Keep going · Lesson 11 of 12

Read your Search Console, then act on it

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Read your Search Console, then act on it

The searches you almost rank for, and the pages people see but don’t click. The quickest wins you have.

8 minute video

The steps

  1. Open Performance in Search Console, set it to the last 28 days, and turn on average position.

  2. Filter for searches where you sit between positions 8 and 20. These are one improvement away from real clicks.

  3. For each, improve the page for that exact search: answer it sooner, add the missing section, link to it from related pages.

  4. Sort pages by impressions and look for a low click rate. Write a clearer title and description for those.

  5. Look for searches you show up for with no page of their own. Each one is an article to write.