How long has SEO been dead?

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As we all know, SEO is dead. It was most recently killed by the HCU, or a more recent update.

It's also about to die, from AI.

But how long ago did SEO die? It's a question that we're now in a position to answer. BHW has been around a long time, longer than a lot of its members have been alive. If the answer exists, it's probably here somewhere. So I did some digital arachaeology by going back through the forums, back to the old days, looking for ancient posts. And after all that digging, I can say:

https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/seo-is-dead.34294/

Very sad news to find that it's been dead for 14 years, but hopefully with this info we can all grieve properly and move on.

To help that process I spent a lot of money, a huge fortune really, on putting this touching gravestone in a an exclusive cemetery.

RIP SEO.webp
 
It isn't, it hasn't.
I know you are joking OP, but people will always declare it dead when they fail.
Sorry to see you're still in the denial stage. I know it's hard for all of us to accept. We'll get through this together

Around 8-10 years.
Longer than that, sadly. Did you see the tombstone?

:eek: Noooooo, Manuel promised it was not. Now, I need to open thread in Making Money category.
Probably just too hard for Manuel to accept at this point since it's so recent.

But I'm ready to move on and see how we can all profit off the death of SEO. I'll be following your thread
 
We'll be observing it's 10th death anniversary this January. Be there.
I'll be dressed in black, lighting candles, crying.

How many threads still discuss SEO dead? Is SEO Dead? in here

Common guys SEO wont be dead :cool:
Right? We only ever needed the original from 2008. But people keep forgetting it's dead so I had to make this one.

SEO is dead for people who are not qualified to do SEO
Yes exactly SEO is dead
 
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Everyday someone creates a thread saying SEO is dead...it's already repetitive, maybe mods could create a rule to automatically delete every post that contains "seo" and "dead" in its title
 
Yes, I see why they put you in charge.

Everyday someone creates a thread saying SEO is dead...it's already repetitive, maybe mods could create a rule to automatically delete every post that contains "seo" and "dead" in its title
I agree and that's why I started this thread. It's important that people know SEO first died in 2008 so they can understand "SEO is dead" isn't news anymore. We only need this one, and the 2008 original.

It dies several times a year just like bitcoin
Between SEO and BTC dying my calendar is full with funerals year-round.
 
I am in Vietnam and think you might be right. Search engines have started to fix high authority websites on the top rankings and it is pointless for you to try to SEO those keywords..
 
Google planned this death long before bloggers accepted it or even anticipated it by plagiarizing bloggers' content and tools on the search bar itself. Internet surfers now don't have to go to websites to get their answers. Answers have a new location now and that is the same for every single thing that is;

1. Not Sponsored
2. Not Behind a Password

SEO was dead long ago and all of us were just talking about "PSO" - Paid Search Optimization

But hey, no one got it for all these years.
 
Difficult and dead don't mean the same.
 
Stop saying SEO is dead!

Its still alive, just changed. New rules apply, but the goal (getting found online) stays the same. Focus on making a great website with useful content. SEO is not dead, its just grown up.

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seo has been dead since 2009 and died second time in 2012. in march 2024 seo fully died.
 
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