{"id":13674,"date":"2025-08-08T15:45:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T15:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/08\/is-seo-dead\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T15:45:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T15:45:15","slug":"is-seo-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craighordlow.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/08\/is-seo-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Is SEO Dead?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Short answer: Not yet.<\/p>\n

But SEO as we know it is dying.<\/p>\n

SEO used to work fairly consistently: write great content, sprinkle in keywords, land a few links \u2014 boom, rankings.<\/p>\n

The better you followed the recipe, the better your results.<\/p>\n

That worked because search was a relatively closed system.<\/p>\n

Now?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s probabilistic.<\/p>\n

You show up if you\u2019ve done enough of the right things in enough places. If the system infers you\u2019re part of the answer.<\/p>\n

People have been announcing the death of SEO for years.<\/p>\n

But this time, the question feels more urgent.<\/p>\n

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You might look at this projection from Semrush \u2014 showing traditional search declining while LLM traffic takes over \u2014 and call it: Game Over.<\/p>\n

But here\u2019s the thing:<\/p>\n

Decline doesn\u2019t equal death.<\/p>\n

In this article, we\u2019ll lay out exactly what happens as a channel moves from goldmine to ghost town \u2014 and show you where SEO sits on that curve today.<\/p>\n

Spoiler: SEO isn\u2019t dead yet.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s changing.<\/p>\n

And understanding that shift is how you can stay ahead.<\/p>\n

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