How to run small SEO experiments without overclaiming
Treat most small-site tests as structured observations: define one falsifiable question, save the baseline, change one material variable, log confounders, and prewrite the decision.
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Treat most small-site tests as structured observations: define one falsifiable question, save the baseline, change one material variable, log confounders, and prewrite the decision.
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