How to track seo results without wasting time (solo founder edition)

- Don’t track everything. just track these 3: 

 - how many indexed pages you’ve got (google search console → pages → filter by “indexed”)

 - clicks & impressions from ai answers (google search console → performance → filter “search appearance” for ai overviews)

 - which urls get traffic from non-branded keywords (click performance → filter out your brand name)

- use gsc console bulk export (go to settings → turn on bigquery export)

 - now you get daily data without clicking 20 tabs like a robot

- Want ai results? use raw text. no fluff, no fancy visuals

 - ai overviews in search pull clean, direct answers

 - they don’t care about pretty formatting, just the info

 - if you write, write like you're explaining something in discord. clear and blunt.

- use a site:yourdomain .com search every 2 weeks

 - google hides your pages when it wants. this tells you what’s actually showing up

- Want distribution without blog posts or video? post short value drops on reddit, twitter, hacker news

 - link to your tool, landing, or how-to page

 - this still gets indexed + picked up by ai overviews

 - avoid self-promo vibe. just be helpful and blunt

- hot trick: set alerts using visualping dot io for ai answers on your main keywords

 - it checks if your site is showing up in ai overview boxes

 - not 100% reliable but better than sitting around guessing

- If you're using a static site (like with framer, webflow, or custom build), check log files

 - look for googlebot visits on new urls

 - if no visit in 7 days, something’s wrong with your internal linking

- don’t waste time on rank tracking tools. they lie half the time. use real traffic and query data.

- remember: AI seo isn't about ranking #1 anymore. it’s about getting cited in ai answers. that’s the game now.

do less. measure what matters. keep the loop small.

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