I was shocked while Googling it.
The SEO industry crossed $7 billion a month.
Here’s the number that stopped me mid-scroll last week.
Businesses spend roughly $7 billion a month on SEO.
The market is worth $84.11 billion in 2026. It’s headed to $127.3 billion by 2030.
Nearly 75% of people never scroll past page one of Google.
AI Overviews now show up in 55% of Google searches, and they’re already cutting clicks to the #1 result by close to 39%.
ChatGPT and Perplexity sent over a billion referral visits out in a single month this year. That single shift is behind most of the recent search for how to rank in AI search instead of just ranking on Google.
So here is the difference between SEO vs AEO vs GEO: (Save it)
One thing that I noticed is: people use Claude only for the chatbot, but the game has changed.
Claude SEO Blueprint that you will get
At the end of this issue, you get the complete blueprint: rank a website using Claude in 3 days.
The Claude skill itself.
Every prompt we used.
The Lighthouse fix-it prompt.
The keyword-to-blog mapping template.
The Vercel deploy checklist.
I run AI In Public. My job is testing AI tools until they break, then telling you what actually worked.
A few weeks ago I asked a dumb question: what if Claude for SEO could run an entire campaign, start to finish, with zero code and zero paid tools?
I didn’t believe it either. So I built a real website using Claude Code for SEO, ranked it, and screenshotted every step.
One question. Can we use Claude for SEO?
Yes… and you are going to get a complete blueprint inside this issue.
According to research, only 1% of people are using chatbots like Claude for some productive and money-making stuff.
Rest? They ask questions and close the tab.
In the next 13 minutes, you’ll move Claude from “asking” to “doing.”
You’ll build a website with Claude Code for SEO, research keywords, fix your Google live score, and ship it live.
If this is useful, share it with one person still paying for SEO they don’t understand. Takes 10 seconds.
People ask me this every time……
Can Claude replace the $50k SEO agency work? Yes, it can.
Let me tell you, comparing both:
You hire an SEO agency. Real 2026 pricing data puts the average retainer around $3,200 a month. Small businesses pay $500 to $5,000. Enterprise brands pay $30,000 to $50,000+. You wait 6 months for a report you don’t fully understand.
That’s an old way.
Now you are thinking: what’s the new way?
You open Claude. You describe your website. You feed it real keyword data. You ask it to fix your Lighthouse score, write your blog, and deploy your site. You pay $0 in agency fees.
You can do the math with ChatGPT as well.
Btw, I created a comprehensive guide on ChatGPT vs Claude for Brainstorming
Note: I am not here to criticise any seo agency owner.
What’s inside this issue
Build your site with Claude Code for SEO
Find real keywords for free
Feed the keywords into your website
Humanize the content
How to use Claude for SEO audits
Create your GitHub repo
Deploy on Vercel
Verify your site on Google Search Console
Check what’s actually happening on GSC
Build SEO ranked website and make $10,000/m
You enjoyed reading this whole issue, right?
Everything above took 120+ hours to build and test.
I’m giving away the full framework for free in this issue. The Claude skill itself, every prompt we used, the Lighthouse fix-it prompt, the keyword-to-blog mapping template, and the Vercel deploy checklist.
$80 is the cost of someone’s Coffee for a week. So imagine if you learn a skill that later brings you a business of $80,000- so isn’t it fair?
My comments: Skills are better than a degree.
(Btw, which degree do you have or are you pursuing for your career? Comment below)
