Last Updated on April 20, 2020
1. The best spots are already taken.
2. There is a fierce competition for the best converting keywords.
3. You have to work hard and to employ multiple tactics to get the first spot, which nobody can guarantee you’ll get to, anyway.
4. Once you got there, there’s no guarantee for how long you will be allowed to stay.
5. The algorithm which makes the choices remains unknown. The only visible parts are its sudden changes (and their results).
6. If you try too hard to optimize, you’ll get banned.
7. If you duplicate, you’ll get banned.
8. If you cloak, you’ll get banned.
9. You can leave your hat on (however, if it’s black, you may get banned).
10. A bigger PR does not necessarily translate into a better SERP position.
What else can SEO be like? Give me your thoughts, please… and leave your hat on 😉
Simonne,
I have definitely never thought of SEO compared to sex with a woman, but the comparison makes me think more highly of SEO 🙂
Perhaps one other reason SEO is like sex with a wondrous woman is that too much SEO can give you a gift that keeps on giving, which is not necessarily a bad thing in SEO terms.
Sounds just about right! Reading through your list, I guess it’s also like trying to hang with the popular kids in high-school or trying to please a spoiled child? 🙂
Ha, ha! You are right, Ronald, I looked only at the bad parts. If there weren’t any good parts, there wouldn’t be so many people doing it (I mean SEO ; )
Yes, Alina, it’s something like that! Very difficult and unpredictable, but very rewarding sometimes 🙂
Well, I can’t add anything from my personal experience in terms of a sex with a woman, but in terms of SEO: the more involved you get with it the uglier it looks 😉
Hey, how come that this post didn’t get dugg to the front page yet? Has Digg’s taste change lately?;-)
It surely does, Vivien, I noticed that myself. As of the Digg guys, I don’t know what to say. I even removed the ads especially for them, and still no reaction 😉