Everything I Needed To Know About SEO I Learned In Kindergarten...

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Remember that old poster "Everything I Really Needed To Know I Learned In Kindergarten?" here's the list if you don't remember:

  • Share everything.
  • Play fair.
  • Don't hit people.
  • Put things back where you found them.
  • Clean up your own mess.
  • Don't take things that aren't yours.
  • Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.
  • Wash your hands before you eat.
  • Flush.
  • Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you.
  • Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.
  • Take a nap every afternoon.
  • When you go out in the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands and stick together.
  • Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the Styrofoam cup: the roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that.
  • Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup - they all die. So do we.
  • And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learned - the biggest word of all - LOOK.

As I was re-reading it the other day I realized that these principles can also relate to SEO.

1. Share everything - Links, content, keywords, trackbacks...the more content you share the better your rankings.

2. Play fair - Google will find out if you don't and you will be punished!

3. Don't Hit People - Always good advice.

4.
Don't take things that aren't yours - This includes plagiarizing articles, sales copy, or any other content. Videos and and photos too! Duplicating content doesn't help it hurts!

5. Flush -
this is just always good advice too...

6. Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some - You'll never know where great ideas come from. Take a break from SEO and you just might find some more great SEO strategies, keywords, blogs, etc.

7. When you go out in the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands and stick together - Watch out for "traffic." - Priceless. Watch where your traffic is coming from so you can go out and get more of it. Watch where others are getting their traffic so you can get some from the same place. Link together and everybody wins!

8. Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the Styrofoam cup: the roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that - S
EO is a growing process. You start small. Plants seeds everyday and watch your rankings grow!

9. Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup - they all die. So do we -
So do some links. Make sure you are always linking to active content!!!

10. And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learned - the biggest word of all - LOOK - Look around. Where can you get traffic from that you aren't already? What keywords and search terms are you not using. Look around once in awhile. I'm sure you can always find something new!

Maybe I'll print up some posters....
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