Prince Ali and well-placed synonyms April 13, 2010

I was watching Aladdin the other night, so I thought I’d write a Disney-inspired blog.

But how could I possibly make it relevant to SEO?

Well in the film, ‘Aladdin’ is renamed to ‘Ali’. So I thought synonyms were a good place to start.

Synonyms are amazing. They let us say the same thing in completely different, dissimilar, diverse, different, unalike, changed and altered ways.

They also create variety, turning boring and uniform sentences into unique and individual pieces of writing.

Now technically Ali isn’t a synonym for Aladdin, it’s a name change, but nevertheless it allows the Genie to say the same thing but in a completely different, lyrical and musical way.

‘Aladdin’ is a long word and it is hard to find a three syllable word that it rhymes with. It also isn’t as natural to say as ‘Ali’ and doesn’t easily flow when put into a song.

Whereas, ‘Ali’ is a lot shorter and it rhymes with a lot more. As a result it creates variety, originality and a song, which I can’t get out of my head.

Such a name change or synonym allows a person to be more original and gives them a lot more freedom to express their ideas.

It also creates a lot more content.

As well as allowing for a better musical composition and better lyrics within films, hence:

Prince Ali!
Amorous he! Ali Ababwa
Heard your princess was a sight lovely to see
And that, good people, is why he got dolled up and dropped by
With sixty elephants, llamas galore
With his bears and lions
A brass band and more
With his forty fakirs, his cooks, his bakers
His birds that warble on key
Make way for prince Ali!

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