SERPd is sold, new ownership, NO voting

Breaking news, effective immediately SERPd is under new ownership. Details are apparently being finalized as I write, and they can’t currently be disclosed. An article published at 5:53pm on Thursday March 31st from Chris Burns stated that he and the and Gerald Weber will stay on as Senior Editors. SERPd which burst onto the scene filling the void sphinn left when they abandoned social voting became a popular community for SEO and internet marketing professionals. The site has now been sold and the biggest change is the removal of social voting.

Apparently users will still be able to submit stories to SERPd and there is a chance they will be featured on the SERPd home page after editorial review.

UPDATE: Being now 10:45 pm on APRIL the 1st (April fools day in case you missed it), I’m NOW letting everyone know this is a prank. Hope you enjoyed it. If you’re landing here AFTER april the first, well… we will see you next April fools day won’t we!? The reveal of the prank is in the interview which was always posted in the below paragraph… I guess it shows how following links pays off! 😉

You can read more about the changeover in an interview Gerald has done with Search Engine Journal. SERPd is asking for users to be patient with them as they transition to an editorial platform. What are your thoughts on this news? Are you a fan of SERPd? Will you continue to support the network? I know I’ve appreciated SERPd and have found a great many articles of interest but the abandoning of the community aspect is frustrating. SERPd also frustrated a lot of users with their policy about not allowing users to submit articles from their own domain back to back.

Do you think this sale and transition will benefit SERPd? Will you continue to use the site? Share your thoughts.

18 comments

[BLOCKED BY STBV] Blokube.com says:

Apr 1, 2011

SERPd is sold, new ownership, NO voting…

Effective immediately SERPd is under new ownership. Details are apparently being finalized as I write. The biggest change is the removal of social voting….

olddogg.com says:

SERPd is sold, new ownership, NO voting | Info Carnivore…

BizSugar.com says:

Ileane says:

Hey Daniel, are you pulling an April Fools trick on us?? How crazy is this when the whole point was to replace Sphinn when they stopped letting people vote. Talk about Karma. 🙂

Daniel Snyder says:

Yeah Ileane, it’s a joke! Happy April fools day.

April fools! 🙂

bbrian017 says:

haha you got me! LOL I actually believed you hahha as you can tell from my comments on blogengage LMAO

Believe me, this one got me too (at first), I was stumped because the article about it was published on March 31st… but when you follow the links in the story it reveals the truth. 🙂

Justin Germino says:

Loved the spoof, it tied well as I was just reading an article from one of my writers about using Serp’D for social voting too.

Apr 3, 2011

Hey Justin. That was my first time participating in an april fools joke. I saw the original article on SERPd and had to throw it up as fast as I could. Kinda funny how many people bought into it!

Stacy says:

That’s a good one! I was hoping it was an April’s Day joke! 🙂 I thought if it was real that it just figures that it would happen right after I wrote a review on SERPd!