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The SEO Renaissance: Why “Search Experience” is Outranking Keywords in 2026

For the last decade, the SEO industry has been obsessed with a single metric: Keywords.We chased volume, we chased difficulty, and we chased “zero-click” searches. We built entire content strategies around a single phrase, often sacrificing readability for the sake of a perfect 1% keyword density. But the landscape has shifted. We are entering the era of the Search Experience. As we…