Droid: iDon't Understand Search Engine Optimization

Funniest part is, you can't view the site on an iPhone. First thing I tried when I saw it was a flash site, seems like a terribly obvious oversight.

I'm pretty sure the verizonwireless.com domain has some serious trust within Google already, not to mention inbound links that have "droid" in the name. They don't need to do the on-page SEO Joe Blogger does.<p>That said, I really have to agree with this statement from the article: "As far as microsites and marketing landing pages go, DroidDoes.com is out of this world bad." I was really confused when I hit the page. It's like the opposite of Apple's pages and not in a good way.

The Droid site is bad because it's poorly designed, not because it's Flash. As a Flash developer the site makes <i>me</i> cringe.

I visited the site because I saw their commercial on TV. I imagine most folks will hear about it through their marketing campaigns.<p>They have plenty of smart folks over there - is it possible they did this intentionally? If their goal is to promote a phone launching later this week, perhaps SEO is not their top concern here?

<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=droid" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/search?q=droid</a><p>"Droid". First match. Has summary.<p>SEO is snake oil.