9-Day Beginner SEO Roadmap (fast, focused, practical)

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Follow each day’s mini-tasks. By Day 9 SEO Roadmap you’ll have a live optimized blog post, tracking in GSC/GA, and a plan to scale.

Day 0 — Setup (pre-start, 30–60 min)

  • Create / confirm access to: Google Search Console (GSC) and Google Analytics (GA) — link them.

  • Install a site CMS SEO plugin if you use WordPress (Yoast SEO or Rank Math).

  • Install a Chrome extension: Keyword Surfer or MozBar for quick checks.

Day 1 — Niche & Goal + Quick site health check (2 hours)

  • Define niche, 3 target audience personas, and 3 business goals (traffic, leads, sales).

  • Run a quick site health scan (free tools: Google PageSpeed Insights, Mobile-Friendly Test).

  • Identify 5 top competitor URLs (Google your main keyword and note top 5).

Day 2 — Keyword research foundation (3 hours)

  • Brainstorm 30 seed keywords (topics your audience asks about).

  • Use free tools (Google Trends, Keyword Surfer, AnswerThePublic, People Also Ask) to expand and capture search intent.

  • Mark 10 candidate keywords: label each as Informational / Transactional / Navigational.

Day 3 — Find low-competition, high-traffic keywords (3 hours)
(See section 2 below for detailed method)

  • Finalize 5 primary keywords (one for each planned post) and 10–15 long-tail keywords.

Day 4 — On-page SEO basics + Plan content (2–3 hours)

  • Choose one target keyword for your first blog post.

  • Create an outline: headline ideas, H2/H3 structure, internal links to 2 existing pages, and a CTA.

  • Draft title tag (≤60 chars) and meta description (110–155 chars).

Day 5 — Write SEO-friendly content (3–5 hours)

  • Write the first full draft using the step-by-step writing process (see section 4).

  • Keep readability high: short paragraphs, bullets, subheadings.

Day 6 — Optimize the post & publish (2 hours) SEO Roadmap

  • Apply on-page optimizations (titles, meta, H tags, image alt-text, internal links). See section 3.

  • Add schema if relevant (article schema) using plugin or simple markup.

  • Publish and submit URL to GSC (URL inspection → Request indexing).

Day 7 — Promote & build initial backlinks (3 hours)

  • Share to your social accounts, niche forums, relevant subreddits (follow rules).

  • Outreach to 5 small blogs/creators for mentions or guest post swaps (see backlink methods).

Day 8 — Set up tracking + small A/B test (2 hours)

  • Confirm GA is recording pageviews; set up a conversion goal (email signup, contact).

  • In GSC, monitor impressions & clicks for the new URL.

  • A/B test a headline on social or change meta description and observe CTR for a week.

Day 9 — Review and plan next 30 days (2 hours)

  • Check GSC: impressions, average position, CTR for your target keyword(s).

  • Check GA: traffic source, bounce rate, time on page.

  • Decide 5 follow-up posts based on top performing queries and scale.

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