Originally Posted by google junky

SEO can make you have a little bit of tunnnel vision.
It does help to be where the people are. Trading links with relevent sites was supposed to serve two purposes and not just because it looked good to the search engines so they would rank you higher. We tend to lose sight that people don't only search to find you. They chat, goto to forums, Look at lists of links, and just peruse the web for anything that sparks their interest.
Wouldn't it be good to just be in a few places people are looking and enjoying their internet experience. Make yourself seen on a few sites that come out as popular and people go to. Its always good to have a backup plan like this when a "Joker Update" is around.


Traffic/Sales is better and position is simply what you have until you luck runs out.

Sidenote: nipplecharms1 - Congrats on your site doing so well. Keep up the great work.