Why SEO wont matter in about 3 years

Couldn't have said it better myself. Bravo!

I just started a niche in weight loss, any advice? You do all facebook,social book marking or what?

I think small sites or large authority sites will do equally well. We can draw a comparison from the off-line world. For years brick and mortar stores existed well together. Large and small, there seemed to be plenty for everyone. Then, it seemed they moved in the direction of stores serving particular niches. Where once you might have gone shopping at one giant store and purchased most of your items, gradually we moved to specialty (niche) shops (petite clothing, big and tall shops, kids clothing, toy stores, card shops, sporting goods stores.) And usually these stores didn't vary in their niche offerings. We became convinced that they knew their product and we could get what we wanted there instead of rummaging through the big boxes and maybe coming up with something.
My family owned a specialty candle store throughout the 90's and until 2005. It was located in a large, touristy (Amish) area. For many years the area enjoyed a huge amount of shoppers that spent lots of dollars. When the economy tanked the tourist population declined but we continued to do well. Most of the other shops carried a multitude of items, many imports to keep the costs down. But, this was an area that was known for local-made items. People were not interested in buying the same things they could get at Wal-Mart. We made everything on-premises and the customers could see the process. Our customers came to the area specifically to shop at our store. A specialty, niche store. We started in our garage (small niche) and eventually operated out of 14,000 square feet (large niche.) But, we remained consistent in knowing and producing the same product, just more of it and more variety. So, we became an authority that the customers returned to.
I feel that most of the internet junk will not be out there within 2-3 years and thankfully so. Google is already cleaning it up. People don't want to go to a site and see a bunch of poorly written crap by someone who obviously knows nothing about the niche and has thrown it up to try and make a buck.
I think sites, both large authority or small niche authority will thrive and do even better as the junk is eliminated. The Web will not be as crowded but will contain small and large authority sites with quality content put there by someone who knows their subject and cares that the reader learns from that knowledge. And, they will make money, not by manipulating the search engines but with valuable content. Success may come slower but will be lasting.

This all sounds a lot like Ryan Deiss' sales pitch not too long ago. This isn't the whole sales pitch but I think it's the first ten pages or so paraphrased.