SEO Predictions 2008

Posted by Elmer W. Cagape on Jan 23, 2008 in Google, SEO Myths

Before end of the first month of the year, here are some bold and fearless SEO predictions for 2008, swirling around the Web:

Google will stop referring to Open Directory data.
Reputation management / search leveraged press release services will grow further this year.
Yahoo! will struggle in gaining foothold within the search engine market.
Usability will play a bigger part in the SEO process and be given due credit.
Google Local and Yahoo! Local will even be more essential to build business around.
More acquisitions: smaller specialty SEO companies will merge with bigger agencies.
Unique content remains to be the king.
Video and mobile marketing will explode unless recession puts a brake to these promising channels.
Google properties will expand further beyond the search (Google TV, Google Phone).
More features will be released by Google Webmaster Tools.
MSN will start popularizing its tools, currently brewing at Microsoft adCenter Labs.
Local paid search efforts will pay greater dividends.