SEO is a Waste of Time in 2025
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2025 4:16 am
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It can also fail if ad money is used unwisely, despite doing what the customer wants.Econical wrote: Thu Jul 03, 2025 10:25 pm SEO is not really hard if you don’t have money it’s a time game with dedication and consistency. If you have money this could still fail if you don’t offer something the consumer wants.
It takes a lot more than that, but I admire your effort.Cory wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 10:50 pm About 30 pages are indexed on Google for my message board, and I've only received one click in the last 30 days. With that being said, I think it's harder than it used to be to find an audience using SEO.
This doesn't help at all, you have to build backlinks to your keywords. If you don't, you won't rank for said keywords.Econical wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 10:57 pm Just keep posting keywords sentences titles that would come up in a search and let the crawlers do the rest.
Yeah, the way mentioned in the first quote might have worked in the very early days of SEO.cpvr wrote: Mon Jul 14, 2025 4:21 amThis doesn't help at all, you have to build backlinks to your keywords. If you don't, you won't rank for said keywords.Econical wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 10:57 pm Just keep posting keywords sentences titles that would come up in a search and let the crawlers do the rest.
You're right. The web has advanced so much over the years with a lot more competition that it takes a lot more work to rank these days, especially with user intent.Jason wrote: Mon Jul 14, 2025 9:53 amYeah, the way mentioned in the first quote might have worked in the very early days of SEO.cpvr wrote: Mon Jul 14, 2025 4:21 amThis doesn't help at all, you have to build backlinks to your keywords. If you don't, you won't rank for said keywords.Econical wrote: Sat Jul 05, 2025 10:57 pm Just keep posting keywords sentences titles that would come up in a search and let the crawlers do the rest.
I got one site which has more SEO promise present. I'm wondering how to get it over the top. It currently needs it's SEO power tripled, but my other ones need to be quadrupled.cpvr wrote: Fri Jul 18, 2025 4:56 amYou're right. The web has advanced so much over the years with a lot more competition that it takes a lot more work to rank these days, especially with user intent.
A mixture of backlinks from social media, forum signatures, directories and blogs can help you rank well though. Along with reddit.