'Demo-led' SEO is dead: pages surge while traffic plummets post-April
gaganghotra_ · x · 2026-08-05
Since April, the traditional 'demo-led' SEO strategy has faced a severe crisis. For instance, B2B sites creating demo pages for long-tail keywords like 'how to curve text in Canva' are seeing their indexed pages increase while actual traffic drops sharply. This indicates that old traffic acquisition tactics are no longer effective in the era of AI-driven search.
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