Quote Originally Posted by maxpower View Post
While info exchange is very important, I do not believe ANYONE can be handed the proverbial Gold Key. Most webmaster have a habit of burring bridges behind them, the same path will only get you so far.

But to answer the question I think the best way to learn most things is by doing it. You could go to school for 10 years to learn how to swim, but if you’ve never gotten in the water you still cant swim yet.
Very wise Max except for the fact that trial and error in this business is a matter of months and years, compaired to a mentorship.

SEO alone is a 6 month or so learning curve based on the search engine updates.. and SEO is only one small aspect of a successful site.

No matter what business you're in you will never make all the people happy all the time, that's a given. I'm not sure what you mean by "burring bridges" but I assume that has something to do with your own business practices, which, undoubtedly, are not the norm in our industry