SEO SAVAGES // field studies
THE SAVAGE LAB
Original-data SEO studies. We treat metrics and tactics like measurement instruments — pull the real data, test what they actually measure, and publish what we find. Method stated, limitations included, no cherry-picking.
- Does Programmatic SEO Work? We Analyzed 12 Million Pages
Across 12.3M programmatic pages on nine DR 89–94 sites, 96.7% get ≤100 organic visits/month and 29% get exactly zero. pSEO is a power law — here's what actually separates…
read the study → // by Bobby K - Is Keyword Difficulty Accurate? We Audited 30 SERPs
A psychometric validity test of Keyword Difficulty: across 30 SERPs and 241 ranking pages, KD predicts page-level links well (ρ=0.91) but barely tracks domain authority (…
read the study → // n = 30 keywords · 241 ranking pages // by Dr Blaze
// measurement-literate SEO
We measure
the construct.
Most agencies optimize the proxy and report the dashboard. We build the measurement model first — then do the work. Tell us your numbers and we'll tell you which ones actually mean something.