{"id":78585,"date":"2020-04-07T10:46:15","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T17:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bruceclay.com\/?p=78585"},"modified":"2023-09-15T19:41:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T02:41:35","slug":"seo-should-beat-the-competition-not-the-algorithm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bruceclay.com\/blog\/seo-should-beat-the-competition-not-the-algorithm\/","title":{"rendered":"SEO Should Beat the Competition, Not the Algorithm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes in life, you only have to be the least imperfect to survive.<\/p>\n

Take, for example, the story of two friends on a camping trip. They get to the campsite and set up their tents in the same manner. Then, they both store their food safely away from wildlife in the same bin. Later on, they eat the same soup dinner, cooked the same way in the same pots.<\/p>\n

Then, suddenly, an aggressive bear comes into camp. They start to run. This is where it really matters that they do things differently. Neither of them is Olympic material by any means, but only one has to outrun the other to survive.<\/p>\n

This story is not unlike competing to survive online. You don\u2019t have to be an Olympic SEO contender; you have to be the least imperfect to compete in the search results.<\/p>\n