{"id":114483,"date":"2015-08-05T17:22:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T22:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dacgroup.com\/why-seo-ninjas-arent-very-good-at-seo\/"},"modified":"2024-12-23T00:36:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T05:36:31","slug":"why-seo-ninjas-arent-very-good-at-seo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dacgroup.com\/en-gb\/insights\/blog\/search-optimization\/why-seo-ninjas-arent-very-good-at-seo\/","title":{"rendered":"Why SEO Ninjas aren\u2019t very good at SEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve all had one of those business cards given to us at an industry or networking event. Handed over with a flourish that belies the Microsoft Paint-inspired disaster which now rests in your palm. 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So if you\u2019re going to call yourself something, shouldn\u2019t you be calling yourself something that people are actually searching for?<\/p>\n<p>Yet here are the monthly <em>global<\/em> searches for those terms:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ambergreeninternetmarketing.com\/wpe-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/seo-title-search-volumes.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4934\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ambergreeninternetmarketing.com\/wpe-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/seo-title-search-volumes.png\" alt=\"seo title search volumes\" width=\"693\" height=\"370\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s put those numbers into some context. Less people are crying out for an SEO Ninja than are crying out for:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ambergreeninternetmarketing.com\/wpe-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ali-dia.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4935\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ambergreeninternetmarketing.com\/wpe-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ali-dia.png\" alt=\"ali dia\" width=\"695\" height=\"293\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And in case you don\u2019t remember who Ali Dia is\u2026 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/blog\/2008\/nov\/22\/southampton-championship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/blog\/2008\/nov\/22\/southampton-championship<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What does all this tell us? 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