The Strategy

We rebuilt John’s content foundation to dominate Google’s algorithm and capture relationship seekers searching for help.

Content Audit & Keyword Repositioning

We analyzed 6 months of Google Search Console data and identified 327 untapped long-tail keywords with high search volume and low competition. We rewrote 60+ existing articles to target these specific phrases, restructured headers for semantic SEO, and built a topical authority cluster system with aggressive internal linking.

Publishing Velocity & Content Gaps

We identified 192 content gaps where competitors were ranking but John had no content. We built a publishing calendar with 3-4 new long-form articles per week, each optimized for 1 primary keyword and 5-10 semantic variations. Within 6 months, Sociotelligence published 78 new articles and reoptimized 60+ existing ones.

Technical SEO & Site Speed Optimization

We fixed critical technical issues: page load time dropped from 3.8 seconds to 1.2 seconds, all images were compressed (70% file size reduction), implemented lazy loading, migrated to faster hosting with CDN integration, built and submitted XML sitemaps, and fixed 40+ broken internal links. Google’s Core Web Vitals score went from “Needs Improvement” to “Good.”

Backlink Strategy & Authority Building

We built a targeted backlink strategy through guest posting on psychology blogs, digital PR campaigns that landed features in 6 major publications, resource page link building (added to 40+ lists), and broken link replacement on authority sites. Within 9 months, Sociotelligence went from 8 referring domains to 127.

The traffic explosion happened around month 4 as articles began hitting page 1. Today, Sociotelligence pulls 606,000 organic clicks per year with 92.4% of traffic coming from organic search.