- Peer over your company's web developer's shoulder until he sees you out of the corner of his eye and gets the crap scared out of him. This is a surefire way to get your profile photo changed to Jabba the Hut.
- Sing loudly and off-key to whatever you're listening to on your headphones, then seem confused when you come in the next day to find that your headphones have mysteriously vanished. I recommend such gems as "We Built This City" or "I'm Too Sexy" for maximum annoyance.
- Take a coffee break. Since I don't drink coffee, I take a smoothie break. This involves me walking to get a smoothie, walking back with the smoothie, drinking the smoothie, waiting ten minutes, and then loudly proclaiming, "Wooooo! I feel heavy from all that delicious smoothie! Better walk off those extra calories!" I then disappear for another twenty minutes.
- Stare at one of your coworkers with a leery grin on your face while he or she is working and mutter things like, "Yeah, that's right...keep typing...ooh..." When he or she looks up and notices you gawking, go "Ahhh!!!" and quickly look at your monitor and start typing furiously.
- See how many times you can visit the bathroom within a short amount of time before your coworkers start thinking you may be incontinent. I counted 12 times in ten minutes. Beat that!
- Wait until your boss is on a conference call, then eat saltine crackers right over his head.
- Make up songs about SEO and excitedly share them with your coworkers until they've moved you into your own office. Think along the lines of "I Love SEO! Love to optimize and rank sites, baby!" to the tune of Joan Jett's "I Love Rock and Roll."
- Schedule embarrassing doctor's appointments while sitting at your desk. Try to describe your ailment using an unnecessary amount of detail. Rashes and weird lumps are a plus.
- Make a nifty collage using your clients' contracts, and then proudly and excitedly show it to your boss as his ears start shooting steam.
- Construct a Top 10 list!
By: Rebecca Kelley
Ten Ways to Take a Break from Tedious SEO Work
Moz News
The author's views are entirely his or her own (excluding the unlikely event of hypnosis) and may not always reflect the views of Moz.
I thought I'd hop on the "Top 10" bandwagon and give you my very own Top 10 list. Having researched some keywords for one of our clients for the past three days, I find myself constantly feeling the urge to take mental breaks for fear of being driven insane by monotonous data entry; thus, I present my Ten Ways to Take a Break from Tedious SEO Work:
I vote this for best top 10 list on SEOmoz this year. Hey... where did these cracker crumbs come from?
lol.... Rand, I think that you should give her a raise... and put a wad of gum in her headphones.
lol thats mean but a little funny... but mean
You can extend #5 by telling everyone in the office that you are now going to the bathroom and will be back shortly :-)
I have another SEO song (reference to no. 7). To the theme of Abba's Dancing Queen:
"Friday night and the PageRank's low, looking out for some SEO, Where they use the right keywords, try and contact me, they need my FTP...Anybody could be THAT site.....etc.
You forgot to include "Have 40 minute long IM chats with the boss's girlfriend, the contents of which could get him arrested or you fired."
Heh heh, I don't know what you're talking about...you can't prove anything!
That has got to be the best Top 10 list I have ever read! I especially love the saltine crackers. I have myself only tried wheat thins, but I really think for maxium effect the saltines are going to work much better;)
Ahaa, help Arrives just in time ;)
"Schedule embarrassing doctor's appointments while sitting at your desk. Try to describe your ailment using an unnecessary amount of detail. Rashes and weird lumps are a plus." That's my favorite...
hehe nice :)
3) MMm a smoothie break. That sounds good. 7) YSEO? - Because it's fun to get your rankings up. (to the tune of YMCA)
Not bad!
I have to work in the equivalent of an eagle’s nest with a window wall. So I just stare lovingly down at one of the temps till she looks up and smiles. Then I eat her sandwich. Good times…
11. Get a couple of more chairs and take a nap for a couple of hours ;) Or siege the conference room or the relaxation room and do it there :)