Comments on: The History of Online “Experts”

By: The Most Irritating Online Personalities | Profy | Internet news and commentary

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:14:37 +0000

[...] seems to be so simple that everyone can be an expert, a guru, or a maven. It now looks that every third person who follows you on Twitter will be some kind of marketing maven or at least social media consultant judging by their [...]

By: Attack of the Social Media Gurus // Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Attack of the Social Media Gurus // Guy LeCharles Gonzalez — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:52:03 +0000

[...] “It seems like if you can get a story on the Digg frontpage, you can slap the expert tag on your online profiles.” – The History of Online “Experts” [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

you mean justine might not actually be an expert?

By: Jeremy Toeman

Jeremy Toeman — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

i do consider myself an expert commenter… :)

By: craig

craig — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Wait! I am DEFINITELY a pizza expert! I have to call myself that, cause there is certainly nobody with more expertise!

By: centernetworks

centernetworks — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

You do a fine job Jeremy – good form, proper linking – maybe that’s the next batch of expert – commenters!

By: patrick

patrick — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Excellent! I’ve performed similar searches for ‘Experts’ and ‘Gurus’ before also – the results are always intriguing. One of these results was a discovery that large numbers of these experts make interesting facial hair choices. I listed some here: http://blog.resolvedigital.com/2009/03/20/211/

By: Corey

Corey — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hmm, a definitive post on experts? I think that makes you an expert expert? How post modern – a meta-expert.

By: Curt Grymala

Curt Grymala — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Great article, but you forgot to mention design experts.

There are still many HTML and SEO “experts” out there that don’t know a div tag from a hole in the ground. Of course, we’ve also got css “experts.”

I am in complete agreement with your conclusion. I refrain from ever calling myself an expert in anything. I actually tend to understate my experience with things. Most of all, I always simply try to let my work do the talking. If someone likes my work, then I keep working with them. If they don’t, I move on. No skin off my nose.

By: Darren

Darren — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

next will be social media guru’s mark my words.

By: david

david — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve been blogging (on and off) since 1998. I’ve had an email address since 1993. And now there are kids half my age who claim expertise.

I do remember the folks in the late 90s claiming ‘more than a decade of experience’ in developing Web sites. And the shops claiming to have invented interactive online experiences. Or whatever.

Sometimes I feel like the guy who cleared the brush, waded through the malarial swamps and dodged the jungle beasties only to turn around and see tourists in Range Rovers overtaking me.

By: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Guy LeCharles Gonzalez — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

As one of those self-proclaimed HTML “experts” back in the 90s I’m enjoying seeing the growing backlash against the self-proclaimed social media “experts” out there. Have you read Dr. Augustine Fou’s “The ROI for Social Media Is Zero” yet? Excellent takedown: http://ow.ly/2s2m

By: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Guy LeCharles Gonzalez — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Already happening: http://loudpoet.com/2009/04/10/attack-of-the-social-media-gurus/

By: Oliver T. Hellriegel

Oliver T. Hellriegel — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Allen,

thanks for this excellent post. I never felt to call myself an expert. Being in the interactive industry right from the start I’ll let other’s do the talk, at least as long as clients and prospects do believe I’m the right guy to talk to ;-)

Oliver.

@david: keep on fighting the jungle beasts, Range Rovers can’t climb trees, but you can :-D

By: Ted Mackel

Ted Mackel — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Everyone on Twitter is an expert……it’s driving me nuts.