What if search engines are gone?

[immediate]

It's possible albeit very low probability. What if search engines are gone and taken over by other forms and ways of how people discover good content? Would SEO still be the forefront of internet marketing? Would backlinks still count in the algorithm?

[GMT]

Well the interest in search engines as far as marketers go is getting traffic from them, so no traffic, no real value...Google is definitely concerned that Facebook may release their own search engine and take a good bit of traffic away, but I doubt it. But to answer your questions if search engine traffic dropped then backlinks would have less value without a doubt, because businesses and a like would be far more focused on things that were getting the traffic.

[localnumberone2]

If search engines were to be replaced by other forms of content discovery, the field of internet marketing would likely undergo significant changes. SEO may still hold relevance, but its importance might diminish in comparison to other strategies for promoting content. The role of backlinks could also evolve or even become less significant depending on the new algorithms or methods used for content ranking. Ultimately, any shift in the landscape of content discovery would require marketers to adapt their strategies accordingly to stay effective and reach their intended audience.

In a scenario where search engines are no longer the dominant method of content discovery, marketers would likely need to explore alternative avenues to promote their content. This may involve focusing on social media platforms, influencer marketing, email marketing, or even emerging technologies such as virtual or augmented reality.

The exact relevance of SEO and backlinks would depend on the new algorithms or methods adopted for content ranking. It's possible that these factors may still play a role, but their significance might be different. Perhaps the emphasis could shift towards factors like user engagement, quality of content, or recommendations from trusted sources.

Overall, the key in this hypothetical future would be staying adaptable and keeping up with the evolving landscape of content discovery. Internet marketers would need to continuously experiment with new strategies and technologies to effectively reach their target audience and capture attention in alternative ways.

This is something interesting and impossible kind of thing. It will change all SEO values and other things.

[seosolutions84]

If something like this happened then the whole mankind will get too back,the source of knowledge is being vanished and all of us had to regain information through traditional ways again.

[siljajoseph]

Search engines enriches the Internet, making it at least appear to be organized also indexes of search engines represents portions of the Internet, offering a wide variety and quantity of information resources.Search engines are sophisticated tools seem to reach right into the global network, and scour its content at your command.
   

[meldave012]

I don't think that it will happen. This is the time where most of the people wants information if search engine will be lost probably most of the people will die to

[thelazytrader]

hi guys
    if the search engine gone first thing is became that every user need the complete url of web site which is he want othere wise he did not find its service .n
    now a day any question arries in the mind first throught is that using  search engine we find the best answer to that question .search engine is the plate form for searching any thing.

[neilharris]

Unanswerable   

[Hemantsingh]

Search engine is the best in recent days. All over the world cover the search engine.In recent days no life without search engine.

[aadi14]

It can only happen if the whole world is going to die.Unless all people are alive and information is gathered every single second its not gonna die.