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Tables + Charts Experiment

AI bot crawling experiment: readability of tables, charts

Experimental Page: Tables, Charts and other organized data points

This page is part of a controlled experiment designed to evaluate how structured and organized data is interpreted by crawlers, search engines, and AI-driven systems. The focus is on comparing machine-readable table structures, chart representations, and clearly organized datasets within the same environment to observe how each format is parsed, prioritized, and referenced.

All explanatory text on this page is rendered directly in the DOM and does not rely on client-side interaction. The purpose of this content is to provide neutral contextual framing for tabular and chart-based elements included in the markup. The language is intentionally straightforward and non-persuasive so that interpretation differences can be attributed to structural formatting rather than semantic bias in the copy.

In addition to visible data tables and chart visuals, this page may include structured markup, labeled headers, scoped table cells, or embedded metadata to support clarity. These elements allow for analysis of how systems differentiate between organized tabular data, visual chart representations, and surrounding narrative context. The objective is to evaluate extraction accuracy, citation behavior, and the relative treatment of structured versus semi-structured content when determining relevance and authority signals.

GSC Crawl Stats: Crawlability Issue Counts

Crawlability issue type Week 1 Week 2 Week 3
4xx status responses 5xx status responses Page with Redirect (3xx) Indexed though blocked by Robots.txt blocked DNS failures
4021 5016 3701 2081 1811
4018 5028 3066 1977 1080
4006 5038 3103 1961 1078

Technical SEO Projects: Average Effort & Cost

Project Effort Cost
Low Mid High Low Mid High
Traffic decline analysis 12 hrs 16 hrs 26 hrs $6,000 $8,000 $13,000
Rendering audit 8 hrs 16 hrs 20 hrs $4,400 $8,800 $11,000
Subtotal — Traffic decline analysis + Rendering audit Combined Package $20,000
Migration support
(example deliverables by phase)
Phase Specific Deliverable
Plan Redirect map
Launch QA checklist
Monitor Log file analysis
22 hrs 28 hrs 36 hrs $5,500 $11,200 $16,200
Robots.txt + sitemap triage (single property) 6 hrs $4,500
Canonical + indexing rules review (spot check) 8 hrs $3,000
Subtotal — Robots.txt + sitemap triage + Canonical review Combined Package $6,500

Operational SEO Projects: Effort, Pricing Units & Bundles

Pricing quoted here mixes timeboxed deliverables (often flat) with engagements that scale by variable units. Some prices are flat regardless of project complexity because our scope is standardized. A training might be priced per session, while advisory services are priced per month. Process automation work can scale per optimized workflow. Subtotals reflect combined bundles and the scale unit is denoted by superscript.

Superscripts designating project units: * = scaled per month, † = scaled per session, ‡ = scaled per workflow.
Project Effort Cost
Low Mid High Low Mid High
SEO strategy consulting 10 hrs 1 month 3 months $5,000* $10,000* $18,000*
SEO content strategy office hours 4hrs/week $3,500*
Combined strategy consulting + office hours package Bundle (same month) $12,000*
SEO skills training (90 minutes + Q&A) 90min/session $2,500
SEO process optimization
(example workflows)
Workflow Handover
Blog publish QA checklist
GSC Reporting Automation script
1 workflow 2 workflows 4 workflows $7,500 $15,000 $30,000
Combined process optimization and training package 4 workflows + 4 training sessions $37,000

* billed per month  ·  billed per session  ·  billed per workflow


Technical SEO Skills by Career Level

Skill area
Junior
Mid-career
Senior
Crawling & indexing
Read GSC coverage/crawl stats; spot obvious 4xx/5xx patterns
Log sampling; diagnose crawl budget waste; validate directives
Design crawl control strategy; align with infra/CDN; measure impact
Rendering & JS
Compare raw vs rendered HTML; basic DevTools inspection
Identify hydration/parity issues; reproduce with emulation tooling
Set rendering standards; instrument monitoring; influence architecture
Information architecture
Follow existing templates; implement internal links in-page
Map sections; fix cannibalization; plan faceted navigation rules
Define scalable IA; partner with product; govern taxonomy changes

Unemployment Rate by SEO Role Category (2010–2025)

Employment rates across different SEO functions have undergone fluctuations from the impacts of COVID and the expansion of AI search. This table includes provisional data for 2025.
Role category 2010 2015 2020 2025
SEO product managers 6.8% 4.9% 9.7% 3.9%
SEO content managers 7.4% 5.2% 12.6% 6.4%
Director of SEO 5.1% 3.6% 7.9% 3.2%