Not sure about future. I am going with blog and podcast(w/ transcriptions)

imo SEO is dying fast

I am still a big believer that the key to SEO is solid content. I don't really believe "SEO is dying" like a lot of people claim, it's just the algorithms are changing...too bad we can't get the good ole day's of the micro sites back

That list is all social & weak links (most likely nofollow), it's not going to rank a page in the SERPs.

After taking a break from affiliate marketing for a year, one of my sites has just hit #1 for an affiliate-related search term which brings 9,000 uniques per month.

The same ranking factors apply - links. I haven't changed anything from last year except increasing the size of my private network to accommodate for the increased competition.

"SEO is dying" - this is because everybody has a PBN, or pays for a PBN. SEO isn't dying, it's just that the competition is a lot harder now. You either build a brand and a business, and acquire links through marketing & natural attraction, or you build a PBN and be prepared to take a hit.

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SEO never die. But only the old processes are dying..SEO analysts need to read and read stuffs, keep themself updated with the new processes to rock the space.

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Apart from these is there any new steps please let me know. these all am doing, but still my keywords are not getting rank.

A lot has changed and continues to but most of the core concepts are still the same.

You need high quality links.

Reverse engineer the backlink profiles are the sites that are currently ranking for keywords you want to rank for and that will show you what types of links you need to get.

Go for schema markups.

Markup your website, videos, location, reviews and add ratings. It will bring value for your website in google serps. Try it out.

Try doing some infographics, comics to get your website and content more viral in social media.

So does article marketing still qualify as high quality links? If not, what does?

Google has taken steps over the past few years to devalue many link sources. Article directories, blog comments, forum profiles, basically any link you can easily place yourself.

Not to mention the majority of these have gone nofollow, and the ones that aren't are usually the ones you don't want your link on to begin with.

In theory, it's probably very easy for the algorithms to determine these link types and devalue them. Links are still king, but these sort of links are in content links that aren't identified as a free-for-all platform.

Basically, the kind of links that are impossible to get if you're a 5 page affiliate site in an embarrassing health niche to which you are not a doctor or well known industry professional.

The solution?

1. Actually do what Google wants, create the best damn site affiliate site ever about Yeast Infections, Viagra, Male Enhancement, Weight Loss... (or what ever your niche) and pray that your content is so great people will naturally link to it (LOL yeah right)

2. Construct a private blog network that is indistinguishable algorithmically from normal editorially placed contextual links

3. Have a deep pocket and buy links

4. Compete in verticals that have so little competition Google will rank your site in spite of you

Off-page SEO as most people know it has become more and more difficult since the black and white animals have come into play. It's only going to be increasingly ever more so.

Google realizes they can never eliminate people who attempt to artificially boost their site in SERPs. However, they do realize they can make it so difficult and complicated to do so that most people won't even bother any more.

Then the proclamations begin, "SEO is dead!" + "Link building is dead!"

More and more people give up on "SEO". It actually creates the perfect situation for those who are left behind.

Achieving long-term rankings these days has become increasingly more expensive, and increasingly easier to screw up. Your link profile is under deeper scrutiny now more than ever.

I think the difference is that INTERNET marketing used to work but now you
need to do internet MARKETING. You used to be able to use technical
tricks to rank in the search engines now you need truly shareable content.

This is especially true for "Article Marketing". The strategy used to hinge on
massive backlinks from scores of directories. Now that those links hold
little to no weight you need to start practicing article syndication, that is use
an article directory the way it was intended, to entice other webmasters to
place your high quality content on their high quality site with your bio in tact.

Here's a great article on the right way to use articles:
How to write an article - some thoughts for article marketers - What Lexy Talks About ...

SEO as we knew it, way back then, is very much dead.

One thing I should add here is RELEVANCE, when your given a visitor by Google, make sure the visitor actually wants to be there, or you just wasted that visitor.... I am pretty sure Google only allots you so many each day, so don't waste them.

SEO is dead no matter what you want to believe. Gone are those days when you could "build links" and "do SEO". SEO can no longer be "done" (mostly) - Google wants it to be a 100%organic process. So just focus on content and social involvement.

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