Search opportunity research
Know what is worth building.
Evidence-first research for deciding which search opportunities deserve time, capital, and years of attention.
Search is not a channel to rent. It is an asset to select, build, and compound.
Flagship field note
Most search markets should never become websites.
Ranking is only the middle of the problem. Before content begins, an operator must decide whether demand, evidence, economics, and the business model deserve sustained investment.
The decision method
Four questions before you build.
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Is the demand real and persistent?
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Can the current SERP be materially improved?
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What evidence advantage can you publish?
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Can the traffic compound into an owned asset?
The search opportunity brief
Follow the research.
Carefully researched field notes on search opportunities, decision frameworks, and experiments.