Video: 10 Myths About SEO, Part 5: Paid Links and SEO Success


Thinking of buying your way to faster SEO success? Paid links are a very risky strategy to employ — Google took a major stance against paid links last year, and many in the SEO community are urging caution.

This is Part 5 of a 10-part series entitled “10 Myths About SEO.” You can see the entire catalog on Clicksharp’s YouTube Channel. Topics covered include:

  1. The role of the Meta Keywords tag on SEO
  2. Keyword research: high volume vs. high upside
  3. What is a #1 rank in Google really worth?
  4. Going beyond website traffic for success metrics
  5. Can I buy my way to high search engine rankings?
  6. The different ways a #1 ranking can appear
  7. The importance of post-launch SEO
  8. Whether to write for humans or robots
  9. Search engine traffic vs. other forms of traffic
  10. The role played by SEO in an integrated marketing campaign

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Paul Burani
Clicksharp Marketing
New York, NY

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1 Comment


  1. Thanks for the great video. I think Google and other search engines are doing a good job. I think we should get to number 1 on our own merits. That means we are all playing in the same ballpark.. and we willl finally get credit for our hard work!!

    Quote | Posted July 20, 2008, 3:58 pm

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