Why 90 Days?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
SEO does not produce overnight results. Google needs time to crawl your changes, index your content, and assess how users interact with it. Thirty days is too short to judge anything. Six months is too long to stay motivated without checkpoints. Ninety days hits the right balance \u2014 and it mirrors how Google itself processes change: in waves, not instantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before You Start: Two Things to Set Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Google Search Console<\/strong> \u2014 Shows you which pages Google has indexed, what search terms people use to find you, and any technical errors on your site. Go to search.google.com\/search-console and add your property. Takes about 10 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Google Analytics 4<\/strong> \u2014 Tells you who is visiting, what they are reading, and whether they are converting. Connect it via Google Tag Manager for cleaner tracking from day one. Once both are live, give them a week to collect baseline data before you start making changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The most common mistake beginners make is jumping straight into writing content while their site has indexing problems, slow load times, or broken pages. Google cannot rank what it cannot properly read \u2014 and no amount of great writing fixes a crawlability issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Open Google Search Console and go to the Coverage report. Look for pages marked Excluded or Error. The most common issues: pages blocked by robots.txt, pages marked noindex by accident, or pages never submitted in a sitemap. Check that your sitemap exists at yourdomain.com\/sitemap.xml and submit it in GSC. On WordPress, Yoast SEO or Rank Math generates this automatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Run your homepage through Google PageSpeed Insights at pagespeed.web.dev. Pay attention to the three Core Web Vitals: LCP (how fast your main content loads), CLS (whether elements jump around as the page loads), and INP (how responsive your page feels when someone clicks). On mobile, check that text is readable without zooming and buttons are large enough to tap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prioritise: indexing errors first, then speed, then mobile. Document what you fixed and when \u2014 you will thank yourself in month three when you are looking at the data and trying to understand what caused which change.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n With a clean technical foundation, month two is about making your existing pages work harder \u2014 and starting to build new content with purpose rather than just publishing and hoping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Open GSC and go to the Performance report. Sort by Impressions, highest first. For each of your top 10 pages, check four things: the page title (does it include the main keyword and stay under 60 characters?), the meta description (does it give someone a clear reason to click?), the H1 heading (one per page, matching search intent), and image alt text (every image needs a descriptive label).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before writing a single new post, understand what your audience is actually searching for. Target long-tail keywords \u2014 3 to 5 words, specific phrases. SEO for freelance copywriters is easier to rank for than SEO tips, and the people searching it are more likely to be exactly who you want to reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMonth 1: Fix the Foundation (Technical SEO)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Week 1 and 2: Indexing and crawlability<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Week 3: Speed and mobile<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Week 4: Fix what you found<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Week 5 and 6: Optimise your existing pages<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Week 7 and 8: Keyword research and content planning<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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