Outrunning the Bear Analogy

The principle that in SEO you only need to be slightly better than the other websites competing for the same query — not perfect — because you are only competing against existing ranked pages, not an absolute standard.

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"It's like camping in the woods with your friends and a bear comes along. You don't need to outrun the bear, you just ..."
"It's like camping in the woods with your friends and a bear comes along. You don't need to outrun the bear, you just need to outrun your slowest friend."