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We turn search and AI data into headline-ready research. From study design and analysis to insights your audience will act on: Clickstream Solutions handles it all.


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Our Founder, Eric Van Buskirk, was Project Director of the most comprehensive Google rank study ever, Backlinko's One Million Search Results.
We oversaw 11 extensive data studies for Neil Patel (NeilPatel.com), a Forbes Top 10 marketer.

"I had a fantastic experience working with Eric. He has the rare combination of super-smarts and hard work that makes projects successful. Highly recommended." — Brian Dean, internationally known SEO and Founder of Backlinko.





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Van Buskirk teamed up with Michał Suski and Kevin Indig to share how they uncover trends, process data, and transform insights into actionable results. Watch the video here.



It's 2025. Game change. Google and other engines now rely on large language models to interpret queries, score pages, and shape what users see. Long before this shift, we were building tools that analyzed entities, topics, and natural-language features in Google’s ecosystem.

Our experience with search behavior and machine learning now powers the research we run for brands. Whether it’s understanding how users interact with AI Mode or how RAG surfaces information across the web, our work helps companies discover how a search environment defined by generative AI.

Our research and data studies create hero content that engages audiences. We help clients showcase thought leadership with studies that surface actionable insights in SEO, GEO, and growth marketing. Van Buskirk, Founder of ClickStream, is well known for data-driven search rank analysis.

We continue to excel at providing high-value, full-circle SEO services to clients. For an authoritative website that ranks high and creates a great user experience, you need thorough, holistic content with sophisticated quantitative research backing your creative staff's efforts. We also have much experience with link-building outreach, technical SEO, and advanced keyword research.

Why we named our company Clickstream Solutions

Clickstream (aka “click path”) data provides a wealth of information that was unavailable just four years ago. Its name has such a nice ring that we named our company after it.

The term was more popularly used in the past for research about the basic proprietary “click” numbers as users navigated through the a website. Today, cutting-edge tracking is aggregated from website browser plugins or app companies to provide precise information on how users interact with the largest sites on the web, especially on Google Search.

If that sounds “creepy,” don’t worry. The metrics collected by aggregator companies like Jumpshot do not include private information. The data doesn’t help to “target” individuals as opposed to information Facebook collects from user accounts and behavior on their platform.

The top two SEO software companies, Ahrefs and Moz, both integrate these numbers now. Without them, the best SEOs are lost in a Google extraterrestrial world.

Google goes out of its way to keep comprehensive, accurate search metrics from website owners. Newspapers like to work with PR professionals within limits. Google closed its search engine product to collaboration and transparency. More than ever, they’ve forced companies that don’t have very deep SEO experience to pay exorbitant AdWords fees.

Click path data for original research and link building

We also use click path data for research analysis to find search trends. This is 100x more precise than what one could find with Google Trends.  The end content is published on client sites and used in our link building campaigns.  Few SEO agencies would know, for example, how to:

  1. Find the most searched for phrases on YouTube in a particular niche.
  2. Create an interactive data visualization from the data.
  3. Build links via email outreach targeted to editors at blogs and publisher websites.

Recent Posts

  • AI Mode’s Hidden UX Gap: What 10,000 Searches Reveal
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  • Top 10 Keywords in Canada vs USA
  • 198,000 search results analyzed with Surfer SEO: Here’s how Google evaluates your content

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