Good morning, Marketers, does this sound like SEO to you:

“The action or business of promoting and selling products or services, including market research.” 

It does to me. And it’s also one dictionary definition for marketing. Technical SEO is important, but SEO today is more than just technical, as Mark Jackson explains in his latest Search Engine Land article. 

Danny Goodwin,
Managing Editor, Search Engine Land & SMX

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SEO is marketing

SEO should be solidly considered a marketing function. That's because SEO is, perhaps, the best form of marketing available.

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