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SERP CTR curves, keyword difficulty, link velocity, EEAT, attribution, conversion funnels, ad auctions.

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Animated diagrams for SEO agencies, content marketers, and SaaS marketing teams. Visualize the SERP CTR curve, keyword difficulty distributions, link velocity, content decay, EEAT framework, ranking factor weights, attribution models, paid-ad auctions, email lifecycles, and conversion funnels.

What this is: Free, embeddable, animated diagrams covering marketing & seo topics (seo, content marketing, paid advertising, email marketing, and more).
Who uses it: SEO agencies · Content marketers · SaaS marketing · Growth teams · Performance marketers
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Diagrams in this category: 112 live (total in catalog: 112).
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Highlights

What you will find here

SEO: SERP CTR, keyword difficulty, link velocity, EEAT
Content marketing: editorial calendar, content decay, topical authority
Paid ads: auction mechanics, quality score, ad rank
Email: lifecycle stages, deliverability, list health
Social, analytics, attribution, conversion

Sub-categories

7 topic areas in Marketing & SEO

SEO

SERP CTR, keyword difficulty, link velocity, EEAT, ranking factors.

26 live

Content marketing

Content decay, topical clusters, editorial calendar, distribution.

18 live

Paid advertising

Auction mechanics, quality score, bid strategies, ROAS curves.

16 live

Email marketing

Lifecycle stages, deliverability, segmentation, drip flows.

12 live

Social media

Algorithm decay, engagement curves, posting cadence, virality.

12 live

Marketing analytics

Attribution models, multi-touch, MMM, GA funnels.

14 live

Conversion optimization

Conversion funnels, A/B test power, sample-size curves.

14 live

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SEO 26 live

SERP CTR, keyword difficulty, link velocity, EEAT, ranking factors.

Marketing & SEO Medium

SERP Click-Through Rate Curve

Position 1 captures ~30% of clicks. Position 10 gets under 3%. The curve is steeper than most marketers admit.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Keyword Difficulty Distribution

Most keywords sit in a long-tail of low-difficulty terms. The head is small and brutally contested.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Link Velocity Curve

Natural link growth is gradual and accelerating. Sudden spikes followed by silence flag manipulation.

Marketing & SEO Medium

EEAT Framework Diagram

Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness. Trust is the foundation; the others stack on top.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Content Decay Curve

Organic traffic to a typical post peaks at 6-12 months then decays without refreshes.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Ranking Factor Weights

Relevance, links, content quality, UX signals - rough relative weights as understood from leaks and studies.

Marketing & SEO Rich

Page Authority Math

How PageRank flows: incoming links divided by outgoing, dampened, summed across the graph.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Click Depth from Homepage

Pages 3+ clicks from the homepage rank dramatically worse. Internal linking flattens the tree.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Query Refinement Sequence

Searchers refine queries from broad to specific. The refinement chain reveals intent.

Marketing & SEO Simple

Search Intent Quadrants

Informational, navigational, commercial, transactional. Match the page type to the intent.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Topical Authority Clusters

Hub pages link to spoke pages and back. Density signals topical depth.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Crawl Budget Allocation

Googlebot spends most of its budget on a small set of pages. Surface the rest with sitemap and links.

Marketing & SEO Simple

Index Coverage Funnel

Discovered -> crawled -> indexed -> ranked. Pages drop off at each stage.

Marketing & SEO Simple

Core Web Vitals Thresholds

LCP, INP, CLS - good/needs-improvement/poor bands and how they roll up to a Vitals score.

Marketing & SEO Simple

SERP Feature Occupancy

Featured snippets, PAA, video, image packs - what percentage of queries each takes over.

Marketing & SEO Simple

Healthy Anchor Text Distribution

Branded, naked URL, generic, and exact-match anchors mixed in natural ratios.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Backlink Quality Spectrum

High DA + topical relevance + editorial placement at one end. PBN footprints at the other.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Log File Analysis Heatmap

Where Googlebot actually spends its time, by URL pattern and day of week.

Marketing & SEO Simple

Redirect Chain Impact

Each hop loses crawl budget and a sliver of equity. Three-hop chains start to bite.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Duplicate Content & Canonicalization

How rel=canonical, redirects, and parameter handling resolve duplicate URLs into one indexable page.

Marketing & SEO Simple

Mobile vs Desktop Rankings

Mobile-first indexing means the mobile version is the canonical version. Parity matters.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Algorithm Update Impact Curve

Core updates create step-changes in traffic. Recovery curves reveal whether the issue was content or links.

Marketing & SEO Simple

Local Pack Ranking Factors

Proximity, prominence, relevance - the three Google local pillars.

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Schema and Rich Result CTR Lift

Adding structured data lifts CTR by 5-30% depending on result type.

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Keyword Cannibalization Detection

Two URLs swapping for the same query suppresses both. Consolidate or differentiate.

Marketing & SEO Simple

SERP Volatility Tracking

Daily ranking flux scores reveal algorithm rumbles before Google confirms an update.

Content marketing 18 live

Content decay, topical clusters, editorial calendar, distribution.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Editorial Calendar Flow

Idea -> brief -> draft -> edit -> publish -> distribute. The content pipeline as a swim lane.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Content Distribution Loop

Publish once, distribute many. The 1:10 rule for amplification.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Content ROI Curve

Cost upfront, value compounds for years. The breakeven sits 6-18 months out.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Topical Content Map

Pillar topics radiating into clusters of supporting articles - the topical authority map.

Marketing & SEO Simple

Content Types by Funnel Stage

TOFU informational, MOFU comparison, BOFU decision content. Match format to stage.

Marketing & SEO Simple

Headline Formula Grid

Number-driven, question, how-to, listicle, contrarian - which formula wins per channel.

Marketing & SEO Simple

Reading Time vs Engagement

Engagement peaks around 7-minute reads. Bounces dominate sub-1-minute pages.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Content Refresh Impact

Updating an aging post can recover 50-200% of peak traffic. The refresh ROI curve.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Newsletter Growth Loop

Each issue drives shares, subscribes, and content ideas - a self-reinforcing loop.

Marketing & SEO Simple

Anatomy of a Content Brief

Target query, intent, outline, sources, internal links, CTAs - the brief that scales writing.

Marketing & SEO Simple

Guest Posting Funnel

Prospects -> outreach -> reply -> pitch accepted -> published. Conversion at each step.

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Pillar and Spoke Architecture

A long pillar guide internally links to focused spoke articles. SEO and reader paths align.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Content Velocity vs Share of Voice

Publishing more often grows share of voice non-linearly. Cadence multiplies surface area.

Marketing & SEO Simple

Narrative Arc Structures

Problem-solution, before-after-bridge, hero's journey, listicle. Common content arcs.

Marketing & SEO Simple

Content Quality Rubric

Originality, depth, expertise, freshness, UX. Score each axis.

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UGC vs Editorial Mix

User-generated reviews and Q&A complement editorial content. The mix optimizes coverage.

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Evergreen vs Trending Content Mix

Trending pieces spike then die. Evergreen compounds. Plan a healthy mix.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Content Attribution Paths

How readers move from blog post to converting action across multiple sessions.

Paid advertising 16 live

Auction mechanics, quality score, bid strategies, ROAS curves.

Marketing & SEO Rich

Ad Auction Mechanics

Bid x quality score = ad rank. Highest ad rank wins, but pays only what it needs to clear the next bidder.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Quality Score Decomposition

Expected CTR + ad relevance + landing page experience. Three signals, one score.

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CTR vs CPC Curve

Higher CTR drops CPC because clickthroughs are part of quality score. The compound effect.

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Ad Rank Formula

Bid x quality score x extension impact x context = ad rank. The full formula laid out.

Marketing & SEO Medium

ROAS by Spend: Declining Marginal Returns

Marginal ROAS declines as spend scales. Find the efficient frontier.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Bid Strategy Comparison

Manual CPC, target CPA, target ROAS, max conversions - tradeoffs across volume and efficiency.

Marketing & SEO Simple

Audience Targeting Pyramid

Customer match -> remarketing -> in-market -> affinity -> demographic. From hot to cold.

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Attribution Window Impact

Switching from 7-day to 30-day click windows can re-attribute 20-40% of conversions.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Meta Ads Funnel Architecture

Awareness -> consideration -> conversion campaigns stack to form the full funnel.

Marketing & SEO Simple

Creative Fatigue Curve

CTR declines as audience saturates the creative. Refresh before frequency hits 4+.

Marketing & SEO Simple

Lookalike Audience Similarity

1% lookalikes are tightest, 10% broadest. Conversion rate vs reach tradeoff.

Marketing & SEO Simple

Landing Page Experience Factors

Speed, mobile-fit, scent match, trust signals. The components quality score actually measures.

Marketing & SEO Simple

Daily Budget Pacing

How Google paces a $100/day budget across the day. Even, accelerated, and standard pacing compared.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Broad Match Keyword Explosion

One broad keyword can match thousands of search queries. The expansion tree.

Marketing & SEO Simple

Negative Keyword Impact

Adding 50 strategic negatives can drop CPA by 20-30% by filtering wasted clicks.

Marketing & SEO Rich

Incrementality Test Design

Geo holdout, ghost ads, conversion lift. Three ways to measure paid-ads true contribution.

Marketing analytics 14 live

Attribution models, multi-touch, MMM, GA funnels.

Marketing & SEO Rich

Attribution Models Compared

Last-click, first-click, linear, time-decay, U-shaped, data-driven. Same data, six different stories.

Marketing & SEO Rich

Multi-Touch Attribution Path

Real customer journeys span 7-15 touches across weeks. The full path, visualized.

Marketing & SEO Rich

MMM vs MTA

Marketing mix modeling sees the forest. Multi-touch sees the trees. Use both.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Time-Decay Attribution Curve

Touches closer to conversion get more credit. The exponential decay weighting.

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U-Shaped Attribution

First touch and last touch each get 40%. Middle touches share 20%.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Incrementality Lift Curve

True channel contribution = treated outcome minus control outcome. The clean measurement.

Marketing & SEO Medium

GA4 Event Architecture

Page views, events, conversions, audiences. The GA4 data model.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Cohort Retention Curves

Each signup cohort shows a unique retention shape. Compare across acquisition sources.

Marketing & SEO Simple

Session Quality Score Components

Pages per session, time on site, scroll depth, conversion. The composite engagement score.

Marketing & SEO Simple

Marketing Dashboard Hierarchy

KPI -> driver metrics -> diagnostic metrics. Three layers from board level to ops.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Channel Mix Evolution

How a typical SaaS revenue mix shifts from year 1 paid-heavy to year 5 organic-dominant.

Marketing & SEO Simple

UTM Tagging Flow

Source, medium, campaign, content, term. The five parameters that bridge ad spend to revenue.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Marketing Funnel Leak Detection

Where users drop out. The biggest leak is rarely where teams look first.

Marketing & SEO Rich

Channel Incrementality Heatmap

How much each channel actually adds vs cannibalizes other channels.

Conversion optimization 14 live

Conversion funnels, A/B test power, sample-size curves.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Conversion Funnel Stages

Visit -> engage -> lead -> trial -> paid. Each stage has a leak that defines the bottleneck.

Marketing & SEO Rich

A/B Test Power Curve

Statistical power = chance of detecting an effect that is real. 80% is industry standard.

Marketing & SEO Rich

Sample Size by Baseline & MDE

Lower baseline conversion + smaller MDE = exponentially more traffic needed.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Minimum Detectable Effect Curve

MDE shrinks with sample size. Doubling traffic detects effects ~30% smaller.

Marketing & SEO Simple

CRO Impact Pyramid

Headline > offer > layout > copy > color. Test the high-impact levers first.

Marketing & SEO Simple

Form Field Friction Curve

Each additional form field cuts conversion by 10-20%. The friction tax.

Marketing & SEO Simple

CTA Placement Heatmap

Above-fold, end-of-section, sticky-bar. Where CTAs actually convert.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Page Speed vs Conversion Rate

Each second of load time costs 4-7% of conversions. The compound penalty.

Marketing & SEO Simple

Social Proof Stack Effectiveness

Logos, testimonials, reviews, case studies, user count. Each adds trust differently.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Pricing Page Conversion Levers

Anchor tier, feature comparison, FAQ, social proof. The conversion-driving elements.

Marketing & SEO Simple

Exit-Intent Recovery Rate

Catching leavers with a relevant offer recovers 5-15% of would-be bouncers.

Marketing & SEO Rich

Sequential Testing Pitfalls

Peeking at results inflates false-positive rates. Always-valid p-values fix it.

Marketing & SEO Rich

Bayesian vs Frequentist A/B Tests

Probability of being best vs p-value. Same data, different framing.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Optimization Velocity Curve

Cumulative conversion-rate gain compounds with test cadence. 50 tests/year vs 5.

Email marketing 12 live

Lifecycle stages, deliverability, segmentation, drip flows.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Email Subscriber Lifecycle

New -> engaged -> at-risk -> dormant -> unsubscribed. The five-stage subscriber journey.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Drip Sequence Anatomy

Welcome -> education -> social proof -> offer -> re-engage. The five-email onboarding sequence.

Marketing & SEO Rich

Email Deliverability Stack

SPF, DKIM, DMARC, BIMI, sender reputation. The auth stack that gets you to inbox.

Marketing & SEO Simple

List Health Decay

Email lists decay 22% per year on average. Cleaning and growth offset the loss.

Marketing & SEO Simple

Segmentation Performance Impact

Segmented sends produce 3-5x higher revenue per recipient than blasts.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Subject Line A/B Test

Open rate distributions for two subject lines, with significance threshold marked.

Marketing & SEO Simple

Send Time Optimization

Open rate by hour of day, with the morning/evening twin peaks visible.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Sender Reputation Curve

Reputation builds slowly, decays quickly. Spam complaints are kryptonite.

Marketing & SEO Simple

Preheader Optimization Layout

Subject + preheader work as a paired headline. Wasted preheaders are a lost open.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Unsubscribe Friction Tradeoff

Easier unsubscribes raise opt-outs but reduce spam complaints. The complaint-vs-churn tradeoff.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Transactional vs Marketing Email

Different sending domains, IPs, and sender reputations. Why the separation matters.

Marketing & SEO Medium

Email Revenue Attribution Models

Direct, last-click, and assisted email revenue can differ by 3x. Pick the right view.

FAQ

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Where can I get free animated marketing diagrams for my blog or agency site?

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