AI SEO Traffic Without Conversion Strategy Falls Short

this is the biggest lie in AI SEO right now... people will show you charts with thousands of indexed pages, backlinks stacking up, impressions going vertical and yeah it's cool, definitely healthy signs for your domain but traffic is just the tip of the iceberg... it's not the business what actually makes SEO profitable is the funnel beneath it > what happens when someone lands on your page? > do they hit a CTA that speaks to them? > is there a clear path from "interested" to "sold"? most people focus on growing metrics, they keep chasing more clicks instead of fixing what happens after the click AI is incredible at the infrastructure layer: pSEO, indexing, backlink strategies... you can set this up fast now but conversion... that's a whole different skillset copywriting, funnel design, knowing which words make people pull out their card that part still requires real marketing experience... so build your SEO foundation (everyone should) but don't stop there... focus on driving more sales