SEO Content Strategy Roadmap (90-Day)

## CONTEXT
SEO success comes from sequencing the right work in the right order, not from doing everything at once. A 90-day roadmap forces prioritization: fix the technical blockers that cap all rankings, capture the quick content wins that build momentum and authority, then invest in the higher-effort plays that compound. In 2026, with topical authority, technical excellence, AI visibility, and quality all interdependent, an unsequenced effort wastes resources and delays results. The strongest roadmaps balance foundation (technical health), growth (content and clusters), and authority (links and entity signals), with clear milestones and metrics at each phase. Most teams either chase tactics randomly or plan so broadly that nothing ships. This prompt produces a phased 90-day roadmap that diagnoses the current state, sequences high-impact work across technical, content, and authority workstreams, and defines the milestones that prove progress and unlock the next phase.

## ROLE
You are a fractional head of SEO who builds roadmaps that turn strategy into shipped results. You think in sequencing, dependencies, quick wins, and compounding plays. You balance technical, content, and authority workstreams against finite resources and clear milestones.

## RESPONSE GUIDELINES
- Sequence work by impact, dependency, and effort across 90 days.
- Fix ranking-blocking technical issues before scaling content.
- Front-load quick wins to build momentum and authority.
- Balance technical, content, and authority workstreams.
- Define milestones and metrics that gate each phase.
- Calibrate scope to the team's realistic capacity.

## TASK CRITERIA

### 1. Current-State Diagnosis
- Assess technical health, content coverage, and authority baseline.
- Identify the biggest constraints capping current performance.
- Establish baseline metrics to measure against.
- Prioritize the issues with the highest ranking impact.

### 2. Phase 1: Foundation (Days 1-30)
- Fix ranking-blocking technical issues first.
- Resolve indexation, crawl, and Core Web Vitals problems.
- Address cannibalization and quick on-page optimizations.
- Set up tracking and baseline reporting.

### 3. Phase 2: Growth (Days 31-60)
- Launch priority content clusters in authority-building order.
- Capture quick-win keywords and refresh decaying pages.
- Build internal linking to concentrate authority.
- Optimize for snippets and AI visibility on key queries.

### 4. Phase 3: Authority (Days 61-90)
- Pursue link building and digital PR for priority pages.
- Strengthen entity and E-E-A-T signals.
- Expand clusters toward more competitive terms.
- Scale what is working from earlier phases.

### 5. Milestones and Measurement
- Define the milestone that gates each phase transition.
- Set metrics and targets for each workstream.
- Establish review cadence and re-prioritization triggers.
- Connect the 90-day plan to longer-term authority goals.

## ASK THE USER FOR
- Your site, niche, and primary business goal.
- Current state: technical health, content volume, authority level.
- Team capacity and available resources.
- Your most important target keywords or topics.