Case Study – B2C Platform, Online Courses

A B2C EdTech platform offering online courses for the US market. The project operates in a competitive niche, so the client requested deep technical SEO optimization and increased visibility specifically in AI-driven search systems. Details are not disclosed due to NDA.

E-commerce
Technical SEO
Content strategy

Client & Task

Fix technical issues that hindered traffic growth, increase visibility in traditional search, and adapt the strategy to new AI search algorithms.

Results

AI search

improving presence in responses

+dozens of pages

unlocked for indexing

by 1.7 million

more traffic in six months

6 months

work on SEO

Key Actions

Technical optimization

Identified critical issues blocking or complicating indexation (incorrect canonical tags, robots.txt problems, duplicates, incorrect pagination logic).
All major technical obstacles were removed.

Full On-Page Optimization

Updated meta tags, headings, course descriptions, and implemented structured data (Schema.org) to improve snippets.

AI-focused promotion strategy

The link-building approach was adapted to meet the requirements of AI-driven search engines:

  • Publications on high-quality, semantically relevant resources
  • Shift of focus to the context surrounding backlinks
  • Use of natural information sources indexed by large language models (LLMs)

Content Analysis & Optimization

Content was assessed for informational query alignment.
Key pages were updated for long-tail queries that frequently appear in AI responses.

SEO optimization results chart

Result

  • Correcting technical errors allowed us to unblock the indexing of dozens of pages.
  • Growth in crawlability and visibility in GSC
  • Better presence in AI-driven search responses
  • A strong base was established for continued expansion in the competitive US EdTech niche

Conclusion

Even without a large-scale content campaign, a proper technical setup and link building adapted to AI realities made it possible
to create an SEO foundation for sustainable organic growth of the B2C platform.

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