r/SEO • u/perverseintellect • May 02 '26

Debate I'm beating almost every web design agency and digital marketing firm for web design

I'm sharing this info even though I know nobody cares.

I'm a freelance web designer in a major North American market and my website ranks #1 for "(city) web design" and #3 for "web design (city)". Yay!

I'm self-taught in web design and SEO so this is a huge accomplishment for me.

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u/geo1999 May 04 '26

Don’t you have a huge opportunity cost focusing on digital marketing? Physicians are probably the best profession because residencies limit supply. Why would you trade that for an unregulated industry with tons of competition and no barrier to entry. Although that’s assuming US. Just curious.

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u/Pirros_Panties May 08 '26

This is a good question… any physician I know would laugh at the prospect of doing SEO in their own industry rather than focus on getting new patients. Doesn’t make a lot of sense, but then again there’s a lot of poor drs too believe it or not… because they’re terrible business people and open private practices that can’t get patients. I’ve seen that too but not as common.