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HOW TO CREATE COMPELLING CONTENT<br />

the page, so search engines know what it’s about and who might want to read<br />

it. And she needs to know how to write copy that converts readers to buyers.<br />

That copywriter will become a vital (and well compensated) member of any<br />

serious marketing effort.<br />

So, if it’s all about what happens off the page, does the “SEO” in SEO<br />

copywriting still matter?<br />

Absolutely, and here’s why.<br />

Wait … Isn’t SEO Dead?<br />

That depends on what you call “SEO.”<br />

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Is it buying links to thin keyword-stuffed pages?<br />

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Is it low-quality content enhanced by inorganic link building?<br />

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Is it building a content “farm” based on brute site authority and weak<br />

value?<br />

If so, then yes, SEO is pretty dead, or at least on life support. And the Panda<br />

and Penguin updates to the Google algorithm are not the end of the story<br />

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