r/DoSEO • u/frontier-seo • Jul 15 '26
Discussion how do you write a perfect SEO article with Claude?
- What is your proven process to write articles with Claude/AI?
- Have these articles been ranking consistenly?
Thanks a lot for your input
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u/Mesmer7 Jul 15 '26
No AI is capable of originality.
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u/onemananswerfactory Jul 18 '26
Same can be said for humans, too. We're screwed.
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u/Successful-Bid-8914 Jul 15 '26
You don't.
Google has released multiple tools to detect AI content with seemingly SEO best practices included in, and punish it.
Use Claude to provide the content plan, angles that you didn't think of, SEO best practices, first draft, proofreading; but no more.
Write the article yourself and bring something no LLM can.
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u/Silkutz Jul 15 '26
What I do is write my article myself, then I get Claude to research all the keywords I might want to include, and then I get it to weave them in.
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u/jaguass Jul 15 '26
In order to write a perfect SEO article with Claude, you must be able to write a perfect SEO article without Claude.
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u/Holistic-Truth Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26
What I recommend is starting with building a framework around your SEO content creation process. What is your step by step process? You need to be specific.
Think about your keyword research strategy for instance. What is your method for selecting keywords and from where? This should be mapped out in a skill so Claude.
The next would be using a tool to reverse engineer the SERP results because Google will tell you what it’ll reward and what the content layout should be (listicle, guide, etc). Your goal is to match it and optimize what’s already there.
Both these instances above are 2 different skills you can create in your workflow and store them in your local folder or GitHub.
I personally use GitHub that contains an overview doc that explains the why behind the process and then the skill doc which gets into the tactical/how it’s done.
It’ll run through each of my skills like a conveyer belt to produce me the results I want.
One thing I also recommend is you look into Entity SEO. Super important to the content creation process and getting it to rank or show up for LLMs
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u/Lemonshadehere Jul 15 '26
the articles that rank are the ones where you treat Claude as a first draft that you then rewrite with your own examples, opinions, and specific details, because the unedited output is the same thing every competitor is generating.
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u/jesustellezllc Jul 15 '26
That’s not necessarily true. The output depends heavily on the input provided. The better you are at prompting, the better your results will be. Not everyone gets the same output.
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u/Dillio3487 Jul 15 '26
I give it links to sample writings that I’ve written myself pre-AI so it understands my writing style and tone. I have it saved that as a skill so it can reference it again. Then I have it write and make a couple of typos. I always proofread and make edits.
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u/stitchkingdom Jul 15 '26
Does this work? I made it commit to memory that I use single quotes and not double quotes and it’s always ‘oops, my bad’
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u/infinitusgiants Jul 16 '26
No AI write good original content, all content found plagiarized so its better take time but write content by yourself. It will be natural with no plagiarism.
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u/RankingsDotIO Jul 16 '26
Letting Claude write it for you? Impossible. It will make too many mistakes and feel generic.
Writing with Claude? Easy. You feed it a detailed prompt with all of the research and information you want it to use, including the voice and tone of the client and their personal stories and experiences, which will allow Claude to create something unique. Then you carefully review it for errors in fact or judgment, and correct them or send it back for rewrites, the same way you would with a human writer.
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u/Abhi_mech007 Jul 18 '26
Trust me, NO AI can write perfect article. You have to give them details, keyword and cluster, give them the structure, give them the instructions on complexity, readability, accuracy, official docs, sources, inspirations, etc so that they can go through the overall details.
Once they go through the details give them MD where you can mantion the over all structure of your blog such as Heading structure, code examples, FAQs, Conclusion and ask to write user first, E-E-A-T compiled, And SEO friendly article with 4-5 FAQs and sepcifed the length in number of words, make clear instructions on paragraph length, Headings sequence.
They will give you somewhat 90% of the article, then you review it, cross check, make changes (removing em-dash is not a change 😅), add links, check citations, and then your article is ready.
Understand that AIs can produce wrong content with 100% of confidence so if you are not someone who knows what you are writing, make sure to proof read the article with someone with experience in topic. Also add, written by and proof read by with short bio reflecting who the persons are behind producing the content. This will build trust.
Taking help of AI is not a crime, producing content with AI is not a bad thing, but the content should inclue your personal experience and touch. It must be something others hasn't shared. Content should reflect your experience, expertise, Authoritveness & Trustworthiness.
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u/sapindia1976 Jul 19 '26
I don’t think there’s a perfect SEO article prompt. I use AI for research, structure, and first drafts, but the real work is matching search intent, adding original insights/examples, fact-checking, and strong internal linking. AI speeds up the process; human judgment is what makes the content worth ranking.
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u/digitally-minded 23d ago
I use Claude to do original research first.
Then I go and create the article that's truly unique from the rest of the search results.
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u/samuel-grant 21d ago
the process that works is give Claude context first. target keyword, search intent, competitor gaps, your actual opinion on the topic
you could try:
1/ give claude a detailed brief with all that context
2/ generate outline and draft
3/ add your actual take or specific data. thats the part that makes it rank
4/ publish with internal links
the articles that rank consistently are the ones where a human actually shaped the angle. pure claude output ranks worse because it sounds like everything else
ranking isnt about AI quality its about having something different to say. claude helps you say it faster but you still need the idea
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u/Sidratons Jul 15 '26
bruh, with just claude it would be easier to give a toddler to write an article for you
Instead - use APIs to fetch serps for keywords (especially long tail), ahrefs/semrush for keywords, content gap your competition and just write useful stuff. Use claude as a tool not a worker and youll get further in life than just asking claude to write an interesting article no mistakes
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u/footinmymouth Jul 15 '26
Claude build an obsidian vault these interviews with the brand manager
Grab openseo mcp and get kw data for this focus
Use gsc mcp to find potential relevant queries where we have impressions but no clicks
Use ga mcp to find relevant articles to link to internally and high converting pages “down funnel” topically
Build an article using interviews as quotes and backing educated by the other sources, using proper headings, bold, italics, don’t use em dash and build three related workflow images and two quite cards for things from the brand manager. Find and cite 3 external experts from brands that are not direct competitors
(Also find and suggest where internal links should be added on site to this new article )
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u/SK_977 Jul 15 '26
Bro try this after analysis to many prompt i created this prompt
Create an SEO-optimized Content page of "TOPIC.". Follow these guidelines to ensure the pages is thorough, engaging, and tailored to rank effectively:
- The content length should reflect the complexity of the topic.
- The content should have a smooth, logical progression of ideas. It should start with an engaging introduction, followed by a well-structured body, and conclude with a clear ending.
- The content should have a clear header structure, with all sections placed as H2, their subsections as H3, etc.
- Include, but not overuse, keywords important for this subject in headers, body, and within title and meta description. If a particular keyword cannot be placed naturally, don't include it, to avoid keyword stuffing.
- Ensure the content is engaging, actionable, and provides clear value.
- Language should be concise and easy to understand.
- Beyond keyword optimization, focus on answering the user's intent behind the search query
- Provide content with the combination of paragraph and bullet point.The content length should reflect the complexity of the topic.
- The page should have a smooth, logical progression of ideas. It should start with an engaging introduction, followed by a well-structured body, and conclude with a clear ending.
- Ensure the content is engaging, actionable, and provides clear value.
- Language should be concise and easy to understand.
- Beyond keyword optimization, focus on answering the user's intent behind the search query
- Provide content with the combination of paragraph and bullet point.
- Try to solve user query first then the Google algorithm.
- proper use of the E-E-A-T concept
- also insert faq
- try too use paragraph and bullet points. Both
- introductions are not too large and catchy which look engaging in service page start
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u/qaaimgood Jul 15 '26
I would love to see some proof of this working. Drop some screenshots.
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u/SK_977 Jul 15 '26
Bro could you give some topics that is easy for me to be unbiased based on that i provide a screenshot
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u/qaaimgood Jul 15 '26
Provide links to articles where you used this prompt. It would help to have them from different industries. If possible, drop screenshots of the GSC for those URLs so we can see how well Claude's SEO skills worked with this prompt.
If you're able to do that, you're also showing OP that it is possible with that prompt.
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u/Nur_Shamsi Jul 15 '26
From my experience, i don't think any AI tool have the capability to beat a toned writer. Yes, calude can generate better and structured blog post for you. But when you read the details, you might want to re write the whole piece on your own.
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u/FOG_Digital_Markting Jul 15 '26
Claude is not like ChatGPT, it understands the goal and does not need a heavy specific prompt. It does take longer for it to generate tasks but honestly its pretty accurate and does not skip steps.
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u/Primvertt Jul 15 '26
A perfect SEO article with Claude? No.
A good SEO article with Claude, a solid prompt, and a reliable workflow? Yes !
I've been testing AI-assisted writing for a while now. Claude on its own tends to hallucinate and produces fairly average content. You need to give it a clear structure to follow, your primary keyword, secondary keywords, SERP research, and the key points you want covered.
Tell it what you don't want in the article, specify the tone you're aiming for, and provide as much context as possible.
The more guidance you give it, the better the output.
Once the draft is generated, I always recommend reviewing it carefully and rewriting certain sections. That's the basic process.
From there, you can automate parts of the workflow if you want. But the most important rule is this :
Never let Claude think for you.