SEO Q&A 2025
SEO Q&A 2025
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- utopian0
Does SEO actually work? Or is just a money grab and shell game promoted and sold by Google?
- It works but there are no controls on the industry and because google's algorithm is secret, there is LOTS of smoke and mirrors, and secrecy on both sides.cherub
- The lack of controls means you don't need a license to be an SEO pro, bcuz how can that be when google wont admit we can influence their algorithm?cherub
- So what you end up with is, an industry where you have to do a fair bit of 'educating' the client.cherub
- To make all these problems worse, google changes their algorithm just enough to keep everyone guessing (and to keep the scammers at bay)cherub
- years ago I made a blog and I kid you not, having my keyword in the URL (mostly by accident) BY ITSELF got me on the 1st page of results for a certain search.cherub
- back in my seo days client asked why a certain topic wasnt showing results, I did some magic, submitted via webmaster tools then they had a top result in 30 minYakuZoku
- so it used to work 100% not sure these days thoughYakuZoku
- I did ZERO seo besides that, and it was enough. These days, scammers have ruined all the "easy" SEO tricks.cherub
- It's harder now, but by no means is SEO not useful, it's more important now than ever. I read that the 1st result gets like 30% of clicks... If u can convertcherub
- off that, that's money in the bank.cherub