Nearly a month after Neil Patel challenged SEO criticisms made by Jason Calacanis, results are favorable for Patel, whose goal was to increase search traffic for Calacanis. Patel said he could boost search-driven traffic on the site by a minimum of 10 percent within 30 days of making the changes to the site. With 7, 449 search engine hits within just a 5-day span, Patel has been able to prove a 21 percent increase in traffic on the site. And that’s with only around 10 percent of the SEO changes. In a phone interview with Webpronews Patel had this to say about the changes:

Patel:
“It’s not bad, it could have been quite a bit more, and I think it will be quite a bit more. Once a lot of the changes get done and stuff like that I think you’ll see a much drastic or much larger of an increase. So right now, the weblogs inc team is doing it on their spare time which is why its taking awhile.”

Calacanis welcomed Patel’s challenge weeks ago, when he was busy criticizing the SEO industry. Patel still doesn’t know what Calacanis has against SEO, but he speculates:

Patel:
“I’m not sure why Jason doesn’t like it, I think it could be a personal vendetta against a couple people or something”.

Patel isn’t expecting a minimum 10 to 20 percent increase as he was at the beginning of the challenge. He’s upped the ante, saying, “When everything is done, I estimate a 50% or so increase in search traffic”. Now, it looks like Neil Patel and the weblogs inc team who is working with him, might have the last laugh.

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