The state of SEO in 2009 was one of transition between the old methods and the new. At the time, search engine algorithms were changing rapidly, and new strategies were being developed to adapt to the changes. For businesses and website owners, this meant having to quickly learn and adapt to the evolving search engine landscape in order to remain competitive. At the start of 2009, search engine optimization (SEO) was still in its early stages. Google had just launched the Caffeine update in June, which was designed to improve search engine results by indexing pages more quickly and accurately.…