Surfer SEO

Surfer SEO has become the go-to tool for content marketers who want their articles to rank on Google. It analyzes the top-performing pages for any keyword, identifies what they have in common (word count, headings, keyword usage, topics covered), and gives you a real-time scoring system as you write. Follow Surfer's recommendations, and you're essentially reverse-engineering what Google wants to see.

What sets Surfer apart is how it translates complex SEO analysis into actionable writing guidance. You don't need to be an SEO expert to use it. The content editor shows you exactly what to include: word count targets, headings to use, keywords to mention (and how often), related terms to cover, and more. As you write, your content score updates in real-time, gamifying the optimization process.

How It Works

Enter your target keyword and Surfer analyzes the top 50+ ranking pages for that term. It identifies patterns in what's working: average word count, heading structure, keyword density, related terms, and more. When you start writing in the Content Editor, Surfer provides a sidebar with specific targets to hit. Add keywords it suggests, structure your headings as recommended, cover the topics it identifies as important. Your content score rises as you hit targets. Surfer AI can even write entire articles for you, pre-optimized from the start.

Core Features

• •Content Editor with real-time optimization scoring, keyword suggestions with targets, heading structure guidance, term frequency recommendations, and competitor comparison
• •Surfer AI writing with AI-generated articles optimized for SEO, outline creation, paragraph-by-paragraph generation, and fact-checking integration
• •Keyword Research to discover related keywords, search volume data, keyword clustering, and content planning
• •SERP Analyzer for deep dive into ranking factors, identify competitor patterns, backlink analysis, and content gap identification
• •Audit existing content to analyze already-published pages, specific improvement recommendations, internal linking suggestions, and content decay detection

Who This Is For

Essential for content marketers optimizing blog posts, SEO agencies managing client content, affiliate marketers creating product reviews, SaaS companies building content marketing, e-commerce sites writing product descriptions, and anyone creating content that needs to rank on Google.