Is SEO Dead? Because That Would Make a Lot Of Sense

What if SEO died and no one told us? Who killed it? And what do we do now?

Is SEO Dead? Because That Would Make a Lot Of Sense


If you go on the internets and ask the collective human expert brain if SEO is dead, you’ll get one of three answers in expert blog post form:

  • Is SEO Dead? Of course not!
  • Is SEO Dead? Not yet!
  • Is SEO Dead? No, it’s merely evolving!

But if you have to ask the question, something’s up, right?

It’s like when I was a little kid and my Dad would take me to movies and the PG rating suddenly went PG-13.

“Dad, is that guy dead?”

“No son. He’s just sleeping.”

So don’t worry friends, SEO is just sleeping.

Now, when I ask the same question to the bunch of digital marketing and consumer product experts I know, they scrunch their faces and say, “Of course it’s dead. Where the **** have you been?”

OK. We’ve got a little disconnect here.


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