While I am happy to help many SEO beginners on this forum there are just too many time wasters asking pointless questions to get their sig links on the site. So anyway - before asking any questions I highly recommend that you test stuff so that you can come to the table with a REAL question, The guys who know what they are talking about will be much happier to help you if you are seen to be making an effort rather than looking for a free ride. So here's the most powerful SEO "trick" that I know. If you're too lazy or stupid to implement it, please just stop posting and stop polluting the internet. 1) Start with a question . E.g. "Does Google index the Name meta tag or use it in the rankings?" 2) Create a nonsense word that doesn't exist anywhere on the internet and returns zero results in Google. 3) Create a page using that term in the Name meta tag and nowhere else. 4) Get the page spidered and indexed. 5) Do a search for that term - if your page shows up then you know that Google is reading the name meta tag. If not you, know they are ignoring it. 6) Now place that name in H1 on another page and see what happens. 7) Create 2 pages. On one of them use your term at 3% of the body text and on the other use it 5%. Which one ranks higher? See where I am going with this? With a little effort and a lot of testing you can become a true SEO expert and be able to answer questions here sensibly. More importantly you will be able to post your findings and offer true value to the community rather than posting 2 year old stolen articles that mean nothing.
Good Post, I totally agree with you!!! Many people would rather ask a question, rather than taking the time to learn. A good way to learn more about SEO quick, is by trial and error. It is always best to learn from personal experience, rather than relying on advice from others. I would like to note: I do think it is important to ask questions to learn more SEO, but some webmasters ask questions (and make comments) in forums that just do not have much of a point.
Those kind of a-b tests work for simple questions such as Does google count x. Which is better a or b. But things fall apart for more complex things. There's a lot of things in SEO which are interrelated. Also, it takes weeks for new pages to get indexed and tested. So, practically, it takes a long time to do what you're talking about. We've found our own methods for doing tests on a larger scale faster.