Is SEO Dead after Penguin update?

Most of the off page activities are of no use now!!!! :confused:

Ranking is still 95% about offpage. I am not sure what has convinced you of this but your statement is very misguided. Yes spammy bulk links have gotten hit pretty bad but that doesn't mean things are over.

SMO has not come close to taking over SEO. A good social media campaign still won't hold a candle to getting some nice high PR links from aged and trusted domains. Not to mention the power web 2.0's still hold. If anything the biggest thing thats changed since Penguin is focusing more on "branding" your page rather than the normal keyword/anchor text methods.

If offpage is dead then somebody better tell my 60+ websites that are still ranking first page after Penguin. For example my college degrees niche site doesn't rank well because I am an expert on college degrees or because I put out a viral video. Its because I have solid links. Just because "You" personally are having trouble post Penguin, and feel that your SEO endeavors have come up fruitless doesn't mean that SEO is dead. Far from it.

First, what's the point of your post? To spread the misinformation about the death of SEO? What's your point when in the OP you ask for other people's opinions and whenever someone says that you just need to do differently and adopt you turn right in and say "No, it's of no use!?" If that's your thought and opinion already, and you want to believe that sh*t then why ask? I believe most people here will always say the same thing and that's SEO WILL NEVER DIE (unless one day all search engines decide to quit)!

Second, you said offpage SEO is of no use now? Yet I still use the same link building techniques and tactics as before to rank both my sites and my client sites on the SERPs. You just need to choose quality over quantity now and keep an eye on your anchor text profile. Article directories, blog comments, directory submission, etc are considered spammy now? Then you really should stay away from them and let people who KNOW what they do implement those techniques

Third, 70% of companies world wide are now moving to Social Media Optimization? If that's really the case then I'd be more than happy to know that as I know the SEO playing field is much less crowded now lol!

Conclusion: You believe what you believe and if you are not that open-minded to adapt and progress then just sit there and cry SEO is dead. No one cares now really. Just stop doing SEO at all so we (people who keep going on) will have more chances to bank with SEO.

Now, peace

Who said that google considered these backlink sources spammy? It all depends on how you use them. Relevant blog commenting is a great way to get backlinks.

Where did you hear that Google considers those things as spamming? Blog commenting is a popular activity for webmasters. Even Google themselves allows people to leave their URL when they comment on their blog.

You need to learn lot more about SEO. There are lots of spam kings/queens still doing spamming hilariously and getting results. Old link building techniques are still working. Definately some changes has made but core of SEO remains same. Good onpage strength+Backlinks from high PR, relevant, authority pages.

No I am not supporting spamming. Just saying google is not smart enough to kill spammers and stop spamming till now. But may be in future, who knows.. Still SEO cant be dead.

Absolutely not dead just different then it was before. Its an industry where you need to evolve. Some people don't like that so they'd rather believe that its SEO thats dead rather than the truth which is that its their techniques and knowledge that are dead.