B
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48%
48% -- site traffic increase percentage for Blog SEO vs paid services (2025)
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48%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
Entity
Sample Size
1,000
Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Unattributed blogger survey
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Tier C
https://www.5tales.com.au/what-is-search-engine-optimisation/ ↗
Source Article
What Is Search Engine Optimisation? - 5Tales
So, you’ve finished constructing your blog and it looks awesome. You’ve got great graphics and the content has everything you want your readers to know about your brand. You start searching online for your masterpiece as you hold your breath. Then… nothing.
What just happened?
Turns out, your blog i…
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Unattributed blogger survey
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Methodology
Survey of 1000 bloggers; comparison of blog SEO traffic vs paid services
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Segmentation
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Blog SEO vs paid services: 48% site traffic increase percentage. Source: Unattributed blogger survey (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/blog-seo-48-percent-more-traffic-than-paid
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