Will SEO still exist in five years?

On February 26, 2009, Google software engineer Matt Cutts collected questions on Google Moderator and answered many of them on video.

Kevin from Marseille, France asked:

Will SEO still exist in 5 years?

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• google
• seo

[weberangel]

here's proof -> bit.ly / eJwtCa

[goata007]

How can I get their 20-page SEO pdf??

[ealtamira]

Well, those are very good news for my family :)

[AtaArticles]

If Google Search will still exist, then obviously 'seo' will aswell. Marketers will be competing for top ranking for their sites.

[serviwebserviweb]

Thank u Matt, very useful video!

[parfumeria33ro]

@KoolitPnoi

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Whether it's blogging, eCommerce (perfumes, clothing etc.), social networks etc. there are tens, hundreds of such websites in any country. Most do a similar great SEO, have good content matching the domain's profile, but Google can't display all first page. Not even 2nd, or 3rd.

But I wasn't talking about that.

First page is for spammers. Those that pay for backlinks, or belong to big packs of websites managed by the same SEO company, or register on thousands of backlinks websites.

[KoolitPnoi]

@parfumeria33ro great content+no traffic=dead website? first off all you have to consider does your content match with the theme of your site? If you have a great content about 'how to catch a big fish' but you placed it on a site about 'how to train your dog', then Google will see your content and site as irrelevant. If you want to compete with the big dogs, you got to build your site first, make it big in its own world, build your brand, promote your brand. Thats how great SEOs do their job.

[Helaloify]

I think after 5-10 years seo cloused ...

[pakhoucheung]

The people in the background distracted me...... Hahahhaaa

[VirtualAssistantv]

Yes, more white hat SEO please! And I think it'll even exist in more than 5 years. There's actually nothing wrong with SEO just as long as it isn't black hat SEO.