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Zero to Hero:
The Challenge Has Ended
We set out to hit 100,000 traffic using content alone.
261 days later, the challenge is over.
Did we reach 100K? What did we learn?
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We documented every milestone, challenge, and insight from our challenge!

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Day 261: The Challenge Ends Here – Did We Hit 100K Traffic?

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Day 253: June Update Impact Far From Over

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Day 247: Early Effects of June Core Update Start to Kick In

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Day 240: Fighting for Clicks in a No-Click World

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Day 233: Google Dropped a Core Update – Here’s How We’re Holding Up

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Day 226: Early Signs of The Great Decoupling?

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Day 219: One-Fourth of the Way There, But the Rules Just Changed

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Day 212: Defending Our Traffic Against “The Great Decoupling”

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Day 205: 10 Million Impressions and Counting

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Day 198: Closing in on 200 Days

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Day 191: Still on Track, Even When the SERPs Aren’t

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Day 184: 20K Down, 80K To Go!

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Day 177: Small Wins From The New Topic Cluster

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Day 169: Weathering the Storm and Writing with “Knowledge”

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Day 163: New Topic Cluster Launched

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Day 156: We Hit 15% of Our Traffic Goal!

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Day 149: Can We Outrank Competitors With This Strategy?

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Day 141: Keeping the Momentum & Observing Trends

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Day 135: Optimizing for AI Overviews to Boost Clicks

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Day 128: Testing Freshness – Can Trending Topics Boost Traffic?

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Day 121: We Reached 10% of Our Goal!

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Day 115: Testing New Strategies to Hit 100K Traffic

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Day 100: We Didn’t Hit 100K, But We’re Not Stopping

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Day 97: Highest Single-Day Traffic Spike Yet

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Day 90: #1 Ranking & 1 Million Impressions

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Day 83: New Traffic Peak

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Day 76: Doubling Down on Hero Pages

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Day 69: Hero Pages to the Rescue: 364% Traffic Surge!

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Day 49: Keyword Clustering Method

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Day 42: Best Week Yet

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Day 35: Indexing Breakthrough & Internal Linking Kickoff

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Day 28: Small Wins, Big Lessons!

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Day 21: Slow Start, But We Expected This

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This Isn’t Just Another SEO Case Study…
There’s A Catch!

#1

We’re putting our own tool to the ultimate test

Talk about getting a taste of our own medicine. Our reputation is on the line, and so is the credibility of our AI writing tool.

Every single article published during this live challenge will be created using SurgeGraph Vertex.

If we succeed, it’s a huge win and proof of our tool’s ability to drive high rankings and massive traffic. But if we fail? It’s not the end – we’ll learn, adapt, and make SurgeGraph even better for our users.

Either way, this is a high-stakes journey, and we’re excited to see where it leads!

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#2

No backlinks. No black-hat tactics. Just pure content velocity.

We’ve always been strong advocates for content velocity – the strategy of publishing high-quality content at a faster rate to drive traffic growth. Now, it’s time to practice what we preach.

For this case study, we’re relying solely on content. That means no backlinks and absolutely no black-hat SEO tactics.

We’re committed to play by the book and stick to Google’s best practices and guidelines. Our goal is to prove that content, when produced with quality and speed using SurgeGraph Vertex, is the best way to grow one’s traffic.

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Real-time updates with total transparency

This isn’t a study where results are kept secret until the end. Because this is a public challenge, we’ll provide real-time updates on everything – from traffic growth to lessons learned.

Transparency is key here, and we’re not shying away from sharing our journey, even if things don’t go as planned.

While it might seem like a huge risk, we’re taking on the challenge to prove that our tool has what it takes to succeed on search results.

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Our Latest Content with SurgeGraph Vertex

As of today, we’ve published 312 articles around SEO, AI, writing tips, and more.

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