whitenight - 6:23 pm on Jan 13, 2010 (gmt 0)

That just seems like a ton of work to me and makes things more complicated than they need to be

It IS a ton of work. That's the point.
I'm not using hyperbole when i say 24/7. Check my posts archives on what _I_ was doing Christmas eve.
What was everyone else doing?

Have you heard my speech about lazy SEO lately? =P

If you want to try and keep up with the Gorgs algo then for sure that sort of research is needed, but, since the algo is ever changing you may never get the answer you are seeking.

Again, i wasn't using hyberbole.
When you do the work, the Algo becomes EASY to Understand.
It's Not some mystical black box that one can only hope to reverse-engineer.
But Gorg and SEO Gurus want you to believe it is.
I wonder why.....

And answers ARE apparent.
(See below)

I never do well playing chess against computers, but people I beat all the time... know what I mean?

Exactly my point.
You haven't done the work to beat the ALGO (Computer, 0s and 1s)

You may beat the other competitors, but suddenly the ALGO
throws a -30, -950, Yo-Yo, #6 bug or Update at you and one is SUDDENLY LOST.
Scrambling around on SEO boards looking for advice....
Begging Gorg Employee #1-#3 to impart some FUDDY info...

I also suspect that you haven't/can't used your knowledge to GROW YOUR BUSINESS and DIVERSIFY
into 10s to 100s of other industries and keyword terms.

That's leaving money on the table considering it takes a MINIMUM of effort/money to translate ALGO-WIDE knowledge into keywords/industries profits you might not even care about.

_{BTW - the better than average chess player can only think 4-5 moves in advance, the computer algo chess player thinks 8-9 moves which is consider "Master" level and necessary for "3rd Tier thinking"}