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Ryan Darani

@SearchForRyan
Scrappy entrepreneur building for (and with) AI. Co-founder @ FlyDragon. ex-SEO consultant (12+ yrs).
England, United Kingdom
goflydragon.com
Joined February 2017
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  • @SearchForRyan
    Ryan Darani
    @SearchForRyan
    Oct 6
    40 calls in the last 7 days from a local SEO test site that I launched with Claude. 50% were spam, and 50% were genuinely interested leads. The AOV (it's commission-based) is $12K+ The ENTIRE thing was built by Opus 5.5 and Fable in under 5 hours. FWIW - I can't actually *do*
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  • @SearchForRyan
    Ryan Darani
    @SearchForRyan
    Oct 2
    The game with SEO is ‘how do I get my pages indexed’ with a new site. Especially when 99% of the content that hits the web is a big fat shit straight from an AI tool. This site is 48 hours old + 500 pages deep. Here’s how I got it to pop so quick: 1. By far, your semantic
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  • @SearchForRyan
    Ryan Darani
    @SearchForRyan
    Sep 25
    This is why I said what I said about SEOs this week... Probably an ex-agency, entry-level SEO who decided they wanted some extra cash... *IF* you're an SEO, you should *always* have test sites going on. It's $5 for a domain + Codex is $20/mo. There's literally no excuse not
    @NickLeRoy
    Nick LeRoy
    @NickLeRoy
    Sep 25
    And this is the reason SEOs are hated.
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  • @SearchForRyan
    Ryan Darani
    @SearchForRyan
    Sep 24
    You either build authority in SEO to rank or you borrow it... Let's work through the costs of each. Building authority (aka buying links, doing PR, building PBNs, etc.). - Each link roughly $200 - $500 - PR campaigns can run $1k+ - PBNs range from $50-$150 (self-build)
    7
  • @SearchForRyan
    Ryan Darani
    @SearchForRyan
    Sep 23
    If you’re an SEO and hit me with ‘Google says…’ I immediately know you don’t do SEO. Instead I know 2 things could be true: 1. You do agency SEO which, let’s be honest… it’s not really SEO. You do tech audits and make spreadsheets. 2. You’re brand new to the game and you
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