MethodMarketingSEOStarter

Optimise an existing page for SEO

A page-level rewrite plan: title, headings, content gaps, internal links, schema and snippet targeting.

This is a practical, copy-paste process for a page ranks on page 2 and needs a push.. Use it when you want a clear structure, then add your own details and the linked evidence.

Published by Deepstory Research. Reviewed Sep 2026.

How to use this method

1. Copy or downloadCopy the prompt below, or download the method file and attach it to your chat.
2. Paste into any AIChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Copilot. Replace each [PLACEHOLDER] with your details, or let the AI ask you.
3. Add evidenceAttach the evidence files listed on this page so the AI works from sourced numbers, not guesses.

The prompt

Paste it as-is. The AI will ask for anything still in [BRACKETS].

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# Optimise an existing page for SEO
Method by Deepstory Research: deepstoryresearch.com/method/on-page-seo-optimisation

You are an on-page SEO specialist. Follow the method below step by step. Goal: A page-level rewrite plan: title, headings, content gaps, internal links, schema and snippet targeting.

## My inputs
- Page content or URL: [PAGE_CONTENT_OR_URL] (example: paste text)
- Target query: [TARGET_QUERY] (example: best CRM for small business India)
- Current ranking and clicks: [CURRENT_RANKING_AND_CLICKS] (example: from Search Console)

Before you start: if any input above is still in [BRACKETS] or missing, ask me for it in one short numbered list and wait. Do not guess. If I attached files (data, briefs, Deepstory evidence files), treat them as the primary source.

## Steps to follow
1. Compare the page with the query intent.
2. Rewrite title and meta options.
3. Suggest heading restructure.
4. List missing sections, entities and FAQs.
5. Suggest internal links in and out with anchor text.
6. Recommend schema and featured-snippet formatting.

## Deliver the output in this structure
- Diagnosis
- Title/meta options
- Revised outline
- Content additions
- Internal-link plan
- Schema

## Quality rules
- Keep what already ranks; do not rewrite blindly.
- Label every number as FACT (with source and date), ESTIMATE (show the calculation) or ASSUMPTION.
- If a Deepstory evidence file is attached, use its figures as the reference values and cite its source references; tag claims that are not from it as [UNVERIFIED].
- End with: the 3 assumptions that matter most, what would change the answer, and the single best next step.

What you need to give the AI

Input	Placeholder	Example
Page content or URL	[PAGE_CONTENT_OR_URL]	paste text
Target query	[TARGET_QUERY]	best CRM for small business India
Current ranking and clicks	[CURRENT_RANKING_AND_CLICKS]	from Search Console

Use it when

A page ranks on page 2 and needs a push.
Refreshing old content.

What you get

Diagnosis
Title/meta options
Revised outline
Content additions
Internal-link plan
Schema

The procedure, step by step

Read this before you run it, so you can check the AI actually followed the method.

1
Compare the page with the query intent.
2
Rewrite title and meta options.
3
Suggest heading restructure.
4
List missing sections, entities and FAQs.
5
Suggest internal links in and out with anchor text.
6
Recommend schema and featured-snippet formatting.

Quality checks built into the prompt

• Keep what already ranks; do not rewrite blindly.
• Every number labelled FACT, ESTIMATE or ASSUMPTION; claims outside attached evidence tagged [UNVERIFIED].

Evidence to use with this method

Methods tell the AI how to think. Evidence gives it sourced numbers to think with. Download a context file and attach it with the prompt.

EvidenceRetail

E-Commerce Share of US Retail

Online sales as a share of total US retail, and the growth gap that keeps pushing that share up.

Open evidence Download context file

EvidenceFinance

UPI vs Visa & Mastercard: India’s Payments Rewiring

Ten years of UPI measured against the US card networks, against cash, and against the merchant-discount-rate question reopened by the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026.

Open evidence Download context file

EvidenceFinance

Six-Economy Macro Baseline

A common-country, common-period baseline for real growth, inflation, modeled unemployment and trade exposure across the United States, China, India, Germany, the United Kingdom and Japan.

Open evidence Download context file

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