Full data breakdown, GSC numbers, and the complete strategy pivot in the case study:
https://t.co/fZtfSizJho
If you're planning a pSEO project, read this before you launch.
I built 225 programmatic SEO pages on a brand new domain.
After 4 weeks, Google indexed 18%.
6,220 impressions. 7 clicks.
Here's everything I learned (thread) 1/10
What I'd do differently:
Start with 20-30 pages, not 225
Use 5 different templates, not 1
Build a linkable asset before launch
Invest in hub page content (800+ words)
Get at least a few backlinks first
Biggest lesson: programmatic SEO works, but only if Google believes your pages aren't programmatic.
The irony of the whole approach is that the pages that succeed are the ones that don't look like they were made at scale.
Zero backlinks after 4 weeks. Not one.
A new domain with no authority and 225 templated pages is basically asking Google to ignore you.
The pages that got indexed were the ones targeting less competitive queries where Google didn't already have good results.
Why did Google reject 82% of the pages?
Identical template structure. All 225 pages had the same 8 sections in the same order.
Run a site:https://t.co/oE77RHNhZe search and Google literally tells you the omitted results are "very similar."
They noticed.
The painful stat: several pages ranked positions 5-10 on Google and got zero clicks.
6,220 impressions. 7 clicks.
Ranking means nothing if your title and snippet don't compel a click.
YouTube + Gaming was the top performer at 1,309 impressions.
3 of the top 5 pages were YouTube combinations. Gaming and Food were the winning niches.
The bottom 150 pages combined didn't match that one page.
The indexation split was wild:
Hub pages (like /youtube): 87% indexed
Earnings leaf pages: 18% indexed
Niche hub pages: 0% indexed
Blog posts: 0% indexed
Google didn't treat all page types equally. Not even close.
The setup: 225 earnings pages across 15 business models x 15 niches.
Every page targeted "how much do [niche] [business model] make" queries.
Same 8-section template for all 225 pages. That was the first mistake.