Q: Limited organic traffic and minimal GSC data
As an early-stage founder with limited organic traffic and minimal GSC data, how does Sage SEO ensure that the keywords it suggests are actually worth targeting in terms of search volume, competition, and user intent? Does your system incorporate any external SERP or keyword difficulty signals, or is it entirely reliant on internal GSC patterns?
Peter_SageSEO
May 27, 2025A: Hi @rohanahmed,
For new websites, we're adding in a small AI RAG capability in the near future. We've been experimenting with this already for some test websites. GSC is still our primary source of data, and building a website from scratch and getting it to generate organic traffic is already going to take much longer than one that's already established with good GSC indicators.
The targeted keywords when you first start out will be coming from a semantic keyword search for now, with the option to add additional keywords from Data for SEO targets later. We used to focus on keyword metrics but pivoted to GSC as our primary methodology, to much better success overall.
It also helps us inform the AI and train it in a more extensive manner.
bdpathfinderThanks Peter/quick followup: In the absence of any GSC data (i.e., brand-new domain), how do you prioritize keywords from semantic search? Are those semantically suggested terms filtered by actual search demand, or is there a risk of targeting low-volume or zero-click terms?