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SEO Reporting
A good SEO report answers three questions in one page: what changed, why, and what we'll do next. Everything else belongs in an appendix.
Try the interactive tool The building blocks
What goes into SEO Reporting
SEO Report Builder
Choose an audience and sections to preview a report outline (demo values).
How I do it
The process
- 1
Define audience
Who reads and what they decide.
- 2
Choose KPIs
3–5 headline metrics.
- 3
Automate
Looker Studio connectors.
- 4
Interpret
Narrative and recommendations.
Principles I follow
- Report on non-brand performance separately.
- Annotate releases and algorithm updates on charts.
- Automate data pulls in Looker Studio; spend time on interpretation.
- Match cadence to audience: weekly for team, monthly for management.
Measurement
The numbers I watch
Report adoption
Is it read and used in decisions?
Time to insight
Hours from data to recommendation.
Tools I use
- LSGoogle Looker Studio
- SCGoogle Search Console
- G4Google Analytics (GA4)
- SRSemrush
What you get
- Monthly SEO report
- Looker Studio dashboard
- Annotated performance timeline
Leadership wants one number
Management asks whether SEO is 'working'.
Lead with organic key events vs target and trend, supported by non-brand clicks.
Illustrative exampleShould rankings be the main KPI?
Rankings are a leading indicator. Traffic and conversions are the outcomes.
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