In 2010, search engine traffic continued to rise aggressively. More searches have been conducted each month, more people are using search engines each month. Th

In 2010, search engine traffic continued to rise aggressively. More searches have been conducted each month, more people are using search engines each month. The growth may not be as stratospheric as Facebook's, but the rise of social media has not in any way affected the fortunes of web search. Until I can use Facebook to find everything I need and it does a much better job than Google, I can't see how they're going to kill SEO... That, and SMM (Social Media Marketing) is essentially an offshoot of SEO and something web marketers pioneered when they realized they could get SEO value from it (back in 2004-2005 before "social media" was a buzzword). Danny Sullivan has written excellently on this topic many times: http://searchengineland.com/an-open-letter-to-derek-powazek-on-the-value-of-seo-27680 http://searchengineland.com/an-open-letter-to-derek-powazek-... http://searchengineland.com/is-seo-dead-1997-prediction-meet-2009-reality-32113 http://searchengineland.com/is-seo-dead-1997-prediction-meet...