Pages that compete with each other for the same Google search
Find searches where two or more of your pages take turns in Google, decide which page should own each search, and adjust the others.
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Time
- about 40 min
Using Search Console for the last [3 months], find searches where two or more of my pages get impressions, like [winter tyres] showing both a post and a category page. List the [10] with the most impressions, with each page's clicks and average position. For each, suggest which page should own the search and what to change on the others: their search title, a heading, or a link to the main page. Where two pages should become one, say which to keep and suggest a redirect from the other. Show me the plan first and change nothing until I approve each page.
Already connected?
If SAR is already in your AI app, this is enough:
Find searches where several of my pages compete, and suggest which page should own each one.
What happens
- The AI app reads Search Console by search and page together, and keeps searches where more than one page appears.
- It reads the competing pages and their search snippets.
- It shows you which page should own each search and what to change on the others.
- Changes to live pages and snippets wait for your approval in SAR, and can be undone for 30 days.
- If you merge two pages, moving the old one to the trash and the 301 redirect from its address to the page you keep each wait for your approval in SAR; the redirect can be undone for 30 days.
Approvals involved
Worked out from the tools this recipe uses.
gsc_get_advanced_search_analyticsSearch analytics with filtersNonewordpress_list_postsList posts or pagesNonewordpress_get_postGet a post or pageNonewordpress_get_seoGet a search snippetNonewordpress_update_seoEdit a search snippetApproval once livewordpress_update_postEdit a post or pageApproval once livewordpress_trash_postMove a post or page to the trashApprovalwordpress_create_redirectAdd a redirectApproval
What you get
One clear page per important search. If you merge two pages into one, SAR can redirect the old address to the page you keep, once you approve.
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Try it on your own site
Install the plugin, add SAR to your AI app and paste the prompt. Free to start.