It is easy to say not dead, it is dead, etc. A few did contribute many useful info. The others just follow the crowd by saying that seo is alive.
Google ranks websites by seo and more,the google spiders determine the quality quantity,and other factors, but seo plays at least half the role.
did you check the obituaries? No seriously it is always going to be a vital part of Search Engines as long as they still exist
As long as internet and Search Engines continue to exist, SEO will continue. It might evolve, but it will not be dead.
SEO = Search Engine Optimization. Are people going to continue to use search engines to look for stuff online? Yes. Will people need to continue to optimize their websites to rank higher in the search engines? Yes. Therefore, SEO is not dead. As long as there are search engines, and money to be made from them, there will be search engine optimization.
bass, You wrote: "feel it begin dead because my sites can submitted to over 300 directories and bookmark. But it can't help my sites to good position on search engines." I appreciate your honest view unlike the others who were simply making comments that seo is not dead because they want to be in the bigger crowd or that they don't know what is happening . If you see the latest trends, the Gurus are talking about how to get fast traffic from web 2.0 sites. Using different IP addressees on different days, many are secretly creating multiple accounts with bookmarking sites. They will them submit many articles to get fast traffic.
It's still good, but now i may have also a problem to SEO, I have some competitors of my keywords and i can't even replace them to the top because im in lack of visitors, can somebody help me what will i do to beat it and go on to the top?
Yeah SEO is dead...and there's no more internet either! SEO is constantly changing, just a lot of work keeping up with it.
i think it is not dead. You see even without reading the blogpost it, the mere fact that the search algorithms were built to continuously change SERPs because of the variables involved in their mathematical formulas. It only means that the SEO IS NEVER DEAD.
with big brands and sites already in the market, for small timers or just starting his/her website, yeah.. i think its dead.