The problem with SEO is that it requires content and links. Content should be the only metric. Unfortunately then we'd have no way to distinguish crap from gold. So links are needed as a popularity gauge. Unfortunately links have become a currency more important than content.
If we somehow had the ability to build our own community of bloggers? People from our blog roll, or colleagues we write with, like building relationships on Twitter. Then we could take the focus of links and put it back on content.
We'll thats now possible, like I said, I've spent the last 3 years working on this. The answer to your SEO problems is something called Arkayne. Here is what you can do with it:
Arkayne: http://www.arkayne.com/arkayne
1. Register, create your profile. 2. Create your own community of fellow bloggers. 3. Outrank any of the SEO Gods in days. 4. Live life as a happy blogger writing good content.
Absolutely leave me and my team a comment, now that we can, shifting this game is fun.