How do you decide which answers to trust on here?

[SteveOllington]

Well I'm pretty sure, in fact I know, that I've answered questions before with an answer I thought was correct and then found out through others on here that it was in fact incorrect. I'd like to think that happens every time I'm wrong but possibly not (partially so the person who asked the question gets the right answer, but mainly because I like to know if I'm wrong about something).

So yeah, certainly I've given wrong answers accidentally but then there are people on here who are far more experienced than I am who I'm sure wouldn't make that same mistake. From spending time on here you get to know who the people are who really know their stuff and so I would trust their answers a lot. Also, I think most of us will be able to intuitively tell if something "seems wrong" and would question it.

[SteveOllington]

Haha yes EGOL and Alan, along with a couple of others on here...  I would certainly trust their answers above any paid experts too. They should form some kind of SEO A-Team!

[MBayes]

I think most of us have given the wrong answer at one time or another. Sometimes it's in the understanding of the question.  Thanks for your response!

[Netboost]

SEO is such a grey field that sometimes the amateur may be right and the 'guru' wrong. Even the troll may accidentally get it right.

Your experience is what will tell you something is wrong - listen to all the responses and then judge for yourself. And remember that the best way top learn is by making mistakes. If you are unsure run a test and see - just be sure to let the rest of us know how it goes - it may even earn you a couple of links.

If you see blatantly wrong or bad advice then why not comment and let the people know its wrong so others dont suffer

[BlueprintMarketing]

I did not know we had one free private question every month.

Thank you,

Thomas