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Does SEO still matter ?

by GibzonFive
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Iam about to launch a website and iam wondering if there is even still a point in investing ressources into a proper SEO

I mean, there is so much link manipulation and aritifical traffic going on that Iam really not sure about it anymore.

A friend of mine send me some forbes quotes collected in a paste:

https://nopaste.me/view/3fd81daf

What is your opinion ?
#matter #seo
  • Profile picture of the author Campbell24
    SEO is still alive and well. There are still people making millions from it so what should that tell ya?
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Originally Posted by GibzonFive View Post

    Iam about to launch a website and iam wondering if there is even still a point in investing ressources into a proper SEO

    I mean, there is so much link manipulation and aritifical traffic going on that Iam really not sure about it anymore.

    A friend of mine send me some forbes quotes collected in a paste:

    https://nopaste.me/view/3fd81daf

    What is your opinion ?


    Yes SEO is dead, no webpages exist when searching Google SERPs.
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    • Profile picture of the author GeckoTribe
      If by "SEO" you mean trying to fool the search engines into giving a top 3 listing to a lame page, then yeah, you're better off spending your time and resources elsewhere. But that doesn't mean it's no longer possible to have success doing the kinds of things the search engines would like to see you do to produce good content, format it well, and make it part of the link ecosystem.
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  • Profile picture of the author Campbell24
    I would advise you to learn about PBNs and doing blackhat linkbuilding that actually makes money.
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  • Profile picture of the author techiesri
    SEO is very important for online business. but today search engines are getting much smarter, more efficient. So some of basic SEO tactics that aren’t worth your time. Such as Keyword stuffing, Buying mass links, Content spinning. At this time, SEO at its core is the art and science. You should force on making high quality content. Which should easier to find on search engines. For Example ‘quality content’ that helps customers answer questions that lead to purchase or some other business outcome.
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  • Profile picture of the author warrich
    without Seo site is nothing its is very important to tell google you have
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  • Profile picture of the author Richard Whyte
    As a seasoned professional in Website Design and Online Marketing, I can say that SEO is NOT dead. Sure the old ways of doing things no longer work. google has more PHD's working for them than NASA does and they are always working on ways to make the algorithm smarter....

    That being said, if you produce quality content and then build a community, you will climb in the rankings. SEO is very much alive, it is just a lot more work as you have to produce something that people want to read or watch. You need to spend time to make sure that what you have on offer is of value to your customers.

    You build your website and your content around what your ideal customer is looking for, you offer them value, something that helps them, then this makes people want to come back to your website and stick around longer.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Don't let people fool you, SEO is dead, Google organic SERPs is blank. Google went bankrupt.
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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      Don't let people fool you, SEO is dead, Google organic SERPs is blank. Google went bankrupt.
      I find it hard to believe that people do not SEO is all about faking it.

      Just look at wkipedia.

      Every good SEO expert has ways of manipulation...faking it.

      If your seo is going to do the same old tired BS that every has
      on a list, they are not going anywhere, except my pure luck.

      Pure luck, however, is not SEO. Getting there by pure luck
      actually proves the "seo is fake" theory. Nobody is
      working on manipulating what you have gotten lucky at.

      Someone had mentioned a little while back that a newer
      forum was ranking higher than WF. I replied that the
      site was better at faking it, and the WF needed to step
      up a little.

      Look at it this way. If you got 10 random guys on a street,
      took them to a bowling alley, how many would bowl
      over 150? Probably none. But people here might see
      that as "natural." Oh sure. You might get lucky and
      scoop up some clown who could do 300. That's
      luck.

      But match those 10 random guys against 10 chosen
      men that were on teams and practiced. In the SEO
      world, the 10 random guys would say, "No fair!"

      If you could not find any experienced guys, that's
      where the luck comes in. You might get lucky.

      Are those 10 semi pro guys smoozing the system?
      Faking their way to the top?

      It all depends on how you look at it.

      If you knew what goes on in college admissions these
      days, you would know all about faking it.

      Fake here is not meant to be actually fake. But going
      above and beyond the norm to make yourself look good.

      And that's what a true SEO expert would be doing.

      Paul
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  • Profile picture of the author dmammar
    Yes it matters a lot
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    • Profile picture of the author RushabhExportImport
      Some people are talking that SEO is dead, but those are poeple who want to be reach quickly .

      I am doing seo on my website Rushabh which is best Stationary Supplier in overall world.
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  • Profile picture of the author Shirlyn
    Hi,

    SEO is not dead the way is changed and for quick results you can use Google Adwords but at the same time optimization of webpages are required to earn search engine benefits. Try to earn backlinks from sites which are related to your niche for keyword ranking.
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