With SEO being one of the more fickle and unpredictable industries to be involved in, it’s quite fitting that the practice is still but a teenager. 14 years old, in fact, if we count her birth as the year in which the term “SEO” was first used (1997). And hasn’t she grown up fast! Search Engine Journal have documented the milestones and main developments in the search engine marketing journey from 1994 to 2011 in the nicely presented infographic below:
![The Evolution of Making Page 1 [INFOGRAPHIC]](http://www.searchenginejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110909-SEJ-Making-Page1.jpg)
Source: The Evolution of Making Page 1 [INFOGRAPHIC]
About Jennie Excell
Senior Campaign Manager (SEO & Social Media) at Make It Rain, Jennie has been with the company since 2010, coming from a background in online travel.
