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Does SEO still work today?

· 2 days ago · 2 replies · 26

It’s been a long time since I’ve done anything related to SEO. I know that up until five years ago, it was still highly relevant; but today, with the SEO niche completely saturated—and with AI identifying every possible opening to gain an edge—my question is: does SEO still work, or is it no longer effective?

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· 2 days ago

Yes, SEO still works today, yesterday, and forever.

· 2 days ago

For blogs? Yes, and you have a lot of control.

For forums? Yes, but you don’t have a lot of control.

Forums… Your site name, URL, board names and descriptions, sitemap, and technical SEO is about all you can control. You can’t make your members post SEO-friendly content. If you tried to, they’d probably abandon your forum. User generated communities have always been hard to do SEO on.

Blogs… You control the bulk of your content minus a few comments here and there. You get full SEO control. But it takes time, a lot of content, and consistency if you want to see the needle move. Time is the big factor. You have to have patience.

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