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Backlinko

Did SEO moon-shot as the Project Director of the now famous "One Million Search Results" data study on Backlinko.

Oversaw more than 11 large 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 CEO of Backlinko.

Join Michal Suski, Kevin Indig, and our Founder, Eric Van Buskirk On December 17.

They'll look at how data studies drive cutting-edge SEO strategies. This webinar will showcase real examples, powerful tools, and expert techniques for turning raw data into actionable insights. Discover how to identify trends, unlock opportunities, and conduct your own data studies like a pro. Sign up today!

Its 2024. Game change. Search engines use machine learning and artificial intelligence. Before ChatGPT made large language models a thing, Google was using similar machine learning to score webpages. In 2015 we made one of the first tools to find related topics and entities on web pages.

With over eight years of experience analyzing Google's natural language processing (via data that scrapes search results), we also know how to leverage the new-fangled AI writing software.

Van Buskirk, Founder of ClickStream, is well known for data-driven analysis of Google search result pages.

He worked for the SEMrush USA office when there were just 14 employees. Today it's a 1.7 Billion USD SEO software company. From there, he started ClickStream and did an SEO moon-shot as the Project Director of the now-famous “One Million Search Results” data study on Brian Dean’s website, Backlinko. He later oversaw more than 11 large data studies for Neil Patel, a Forbes Top 10 marketer.

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 are actively looking for clients and partners to do clickstream and Google data research. Nothing says authority and expertise like impactful and actionable Search experiments you can share for content marketing.

We also have much experience with link-building outreach, technical SEO, and advanced keyword research.

Bring on the AI content creation, center stage. We've been there since 2014.

Clickstream (aka “click path”) data provides a wealth of information that was unavailable just four years ago. And, it happens to have such a nice ring to it 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 plugin 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. In 2020, Google’s 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:

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