Is SEO Still Worth It in a Small Country If the Top 5 Google Results Are All Ads?
Is SEO still worth investing in for a local service business in a country with a population of around 2 million?
I've often read that the top 3 Google search results receive around 70% of all clicks. But if the first 5 positions are already occupied by competitors' Google Ads, the first organic result ends up much lower on the page.
In this situation, does SEO still provide a good return, or has Google Ads become the only realistic way to attract high-intent traffic from Google Search?