How Seovyn chooses what to write
The checks every topic passes before anything is researched or written: does it fit your customers, does anyone search for it, would it compete with a page you have, and does your blog stay varied.
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A well-written article about the wrong topic is still the wrong article. Before Seovyn spends anything on research, every idea, from a source or a keyword target, has to pass the checks below. They're why your queue fills with articles your customers would actually look for.
1. Would it reach your customers?
Seovyn judges the topic against your brand voice: what you sell and who you sell to. It gives a topic fit from 0 to 100.
| Topic fit | What happens |
|---|---|
| Below 50 | Not written. The draft shows the reason, for example "Not for your customers (fit 32/100): the people searching this aren't who you sell to" |
| 50 to 69 | Written, but autopilot never publishes it on its own: you decide |
| 70 and up | Written as usual |
A topic about a named, real person isn't written either: articles about people carry accuracy and reputation risks, so Seovyn writes them only when you ask.
Articles you request yourself with New article are never judged: you asked for them by name. See Custom articles.
2. Does anyone search for it?
- Keyword targets Seovyn suggested are measured in your search market. Fewer than 10 searches a month, and the target is retired. Targets you add, and those from your Search Console, are always written.
- Stories from sources are matched to the real searches people type, so the article targets something with demand rather than the story's headline.
3. Do you already have this page?
Two pages chasing the same search split the clicks between them: keyword cannibalization. Seovyn stops it at three points, and "a page you have" means every page on your site, not only the ones Seovyn wrote. It reads your sitemap when you add your site, and again every week, so articles from before Seovyn, or from another tool, count too.
- Same keyword, or a near-identical title to a page you have or an article that's being written: not written again. A search that one of your pages already shows for in Search Console isn't suggested as a new topic either.
- Same search results. Just before writing, Seovyn looks at the top 10 Google results for the new article's keyword. If one of your own pages is already there, or four or more results are shared with one of your articles, Google treats it as a search you already answer, so the new one is skipped. Improving the page you have is the better move; Retry writes it anyway.
- Same text. Once written, the article is compared with your closest existing articles. A near-copy fails its quality check, and borrowed passages or a repeated outline are flagged. See Quality score.
4. Does your blog stay varied?
Once you have eight articles, Seovyn starts watching the mix:
- Comparisons are capped at a quarter of the articles you keep. Past that, no new comparison starts until other kinds catch up. A comparison-heavy site reads like a vendor directory, and most "X vs Y" pairs have no searchers.
- No page type or title pattern takes over. When more than 60% of your articles are one page type, or half your titles share a pattern ("How to…", "X vs Y", "What is…"), that kind loses priority until the mix evens out. It's never dropped, just moved back.
- One competitor writes at most eight articles, so no single site shapes your blog.
5. Is there room in your plan?
Each article Seovyn starts uses one from your monthly allowance; a draft that fails to write gives it back. While you have open keyword targets, they get 60% of the allowance and sources share the rest. See Plans and usage.
When writing pauses
Seovyn also stops itself when writing more would be wasted: if several articles in a row fail to write, if a dozen drafts are waiting and the oldest has waited ten days, or if approved articles can't reach your site. Each pause explains itself in the activity feed and lifts on its own. See Autopilot safeguards.