Whats better - To be Self Taught in SEO or to be Taught SEO?

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Old Jan 27th, 2008, 19:16
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Hi All,

What is better.

To be self taught in SEO or to be taught SEO

Perhaps a mixture of the two?

Please let me know your thoughts.

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Re: Whats better - To be Self Taught in SEO or to be Taught SEO?

I didn't develop any preferences but I learned SEo myself. If you try to see SEO in a simple form, it simply using common sense to manipulate words(and links,etc) to make yourself more relevant to your topic.
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Re: Whats better - To be Self Taught in SEO or to be Taught SEO?

A mixture of the two definitely.
I don't think there are many places to have someone teach you but I have Rob as my mentor
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Re: Whats better - To be Self Taught in SEO or to be Taught SEO?

In my case, more self taught seo....

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Re: Whats better - To be Self Taught in SEO or to be Taught SEO?

Try, get some one to comment, then try again, read articles, Get feedback, wait, result
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Re: Whats better - To be Self Taught in SEO or to be Taught SEO?

SEO is a constantly evolving process, as such you can't just sit down and learn it from someone and forget about it. You may start off as someone who has been taught the basics of SEO, but as it progresses you need to learn the new techniques for yourself, and as such become a self taught expert.
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Re: Whats better - To be Self Taught in SEO or to be Taught SEO?

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SEO is a constantly evolving process, as such you can't just sit down and learn it from someone and forget about it. You may start off as someone who has been taught the basics of SEO, but as it progresses you need to learn the new techniques for yourself, and as such become a self taught expert.
EXACTLY. I can't be taught SEO - or programming/coding.

The whole concept of being a good SEO/coder is being able to come up with solutions to a certain problem/achieve a certain goal. You don't learn to do this unless you get used to figuring things out yourself.

A lot of my time coding/SEO is spent reading through forums threads and awkward documentation to find the answer I need. Everyone I know who has been "taught" SEO/coding get completely lost whenever the slightest issue comes up, because they simply don't know how to fend for themselves...
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I feel it is better to be self-taught in SEO then to be taught SEO.The reason being it is always profitable to be taught from experiences rather then witnesses.
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To be taught by Basic and self-study on the advance or high level... By the quote "Discover it yourself..."
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