The SEO strategy for AI search engines
The SEO strategy for AI search engines
Marketing Powerup #44: Eli Schwartz, author of Product-Led SEO, shares his 5-part SEO strategy in a post-AI search world.
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As SEO changes with the rise of AI,
, the author of Product-Led SEO and Eliās Newsletter on Substack, offers new ideas on how to handle these changes. Here are five key strategies marketers should be using right now.
1. Focus on the mid-funnel user. š
Focus on the mid-funnel user. He says that AI responses are taking over the top of the funnel for most searches, making content written for early buyers less useful.
Instead, marketers should focus on mid-funnel searches that are more likely to lead to clicks and sales.
2. Prioritize revenue reporting from SEO. šµ
Now is the time to focus on revenue from organic search as a key success measure. Eli believes that in a world without queries, impressions and click-through rates will matter less, making revenue a more accurate measure of SEO success.
3. Use 'People Also Ask' for content creation ideas. šāāļø
Use 'People Also Ask' for content creation ideas rather than relying on keywords from keyword tools. These questions are conversation starters and can help identify mid-funnel ideas.
"I am going to be using a lot more People Also Ask because these are already conversation starters and based on the longer phrasing it will be easier to identify mid-funnel ideas. Use a system to collect People Also Ask related queries to your product or service."
4. Reconsider the role of links in SEO. šļø
The idea of domain authority may become less important. Eli argues that relevance and topical authority will become more important, and marketers should prioritize cross-link relationships with related sites in a vertical.
"Everything about links and SEO are going to change in a world where search becomes a lot more personal. The often-abused idea of domain authority that had marketers chasing links from authority websites may not be necessary anymore. Look for sites in your 'contextual neighborhood' that might give you a link to your website, and just ask."
5. Align your content with actual buyer personas. š§āāļø
Make sure your content aligns with actual buyer personas. If the content doesn't help an actual buyer convert, it may not be worth writing.
"Instead of targeting keywords with the most search volume to hopefully get the maximum amount of clicks, SEO efforts will need to be more deliberate to target the right users with the right keywords. Make sure your content aligns with an actual buyer persona. If you canāt picture how the content might help an actual buyer convert, donāt write it."
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