End of search engine submission firms?

Posted by Jim on November 19, 2005

With the release of Google’s Urchin Web Analytics software is there a need for any other search engine optimization firms? Are we going to see an end of this eye sore on domain name start ups? These firms hovver with the pnd scum who attack new domain registrations via email and bombard contacts with SPAM offers of better placement. All with no proof of their real value, and claims of great work unsupported by clear references.

Business Week has reported on this possibility and these firms. These companies have another thing in common: At least until recently, they could thank Google and Yahoo! for spending their money on marketing to bring people to the Internet.

Pretty soon, they may be blaming Google for taking it away. Google became a competitor when it bought a small analytics company, called Urchin Web Analytics, back in March. It upped the ante when it slashed the price of Urchin’s software to about $200 from about $400. But the final nail may have come when Google announced on Nov. 14 that the software is now free.
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