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How long does SEO take?


SEO is not a “one and done” process. It’s something that needs to be continually monitored and worked on in order to achieve the best possible results. SEO results depend on a variety of factors, including your industry, the competitiveness of your keywords, and the current search engine rankings of your site. Typically, it takes 6-12 months of consistent effort to see any results, so be patient and keep at it. 

The best way to achieve good rankings is through a combination of optimizing your website content and technical setup, building links back to your site, creating social media profiles that mention your website, and continually producing high-value, helpful content for your audience. In order to stay ahead of the competition, you need to be constantly evolving your strategy and keeping up with the latest changes in the search engine algorithms. But if you’re looking for a long-term solution to improving your website’s traffic and ranking, SEO is definitely the way to go.

Yes, it takes a lot of hard work and dedication to get those top spots in the search engine results pages, but it will pay off. Improving your site’s placement in search engine results will help drive organic traffic to your website – that’s traffic that you didn’t have to pay for and it has compounding effects. The more organic traffic that visits your site and spends time on it, the more search engines will continue to serve your site as a result for related search queries, as it appears your site is providing what those visitors were looking for.

Check out the first article in our series on SEO strategy for tips on how to compete in the highly competitive game of SEO.


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