SEO / AI SEO Academic Credit Intern
Remote
Internship
Intern Level
Posted 2 weeks ago
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Improve the organic search visibility of cliqueprize.com by blending traditional SEO with emerging AI search optimization techniques, focusing on ranking for 'brick & mortar small business marketing'. This intern will conduct keyword research, optimize content, and collaborate with the web developer to enhance technical SEO.
Responsibilities
- Optimize existing and create new website content (articles, landing pages, images, videos, metadata)
- Conduct in-depth keyword research targeting "brick & mortar small business marketing"
- Develop SEO-driven articles with strong internal linking structures
- Build authoritative off-page links to support search rankings
- Understand and implement strategies for ranking in AI-driven search environments
- Research how AI search engines evaluate authority, context, and relevance
- Apply semantic SEO and Latent Semantic Indexing (LSI) techniques
- Optimize content for structured data and entity recognition
- Collaborate with the web developer to improve Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS)
- Monitor and analyze page rank, domain authority, keyword rankings, time on site, pages per visit, and organic lead conversions
Requirements
- Commit to 1 weekly meeting with Dev team and 2 hours per day during weekdays
- SEO experience
- Strong understanding of on-page and technical SEO fundamentals
- Experience with keyword research and competitive analysis
- Understanding of AI search ranking principles
- Knowledge of crawl budget management and LSI
- Familiarity with backlink building (white-hat techniques only)
- Ability to analyze SEO metrics and make data-driven recommendations
- Basic understanding of Core Web Vitals and performance optimization
- Strong writing and research skills
Nice to Have
- Marketing, Communications, Computer Science, or related major
- Experience with WordPress, Nuxt3, or Storyblok CMS platform
- Familiarity with Google Search Console and Google Analytics
- Experience optimizing video and image content
Skills
WordPress
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Google Analytics
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SEMrush
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Ahrefs
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Google Search Console
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Moz
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Nuxt3
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Storyblok CMS
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* Required skills
About CliquePrize - Local Giveaway Marketing for Small Businesses
CliquePrize is an iPhone mobile app that helps local brick & mortar small businesses grow through giveaways and other interactive promotions by capturing leads.
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