Abusing ChatGPT for SEO

Last week, I shared how I used ChatGPT as an SEO expert to streamline content creation. This week, I want to show a different approach – leveraging ChatGPT to develop a scalable SEO audit strategy.

The Challenge: SEO is hard

I consider myself pretty good at the technical side of SEO – I know what’s expected from me – HTML, schemas, sitemaps, headers, images alt texts, etc. But it’s still not trivial to make sure I didn’t miss anything.

One the other hand, content wise, I’m a moron – I’m not very good with keyword research, competition analysis, content writing, lead magnets. As soon as I start hearing about outreach and marketing, I’m completly lost..

The Solution: ChatGPT to the rescue

I started with the following prompt:

Please scan https://randomgeneratr.com/ and give any recommendations to increase traffic and usage. The site has:

Competition includes:

  • Competition Site A
  • Competition Site B
  • Competition Site C

Generate a detailed SEO Audit and Growth Strategy

I got back a few clarification questions:

Thanks for the details! To create a thorough SEO audit and growth strategy for https://randomgeneratr.com/, could you please share:

  1. Your target audience (e.g., writers, RPG players, marketers)?
  2. Primary goals (e.g., more organic traffic, higher engagement, backlinks, brand recognition)?
  3. Monthly traffic volume (rough estimate if known)?
  4. Current SEO efforts (e.g., keyword research, backlink building, schema usage)?
  5. Any particular platforms you want to grow on (e.g., Google, Reddit, Pinterest)?

This will help tailor the strategy more effectively.

For which, to be honest, I didn’t really feel like answering – I would have expected ChatGPT to figure it out on its own… But anyway. here’s the answers:

  1. Writers, Game designers/developers
  2. more organic traffic, higher engagement, backlinks
  3. Currently very low – 100 visitors
  4. Whatever you recommend
  5. Whatever is simpler, and will require less outreach and more work on the website itself.

This resulted, after a whooping 13 minutes of thinking, a 11.5K words document which includes:

  • Technical SEO Audit
  • On-Page SEO & Content Strategy
  • On-Site Engagement Tactics
  • Backlink Strategies (Minimal Outreach)
  • Competitive Analysis & Differentiation
  • Schema & Rich Snippet Enhancements

With each section filled with actionable items.

I think I’ve got my work cut out for me for the next few days…