Testing SEO Hacks from Tik Tok

Overview

• Purpose: Tested viral SEO hacks from Tik Tok videos
• Goal: Determine if more views equate to better SEO advice

Hack 1: Internal Linking

• Source: Tik Tok video with ~2,000 views
• Method: Use Ahrefs to identify internal link opportunities, targeting keywords on page two
• Results: Implemented but no change after 48 hours

Hack 2: Updating Declined Pages

• Source: Tik Tok video with ~15,000 views
• Method: Update content on pages with most traffic decline (Google Search Console)
• Results: Significant improvement, moved from position 16 to 4 and doubled monthly traffic

Hack 3: AI Content Rewriting

• Source: Tik Tok video with ~37,000 views
• Method: Use Quillbot to paraphrase AI-generated content to pass detection tools
• Results: Poor quality, ineffective and dismissed as bad advice

Hack 4: Exploiting Reddit Content

• Source: Tik Tok video with ~150,000 views
• Method: Find Reddit threads ranking high, create superior content to outrank
• Results: Published article stagnated at position 21, needs 6-12 months to properly evaluate

Hack 5: SEO with Chat GPT

• Source: Tik Tok video with ~200,000 views
• Method: Use Chat GPT to generate SEO-focused content
• Results: Inconsistent and confusing advice, but published for comparison

Hack 6: Fast Indexing via Google Search Console

• Source: Tik Tok video with ~305,000 views
• Method: Use