Refresh an existing guide or create a new page?
Use the reader’s decision and the existing page’s role to choose between a revision and a new URL.
THE GROWTH LIBRARY · SEO + AEO
Built for Search.
Ready for Answers.
100 practical guides for SEO, AI search, content, and authority—built to answer real growth questions clearly and usefully, by Matt Pru.
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Report an unknown readiness check without scoring it as zero
Separate failures, missing evidence, and inapplicable checks with a worked readiness-score example and transparent coverage.
Report measurement gaps without assigning missing traffic to direct
Keep observed, self-reported, modeled, and unknown acquisition evidence separate instead of inventing a complete attribution story.
Resolve an ambiguous brand mention before counting it
Separate a real product reference from common words, old names, and unrelated entities before reporting brand visibility.
Review a missing-page response before calling it a 404
Compare the HTTP response, visible message, and destination before deciding how to repair a missing resource.
Review anchor text against the destination promise
Use concrete link-label examples to keep the reader’s expectation aligned with the page or file that opens.
Review the rendered evidence on a JavaScript product page
Compare the initial response, rendered page, and failed resources before blaming JavaScript for a discovery problem.
Run the same AEO panel in a second language
Review question equivalence and local buyer needs before comparing answer observations across languages.
Scale AI content by improving the editorial system.
A practical workflow for original, verifiable content that fills a real gap.