Are SEO's Defecting to Join the Ranks of Social Media Marketers?
It's been long suspected that SEO's around the globe have been defecting in large numbers to join the ranks of social media marketers. Social media marketers are the folks that go around liking you and asking to be liked. Some say SEO's have only changed their titles, where once they referred to themselves as SEO's they are now referring to themselves as Internet marketers, Social media marketers, Search Engine marketers, traffic controllers, and the list goes one, anything but SEO.
Let's face it, the industry segment known to us as SEO has had its share of less than flattering moments, and it only takes one crap hat SEO and some high level proliferation for things to take a life of their own, that plus obscurity has served to eventually seal its fate thought transparency has probably been a greater contributor to its demise. Despite its many reincarnations many think this time it's really over.
"There was a time when I was proud to say that I was an SEO. I even signed using SEO as a designation, but then it became a joke with comments like, "what color hat are you?" And all I got from webmasters was the dreaded, "I want you to make me first on Google..." I guess these ass wipes never stopped to think of the millions of sites competing for the same space." Donna - Former SEO
Everywhere you look it seems like another SEO or SEO firm has turned. Look at SEOMOZ, after long debate, and defender of SEO, SEOMOZ dropped the SEO from its brand and now is MOZ Just MOZ. It's hard to see Dr. Pete in any other light.
What do you see becoming the future of SEO? I want to know what you think.
So social media beats SEO?
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