Blog Cleanup & SEO Remediation (per post)

Why do old blog posts hold a website back?

Most small business blogs were written one post at a time, without a plan. Over the years that leaves several posts chasing the same topic, facts that are out of date, thin posts, broken or misleading links and pages that don't connect to your services. Search engines see all of it. Instead of lifting your site, a messy blog can split your ranking signals and push your best pages down in search results and in AI answers.

What happens to each post?

Every post you choose is evaluated against our standards and then brought into line with the rest of your site. Depending on what we find, a post may be improved, rewritten, combined with a stronger post, redirected, or removed, and links inside it may be removed or rewritten. You get a plan for each post before anything changes, and nothing is deleted without your OK. How we evaluate and fix posts is our own process; what you see is the result: a blog where every post has a clear job and supports your services.

How is blog cleanup priced?

Per post. Set the quantity at checkout to the number of posts you want fixed. Website clients of AI Website Design pay the lower price.

Not sure how many posts you have or which ones matter most? Start with your highest-traffic posts and the ones about your main services, then add more. The strongest results come when the whole blog is cleaned up.

What is included for every post?

• A full evaluation of the post against the rest of your blog and site
• A clear recommendation: keep and improve, rewrite, combine, redirect or remove, sent for your approval
• The fix itself, done to our standards, including headings, answer-first structure, FAQ schema, internal links, SEO title and meta description where the post is kept
• Link cleanup: broken, outdated or harmful links removed or rewritten
• Redirects for any post that is removed or combined, so no visitor lands on a dead page
• Human review of every change before it goes live

Keep your blog healthy after the cleanup

Once your old posts are fixed, keep the momentum with our Monthly SEO Blog Writing Service (1 to 7 new posts a week, from $99 a month), managed so every new post fits the rest of your blog. Need just one post? Try a single SEO Blog Post from $30.

Frequently asked questions

Why would old blog posts hurt my rankings?

When several posts on your site target the same topic, search engines have to guess which one to show, so none of them ranks as well as one strong page would. Outdated facts, thin posts, broken links and weak internal linking add to the problem. Until each older post is evaluated and fixed, it can compete with the new content you publish. The more of your posts that are cleaned up, the stronger all of them can become.

How do I choose how many posts to fix?

You pick the number at checkout by setting the quantity, one per post. If you are not sure, start with the posts that get the most traffic or that cover your main services, then add more later. The best results come when every post on the blog has been evaluated and remediated, because a single unfixed post can still compete with the others on the same topic.

Will you delete any of my posts?

Only with your approval. Some posts may need to be rewritten, combined with a stronger post, redirected, or removed, and some links may need to be removed or rewritten. We send you a plan for each post first, and nothing is deleted without your OK. When a post is removed or combined, we redirect its old address so visitors and search engines are sent to the right page.

Do you guarantee better rankings after the cleanup?

No. Nobody can honestly guarantee rankings, because search results depend on competition and many factors outside anyone's control. What we commit to is the work: every post you choose is evaluated and brought up to our standards so it supports your site instead of holding it back. Most sites see the clearest improvement when the whole blog is cleaned up rather than a few posts.

What do you need from me to start?

Collaborator or staff access to your website so we can review and update your blog, plus a short intake about your services, service areas and any posts you want to keep exactly as they are. Shopify blogs are included. For WordPress, Wix, Squarespace and other platforms, ask us first, and if extra work is needed we quote it before we start.

Should I clean up my old posts before starting a monthly blog plan?

It is the smart order. New posts perform best when older posts are not competing with them. If you start a Monthly SEO Blog Writing Service without cleaning up your existing blog, your new posts can still be held back by old ones on the same topics. Fixing the old posts first, or alongside the plan, gives every new post a clean path to rank.

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