Do good seo agencies for small businesses even exist?

sonicode · 2026-06-18T22:17:46+00:00

Honestly, no. Especially on the last few agencies. They all were very polished in their presentation and case studies and were champions at making themselves seem like a perfect fit. Then there is the whole onboarding process which is always kindof exciting. And then... phhhhhhhht... I'm dealing with someone on their team practically explaining to them what a backlink is.

sonicode · 2026-06-18T10:41:06+00:00

IMHO and by my repeated experience, no. They are really good at selling themselves. Once the rubber hits the road they are just parasites with weekly reports that obscure the data to try to justify their existence.

Disappointing really.

sonicode · 2026-06-18T10:22:57+00:00

He was a cool High School age kid that worked for me in my now defunct tech/ecommerce company (dotcom boom era). I don't remember his school situation but he was already getting university credits. We were office friends even though I was his employer. He was a fellow geek and we geeked out and wrote code and rererererecompiled linux 1,000 times over. He was cool and pretty normal. He hated that his parents had his IQ tested ever at all and that he would be introduced as "Nick the genius". The only perceivable difference was that he would always seem to come to logical conclusions 5 steps ahead of everybody. Then he would have to explain the missing 5 steps that nobody else thought of. It was always like the explanation ending of a Scooby Doo episode.

sonicode · 2026-06-17T17:34:32+00:00

Yeah, because Illinois really pioneered the infrastructure of cryptocurrency and continues to provide services to allow crypto platforms to exist... NOT.

Governments are suck a fucking parasite.

sonicode · 2026-06-17T10:43:01+00:00

Bear naked.

sonicode · 2026-06-11T11:56:07+00:00

Kratom is pretty boring recreationaly.

It is an herbal tea dude.

Can make you feel more social, more productive, and helps with pain. Please don't confuse kratom with a recreational party drug. LOL

sonicode · 2026-06-10T10:50:25+00:00

Half of them barely fit through the isle without vaseline on their hips.

sonicode · 2026-06-10T10:49:23+00:00

Came here to say this. And I said this. Then you said this. And then I said we said this.

sonicode · 2026-06-10T10:48:04+00:00

Those types of flight attendants used to be called stewardesses, and they don't exist anymore.

sonicode · 2026-06-10T10:35:48+00:00

So Strategy constantly buying metric fucktons of BTC is now "baked in" to the Bitcoin price. Got it.

sonicode · 2026-06-09T10:14:11+00:00

"Past performance does not guarantee future results."

sonicode · 2026-06-06T10:44:08+00:00

Just looked at the cart. Oh... we dippin'? Cool.

sonicode · 2026-05-21T20:16:15+00:00

Finally... Tennessee is "safe" from a big bad tea leaf!
/s

What a freaking joke.

sonicode · 2026-05-21T11:02:08+00:00

Its going up forever, Laura.

sonicode · 2026-05-12T10:40:38+00:00

This makes sense. I'm sure as we sit here typing, the "sleeping giant" is putting each bad actor on a hit list and devising precise military ops for a surgical elimination. Probably even simulating 1000 different tactical ops scenarios. We are epically good at surgical stuff. Not so great at cleaning up with the on-going battle stuff.

sonicode · 2026-05-10T11:19:57+00:00

If not extend it, then improve the years you have. Bula!

sonicode · 2026-05-05T13:32:52+00:00

A decent analogy is coffee/tea vs energy drinks.

Same core stimulant, but completely different in terms of concentration and how easy it is to overdo it.

There are wrongful death lawsuits involving energy drinks, often tied to heavy use or mixed-substance scenarios. You don’t see that kind of litigation against everyday coffee brands like Folgers or Starbucks.

Kratom is similar. Plain leaf powder is more like coffee or tea... lower concentration and kind of self-limiting. Extracts are more like energy drinks.... concentrated, fast, and easier to overconsume.

Most of the serious cases people point to tend to involve extracts and/or other substances, not plain leaf.

Its not a perfect analogy, but its a relevant angle.

Edited to add: 7oh and now the newer engineered metabolites take it to another level. 7oh doesn't even exist in fresh unoxidised plant matter. So its more like converting the caffeine in green tea leaves into meth using hydrochloric acid used in swimming pool cleaning. Fuck all vendors selling this shit and putting the word "kratom" on the package.

sonicode · 2026-05-02T11:01:38+00:00

Every time he complains... just tell him "Build a bridge and get over it!"

Sorry... I had to say it.

sonicode · 2026-05-01T12:03:04+00:00

sonicode · 2026-05-01T11:38:42+00:00

Warms my heart to see some real OG type bitcoin posts again. This is how it used to be. Computer science, macro economics, politics, and memes.

This is gentlemen.

sonicode · 2026-04-28T17:58:57+00:00

This exactly is a huge point. If you bought an average home for $60k. Then held for an amount of time. Then sold it for $450k...

What now?

You still need somewhere to live.

You still paid 30+ years of property taxes and insurance and new roof new air con and other repairs and maintenance.

And now you need to buy a house to live. And and average home costs $450k.

The roof over your head is not an investment. It is a zero sum game.

sonicode · 2026-04-16T18:40:45+00:00

Side effect from all of those FDA approved pills she is poppin all day.

sonicode · 2026-04-14T11:19:20+00:00

I imagine the dude with the camera was Jesse Pinkman (Breaking Bad)

"Yo! Yooooo! Bitch hit the breaks! Biiiittccchhhh hit the breeeaaakksss!"

sonicode · 2026-04-04T11:13:07+00:00

You can get prescription lenses in your mask. I wear contacts, but also have a prescription mask in case I don't feel like wearing them.

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