Not long ago I pondered what could make someone call them self an SEO Expert. I also noted that my "consulting" website wasn't listed in Google anymore. Well, soon after that, I decided to change that. So, I did some run-of-the-mill SEO things which you can find suggested all over the internet. Today, I remembered I did that and decided to type in the two phrases which I would care about. "Perl consultant" and "Perl consulting".

So, currently #1 for one phrase, and #2 for the other (I will get you Randal!!!)

Can I now say I'm an "SEO Expert"? If not, why not? After all, I went from nowhere to be found, to top spots for TWO phrases which would be most important to me if I were still doing consulting. I'll also note that (as of this writing) I'm also on the 1st page for "CGI Consultant", "CGI Consulting" and "perl programming consultant" (#2 for that one).

No magic, no black-hat tricks, just well published best practices. I'm still seriously wondering what SEO "experts" do that the everyday person can't to bring their website to the top of the SERPs. Ok, ok.. I'm not an "everyday person", but any developer has these same things available, and even a non-tech person can read about these best practices in plain-English and tell their tech people to do it.

Maybe I'll just add "SEO Expert" to my resume.