Search Engine Optimization and Social Media’s Next Frontier is your Television Set

I cut my ties to the cable industry about three years ago. With the tools currently available, there’s very little reason to hand over $100+ a month to companies that make you pay for ten shopping channels, 14 religious channels, and a bunch of other fluff that you don’t want or need.

It’s 2012, we can customize and personalize almost every other type of media. ITunes really paved the way for all of this. But why are so many of us still in cahoots with the cable companies?

I suggest taking the leap today. Most new TVs can essentially function as a giant monitor for your laptop. I have an old MacBook Pro hooked up to mine, but there are a lot of other options that are even easier to set up like Mac TV, Boxee, or even an Xbox 360.

What does any of this have to do with SEO and Social Media? A lot! Most of the TV I watch are either because friends recommended it to me (The Walking Dead), or I did a search for new Sci Fi shows (Terra Nova). Content optimized for Social Search will be more easily found and has greater potential for being infinitely shareable.

The infographic below that I came across this morning is what sparked my interest in writing about my own relationship with cutting the cable and my feelings about the future of SEO and Social Media in this new frontier.

Via Deals.com