Using Google as a Top 10 List – The Power of SEO

After being in the SEO industry for about 2-3 years (at Virante, Inc), and the online industry for nearly a decade, I was growing wary of folks who claim that Search Engine Optimization is dead. Traditional marketers, ethics addicts, and stingy business folks have joined in a chorus that Google has won the game of SEO. Similarly, I got sick and tired of posting top 5 lists to my own blog. Sure, everyone loves them (especially digg), but wouldn’t it be better to post your own top 5 list to Google instead? So, not only would you prove that SEO is very much alive, but you could use Google as a platform to dispell the SEO myths altogether. So, here it goes, my top 5 reasons that you should avoid SEO. Or, if you want to do it the long way, just search google for...