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Update: 0 to 820K/mo SEO traffic with AI content.

- Traffic after 24 hours
- 300K/mo after 6 months
- 750K/mo after 12 months
- 820K/mo after 16 months
- 10K top 3 keywords in Google

Here's not only how we did it 16 months ago...

But how to do it even better:

Quick overview:

We ran a large-scale SEO campaign using only AI-generated content.

Website: B2B SaaS company
Industry: Finance

AI language model:

- Started on GPT-3
- Moved to GPT-3.5
- Now on GPT-4

AI tool used: Byword.ai

Results timeline:

I've updated this case study every 3-4 months...

Keywords (top 3 in Google):

- Sept 22: 1,506
- Jan 23: 3,194
- Apr 23: 4,317
- Today: 10,150

Monthly organic traffic:

- Sept 22: 300K
- Jan 23: 660K
- Apr 23: 750K
- Today: 820K

7M total sessions:

How we did it:

All content was produced at scale using it was publicly available.

But that was 16 months ago. Technology has since evolved.

In this post, I won't just show you how we did it 16 months ago.

But I'll show you how to do it even better...Byword.ai

1. Understanding the target audience

A large part of a successful AI content campaign is knowing what your audience is searching.

Ways we researched:

- Keyword research tools
- Competitor keyword data
- Ideation around the product
- Scraping competitor sitemaps

For example, if targeting Excel users, use Ahrefs' matching terms report and look for patterns in the data (for step 2).

2. Choose scalable topic series

Find a series of topics with 100s or 1,000s of keywords to target.

Here are the 6 we chose:

An example of a scalable topic series targeting Excel users is:

How to calculate [formula] in Excel

3A. Generate content for each topic series

Use to generate the AI content from your topics (it can produce 1,000s in a day). https://t.co/ocrDW5Q1lsByword.ai

3B. Enable internal linking first

Internal linking is crucial. But it wasn't possible to automate 16 months ago.

Add your sitemap and let Byword do the rest.

3C. Upgrade the AI image model

AI-generated images were fairly poor at the time.

But now, Byword has an upgraded option that also allows you to add brand colours.

4. Build the website architecture

Create an area on the site to house the content to ensure Google can find and crawl the pages easily.

Each of those pages then houses the individual posts for that topic series (like a HTML sitemap).

5. Publish quickly

Publish the content and ensure all URLs are in the XML sitemap and submitted in Search Console.

Byword has integrations with CMS platforms to speed this up.

6. Submit to Google for indexing at scale

We published over 7,000 articles. Google takes its time indexing
every single page.

Instead, use a tool like @TagParrot to automatically request indexing to Google for each page.

7. Results...

Wait 3+ months to see traffic.

However, this project saw traffic as soon as the next day.

The time to rank will depend on the existing authority of the website.

Traffic graphs:

What does it cost?

Large-scale AI campaigns like this require the 'Unlimited' monthly plan.

(The majority, if not all, of the content can be generated within 1 month.)

But you can try Byword for free:

Simply enter your topic here and generate your article.

Questions?

I'm replying to all comments over the next 5 days.

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