Ch. 11: One 5,000-word skyscraper vs ten 800-word cluster posts
My travel-gear site, month 12. I had two weeks of writing budget. Plan A: one definitive 5,000-word 'ultimate carry-on guide.' Plan B: ten tight 800-word posts on specific questions — 'carry-on size for Ryanair,' 'best carry-on under $100,' etc.
I did the skyscraper first. It ranked page 2 for one fat keyword and brought ~300 sessions/mo. Next round I did the ten small posts. They ranked for 40+ long-tail terms and brought ~1,400 sessions/mo combined, and three of them landed featured snippets the skyscraper never could.
The skyscraper became valuable later — as a hub linking all ten. But built alone, it underperformed badly.
Lesson banked: one big page competes for one hard keyword. Ten small ones own the long tail and feed a hub. Build the cluster first, crown it with the skyscraper second.
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Ch. 11: One 5,000-word skyscraper vs ten 800-word cluster posts
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