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<item><title>Stop reporting organic traffic. Report who it brings.</title><link>https://demandgrade.com/blog/report-buyers-not-traffic</link><guid>https://demandgrade.com/blog/report-buyers-not-traffic</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Total organic clicks can rise while buyers quietly leave. What changed when I started reporting high-intent share instead, and how to set it up.</description></item>
<item><title>How to sort search queries by intent, and explain every call</title><link>https://demandgrade.com/blog/sorting-search-queries-by-intent</link><guid>https://demandgrade.com/blog/sorting-search-queries-by-intent</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Rules first, a model for the rest, and a record of why every query landed where it did. Lessons from building an intent classifier for Search Console data.</description></item>
<item><title>Your site search box is a buyer survey you're not reading</title><link>https://demandgrade.com/blog/site-search-is-a-buyer-survey</link><guid>https://demandgrade.com/blog/site-search-is-a-buyer-survey</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Visitors who search your site tell you exactly what they came for, in their own words. Lessons from a landing page testing program, and how to start reading those searches.</description></item>
<item><title>Pricing on the wrong page: match the page to how ready the visitor is</title><link>https://demandgrade.com/blog/match-the-page-to-the-searcher</link><guid>https://demandgrade.com/blog/match-the-page-to-the-searcher</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>The same element can win on one page and lose on another. What landing page tests taught me about matching a page to the intent behind the search that brought someone there.</description></item>
<item><title>What one exit question told me that analytics couldn't</title><link>https://demandgrade.com/blog/exit-surveys-tell-you-what-analytics-cant</link><guid>https://demandgrade.com/blog/exit-surveys-tell-you-what-analytics-cant</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Analytics shows where people leave. A one-question exit survey shows why. How to run one, read thousands of answers, and avoid the small-sample trap.</description></item>
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