Recovering SaaS SEO traffic with automated content pruning + SOP

Executive Summary

SEO for SaaS can collapse after team changes or content rot. Productized SOP + automated audits that identify pages to prune, merge, or refresh and enforce the workflow to restore traffic. LLMs plus programmatic access to Search Console and analytics let you audit thousands of landing pages and generate prioritized, publication-ready edits quickly. The source shows rapid gains from pruning and an operational failure when the SOP was not followed; that workflow failure is now solvable by automating SOP enforcement and observable metrics. Also, Google volatility and increasing content decay make continuous monitoring and automated remediation a timely need. The GSC retention constraint (about 16 months) cited in the post increases demand for proactive tooling that captures and acts on performance before history rolls off. Combine codified SaaS SEO SOPs with automated audits that use each customers private Google Search Console and analytics signals as a data moat. The product would 1) run continuous content performance scoring, 2) recommend prune/merge/refresh actions, 3) generate ready-to-apply content edits and briefs, and 4) provide SOP enforcement and workflow integration so teams cannot accidentally diverge from the proven process. Evidence from the source: deletion of 40 percent of content drove clicks 4k to 12k in 90 days, and a specific SOP sustained 20k clicks until the SOP was not followed, showing both high ROI from pruning and the value of an enforceable process.