Week 1 · SEO from Scratch · Foundations
Audience: entrepreneurs, marketing agencies, founders, anyone who needs SEO.
Style mirror today: Aleyda Solis (news-curation + clean visuals) · Ross Simmonds (1-line-per-paragraph cadence).
Banned phrases: game-changer, move the needle, crushing it, algorithm hacks, secret sauce, 10x, "in today's world."
Note from automated run: today is Sunday 2026-05-17. The calendar starts "Day 1 · Mon." I treated today as Day 1 since the Runs log was empty, and let day-of-week labels drift by one. Adjust if you'd rather slip Day 1 to Mon 2026-05-18.
I learned SEO from zero.
Here's what I wish someone told me on Day 1 — before I wasted 6 months on keywords nobody searched for.
The thing nobody admits about SEO in 2026: 58.5% of Google searches end with zero clicks (SparkToro). AI Overviews now appear in 13% of queries, and they pull up to 58% of the clicks away from the #1 spot.
So if you're starting today, "rank #1" is the wrong goal.
This carousel is the playbook I'd give my past self.
Save it. Send it to the founder who keeps asking "do I need SEO?"
→ Follow me. I'm posting twice a day for the next 30 days. SEO from scratch to advanced.
What's blocking you on SEO right now? Drop it in the comments. I'll cover it this month.
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