The golden triangle refers to where people look on google search results

Eye tracking studies show:

People look at top left first (position #1)
Eyes move in F-pattern down the page
Top 3 results get 75% of clicks
Results below fold get almost nothing


Why it matters:

Ranking #1 vs #5 ...

Here's what I'd do starting over:

month 1-3:

Publish 20-30 high quality posts
Each 1500+ words
Target low competition keywords
Focus on answering specific questions
Get basic technical stuff right (fast hosting, ssl, mobile friendly)


month 4-6:

Start building backlinks (guest ...

I use chatgpt for parts of seo but not everything

What it's good for:

Generating keyword ideas
Writing meta descriptions
Creating content outlines
Finding related topics to cover
Rephrasing titles for better ctr


What it sucks at:

Writing full articles (sounds robotic ...

The 4 pillars are the basics you need to get right:

Pillar 1: technical seo

Site loads fast
Works on mobile
No broken links
Proper site structure
This is foundation everything else sits on


Pillar 2: content

High quality articles/videos
Answers user intent
Better than competition ...

It's awesome to have here. Feel free to contribute your quota to the discussion here.

New sites take even longer. Google doesn't trust you yet

My site got basically zero traffic first 6 months even with good seo

Then month 7-12 it slowly started climbing

Now at month 18 i'm getting 2k visitors per day

It's called the "google sandbox" - new sites get held back

Keep posting. it'll ...

Honestly just answer questions people are searching

Go to youtube and type "how to [your topic]"
look at all the suggestions that pop up
make videos answering those exact questions
use the question as your title

That's literally it

My channel is 70% search traffic doing exactly this. No fancy ...

If totally depends on your rpm

My niche (personal finance):

Rpm: $16
Need 62,500 views per month for $1k


gaming niche:

Rpm: $2-3
Need 400k-500k views per month for $1k


Tech reviews:

Rpm: $8
Need 125k views per month for $1k


Also depends on audience location. us viewers ...

100% SEO score doesn't guarantee views. i've had 100% score videos flop and 40% score videos blow up

But here's how to get 100%:

Keyword in video title (as close to beginning as possible)
Keyword in description (first 2-3 sentences)
Keyword said in video (youtube transcribes everything)
Tags ...

Honestly this is overthinking it

Just think about it as:

Stuff on your site (content, keywords, structure)
Stuff other sites say about you (backlinks)
Technical stuff (speed, mobile)


Focus on making great content with right keywords. that's 90% of what matters

All the other stuff is minor ...