Jeremy Turner, Abstract Artist, Uses The Internets as His Canvas

Posted on June 2nd, 2008 by Jeremy Turner

Update:

Holy crap! Jeremy Turner-Abstract Artist has updated his site! No more broken links. I sincerely hope he heard about my efforts to defame him and responded accordingly, but I doubt it. Unfortunately the quality of the artwork now being displayed has seriously degraded the quality of the website. My vote is to bring back the broken links. What follows is my original article on the subject of his website and SERP ranking.

Just to be clear, that’s not a broken link you see before you. It is a screenshot from the home page of Jeremy Turner, Abstract Artist. Doesn’t so much strike me as abstract, more of a comment on art in the age of The Internets. Or laziness. I shouldn’t joke though, maybe the guy died or something. Seriously though, shouldn’t The Google realize that all the image links on this site are broken (seriously, check it out for yourselves) and lower its standings in the SERP? Or delete it entirely. Regardless it should be way lower in the results regardless of who links to it. I can’t figure out what one could find useful on this site.

Last week he was the number three result on The Google, but as of this posting he is number eight.

Oh good, “Jeremy’s work is also promoted via TheArtCollectionOnline“ I’ll spare you the work and let you know that that is also a dead link. C’mon! Is this a comment of the sad state of JT’s on the internet? What gives? Is this my fate?

This is my first post in a series about the “other” Jeremy Turners out there on The Internets. There are 287,00 results for jeremy turner on The Google, I am but one. I’ll let you know what the others are doing

EDIT: Just looked at this on the homepage, and man does that image muck up the layout. Oh well, proving a point. To myself. Writing all alone in the cloud…

EDIT 2: How appropriate. While testing out a great new plugin, Broken Link Checker, I discovered that the link to TheArtCollectionOnline is now broken. Awesome.

EDIT 3: All Links to http://www.chorltonjel.com/ (Jeremy Turner, Abstract Artist’s home page) are broken now. The page no longer loads. And we had such great hopes for you Jeremy…

Tags: Art, Google Presence, Jeremy Turner, SEO

Jeremy Turner
Hey Jeremy, I'm glad you found the site. I hope that you've had a chance to read some of the other posts on this site and have realized that while my tone may be harsh, the mocking jealousy in the "Other Jeremy Turners" posts is not meant to be taken too seriously. My venom is not directed at you, but rather at the search engines that continue to rank an obviously abandoned website higher than one that is meticulously maintained. Chalk it up to a lack of writing skills, imagination, and the lack of a sideways smiley-face at the end of each sentence :) As a creative professional myself, I know the sting of having your work subjectively insulted, but I have also had my thickened from these stings. Artistically you've already accomplished more than most people do in their entire life, and as you may be able to tell the only people who read this blog are named Jeremy Turner, so I wouldn't feel too embarrassed. Your comment has inspired a new blog post that will be up shortly. I can help you remove those pages from Google, Yahoo, and MSN if that is what you want to do, so please stay tuned. I can also help you get a new site going if you would like to keep your artwork on the internet. If you can't wait for the blog post, just search for these two topics: "noindex meta tag" and "robots.txt disallow" and you should be on your way to removing the pages you want to.

Jeremy Turner
OK I'm the JT who did the abstracts - and I just found your page yesterday. I make no claims that this was a quality site or that my paintings are of any artistic value - the Chorltonjel website was obviously not a serious project - I knocked it together myself using a few HTML commands someone taught me - the first and last one I did. It was piggybacking on a friend's spare webspace - as he wanted the space back, I decided to pull the plug late 2008.
Yes, most of the 'paintings' are useless (and are piled in my back bedroom now) - and the guy who ran the other website -Art Collection Online - did sell some of my paintings - though he also ripped me and other people off and closed down his site. So yes - a bit of a failure and an embarassment - thanks for rubbing it in - Though if you know who to get the hundreds of references to it off Google then I'd be happy to hear more....

Jeremy Owen Turner
OMG! I hope I never get confused with another abstract artist who uses the internet...sigh! I used to do similar work in the 1990s... Maybe human cloning has been around for at least a few decades?

I like the missing links though and I agree that this is abstraction in its purest form.

Jeremy Turner, Abstract Artist, Uses The Internets as His Canvas

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