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"A couple weeks ago, I asked why did you get into SEO and since I am posting poll results this week, I figured I'd share the results the day I am offline.  Now, we had over 400 responses, exactly 444 responses at the time I am posting this, so it is a nice number.Here is the break down:20% said Love The Dynamic Nature of the Industry18% said Wanted My Site Higher in Search Engines13% said For The Money12% said they Migrated From the Web Design Field 11% said they Love The Competition10% said an Other answer.. which I will share below9% said they had a Client Wanted Their Site Higher in Search Engines8% said they Love The CommunityHere is another view of the results:Here are some of the \"other answers\":Other Text\nJust happened\nAlternative to PPC\nNeeded more challenge\nby accident, love it now\nwas toled by my boss to learn it- and fell in love\nLove being @ the intersection of marketing, language, IA, UX, social media, etc.\nlifelong learner - and SEO is going to satisfy that for the rest of my life!\ni like to conquer things...and it was something that i wanted to tackle.\nunique mix, marketing and analytics\nInternet Marketing\nI was a copywriter\nUnwillingly\nTo help my customers earn more from their sites\nPure Web Dev is boring\nStumbled into it\nGot offered a job from a friend and fell into it.\nWas a librarian and am interested in good old fashioned &amp;amp;#039;information retrie\nMigrated from Marketing field.\nIt&amp;amp;#039;s a must for small biz owner\nJob opportunity\nBecause the work results can be measured\nMigrated from Sales\nBecause I did not know any better\nMigrated from the web DEVELOPMENT field\nIt was an accident.\nIt feeds into most other facets of online marketing\nAccidentally fell into it\nBecause I&amp;amp;#039;m a huge geek and enjoy the evolution of technology in  search.\nTechnology \nI didnt chose the game, the game chose me\ntired of seeing my copywriting clients getting screwed.\njust fell into it\nUsed to be a translator, wanted to try something new!\nget out of customer service\nNone of your business\noffered a job in it\nwas bored\nFirst job I got offered when I moved, now love it!\nCompany I joined needed a SEO so I learnt how :)\nWorked as a developer and got offered the opportunity of a move - now love it!\nNatural final step in web development\nhelp small businesses / sites reach a larger audience\nMigrated from Web editor (content field)\nHad no other choice\nThe Non-Profit I worked for needed a cheap way to market online - hooked forever\nThe chicks, man, the chicksForum discussion continued at HighRankings Forums."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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