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65% -- seo budget no reduction expectation for SEO budgets (2026)
65% of respondents surveyed by Search Engine Journal do not expect a reduction in their SEO budget for 2026.
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65%
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2026
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75
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60
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20
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30
Methodology
60
Freshness
95
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Search Engine Journal
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https://healthroutedaily.co/budget-seo-for-capacity-not-output/560521/ ↗
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Budget SEO For Capacity, Not Output
Marketing leaders are still budgeting to grow clicks in 2026, even though AI Overviews cut organic traffic in half and AI Mode kills it almost entirely.
Meanwhile, close to 60% of those who responded to my recent poll report their stakeholders don’t understand the value of brand mentions in LLMs.
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SEO budgets: 65% seo budget no reduction expectation. Source: Search Engine Journal (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/seo-budget-no-reduction-2026-65
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