[VIDEO] An SEO Christmas Carol: The Twelve Days of Google Gifts

At Bruce Clay, Inc. we got into the spirit of the season and optimized the lyrics of “The Twelve Days of Christmas.”

In “The Twelve Days of Google Gifts” we present a wish list of things Google would deliver in our SEO dreams. Can anyone out there relate?

The Twelve Days of Google Gifts

On the first day of Christmas Google gave to me
No manual or algorithmic penalties

On the second day of Christmas Google gave to me
A free pair of Google Glass
And no manual or algorithmic penalties

On the third day of Christmas Google gave to me
+1s from influential Google+ users
A free pair of Google Glass
And no manual or algorithmic penalties

On the fourth day of Christmas Google gave to me
Traffic spikes from memes gone viral
+1s from influential Google+ users
A free pair of Google Glass
And no manual or algorithmic penalties

On the fifth day of Christmas Google gave to me
ALL MY KEYWORD DATA BACK
Traffic spikes from memes gone viral
+1s from influential Google+ users
Rich snippets and authorship photos on my listings
And no manual or algorithmic penalties

On the sixth day of Christmas Google gave to me
My robots directives followed (instead of taken as suggestion)
All that other stuff
And no manual or algorithmic penalties

On the seventh day of Christmas Google gave to me
Prominent placement in the local carousel
All that other stuff
And no manual or algorithmic penalties

On the eighth day of Christmas Google gave to me
Rich snippets and authorship photos on my listings
All that other stuff
And no manual or algorithmic penalties

On the ninth day of Christmas Google gave to me
Top-3 rankings on my high-traffic head terms
All that other stuff
And no manual or algorithmic penalties

On the tenth day of Christmas Google gave to me
5-star ratings on all my product reviews
All that other stuff
And no manual or algorithmic penalties

On the eleventh day of Christmas Google gave to me
A Matt Cutts retweet to increase my Klout
All that other stuff
And no manual or algorithmic penalties

On the twelfth day of Christmas
Google changed the rules on me
And made it against their guidelines to get:
a Matt Cutts retweet to increase my Klout
5-star ratings on all my product reviews
Top-3 rankings on my high-traffic head terms
A free pair of Google Glass
Prominent placement in the local carousel
My robots directives followed (instead of taken as suggestion)
ALL MY KEYWORD DATA BACK
Traffic spikes from memes gone viral
+1s from influential Google+ users
Rich snippets and authorship photos on my listings
And no manual or algorithmic penalties!

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