CliquePrize is a mobile app that helps local small businesses grow through giveaways and promotions. They are seeking an SEO / AI SEO Intern to improve the organic search visibility of their website, focusing on strategies for brick & mortar small business marketing.

Responsibilities:

Optimize existing and create new website content (articles, landing pages, images, videos, metadata)
Conduct in-depth keyword research targeting 'brick & mortar small business marketing.'
Develop SEO-driven articles with strong internal linking structures
Build authoritative off-page links to support search rankings
Rewrite and optimize URLs where necessary
Identify underperforming content and replace with updated, optimized content
Understand and implement strategies for ranking in AI-driven search environments
Research how AI search engines evaluate authority, context, and relevance
Apply semantic SEO and Latent Semantic Indexing (LSI) techniques
Optimize content for structured data and entity recognition
Collaborate with the web developer to improve Core Web Vitals (Largest Contentful Paint (LCP), Interaction to Next Paint (INP) and Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)
Optimize page speed, page load performance, and overall UX
Improve crawl budget efficiency and site architecture by working with web developer on reducing scripts and optimizing page load efficiency in Nuxt3
Create and submit image and video sitemaps
Build citations and secure listings in relevant directories and authoritative sources
Develop a white-hat backlink portfolio strategy
Conduct competitor backlink analysis
Monitor and analyze by working with the Data Analyst
Identify opportunities to capture more brick & mortar small business leads
Recommend improvements to increase organic conversions and improve site experience with Web Developer
Use SEO tools such as Moz, Ahrefs, and SEMrush (without paid subscriptions)

Requirements:

MUST HAVE SEO experience
Strong understanding of on-page and technical SEO fundamentals
Experience with keyword research and competitive analysis
Understanding of AI search ranking principles
Knowledge of crawl budget management and LSI
Familiarity with backlink building (white-hat techniques only)
Ability to analyze SEO metrics and make data-driven recommendations
Basic understanding of Core Web Vitals and performance optimization
Strong writing and research skills

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