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Position the new piece at its correct spot in the SEO Tree hierarchy and wire the upward internal links (leaf → branch → trunk → root) before it goes live.
Category: Content Factory – Post
Use this when any new piece is about to publish and must be located in the site's content hierarchy – or when an existing post is found floating with no parent.
Inputs
- The site's SEO Tree map: homepage root → topic trunks → subtopic branches → detail leaves
- The draft post with category set (Step 13) and LinkWhisper pass done (Step 14b)
- The site's content inventory with GCT per major page (/internal-linking Step 1)
Steps
- Classify the piece: is it a leaf (one specific question/detail), a branch (subtopic hub), or trunk-level? Most Content Factory articles are leaves.
- Identify its parent: which branch does this leaf hang from, which trunk does that branch support? Confirm against the category assigned in Step 13 – category and tree position must agree.
- Add the upward links: the leaf links to its branch page, and (where context allows) to the trunk. Upward links are mandatory; they tell Google what supports what.
- Add a link from the parent branch or a strong sibling down/across to the new leaf, so the piece is reachable and not an orphan.
- Check you are not committing content vandalism: if a definitive article already owns this concept, this piece must link up to that hub – never compete with it. New thin pages lose to enhancing existing ones (/seo-tree: enhance before creating).
- If no logical parent exists, halt and flag it: either the tree is missing a branch (propose it) or the piece doesn't belong on this site.
- Record the placement in the content inventory so future audits can find orphans by diff.
Definition of done (QA checklist)
- Piece classified (leaf/branch) with an explicit parent on the SEO Tree
- Upward link(s) to branch/trunk live in body copy with descriptive anchors
- At least one inbound link from parent or sibling – zero orphan risk
- No competing page created against an existing definitive article hub
- Placement recorded in the content inventory
- Linked back to the definitive article and relevant siblings
- Complies with Blog Posting Guidelines (if it publishes content)
Example(s)
- Example needed – run the Meta-Article Prompt after first real run. Candidate: placing a Marko Sipila (HVAC Quote) customer-question leaf under its service branch with upward links.
File in the zip: skills/content-factory-post/place-content-on-seo-tree-with-proper-links.md. Download the Task Library zip.
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