversarial environment; 2.Explore the roles of common-sense strategies in decision making in the adversarial environment; and 3.Test the effectiveness of training recommendations based on the RPD model. Three related experimental studies were setup to investigate each of the objectives. Study 1 found that RPD model was partly valid where RPD processes were prevalently used but other decision processes were also important in an adversarial environment. A new decision model (ConPAD model) was proposed to capture the nature of decision making in the adversarial environment. It was also found that cognitive abilities might have some effects on the types of decision processes used by the decision makers. Study 2 found that common-sense strategies were prevalent in the adversarial environment where the participants were able to use all but one of the warfare related strategies extracted from literature without teaching them. The strategy familiarization training was not found to significantly improve decision making but showed that common-sense strategies were prevalent and simple familiarization training was not sufficient to produce differences in strategy usage and performances from the novice participants. Study 3 also found that RPD based training (cue-recognition and decision skill training) were not significant in producing better performance although subjective feedback found such training to be useful. However, the participants with RPD based training conditions were able to perform on the same level as the expert participants bridging the gap between novices and experts. Based on the findings, it was recommended that decision training should involve not just RPD based training, but comparisons of attributes as well. A more interactive training combining common-sense strategies, cue-recognition and decision skill training might be more useful. More theoretical experimentation would be required to validate the new decision model proposed in this dissertation.
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Just got through a busy weekend. My niece married her sweetheart on Friday, 11-11-11. You can bet her husband will never forget their anniversary!
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The UC Santa Barbara defense has been the story of the Gauchos championship run at this week's NIRSA National Soccer Championships in Foley, Alabama. UCSB did not allow a goal in regulation or extra time against defending champion Michigan State in the semifinals earlier Saturday, using the PK shootout to advance. In the evening final, UCSB posted a goal of its own in the 35th minute and the defense recorded yet another shutout as UC Santa Barbara won its 6th national championship, 1-0 over North Carolina.
The Gauchos goal in the championship match came from Lindsay Ringman, who put a solid shot from the left side of the box past the outstretched arms of the UNC keeper Kathleen Connell in the 25th minute. UNC threatened throughout, but UCSB was up to the challenging, including keeper Lauren Racioppi who stopped 8 Tar Heel shots.
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A photograph of the beautiful Church in the village of Rokitno, near Skwierzyna, Lubusz, Poland. Behind the Baroque church are some wonderfully peaceful gardens. Rokitno is the destination for a number of organised Catholic pilgrimages throughout the year.
Polish Name: Rokitno
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Lending his incomparable writing talents to the stage, Barry Manilow teams up with Bro Herrod to delve into the world of the 19th Century melodrama. The Drunkard presents a unique delivery of the famous melodrama by W.H.S. Smith, transporting audiences to an infinitely less subtle day in this deliciously coy and exaggerated musical.
Mary Wilson and her widowed mother are in dire straights. When it comes to their attention the cottage they're renting is to be sold, Mary appears before the handsome new owner, Edward, hoping to request his mercy. Edward had already been informed of the debacle by the villainous lawyer, Cribbs, who has set about to destroy the Wilson family. Edward had already determined the Wilson family was not to be forced from their home. After laying eyes on Mary, Edward is immediately in love and the wedding is set; Cribbs's plan has been thwarted. He'll have to implement a new plan just as devious involving the wicked devil's beverage...Alcohol!


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These are Land Rover Series III, one of legend car in world history. Military and police used this vehicle for trainning or real war. I've not own this model yet. I don't know, maybe my money not much. But, my friend who is hobby for this car, advice me to join with him to buy. His is the hobbist. He like Land Rover very much. Honestly I not really like this design, because the car is profuse. They are too expensive for me. But I'm sure it proportional to performance and power. I respect this model as the masterpiece.


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Following Tuesday's announcement that Rutgers is exiting the Big East after 21 years of membership and joining the Big Ten, the University of Houston athletics department released this statement:
"Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics, Mack Rhoades, and the administration at the University of Houston have been in close discussion with the Big East Conference regarding recent conference realignment. Commissioner Mike Aresco has been proactive in his dealings and has prepared the Big East and its member institutions for recent changes. We have the utmost faith Commissioner Aresco and his staff will provide the best long-term future for member institutions. We wish Rutgers the best as we focus our attention on the positive future of the Big East Conference."


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Every year, those of us who write about music at VCReporter compile a list of local artists that we've become particularly fond of. There are many bands that we like — even love; some we don't like but respect; and others that, frankly, we hope have a solid Plan B. Ventura County is nearly full to capacity with talent, making it impossible for us to include everyone in our annual local music issue. There are many bands, outstanding bands, that are not featured in this issue but are on the list for next year. If you feel there's been a great injustice (and we know someone will) or you believe an artist is conspicuously missing, we may have included them in a previous issue. It's equally possible that we're not yet hip to your cousin's boyfriend's amazing indie, screamo, power violence, crust-punk, chillstep, hard-hop, grindcore band, so by all means fill us in. You are invited to help us celebrate local music on Thursday, May 2 at Bombay Bar, 7-11 p.m., where we will screen See Who We Are a very short film about Ventura County's music scene by Angela Izzo, Mute on the Floor and VCReporter. Support local music.
In a locale that cherishes the music of Johnny Cash, Social Distortion, Sublime and Bone, Thugs and Harmony, bands that create any other style often find a better following and greater success outside Ventura County's borders. Such has been the case with local indie band Captions. After settling on a core lineup last year, the Ventura-based group spent the better part of the year playing in the Los Angeles scene, as bands and promoters in that milieu were quick to embrace its shoegaze sound. With an EP under its belt and a full-length in the works, the band is planning to come back to Ventura to finish what it started. Under the impression that its hometown scene was made mostly of hardcore and Sublime cover bands, band members were hesitant to perform locally but have changed their tune since finding others of their same species here. Captions will be playing an all-ages show at The Tavern in Ventura on Saturday, May 11, at 5 p.m.
— Shane Cohn
The Baker and Wakka the Hero
Not newcomers to the Ventura County music scene, The Baker and Wakka the Hero have moved on from punk to hip-hop in recent years, having previously performed with D.D.T., Flyswatter and The Proles. The Baker has been producing and writing hip-hop since 2008, and has one untitled EP finished, with another on the way. His beat production draws from a wide variety of influences, encompassing everything from 1940s-era jazz standards to current radio hits. The Baker produces for Wakka as well as himself, including Wakka's upcoming debut EP Morning Person, which is scheduled to be released later this month. With a fresh approach to classic hip-hop, The Baker and Wakka the Hero have the potential to bring the robust underground local scene into the spotlight.
Photo by Neal Casal
Refreshing like a dip in the Pacific Ocean, Massenger's bilingual garage surf will make you instantly cool. (At least it will make you feel cool). The self-titled debut from established Ventura musicians Seth Pettersen (bass) and Mike Gleeson (drums), along with the ebullient Sasha Green (Slshr on the People's Radio) on vocals and Bryan Russell (Franklin for Short, the Spires) on guitar, recently caught the attention of the Burger Records camp, who promptly released it on cassette. Massenger also made the "best new music" list on the esteemed Dingus music blog and is planning a vinyl release on Rocketship Records. The band is literally going places with a West Coast tour currently wrapping up and a trip to Europe in August. The official CD release is tentatively scheduled for June 7 at the Deer Lodge in Ojai.
Wooden Nomad
After shaking loose the dirt from their deep metal roots, Angelo Miles (guitar) and Angel Chavez (bass) decided to veer ever so slightly in a different direction. They recruited Danny Fitz and his drum kit along with vocalist Tym McAbre and his pipes. The result was what Wooden Nomad refers to as "heavy-ass rock'n'roll." Having connections in Palm Desert — birthplace of Kyuss and its many descendants — the band naturally wished to record its first full-length there. Compatriot Brad Garrow (occasional band mate of Nick Oliveri) lowered the drawbridge at Dead End Studios, where he engineered the 10 tracks on The Sound of Earth, a thunderous calling card with epic instrumentation and a proggy-fantasy genre aesthetic. Nestled in the dank folds of all that heavy are some sweet surprises: lush, Joe Satrianiesque guitar solos, a Charles Manson cameo, deep lyrics and the merciful absence of growly vocals. It's a DIY effort and the band is giving away CDs to hook fans.
Photo by Michael McGrath
Shaky Feelin'
With virtuoso Mark Masson at the helm, Shaky Feelin' (a reference to the way a certain kind of music compels one to move one's body in a certain kind of way) has been putting smiles on the faces and jiggle in the junk of audiences all over the country. Piggy-backing on Phish tours to entertain blissed-out campers, Shaky Feelin' has earned much-deserved praise and fan loyalty. It's not that Masson et al are doing anything groundbreaking or cutting edge, but they make people feel really good and that's worth more than the approval of some self-important blogger. Inspired, emotional guitar solos are the hallmark of the jam, and Masson's are celestial. The rest of the band, which includes two drummers, isn't too shabby either. As someone recently noted, Mark Masson has super powers; he's able to get hot, young females to look up from their smart phones with just a few strums of his guitar. Enough said.
Rubberneck Lions
One of the area's more promising young alternative rock bands, Rubberneck Lions puts a fresh spin on a classic sound, taking a magic-mushroom journey to the center of the universe with a stopover at the Sunset Strip circa 1967 and down the rabbit hole to Seattle's Crocodile Cafe in 1992. Rubberneck Lions enjoy time traveling as much as anyone but they only stay in the finest hotels and always return with the best souvenirs. Their first full-length, Dual Entendre, released last month, was recorded at 4th Street Recording where they breathed the dust of Fiona Apple, Mick Fleetwood, the Beach Boys and drummer Jaison Henderson's idol Stewart Copeland. They have enough material for another full album and an EP, but for now they're happy to take Dual Entendre to the masses with short tours of the West Coast coming soon.
Night Demon
There is no genre more mutually supportive than metal. Even more fiercely loyal are fans of metal's many subgenres. Testament to this is the strange and utterly amazing story of Night Demon which is rapidly becoming one of the more internationally renowned bands from Ventura County, almost by accident. When three members of different local bands decided to record a few original songs — in one day, mind you — in the vein of classic British metal, they had no idea the fervor it would cause online. The small global community devoted to this brand of vintage metal began singing the group's praises on various blogs, and soon boutique labels from around the world came calling. Fans with no knowledge of the band outside the few songs they heard online — blistering anthems like the self-titled "Night Demon" and the Iron Maiden-worthy "The Chalice" — began ordering hastily made merchandise. Now, offers for shows and festivals across the pond are coming in, and plans for a full-length are underway with a release set for the end of this year. Band members freely admit they've been caught off guard by how fast everything is going, but are absolutely ready to go wherever it takes them. Night Demon proves true old-school British metal is alive and well and living in Ventura County.
Photo by Angela Izzo, www.izzoimages.com
Jade Hendrix
Try not to like Jade Hendrix. I tried for a minute during a weekend of phone tag with a deadline approaching. When we finally connected, she said, "Hello," and I fell hard for the 25-year-old songstress. With a beautiful voice and charming personality, Hendrix has become one of Ventura County's most loved performers. The singer-songwriter makes "acoustic-soul" music, and is poised to break out to the national stage once her new album drops later this year. Chali 2na, of Jurassic 5 and Ozamatli is also collaborating with Hendrix on her new material. "The last album," said Hendrix, referring to her 2009 debut, "I was a teenager. Now I know quite a bit more about myself. This one will be more like me than ever." Locally, Hendrix said, support for the singer-songwriter genre has been a major catalyst for launching her career. "A lot of artists are going to pop out of Ventura County and be relevant, internationally known, homegrown artists," she said. "We've been able to stand tall in what we're doing and what we believe in."
Photo by Lindsay Beaumont
They don't know. They don't dance. They don't care. They also don't trust doctors, statistics or handshakes. The four amigos in No///Sé are doing it their way — an attitude that will undoubtedly catapult them to success (whatever that means to a punk rock band in a cowardly new world). Although a Ventura County band for all intents and purposes, guitarist/vocalist Josh Hayes moved to Oakland last year and guitarist/vocalist Michael Carter relocated to Portland last month. The other two members — drummer Eric Ruvalcaba and bassist Brian Villa — are still nearby and the band isn't wasting any time worrying about geography; they plan to utilize modern technology to trade riffs from afar . . . and stuff. The main thing is this: No//Se is currently the best band of its genre (if you subscribe to such things) anywhere. Its sound is diamond-cut, wet-sharpened and meant to be played loud — not exactly angry but supremely annoyed. Its self-titled debut full-length is available on vinyl and new material is in development. The band is also nearly impossible to search online. They will be performing on May 22 at Zoey's. — Michel Miller
Dirty Rice
Every few years, there emerges from the area a band whose popularity and drawing power are clearly on a different level. In the recent past it was Rey Fresco, but now the distinction goes to Oxnard's semi family reggae band Dirty Rice. If there's any doubting the fact that Dirty Rice can bring more people to a show than any other local band, all one needs to look at is the fact it sold out the Ventura Theater last month for its debut CD release show. With a refreshingly high-energy show and solid songwriting, two things most reggae bands bypass altogether, the DR phenomenon is also powered by the area's longtime love of the genre and the band's tight-knit community of friends and family. With a proper full-length now available and a plethora of gigs from clubs to events coming up, the tricky part for the band now is to get to the next level; because as history proves, big fish attempting to break out of our relatively small pond have had mixed results. Whether the band is peaking or this is just the beginning, in 2013 there is no bigger band in Ventura County than Dirty Rice.
Zeke Berkley
Going solo is no easy task, but that's just what Zeke Berkley chose to do in 2011 when his criminally overlooked band End Transmission folded. End Tranny, as it was affectionately referred to, released an incredibly strong EP and full-length during its career and tried touring nationally, but it always seemed to be a band whose sound was a few years too late in terms of popularity. Far from throwing in the towel, Berkley immersed himself in recording and songwriting with no allegiance to any genre. The result is a powerful debut, Berkley I, set for a summer release, with traces of Harry Nilsson and Elvis Costello as well as equally underrated longtime Berkley influences The Stereo and Ozma. Berkley's also kept incredibly busy honing his live solo skills, hosting Zoey's open-mic and opening for bands in a variety of venues. With a full band CD release show in the works, he's an artist that has been born and bred in the Ventura County music scene, and lucky for us he's still here and about to hit his stride.
Last year's bands—Where are they now?
by Chris Jay • chris@armyoffreshmen
Alexandra and the Starlight Band
In 2012, Alexandra and the Starlight Band had some of the craziest and coolest experiences of any local band. From ringing the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange to being interviewed on a 50th anniversary documentary about the Rolling Stones that was shown to the audience before several of the Stones' concerts last year, the flamboyant artist and her band have certainly caught a break or two. There's no sign of stopping, either, as she'll be sharing the bill with the likes of Cee Lo Green at the enormous Barclays Center in New York City at a special event later this month.
Luckily, of all the bands we had our eye on in 2012, only one is no longer with us, which is the lowest body count since we started publishing local music issues. Sadly, that band is the often overlooked Birdfeeder. A mix of creative differences and members moving out of town led to the band's demise but two members have moved on to other local-based projects. Corey Soto is now in Doubt Aplomb and David Briceno has formed the surf-meets-stoner-rock band Chill Child.
Catholic Spit
With a 7-inch record on the loose and lots of gigs in Southern California, the guys and girls of Catholic Spit are set for their biggest show of the their young careers: Punk Rock Bowling. The event this month in Las Vegas will find the band alongside a who's who of punk legends who are old enough to be the their grandparents. Catholic Spit will no doubt turn heads due to their age, but they'll be sure to get respect for being a fiery, intense and just overall great band.
Crypt Infection
The polite and calm gentlemen of the incredibly aggressive, technical death metal band will be traveling to the Colorado Gut Fest next month, which our hometown head bangers should fit right in with. They're also almost done writing their new record and have been shopping around early demos for a label deal. They'll be destroying Billy O's on Saturday, May 4.
Gypsy Death Star
Since we last caught up with Gypsy Death Star, the group has signed to Werewolf Heart Records, which is home to the likes of Ima Robot and Ryan Gosling's band, Dead Man's Bones. Its single and video "Telethon" will be released later this month, and the new EP will see a summer release. After that, the plan is international touring, where the duo has already developed a fan base in more artsy and experimental locales like France.
Heather Rae
Since last year's issue, there have been some big changes in Rae's life, including the demise of her Dusty Bottom Girls, relocation to Los Angeles and a fast-approaching wedding date. Musically speaking, however, her "lost" solo record, Slow Down Woman, was released earlier this year and it's as amazing as we always expected it would be. Rae is now in the rollicking local bluegrass group The Rugcutters, so we should be seeing more of one of the scene's most sorely missed artists.
Kyle Hunt and the King Gypsy
The big change in the Kyle Hunt and the King Gypsy world is in the name. The band is now going by its abbreviation, KHKG. Beyond that, the band just released a stellar new EP, Taste, and it's gearing up for the annual Scheideck Festival next month, which has turned into a full-blown event that is one of Ventura County's musical highlights of the year.
New Liberty
After coming to Ventura from the East Coast and firmly establishing themselves as one of the most popular local bands in recent memory, the hard-partying boys took to the road in 2012 and played an insane number of sets at SXSW that year and this year. They hit the southwest region multiple times and toured the Northwest for a run of bar shows. 2013 will see the release of multiple singles that eventually will make up an album, and the bandwill attempt to visit Europe.
The Pullmen
Seemingly able to open for any band in any genre, The Pullmen scored some sweet slots in 2012 sharing the stage with everyone from legendary skate punks Pennywise to surfer-turned-acoustic crooner Donovan Frankenreiter. The band also released two excellent videos — one for apparel manufacturer Sanuk — and did the local festival circuit. The Pullmen's second release, an EP, is currently being mastered and it will present a more polished, but no less gritty, sound. The band plans some regional touring this year and has a couple of other pokers in the fire. Stay tuned.
Sea Lions
Rather quietly, Oxnard's Sea Lions are making a splash on the international and national indie pop scene. Best known for touring Japan, the band just got back from a successful tour of the East Coast that found them playing the Baltimore Popfest and well-received dates in major cities like Philadelphia and New York. More music and touring are planned for later this year.
Stop Breathing
Stop Breathing hasn't been as busy lately since the release of the critically acclaimed debut on No Idea Records last year, primarily because members are in multiple other projects. The band did, however, recently release a raging new record, The Santa Cruz EP on Rotten To The Core. Stop Breathing will be playing its first local show in a while at Zoey's on May 22, and there are plans to get into the studio for a new full-length later this year.
Last month, Ventura County's best named band bid farewell to founding member Craig Kasamis with a jam-packed show — but Kasamis is by no means leaving the band. The writing for a new record is close to being finished and the band is planning to release a 7-inch this summer, prior to hitting the studio to record the full-length later this year.
Matt Zeltzer
According to Matt Zeltzer, his biggest accomplishment in 2012 was completing a two-week West Coast tour with his band, but equally impressive was that he played more than 100 gigs with more than half being in Ventura County. That's a number usually reserved only for cover bands. It's in contrast to that productivity that Zeltzer will only be playing one local show this summer. He'll be spending the downtime writing and recording new music, which he plans to release as a series of singles later this year.


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The Supreme Court threw out a 1989 presidential pardon that absolved a former army general of alleged human rights abuses during Argentina's dictatorship.
Friday's ruling that the pardon of General Santiago Omar Riveros was unconstitutional opens the door for lower courts to reconsider dozens of other pardons granted after the end of the 1976 to 1983 military regime.
The court's seven members voted 4 to 2, with one abstention, that Riveros can be tried for illegal abductions, torture and killings of dissidents during a crackdown known as the Dirty War.
Nearly 13,000 people are officially reported as missing from the junta era, though human rights groups say the toll is closer to 30,000 victims.
President Nestor Kirchner has made settling dictatorship-era human rights cases a priority. Since 2005, when the Supreme Court struck down 1980s laws granting blanket amnesty to people involved in official repression, dozens of former military and police officers have been called before the courts.
Last year, former police investigator Miguel Etchecolatz was convicted of genocide and sentenced to life imprisonment. That trial was marred by the disappearance of the chief prosecution witness, torture survivor Jorge Julio Lopez, who remains missing.
A high-ranking commander during the junta, Riveros was known for his harsh direction of one of the army's torture centers, Campo de Mayo.
He was accused in connection with 14 killings and 20 cases of torture at army institutes under his command, before being pardoned by then-President Carlos Menem.
Riveros has been under house arrest since 2000 as part of a trial of military officials who allegedly arranged the illegal adoption of more than 200 children born in detention centers. Charges of child kidnapping never went to court and were not covered by the presidential pardon.
Menem issued a statement on Friday defending his pardons and accusing Kirchner of a "vendetta" against former members of the military while not lifting pardons granted to leftist "terrorist organizations" they sought to crush.
Menem is making a long-shot bid to regain the Argentine presidency in October's election. The race's front-runner is Kirchner's wife, Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
Argentine constitutional scholar Gregorio Badeni noted that during the 1990s, the Supreme Court -- dominated by Menem appointees -- had ruled that the Riveros pardon was valid.
"I don't really understand the court's argument for going against its earlier ruling," he said.
The Supreme Court said in a statement that the alleged crimes violated not only Argentina's constitution but also international law and treaties still in effect.


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This is the original Bullyonline website developed by the late Tim Field. It is provided as a testament to his pioneering work. Visit our new website.
Constantly criticized, nit-picked, undermined, sidelined, ignored, humiliated, passed over? Read this
There is no excuse for not knowing about bullying, and for not knowing that bullying causes injury to health, and for not knowing that prolonged bullying drives targets of bullying to suicide. This page lists some of the early published work on workplace bullying and injury to health.
On this page
Before 1992
Heinz Leymann
After 1992
Books | Publications | Journal articles
Newspapers and magazines
Web sites | Media
HSE quote
Heinz Leyman, see http://www.leymann.se/English/frame.html
1992 - the seminal work
Bullying at work: how to confront and overcome it, Andrea Adams, Virago, 1992, ISBN 185381542X
Why zebras don't get ulcers: a guide to stress, stress-related diseases, and coping, Robert M Sapolsky, Freeman, 1994, ISBN 0716727188
Recovering damages for psychiatric injury, M Napier & K Wheat, Blackstone Press
Understanding stress breakdown, Dr William Wilkie, Millennium Books, 1995
Understanding stress, V Sutherland & C Cooper, Chapman and Hall
Bully in sight: how to predict, resist, challenge and combat workplace bullying, Tim Field, Success Unlimited, 1996, ISBN 0952912104. [Reader feedback | Order Online]
Bullying: from backyard to boardroom, McCarthy-Sheehan-Wilkie (Eds), Millennium Books, 1996, ISBN 1-86429-049-8
Stress and employer liability, Earnshaw & Cooper, IPD, 1996, updated and republished 2001
Work abuse: how to recognize and survive it, Wyatt & Hare, Schenkman Books, 1997, $19.95, ISBN 0870471090
Corporate Hyenas at Work! How to spot and outwit them by being Hyenawise, Susan Marais and Magriet Herman, Kagiso Publishers, November 1997, R75.00, ISBN 0798648856.
Adult bullying: perpetrators and victims, Peter Randall, Routledge, 1997
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: the invisible injury, David Kinchin, Success Unlimited, 1998, ISBN 0952912112. David Kinchin's book has been republished twice since 1998. [Latest edition | Order the latest copy]
Bullycide: death at playtime, an expose of child suicide caused by bullying, Neil Marr and Tim Field, Success Unlimited, 2001, ISBN 0952912120
MSF (Manufacturing, Science and Finance union) conference proceedings Bullying at Work: Confronting the problem
MSF booklet Bullying at Work: a guide for representatives and members, free to MSF members, Ł10 to non-members: for a copy send a cheque or postal order for Ł10 to: MSF Health & Safety Office, Whitehall College, Dane O'Coys Road, Bishop's Stortford, Herts CM23 2JN, or contact MSF Central Office, 33-37 Moreland Street, London EC1V 8BB, Tel 0171 505 3000
Stress at work: a guide for employers, HSE Books, ISBN 071760733X
NASUWT teaching union's No Place To Hide: Confronting Workplace Bullies. Free to members, available for a nominal postage and packing charge to non-members; send a cheque or postal order for (say) Ł2 to: NASUWT, Hillscourt Education Centre, Rednal, Birmingham B45 8RS, UK, Tel 0121 453 6150, Fax 0121 457 6208/9
Journal articles
European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology (EJWOP), 1996, 5(2), whole issue devoted to bullying and its effects, including PTSD. Published by Psychology Press, 27 Church Road, Hove, East Sussex BN3 2FA, UK. (Psychology Press is a division of Taylor and Francis)
British Journal of Psychiatry, (1997), 170, 199-201, The 'glucocorticoid cascade' hypothesis in man: prolonged stress may cause permanent brain damage, Dr John T O'Brien MRCPsych, Department of Psychiatry and Institute for the Health of the Elderly, University of Newcastle. Correspondence: Dr John T O'Brien, Castleside Unit, Institute for the Health of the Elderly, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE4 6BE, UK, Fax 0191 219 5040.
The bully at work, Tim Field, Welfare World (journal for counsellors and welfare officers), four-part series starting in Issue 3, early summer 1997. Welfare World, Suite 334, 78 Marylebone High Street, London W1M 3DE, Fax 01235 769272.
Bullying in the workplace, Tolley's Health and Safety at Work, July/August 1997
The cause of stress revealed, Tim Field, Tolley's Health and Safety at Work, Nov/Dec 1997
Newspapers and magazines
The drip-drip-drip despair that slowly destroys lives, Mark Whitehead, Times Educational Supplement (TES) School Management Update, 10 May1996
Bring the bullies to book, Elizabeth Holmes, Times Educational Supplement (TES) First Appointments, 24 October 1997
There's only one way of dealing with the office bully, right?, Kate Hilpern writing in the Independent (p2 City+), 19 November 1997
Toxic Office Syndrome, Zest, July/August 1997
It's not only kids who get bullied, Woman's Realm, 16 September 1997
Bullying doesn't end at school, Prima, September 1997
Too old to be bullied? Think again..., 19 magazine, January 1998
How to handle a toxic boss, XL magazine, January/February 1998
Research from Warwick University, England, says verbal abuse can be worse than physical bullying and identifies bullying as a cause of PTSD: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/2952537.stm
Bullied workers show same symptoms as those in a war zone: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3563450.stm
Internet web site
The world's leading Internet web site devoted to workplace bullying, Bully OnLine at Bully Online, went online in January 1998.
There are over 400 pages, including stress/ptsd.htm which identifies Complex PTSD as the psychiatric injury caused by the prolonged negative stress as a result of bullying. Tim Field believes he is the first person to identify and list the differences between mental illness and psychiatric injury.
The page at workbully/serial.htm profiles of the serial bully. Tim Field believes he is is the first person to have profiled the serial bully and identified the four most common subtypes of serial bully - the Attention-Seeker, the Wannabe, the Guru and the Sociopath.
In August 1997 BBC Education produced a booklet Bullying: a Survival Guide to accompany their television series on bullying. For a copy, contact BBC Education.
There's been a great deal of coverage of bullying by the media. To see Tim Field's contributions to radio and TV programmes on workplace bullying click here.
HSE quote
"Poor management is a major cause of stress."
Dr Peter Graham, Head of Health Directorate, UK Health & Safety Executive, 24 September 1998
Where now?
Lots of information and ideas for tackling bullying including the legal aspects
Action Home Page | Action to tackle bullying
Guidance for employers on policy development
Bullying and the trade unions | Bullying and the law
Case law on bullying, harassment, stress and personal injury
Court judgements in cases relevant to bullying
Long v. Mercury Mobile Communications Services
Hatton Barber et al: 16 practical propositions for a personal injury case
Right to be accompanied | The need for risk assessment
High Court injunction to prevent unfair dismissal | Obstruction to justice
Bullyonline action forum for validation and re-empowerment
UK Dignity at Work Bill | Swedish law on Victimization at Work
Bullying and human rights | Waters v. London Metropolitan Police
Barber v. Somerset County Council
Zimmerman: retaliation in the US courts
Bullying history: books, articles and publications since 1992
How to lobby your MP: example letter and summary of inadequacy of UK law
Amicus Campaign Against Bullying At Work (CABAW)
Tim Field's written submission to the Dignity at Work Bill debate
Getting another job after bullying | How to recover from bullying
Setting up a bullying survivor support group | Sample support group constitution
Using the search engines to find other sites on bullying etc
Dealing with viruses, worms, spam etc
Designing and building your own web site
Advice and guidance for new Internet users
Tim Field's book Bully in sight validates the experience of bullying and
defines the injury to health caused by bullying and harassment
Home Pages
The Field Foundation | Bully OnLine
Workplace bullying | School bullying | Family bullying
Bullying news | Press and media centre
Bullying case histories | Bullying resources
Stress and PTSD
Action to tackle bullying | Related issues
Success Unlimited
Books on bullying and psychiatric injury