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Is SEO Dead? The Digital Shift!

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Real Estate Agent with LAER Realty Partners

It's been a while since I blogged about something other than my listings.

So this is a teaser for a blog post I am working on.

It's been a topsy turvy ride for me for last 8 years and now, I think I should be able to spare some time for my first love, blogging about Real Estate.

If I remember correctly, it was 2007 when I wrote my first post here. And for more than a decade, I used to MAX out (oh, the craze of climbing the leaderboard and be on top!)

Now I am more 'stable' 😀I plan to blog for my personal satisfaction of sharing what I have learned over more than two decades in Real Estate. I hope I won't bore you with some boring topics and write a post just to earn points.

I plan to post market snapshots - perhaps daily videos about markets in different towns in Eastern Massachusetts.

All of them will be created by an automation that I am working on. Yet, the information will be from legitimate sites.

And may be, I'll start sharing how easy these automations are. Some of them can help you gain at least an hour a day, if not more. Some of them may help you get rid of your assistant whom you may be paying a lot. Some of them may be able to handle your paperwork automatically. Some of them insists on getting reviews and referrals from your clients (and post the reviews on 'Wall of Love'!)

I am sure many of you will be happy to see me back, and only a couple of names I'll mention here who have inspired me throughout my journey in 'Rain. Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400 and Barbara Todaro. Of course there are so many of you who have been in touch with me. Thanks a lot.

A special mention - Patricia Feager whose comment inspired me to write this post.

Well, let me stick to this topic of today, a teaser - Is SEO dead?

Please share your thoughts with me as I work on a new concept, built on the same concepts of SEO.

Tammy Emineth, our SEO teacher and expert in this field may know the answer. 

A quick Q - guess where did I get these images from? (I wish I could say, if both your answers are correct, you get 500 points...🤣)

So until my next post, stay happy and healthy!

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Paula Hathaway, REALTOR, LBA
Douglas Elliman Real Estate - Southampton, NY
"Deeply rooted in The Hamptons---local expertise"

Hi Praful!

Good to see you back in the blogging frame of mind! I was out of the picture too for quite a while but am back with bells on. Now, to your question: IS SEO DEAD?  I think it has been dead for a while now--do you remember before Zillow how your name or your company used to show up in searches on Google--mostly on the first page? Lots of Google Juice was thrown around for our individual businesses! I used to get more hits from my name showing up just because I blogged here on AR--then Zillow bought out AR and my company's data bases and that was the end of that! Then all you saw were the Zillows and the big brokerages that were cleaning up on the SEO!

So, yes, I think it died an awful death! 

WELCOME BACK!

Oct 23, 2025 11:34 AM
Praful Thakkar

Paula Hathaway, REALTOR, LBA - I will reveal this soon.

Oct 26, 2025 08:17 PM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400
HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 - Pikesville, MD
Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome

Good afternoon Praful Thakkar,

Wonderful, you will be blogging for your personal satisfaction! I look forward to learning more about how easy these automations are.

My Guess: Bing AI

Oct 23, 2025 11:39 AM
Praful Thakkar

Thanks Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400 .

You are the inspiration for me - and I have to admit it, but for you, I would not have been here on AR. Thanks for everything.

We met a couple of times in Baltimore. Now it seems a distant dream for me to travel so much but I still hope we will meet in person.

I can't forget 'The Real Estate, ROME way!'

Hope you are doing great.

Oct 23, 2025 11:44 AM
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Burlington, MA
Metro Boston Homes For Sale

Paula Hathaway, REALTOR, LBA - well, thanks for stopping by. You are the first person to comment on my non-listing blog! I really appreciate it.
I'll talk about it in detail. However, I must share the fact that, as soon as I blogged about my recent listing open house, I was recognized by Google, almost in few hours.
Does it mean SEO is still alive?
Working on the post to discuss the details. Hopefully, it will be here, soon.

Oct 23, 2025 11:41 AM
Paula Hathaway, REALTOR, LBA
Douglas Elliman Real Estate - Southampton, NY
"Deeply rooted in The Hamptons---local expertise"

Good, I'm looking forward to it..Looks like there may be life in SEO after-all!mI'lll have to check my own SEO since I have been blogging again!

Oct 23, 2025 11:53 AM
Praful Thakkar

Paula Hathaway, REALTOR, LBA - Definitely. It's been two decades of SEO. Many of us worked hard to get at a point so...

Oct 23, 2025 11:57 AM
Paula Hathaway, REALTOR, LBA
Douglas Elliman Real Estate - Southampton, NY
"Deeply rooted in The Hamptons---local expertise"

Thanks for reminding me! I will let you know if I "matter" anymore!

Oct 23, 2025 12:07 PM
Praful Thakkar

Paula Hathaway, REALTOR, LBA - we alway do....  Always....

Oct 24, 2025 12:26 AM
George Souto
George Souto NMLS #65149 - Middletown, CT
Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert

Praful Thakkar it would be good to see you here in the Rain regularly again.

Oct 23, 2025 03:59 PM
Praful Thakkar

George Souto I will do my best!

Oct 24, 2025 12:26 AM
Patricia Feager
Referral Specialist - DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX
Licensed to April 2027

Praful Thakkar - You are a blessing to us all. I am looking forward to reading your fresh new thoughts and ideas. Thank you for having the courage to come back after eight long years. It will be good for you to reconnect on ActiveRain and via ZOOM meetings.

Oct 23, 2025 10:15 PM
Praful Thakkar

Thanks a lot for kind words, Patricia Feager.

I have marked my calendar for weekly ZOOM calls. 

Oct 24, 2025 12:25 AM
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Hello Praful - the death of SEO has long been discussed.  I look forward to reading if you can resuscitate the issue in a way that brings a new or longer life to the process.   

Oct 24, 2025 03:12 AM
Praful Thakkar

Michael Jacobs - I will search for those posts to get an idea what people are saying.
I wanted to share the extension of SEO!

Oct 24, 2025 11:56 AM
Brian England
Ambrose Realty Management LLC - Gilbert, AZ
MBA, GRI, REALTOR® Real Estate in East Valley AZ

It's good to see you back in the Rain!  I hope that we will get to interact a bit and get to know each other.

Oct 24, 2025 05:42 AM
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Burlington, MA
Metro Boston Homes For Sale

Brian England Indeed. Already have a few draft in my blog-roll. Refining them to post in a day or so.

Oct 24, 2025 11:53 AM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Retired Home Stager/Redesign

Hi Praful- I'm glad you're back!!!  I don't know if SEO is dead but like the rest of us, it has aged. So it may have morphed. I'm not sure how relevant it is to some. 

Oct 25, 2025 04:26 PM
Praful Thakkar

Kathy Streib - 🤣

Indeed, the age factor is there - for all of us!

Oct 26, 2025 08:18 PM
Eileen Burns 954.483.3912
Douglas Elliman Las Olas - Fort Lauderdale, FL
FLorida Real Estate Connector

Praful Thakkar we have been told by Paddy Deighan MBA JD PhD chatbot is replacing SEO.  

Oct 30, 2025 06:23 AM
Praful Thakkar

Eileen Burns 954.483.3912 I may have a different opinion on that. It's a supplement to SEO and not replacement.

Nov 01, 2025 10:08 PM