Programmatic SEO Newsletter #34

Sneaky Backlink #49: ⚡ HashNode(.)com

Unforetunately none of you correctly guessed HashNode for tonight's link so I'll be keeping the $500 to buy coffee & cigars. 😅

HashNode is like Medium, it's a high powered Long-Form UGC platform.💯

The major difference being all links… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

— Connor Showler | SaaS Master 👨‍💻 (@ConnorShowler)
3:10 AM • Apr 4, 2024

Stop researching keywords and complicating SEO. Keyword research tools don't show real volume and all available keywords anyway.

Instead:

1. Quickly write a post and wait till it is indexed by Google.
2. Open Google Search Console and check keywords associated with the page.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

— Dmytro Krasun (@DmytroKrasun)
9:30 AM • Apr 4, 2024

Project announcement time (pt. 1): kurungmoden.com

A project I initially created to experiment with SEO. Was learning abt keyword research when I realized that the keyword "kurung moden" was low competition with ~10k monthly searches, not incl. the longer tail keywords.

— Afif | Programmer dad 🇲🇾🤲🏻🇵🇸 (@afifsohaili)
10:00 AM • Apr 4, 2024

Mind the keyword gap 👀
Your site: 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
Competitor: 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Close it by:
- @ahrefs: Competitive Analysis
- @semrush: Keyword Gap
Here's how 👇

— Ilias Ism (@illyism)
12:00 AM • Apr 5, 2024

Find the topical depth and coverage of your sites or  competitor sites with this free tool I just released.

1. Enter a sitemap URL or list of URLs
2. Enter the main topics to classify each page into
3. Get a topic classification for each URL and the total count of articles you… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

— Yoyao (@yoyaoh)
2:04 AM • Apr 5, 2024

I never paid for a backlink, but

Papermark has 6000 backlinks
PostGenerator has 2700 backlinks
Postli has 2100 backlinks
MarbleFlows 12900 backlinks

All this in a quite short period of time.

How I got backlinks for all of my products?

By launching and posting in 10… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

— Iuliia Shnai (@shnai0)
1:02 PM • Apr 9, 2024

🚨 Bad SEO Agency:

Our client sells swimwear, so let's target the keyword "swimwear" — 70,000 searches per month, so ranking for that keyword will drive a ton of sales.

👍🏽 Good SEO Agency:

Our client sells swimwear, but we're not going to be able to rank them for the keyword… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

— Carrie Rose (@CarrieRosePR)
8:31 AM • Apr 10, 2024

I analysed the top-ranking sites for 1,000 health symptom keywords — many covering serious concerns.

The most prominent domain Google ranks is Mayoclinic.

The second most prominent is Quora, where it's easy to find spammed, copied or AI-generated medical advice.

For instance,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

— Glen Allsopp 👾 (@ViperChill)
1:42 PM • Apr 11, 2024

Here's my full Google March Core Update research. I spent 220+ hours and thousands on collecting and processing the data, experimenting and validating results. Charts and recovery info included. Constantly updated with the latest test results.

— Eric Lancheres (@ericlancheres)
4:17 PM • Apr 15, 2024

I found programmatic SEO ideas worth $$$ 🤑

1. Open @ahrefs keywords explorer:
- Lowest DR: Top 20 (= easy to rank)
- CPC: $1+ (= valuable)
- Keyword: near me (= localized)

You'll see a list of directory keywords! 👇 twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

— Ilias Ism (@illyism)
10:48 AM • Apr 16, 2024

Indie SEO #8: Stagetimer, @stagetimerio
Founders: Lukas & Liz Hermann @_lhermann , @lizmhermann

If your product is the first of its kind, marketing can feel like an uphill battle.

When Lukas came to us at @Embarque he said he had “run out of ideas” on how to promote… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

— Jules revenue-driven SEO (@julesfounder)
2:40 PM • Apr 16, 2024