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SEO checklist
71 checks, each with a test
- Pick the searches you want to win6
- Let search engines crawl and index you9
- Get the basics right on every page8
- Make pages fast on real devices6
- Add structured data5
- Write pages that deserve to rank8
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seo-autopilot
An SEO agent for Cursor, Claude Code and Codex
$ npx skills add Illyism/seo-skills --skill seo-autopilot
It runs in your repo, keeps notes in a seo/ folder, and ships fixes as pull requests. Daily checks, weekly reports, monthly content.
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Directory playbook
50 directory picks + MCP setup
- Startup launchpads
- 210
- AI directories
- 254
- GitHub Awesome lists
- 152
- MCP registries
- 68
I cut 264 dead, parked or broken directories, leaving 856 that still work. You get 50 entries in the 5-wave order I work through and how to list on 15+ MCP registries from one repo.
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I build LinkDR, GenPPT and AI SEO Tracker. I write about what worked to grow them and what didn't.
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