As an experienced freelance Sr. SEO Specialist for over the last 20 years, I can say that Real SEO™ in 2025 has gone well beyond traditional website optimization techniques.

Real SEO™ now encompasses a holistic approach to optimizing a business's entire digital presence across multiple platforms and channels.

You can see a simple example of SEO Proof where traditional Exact Domain Match (EDM) with Exact Social Brands work together to create a dominant branded search result. 

Strategically threading your brand channels with SEO will also produce AI mentions and recommendations.

This holistic approach has substantial benefits, not least of which is the path to 1st Page Dominance.

✍ Written by Krisada Eaton.    🔊 Read by AI Assistant Jennifer.

Digital Marketing Is A Progression

It's like growing a garden or raising a child. Lots of variables, some universal constants and each entity is unique to it's own situation.

Meaning, that whether they're plants or children, they have things in common with others like them, maybe even seemingly identical things but changing their location, tone or vibe they give can drastically change their influence.

Here's how I've weathered years of algorithm changes that consistently still works today.

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