strategy

Strategy guides.

Every strategy guide we've published — 64 articles on the tactics, the tradeoffs, and what actually moves rankings.

Strategy

What Is a Good Backlink Strategy? 3 Approaches That Work

A good backlink strategy mixes linkable content, relevant 1-for-1 swaps and selective outreach, avoids what Google calls link spam, and tracks results.

October 20264 min read
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Should My Business Have a Wikidata Entry?

Wikidata is easier to qualify for than Wikipedia and passes no link value. Who it actually helps, what it does for AI answers, and how to create one safely.

September 20268 min read
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How to Get ChatGPT to Describe Your Brand Correctly

ChatGPT describes you from what the web says, not what you say. How to audit the description, trace a wrong fact to its source, and fix it at the source.

September 20268 min read
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How Small Businesses Can Get Press Coverage Without a PR Agency

Press coverage doesn't require an agency or a budget — it requires understanding how journalists work. Story angles, finding the right reporter, writing a pitch worth reading, and the realistic timeline.

September 20265 min read
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One Big Site vs Several Niche Sites for SEO (How to Choose)

One big site or several niche sites? One almost always wins. Why a second domain restarts authority from zero, and the four cases where separate sites work.

September 20268 min read
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What Is Parasite SEO? (And Why Google Cracked Down)

Parasite SEO explained: how renting a big site's authority works, what Google's site reputation abuse policy does about it now, and who actually pays for it.

September 20268 min read
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Do AI Search Answers Send Any Traffic to Websites?

AI answers do send traffic, but far less than blue links. What the click-through data shows, and what AI search visibility is actually worth to your site.

September 20268 min read
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Should I Delete Old Blog Posts That Get No Traffic?

Google says deleting low-traffic pages won't lift the rest of your site. The decision tree — keep, improve, merge, noindex, remove — and the backlink trap.

September 20268 min read
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What Is a Realistic SEO Budget for a Small Business?

What a small business should spend on SEO each month, what each budget tier buys, and how to price your competitive gap instead of guessing a percentage.

September 20268 min read
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How Do I Know if an SEO Agency Is Legit?

Five checks to run before signing an SEO contract — verify their case studies, inspect the links they built, and read the clauses that decide who owns what.

September 20268 min read
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How Much Does an SEO Agency Cost Per Month?

SEO agencies average $3,209 a month, but the most common retainer is $501–$1,000. What each tier buys, what moves the price, and how to sanity-check a quote.

September 20267 min read
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How Long Does SEO Take to Show Results?

Google says four months to a year. The four separate clocks inside that range, what makes each faster, and the leading indicators to watch from week one.

September 20269 min read
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