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SEO Content Brief Generator

Builds a full SEO content brief for a target keyword: search intent classification, SERP landscape analysis, required subtopics, heading structure, entity coverage, and internal-link plan. This is the artifact agencies charge hundreds for per keyword — the structure encodes how professional content teams brief writers so the resulting page can actually compete.

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The Prompt

Create a comprehensive SEO content brief for the target keyword: [KEYWORD]

**Research & Analysis:**
1. Search Intent Classification: Informational / Commercial / Transactional / Navigational
2. SERP Analysis:
   - What types of pages rank in top 10?
   - Average word count of top results?
   - Common subtopics covered?
   - Content formats that perform best?
3. Related keywords and LSI terms to include (minimum 15)
4. Question-based keywords for FAQ sections

**Content Structure:**
1. Recommended title tag (under 60 characters, includes keyword)
2. Meta description (under 160 characters, compelling)
3. URL slug recommendation
4. H1 heading
5. Detailed outline with:
   - All H2 headings (with target keywords naturally integrated)
   - All H3 subheadings under each H2
   - Word count recommendation per section
   - Internal linking opportunities
   - External link suggestions (authoritative sources)

**Optimization Checklist:**
- Keyword density targets
- Readability score recommendations
- Image alt text suggestions
- Schema markup recommendations
- Content freshness indicators

**Competitive Advantages:**
What can this content cover that top-ranking pages miss?

Target audience: [AUDIENCE]
Content type: [BLOG POST / GUIDE / PRODUCT PAGE]

How to Customize It

Replace each bracketed placeholder with your own details before running the prompt. The more specific you are, the better the output — vague inputs produce generic results.

  • [KEYWORD]Swap in your keyword.
  • [AUDIENCE]Swap in your audience.
  • [BLOG POST / GUIDE / PRODUCT PAGE]Swap in your blog post or guide or product page.

When to Use It

  • Briefing freelance writers so their drafts target the SERP instead of their intuition.
  • Deciding whether a keyword is worth pursuing — the intent and competition analysis often kills bad targets before you invest.
  • Refreshing underperforming content: generate the brief for the keyword and diff it against what the existing page covers.

Tips for Better Results

  • 1Verify SERP claims against the actual results page — the model reasons about typical SERPs, and your keyword's reality may differ. The brief structure is reliable; the specific competitive claims need checking.
  • 2Include your site's topical strengths so internal-link suggestions point at pages you actually have.
  • 3Match content type to intent honestly: if the SERP is all product pages, a blog post will not rank regardless of quality.

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