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We pulled off an SEO heist that stole 3.6M total traffic from a competitor.

We got 489,509 traffic in October alone.

Here's how we did it: Image
We pulled off an SEO heist using AI.

1. Exported a competitor’s sitemap
2. Turned their list of URLs into article titles
3. Created 1,800 articles from those titles at scale using AI

18 months later, we have stolen:

- 3.6M total traffic
- 490K monthly traffic
How we did it?

18 months ago, this was a totally manual process.

Today, there are tools to help automate 90% of the process.

Here’s how:
1. Find a competitor

Which website ranks for the keywords you want to rank for?

- Brainstorm
- Use Ahrefs/Semrush
- Manually search on Google Image
2. See their sitemap

To find your competitor’s sitemap, add the following to their domain:

website.com/sitemap.xml
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Their sitemap shows a list of all the URLs on their website.

However, the URLs in the sitemap must be descriptive to get the
best results...

For example:


website.com/t/1043423
website.com/how-to-make-so…
3. Export sitemap

Google “convert XML to CSV” and use one of the free tools to export the sitemap as a CSV file. Image
4. Generate ideas

Using the list of competitor URLs, it’s time to generate article ideas.

Add the URLs from the sitemap into Byword’s Write From URLs feature and scrape the URLs. Image
Byword generates article titles and outlines based on the competitor URLs provided.

For example:

might get translated to:
A Beginner's Guide to Making Soup website.com/how-to-make-so…
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5. Write with AI

Optional: Edit the suggested titles and headings for the articles... Image
Once ready, generate AI content for your final set of articles. Image
6. Publish quickly

Publish the content straight onto your website using CMS integrations (to save time). Image
Results?

Using this process, we published 1,800 articles in a few hours.

Since then:

- 490K monthly traffic
- 3.6M total since publishing
- 13K keywords on page 1 of Google

The best part? We’ve taken that traffic from our competitors. Image
Try for yourself...

Sign up at to try this feature and get 5 articles for free. Byword.ai
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Nov 23
Steal my 17 proven blog title templates:

They've generated 1,000,000s in traffic and revenue for clients and my own businesses.

(Examples included)
1. Product list

X Best {Product Category} in 2023

Example: 10 Best Email Marketing Platforms in 2023

2. Versus

{Competitor} vs {Your Product}: Which is Best for You?

Example: Mailchimp vs ConvertKit: Which is Best for You?
3. Alternatives

X Best {Competitor} Alternatives in 2023

Example: 5 Best Mailchimp Alternatives in 2023

4. Review

{Product} Review 2023: Is This {Product Category} Any Good?

Example: Mailchimp Review 2023: Is This Email Software Any Good?
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7 ways I’m using AI to scale SEO: Image
1. Ideas Lists

Provide lists of ideas across a scalable topic in your industry.

Example: Baby Name Ideas

- Boy names
- Irish boy names
- Unique boy names
- Boy names that start with A

Total potential (US only):

- 580K keywords
- 8M/mo searches
How?

1. Go to Batch Generator
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3. Create a spreadsheet with titles and subheadings for all keywords
4. Paste the output into Byword Byword.ai
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7 best SEO examples:
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@levelsio Strategy:

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It's crucial to not get left behind.

Here's old SEO vs new SEO: Image
Old SEO: I'll only use keyword tools to find data and opportunities.

New SEO: I'll talk to my customers and create content around their pain points. Image
Old SEO: I'll prioritise my keyword list by the highest search volume.

New SEO: I'll prioritise my topic ideas by the highest conversion potential. Image
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Oct 30
I published 346 AI articles.

3 months later they've generated 123K SEO traffic and 641 conversions.

The best part?

This project is still incredibly early. Performance is currently growing by 50% week-on-week.

Here's how I did it: Image
1. The “Ideas” keyword framework

All 346 AI-generated pages came from one scalable keyword framework: {Thing} Ideas.

For example:

- Gift Ideas
- Title Ideas
- Name Ideas

The topic was highly relevant to their industry and product...
2. Creating page titles at scale

Using your keyword framework, create as many titles as possible.

For example, here’s how I would create titles for the {Niche} Blog Name Ideas framework: Image
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Oct 25
We finally hit 1 million monthly SEO traffic using 100% AI-generated content.

- 7K total pages generated
- 1.07M current monthly sessions
- 9.2M total sessions since day 1
- 41K first-page ranking keywords
- New links from 1,648 domains

Here's how: Image
This is the World’s largest AI SEO case study.

But don't just take my word for it: Image
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, then moved to GPT-3.5, and now on GPT-4

AI tool used:

Here's how we did it: Byword.ai
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