SEO Quotes From Top Marketers and Experts

• “SEO is not SPAM.” ~ Matt Cutts
  
  
• “SEO is only not seen as rocket science by those who already know it” ~ Danny Sullivan
  
  
• “It is not the job of Search Engine Optimization to make a pig fly. It is the job of the SEO to genetically re-engineer the web site so that it becomes an eagle.” ~ Bruce Clay
  
  
• “A real estate agency in Wichita has no shot at ranking for the phrase “real estate;” a lawyer in Fresno has no shot at ranking for the word “lawyer.” Optimize for relevant, specific keywords that will bring targeted traffic.” ~ Matt McGee
  
  
• “If you’re not meeting your visitors’ needs, it doesn’t matter how ‘optimized’ your site is.” ~ Stoney deGeyter
  
  
• “Content is anything that adds value to the reader’s life.” ~ Avinash Kaushik
  
  
• “Content is King but engagement is Queen, and the lady rules the house!” ~ Mari Smith
  

• “On-page SEO is no longer satisfied by raw keyword use. Matching keywords to searcher INTENT is critical.” ~ Rand Fishkin
  
  
• “Marketing has never been about keywords, it’s about people.” ~ Simon Penson
  
  
• “Google only loves you when everyone else loves you first.” ~ Wendy Piersall
  
  
• “Social may be sexy, but search still pays the bills.” ~ Tom Pick
  
  
• “SEO is no longer just a job title, it has become part of everyone’s job description” ~ Rand Fishkin
  
  
• “When taking a content-first approach, our job as marketers is not to create more content … it’s to create the minimum amount of content with the maximum amount of results.” ~ Robert Rose
  
  
• “Content is the reason search began in the first place.” ~ Lee Odden
  
  
• “Today it’s not about ‘get the traffic’ ~ it’s about ‘get the targeted and relevant traffic.’” ~ Adam Audette
  
  
• “Create content that teaches. You can’t give up. You need to be consistently awesome.” ~ Neil Patel
  
  
• “Don’t Build Links. Build Relationships.” ~ Rand Fishkin
  
  
• “The objective is not to “make your links appear natural”; the objective is that your links are natural.” ~ Matt Cutts
  
  
• “I have done zero SEO on my websites and online platforms, but I still rank well on them because of the fact that I focused on content, providing value, answering questions.” ~ Chris Ducker

ProxyRuS said:

You just quoted people who didn't practice SEO in the last 3 years.

Click to expand...

Nargil said:

Some are okay, but most of them are such a joke.

Click to expand...

ContentWriter said:

Some are no longer applicable in 2018. However, I must admit, I used some of these in my social media posts last year. -Micah

Click to expand...

davids355 said:

“Don’t Build Links. Build Relationships.” ~ Rand Fishkin

^ this one is just pure cheese.

“The objective is not to “make your links appear natural”; the objective is that your links are natural.” ~ Matt Cutts

^ no Matt, that’s your objective, not the objective.

Click to expand...