SEO split test planner
Picks a control group and tells you sample size and duration
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Planned cost: 1 credit
Overview
What it does
Plans a legitimate SEO test: treatment, control group, sample requirements, duration and how to measure it.
Method
How it works
1. Upload a Search Console export
Page-level data for the section you want to test. Nothing else is stored — the file is processed and discarded.
2. Describe the change
What you intend to alter, and on which pages.
3. It picks a control group
Pages matched to your test set on traffic, position and trend, so the two groups behave the same before you change anything. This is the step that makes the result mean something.
4. It tells you how long to run
Based on the traffic you have and the effect size worth detecting. If your sample is too small to detect anything useful, it says so rather than giving you a number that will mislead you.
Example
Sample output
Illustrative example. The tool is not connected yet, so this shows the shape of the output rather than a real run.
Input
142 product pages. Proposed change: rewrite meta descriptions.
Output
Test group: 71 pages
Control group: 71 pages, matched on impressions, average position and 90-day trend
Run for: 6 weeks
Detectable effect: a 6% change in click rate or larger
Warning: 18 pages excluded — too little traffic to contribute.
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