Prepare a researched search-content draft
Move from a seed keyword to a researched article draft that an editor can improve and approve.
How this works
Move from a seed keyword to a researched article draft that an editor can improve and approve. A search-content draft should answer a useful reader question with evidence, not merely expand a keyword into a long page. Search demand, factual accuracy, and business relevance are separate decisions that need explicit review.
Move from query intent to an approved topic, then research and outline before drafting. Keep a claim ledger and distinguish measured search data from estimates or unavailable metrics. Deliver an editable draft or CMS draft with unresolved checks visible.
Before you start
Editorial remit
Define audience, product relevance, and excluded topics.
Search evidence
Use available keyword data and current result observations.
Source standards
Agree acceptable primary sources and treatment of uncertain claims.
Prepare the inputs
- seed_query
- Required
Search phrase
Record locale and intended audience.
- keyword_data
- Required
Queries and metrics
Include source date and metric definitions.
- product_facts
- Required
Approved references
Avoid inserting nonexistent capabilities.
- editorial_brief
- Required
Format and purpose
State what the reader should understand or do.
- research_sources
- Required
Documents with locators
Preserve access and publication dates.
Implementation, step by step
Expand intent options
- Group related queries by the problem they express.
- Separate informational, comparison, and transactional intent rather than mixing them into one article.
Checkpoint: A topic-intent map.
Select a defensible topic
- Compare relevance, evidence availability, and available search signals.
- Keep volume and difficulty unknown when no verified data exists.
Checkpoint: An approved topic brief.
Research the reader's questions
- Collect primary evidence and concrete examples for the important sections.
- Record disagreement and avoid treating repeated secondary summaries as independent support.
Checkpoint: A research and claim ledger.
Build the outline
- Order sections around the reader's decisions and likely knowledge gaps.
- Include useful examples and limitations rather than copying the result-page structure.
Checkpoint: An original evidence-backed outline.
Draft and format
- Write clear prose that follows the outline and preserves factual qualifications.
- Use the requested format or an available CMS draft interface; label placeholders.
Checkpoint: An editable article draft.
Review before release
- Verify claims, calculations, quotations, and any image permissions.
- Record open checks and a later measurement plan that separates traffic from qualified business outcomes.
Checkpoint: A reviewed publication candidate.
Decisions along the way
Query intent is too broad
Choose a narrower question or a series with explicit boundaries.
A key claim has no primary support
Qualify it, omit it, or leave an editorial question.
Search metrics are stale
Use them as historical context and avoid precise current-demand claims.
What you will produce
researched-article.md
MarkdownAn original draft for editorial review.
Include: title · introduction · sections · examples · limitations · open_checks
article-evidence.csv
CSVSupports factual review and updates.
Include: claim_id · section · source_ref · date · status
Check the result
- Confirm the article answers the chosen intent.
- Trace important claims to accessible sources.
- Check product mentions are relevant and accurate.
- Review originality, useful examples, and unsupported certainty.
When something goes wrong
The draft becomes generic filler
Return to the reader questions and remove sections without a useful answer.
A source cannot be verified
Mark the claim unresolved rather than invent a citation.
CMS formatting alters the content
Compare the rendered draft with the approved source text.
A worked example
SYNTHETIC EXAMPLE · NOT A REPORTED BUSINESS RESULT
Request
Draft an article on handling invoice exceptions.
Inputs
Synthetic example. Synthetic research supplies a manual approval process and an OCR extraction guide, but no evidence for fully automatic payment decisions.
Expected result
Synthetic expected result. The outline separates extraction, validation, and human exception review. It does not promise autonomous payments or guaranteed cost savings.
Run a small pilot
Start small
One topic with a manageable source set.
Record the baseline
Record research and editorial correction time.
Agree success criteria
Agree factual support and reader usefulness before measuring later search results.
Stop or revise
Stop publication if the central recommendation lacks evidence or required expertise.
Keep the scope clear
- A draft is not permission to publish or distribute source material.
- Search popularity does not prove conversion potential or business impact.
Check before using
Verify factual claims, image rights, and originality before publication. Search traffic does not establish conversions or business impact.
Business activities
- Create and publish content
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For this recipe: Seed keyword · Search-volume and difficulty data · Editorial structure and product facts
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