SEO Keyword Obsolescence

[Graybeard]

Old Style SEO is dead.

>>>"The context of search users who ask precise conversational questions within several back and forth turns is a huge change to search queries. Bing claims that this makes it easier to understand search queries and provide increasingly precise answers. That’s the part that unsettles SEOs and publishers because , let’s face it, a significant amount of content was created to rank in the keyword-based query paradigm, which is gradually disappearing as users increasingly shift to more complex queries. How content creators optimize for that is a big concern."<<<

Entire article here: Google Speculates If SEO 'Is On A Dying Path'

 

[azgold]

Personally, I doubt that SEO is completely dead, more like it's grown up and used differently now. Perhaps for its original intended purpose of helping people find relevant websites that actually are relevant to their queries without all the spam garbage (hopefully).

Gone are the old days when we looked up keywords to write about and post on high page rank sites.