SEO - Still Worth it?

Tell us first, how you are doing your SEO?!


Then go of against entire SEO industry, that its worth it or not.

Are you doing review keywords?

I would usually scroll all the way down but anything after the first page is useless I presume.

Get on one of the maps.

You may not be receiving much organic traffic because perhaps you're targeting keywords that do not have a high monthly search volume. You should research which keywords in your industry receive the most searches and focus on those. Target 10-15 keywords that have at least 1000 searches per month (each), and you should definitely receive a good amount of traffic coming to your site if you rank on the first page for those keywords.
Also, do you have a Google My Business listing?

Yes Keywords with high search volumes affect the rankings

Check for the ways to improve your CTR.

First of all, nobody searching for 'floor sanding dublin' is clicking on Wikipedia.

Second, Maps listings are part of SEO and that is where most of the traffic is going to go for a local search like that. If you are not ranking in there, then you really are not ranking.

Lastly, why would you ask this question when in another thread you just said...

So in one breathe you say SEO works better than ever and in another, you are asking if it is worth it.

I miss when this place had moderators and stupid threads like this would be trashed.

Well, that s what i am thinking, to stop the SEO because the return is not worth it for the amount of work required. I have more or less the same keywords for years. I think the way the google homepage has changed, it does affect the income of most companies.

Thanks for all your replys

have you tried:?

build branding foundation links
niche relevant guest post
get a press release

Focus on KW with low competition and good volume and long tail KW. Keep writing blogs about 1500 - 3000 words with high value info. SEO is always the king. What is your main focus for doing SEO - to get leads or to do brand awareness?

Learn about local SEO techniques.

Though Google asks websites to keep their site content at the top, it does just the opposite for its search results. It shows all other content, such as ads, maps, and partner programs, that it wants above the actual results. As mere mortals, we have to live with it.

When you want traffic from Google for such location-centric searched, the only way to get some traffic is being right at the top in organic search.

Map listing has been important for ages now. Being at the top in map pack is very, very important for local search.

If you do your SEO yourself and have started lagging behind, you should consider updating yourself on the latest in SEO. Things have changed drastically over the years and old techniques often have devastating results. Start implementinng the latest SEO strategies that work. Alternatively, seek expert help.

No, you are absolutely wrong. SEO and digital marketing is the future. People are getting more sales and organic traffic because of SEO. I think the website which is ranked on search engine is of low volume and KD thats why you are not getting any traffic or sale

SEO is more important than ever! It's still one of the most potent digital marketing strategies that drive long-term results. ... Dive in and learn what has changed and how to do search engine optimization in 2020!

This guy is just trying to up his post count so he could "floor sand" the hell out of this account, lol.

I think SEO is absolutely worth it. It is the only 100% foolproof way to get high search intent traffic to your website without gimmicks. SEO is an investment. Remember that the longer your domain has been online, the more points you will gain with the algorithm.

Whereas PPC only provides leads when the campaign is running, a good SEO practice will yield healthy fruit over the long run. Create compelling and engaging content to increase session times per unique visitor. Make sure your UX is friendly. And of course, always optimize for mobile.

Another point I want to touch is that over 30% of users use ad-blockers. They may not even see all of the things you mentioned in your OP post.

Don't give up. SEO is a slow process, but I assure you its worth the wait.

Doing SEO for my own blog and does work. Sure, it does fluctuate here and there based on algorithms, competitions upping its game, and so on. But that's the game. Any industry changes, and it's our role as businessmen -specialised in SEO- to navigate through this the best we can, and plan ahead.

SEO is still worth the investment.
Traditional marketing efforts cost much more than SEO to set up, monitor, and maintain. Traditional marketing doesn't guarantee that people will be flocking to your doors to make a purchase, either. It's not targeted, and it's not always bound to reach the right audience.

Of course, SEO stills worth's ruling online marketing. It is still the only way to improve any small or large scale business online. I merely have more than 7+ years of experience in working as digital marketing specialist, a lot more strategies have changed but SEO works to be something magic at every point of time.

Well, i know some won't reach with organic traffic but everything seems to be working fine based on the industry we work for and optimize our website according to the search engine. There are even more strategies that still helps us in step by step in ranking high!

• High Quality Link Building
• Content Marketing
• Proper Keyword Analysis & Keyword Focused Content
• Responsive Website
• SMM & SEM works fine
• High Quality Content - Press Releases, Articles & Blog Marketing
• Guest Posting

Look into the option of improving CTR

Yes SEO is still worth it. When you in the 1st organic position in SERPS, you are automatically perceived as an authority in your niche.

People usually read the 1st organic position in Google and view it as the authority due to its position in SERPS. If you are no longer getting business from your organic first page listing, then you should possibly look at your service delivery. Perhaps people are weary of your bad service, and no longer wish to do business with you based on your reputation, and not on position in SERPS.

There could be many factors as to why your business has declined recently, and SEO may just be the tip of the iceberg for you.

Did you factor the general traffic drop that all websites faced after Google introduced the Featured Snippets? There are several studies on how websites ctr dropped after this change.

There is no use of 1st position if no one searches for it. Higher search volume + 1st postition = $$$$

Have you ever tried by checking the volume of your keywords? You can use Google Keyword Planner or Ubersuggest. Some keywords are easy to rank in SERPS especially if less competition yet you will receive less traffic. Try to gather relevant keywords with high volume so you can gain addition traffic.

SEO is a collection of tools and best practices that help your website rank higher in search engine results, thereby driving more traffic to your site and potentially more business.
Nowadays SEO is a full-time job for small businesses and many are turning to website design and marketing experts such as Eurofox for support.

• All search terms have specific volume of searches per month. Find out how much yours has (the one you are ranking for).



• If there are a limited amount of people searching for what you are ranking for, there will be a limited amount of clicks you will get.





• SEO is like the "Cant get credit because I have no credit." merry-go-round. The easy number one rankings are usually those that have little competition, while the opposite is also true. Working for number one with a search term result of 100

million is probably ten times easier than ranking for a term that has a billion results.





• Use analytics to determine where and how much traffic your site is getting from organic search engine results.



• This forum seems to like Rand Fishkin's ideas on SEO. Here is what he says:


https://moz.com/blog/state-of-search...avior-revealed


Good luck.

I would say SEO is certainly still worth it. The rules have changed but it is still alive. Recently I was going over old posts that I posted years ago and noticed they were not getting much traffic. However, more recent posts that are content heavy are getting 10k visits per month.

I think your ranked keywords are not right and you should try new good keywords.

Yes, still it works. it all depends upon your SEO strategy for your website.

Many of the keywords in my industry just aren't that searched. It seems like ads are the best way to teach people a new concept.

i tried to do SEO, some times keyword ranking improved and some times some keywords ranking position change, so what should I do properly for get best ranking

Keyword targeting only helps when there is enough search volume for that keyword.
Why don't you use Google Search Console to get an idea about the search traffic for a particular keyword?
If there is no search volume for a particular keyword, you'll not get traffic to your website even if you rank higher in Google SERPs.

If the monthly searches on Google for your most important keyword are at least 500 per month, it is worth investing money and time for a good seo strategy, if the searches instead are less, does not make sense to waste time and money with SEO, better to use google ads to promote your service or website...

SEO is always worth it. You just have to go all the way. Don't invest into keywords if you don't plan to reach your goal.
Every keyword has a product/service behind it with a value. You just have to calculate how much more are you going to make money when your keyword reaches your dream position. It's all about ROI.

you have to check the keywords or add some relevant keywords because it plays important role in ranking

Hey, if you are asking about SEO working to get the first page/first rank on Google/Bing. Yes, it's working. But if you are asking about the increasing number of visitors based on the SEO and your keyword ranking, it's not working that much.

See, first of all, the first fold of Google SERP is full of Ads. And after the inclusion of extensions, there is almost no place for the organic results. Secondly, if you are targetting keywords which compete with the Google My Business Local Listing, you will get another 3-4 map listing before reaching to your organic listing the first rank. So, even if you are ranking at number 1 in organic search, you are probably at number 9 in the SERP result, which means you will get fewer visitors compared to some years ago when the ads didn't take much space on SERPs.

In short, having the first rank nowadays didn't get the benefit as it gave before some year. So don't expect too much although you have a Google First Page ranking.

In my opinion, SEO used to be really good it was possible to rank for good keywords fast however it is important to take into consideration that there are 380 websites created every minute so you do the maths competition is pretty fierce.

So much has changed even keywords that proved to be not competitive a few months later with keyword research tools available today soon get overcrowded and become competitive

I still enjoy SEO and writing but it is just for fun if I want traffic then I just buy it why? I am not interested in waiting around for Google to provide it. If you are not in a hurry then fine go for it.

With regard to paid traffic, Youtube is the way to go if you know what you are doing

Hope that helps

Don't be too concerned with Ads, people are not so easily fooled.

Top paid spot gets around 4% CTR on average while the first SEO result gets on average 26%. SEO is worth it now, and will always be.

Have you checked your offerings? Maybe not a wide enough range

Do it along with other aspects of digital marketing namely the website, content, SEM, email marketing, SMM Payper click, Google AdWords. SEO alone is not enough, also engaging SEO must be organic and white. Utilize them wisely then the result will be fantastic.

If you have a good position in Google for your keywords and don;t get much traffic from those keywords / rankings then it just means those keywords don't get many searches.

The truth is, keyword search volumes in many tools including Googles isn't that accurate.

Just write and publish quality content and try to answer questions that you would imagine gets searched for.

Use Google suggest to see what Google suggests when you start typing a keyword.

Some niches and some keywords just aren't that in demand. In that case you need to either target new niches, or publish and rank for MORE keywords to get your overall volume up.

However, depending on how much traffic you are currently getting, it's often best to focus on monetization more. You can always work on traffic more afterwards. But how is your monetization? There are LOTS of ways to monetize your site / blog. Ads, banners, products, lead magnets, lead generation with follow up email. Lead magnets with low priced tripwires etc.

You often don't need much traffic to earn decent money. You just need to learn and understand how to best monetize the traffic you do have.

I have the same feeling, some of my keywords still top the Serp however there are very few requests in the last year. A few years ago I had requests almost everyday.
There must be something wrong

It's all in your mind.

Imagine your site without any SEO/organic traffic. Compare the conversions you get from organic traffic vs. paid traffic. It's true that SEO has changed, it's no more very keyword centric, the way it used to be, but SEO is still very important. No SEO means you will loose a lot of high quality traffic, even your map listings depend in part on your SEO.

Actually, the problem is to update your meta title and description. Because it will appear 1st to the viewers and it will be a factor to decide your click-through rate(CTR). You want to gain more traffic to your website then you might be concentrate on your title and description.

Analysis of full onsite there is everything ok or not. After that create a list and solve them step by step.

Check your website issue like loading time, canonical issue, Image alt tag, redirection and many more. Also, you can take help any SEO agency like SHILabs Private Limited. Thanks

Hello, myself Sonali Dube

SEO helps in ranking and building website or business. SEO, is optimizing your website content to improve its ranking in the search engine results, or SERPs. This is frequently referred to as 'organic' or 'natural' search results. Means ranking in the top positions of Google search result page without paying any money.

SEO an organic way of promoting a website
SEO tools such as Google My Business can help you to increase your localized traffic
SEO Leads to Better User Experience
SEO Promotes Better Cost Management
SEO Builds Brand Credibility
SEO Ensures Mobile-Friendliness of Your Website
SEO is slow it is a long-lasting and consistent method
Organic traffic is permanent as long as you are ranking in one of the top positions.
SEO Increases web visibility
SEO can help you with business growth.

Yea a lot of ads these days and become.harder and harder and more competitive .You need to be flexible and not depend only on seo ,maybe combime with an youtube xhannel ,email etc

Yes, People are using the internet more today for everything whether to purchase, to gain information or just to pass their free time. SEO both ON page and Off page is pretty much necessary to have a presence of their business or services online. Your competitors are already online.

Hell yeah, I've made over five figures last year from SEO. Both from freelancing and my own websites. My best website receives 25K visitors per month.

Recommendations: focus on keywords/niches that are less competitive. Often the more longtail keywords. Create epic content that actually helps your target audience. The more value you give, the more you'll be rewarded by Google and the users.

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every ranker to think that when he go on google search 1 st position he think he get a lof of traffic but it is wrong!because it's depend on her keyword when he selected a popular keyword and which search 100 thousand or 1 million people seaches when he select this type keyword and he go on 1 position of this keyword then he get a lot of traffic. but if you selected a low searching keyword then your not get enough traffic.traffic are depend on keyword but only keyword are not enough to get good trafic people should to do marketing her website on social media,High DA PA website,huge crowed website when he do all this type work I am 100% sure that he will get a good traffic.I hope you read carefully and you get your answer.thank you

Keywords competition could be a reason for ranking fluctuations.

I would suggest you to check the keyword competition and if you find huge competition then you have to take steps to reduce the competition or you can select some alternate keywords.

YES! SEO is more important than ever! It's still one of the most potent digital marketing strategies that drive long-term results

This definitely does make a difference to click through rate. This is especially the case if your target keyword is a simple type queries. Like "Dog training near me". The listings will display maps and boxes which are where the clicks will come from.

I either try to get into those listings or just choose keywords that will naturally encourage people to not just get their answer from the google listings and disappear without a click.

SEO is what enhances a websites visibility. It explains why companies still spend a lot of money on SEO. Try to ignore it and do nothing for a year and lets compare the aftermath.

Try to do more promotions for your home page i.e Off-page optimization. Get more links from high rating profiles. Do internal linking for your home page. I assure you It will help you a lot.

first let me tell you that seo is not limited and you can't bound it in counts. SEO wants perfection that's means you have create 1000 backlinks but still you are not able to rank on serp and someone who have less backlink than you and he rank on the top . In this case you think that SEO is dead. no in SEO count does not matter , quality does matter if you do right SEO with high authority backlinks than you can rank on any keyword easily.

Please check if your ranking keywords are people's search. Thanks

100% worth it!