As organizations scale:
SEO ownership fragments across teams
Platforms evolve independently
Incentives diverge
Visibility becomes harder to control
Teams work harder. Results become less predictable.
When this happens, SEO problems are rarely tactical. They’re structural.
When performance stalls, most organizations respond by adding:
More content
More tooling
More audits
More execution
If the constraint is structural, this produces diminishing returns.

Common signals:
SEO has plateaued despite continued investment
Teams are producing more work, but outcomes feel harder to control
Ownership is fragmented across product, content, and platform teams
Platform changes routinely undermine organic performance
Leadership senses a structural issue but lacks a clear diagnosis
If the constraint is structural, additional execution will not resolve it without first understanding what needs to change.
