Keyword Research is Overrated: A Better SEO Strategy for 2025

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If you have a website and you’re doing SEO, you should not start with keyword research. I know that goes against conventional SEO wisdom. But after 16 years doing this work, I can tell you that keyword research has two critical limitations that make it the wrong starting point for most established websites. There’s a […]