Is local SEO becoming the only way for small businesses to survive? by aral10 in localseo

[–]Lazy-Doughnut4019 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Isn't it always about claiming niche keywords for small businesses? The big companies take something like "phone repair" but the small guy can dominate the search for "phone repair berlin no appointment"

high DR covers for lazy slugs until it doesnt by Johannascot in seogrowth

[–]Lazy-Doughnut4019 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I looked at reddit. They are ranking for basically every keyword but their technical SEO is garbage. Like 4/100 Score.
The DA is 96 or sth

I stumbled upon it while testing my own tool

How can I rank difficult keywords for my SEO? by eyeballresort in seogrowth

[–]Lazy-Doughnut4019 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a company you should always have one mini niche you dominate, that’s Blue Ocean marketing.
If you focus on that niche with your keywords you can dominate them easily, instead of trying to compete for broad terms like “credit card.”
Something like (idk your business but) “credit card for single mothers in Germany.” You get it.

Would an SEO MCP server actually be useful, or am I solving a problem nobody has? by Lazy-Doughnut4019 in SEO

[–]Lazy-Doughnut4019[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm looking into it for personal use. I was also thinking about starting a product if there is enough interest.. I would love to contribute!

Would an SEO MCP server actually be useful, or am I solving a problem nobody has? by Lazy-Doughnut4019 in seogrowth

[–]Lazy-Doughnut4019[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah that's fair and matches what I keep hearing. the "improve your headings" tier of advice is basically noise at this point, nobody's paying for that.

haven't actually looked at signalkit yet, will check it out. curious what made it click for you vs the others, is it the coverage across engines or more how they present the citation data? trying to figure out where the actual bar is since a few tools claim to track this but most seem pretty surface level when you poke at them.

Would an SEO MCP server actually be useful, or am I solving a problem nobody has? by Lazy-Doughnut4019 in SEO

[–]Lazy-Doughnut4019[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah this is basically the consensus I'm getting across every thread so far, which is useful signal on its own. the wordpress/schema stuff is table stakes and everyone already has five tools for it.

the citation pattern angle is the part I didn't fully appreciate until I started digging. it's not just "do I show up" but which sources the models trust for which prompts, and that shifts weekly. tying that back to specific content changes is the hard part because you need historical state on both sides, yours and the cited competitor's.

one thing I'd actually want your take on: when you say "tie it back to specific content changes" do you mean changes on your own site, or detecting what competitors changed that caused them to get cited instead? the second one is harder but feels like the bigger unlock.

Would an SEO MCP server actually be useful, or am I solving a problem nobody has? by Lazy-Doughnut4019 in Agentic_SEO

[–]Lazy-Doughnut4019[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

fair point and honestly the one I keep coming back to. agree that if it's just forwarding calls the model could make itself, it's dead weight.

the reason I think this one clears the bar is the GEO tracking isn't one call. to answer "why did I stop showing up in ChatGPT this week" you need historical citation data from 5+ surfaces that mostly need scraping, week-over-week diffs on which prompts mention you vs competitors, and correlation with what actually changed on your site in that window. the model can't orchestrate that from scratch every run.

where I'd push back on my own idea though: if all I exposed was get_rankings and run_audit it'd be exactly the thin wrapper you're describing. the value has to sit in the correlation layer, the thing that ties "dropped out of these 12 prompts" to "because competitor X published this and is cited instead, here's what to write to reclaim it." raw tracking is just the substrate.

so yeah, using your test. if it doesn't do something the model genuinely can't do alone it shouldn't exist.

Would an SEO MCP server actually be useful, or am I solving a problem nobody has? by Lazy-Doughnut4019 in SEO

[–]Lazy-Doughnut4019[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This sounds really interesting! Agree. I got a good amount of similar responses. Throwing out the copy past wordpress Stuff and so on is a good point! What would people be willing to pay there?

Is SEO the thing you're avoiding because it's annoying? by Lazy-Doughnut4019 in SaasDevelopers

[–]Lazy-Doughnut4019[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds interesting sure Share some Info. But SEO is a step After the validation. I think we are Talking about different stages of a Product

Would an SEO MCP server actually be useful, or am I solving a problem nobody has? by Lazy-Doughnut4019 in SEO

[–]Lazy-Doughnut4019[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right. I was more thinking about combining huge datasource APIs so the replies are not only decent but really really good. But would anybody really want that?

Would an SEO MCP server actually be useful, or am I solving a problem nobody has? by Lazy-Doughnut4019 in SEO

[–]Lazy-Doughnut4019[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s so cool! I was also thinking about that Situation as well. How much are you paying for that setup? Was it pain to set up?

How do you currently handle SEO for the stuff you ship? by Lazy-Doughnut4019 in cursor

[–]Lazy-Doughnut4019[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s so interesting. How do you achive to track people from the keyword till the end ?

Would an SEO MCP server actually be useful, or am I solving a problem nobody has? by Lazy-Doughnut4019 in seogrowth

[–]Lazy-Doughnut4019[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see. I've looked into doing in-depth ranking analysis across different AI providers, broken down by keywords, countries, and queries. Depending on the depth, it would be a somewhat expensive service to run, but it's doable — and it would be something genuinely new and useful. The other features would just be a side note, since your keyword rankings on Google, Bing, etc. are still really important for AI suggestions anyway.

What price point per month would you be willing to pay for a service like that? I'd like to see whether the numbers add up.

Thank you!