While search engine optimization is one of the core elements of inbound marketing, not enough businesses are incorporating an SEO strategy into their marketing efforts.
It's understandable -- SEO can seem complicated if you've never focused on it. To help you get a handle on it, we've aggregated some helpful visual aids so you can start to understand how SEO can be helpful in your business' marketing strategy.
15 Educational SEO Diagrams
1. Cycle of Social & SEO by TopRank Online Marketing
2. Google's Collateral Damage by SEOBook and Jess.net (click to enlarge)
3. SEO Diagram by MentorMate
4. SEO Success Pyramid by SmallBusinessSEM.com
5. The SEO Process Chart by SEOBook
6. Link Building 101 by ProspectMX (click to enlarge)
7. The Periodic Table of SEO Ranking Factors by Search Engine Land (click to enlarge)
8. The SEO Flow Chart by SEOBook
9. On-Page Optimization and Link Acquisition by SEOmoz
10. SEO Tactics by Response Mine Interactive (click to enlarge)
11. Link-Building Risk vs. Reward by Conversation Marketing (click to enlarge)
12. SEO Process by Digital Clarity Media
13. The SEO Hierarchy of Needs by Bruce Clay, Inc.
14. SEO ROI From Link Building Tactics by SEOmoz
15. Search Engine Marketing Process by Komarketing Associates
Which educational search engine optimization chart/diagram do you like the most? Have any others to share?

John Cavinchi 11:55 AM on August 25, 2011
BloggersCompete [dot] com should make an info graphic on launching blog contests and the SEO benefits to it.
Jane 4:15 PM on August 25, 2011
The best part about all of these graphs are that you are willing to let us add them to our site. Thanks!
seosen 12:42 AM on August 26, 2011
Hi
Great, great information. Thanks for posting - looking forward to using these strategies on the next website we build for a client.
thankyou very much for this blog
Tony 6:47 PM on August 26, 2011
Superb information. Covers every facet of SEO. Thanks for sharing!
Neil Ferree 9:37 AM on August 27, 2011
Excellent info-graphic diagrams. Will take a shot at sharing this w/ a few clients who need to better understand that sound SEO requires multiple processes and a strong foundation for the link building to take affect.
jacob varghese 5:24 PM on August 31, 2011
Thanks for finding and putting together this great list of reusable infographics!