Ritner Digital August 2026 SEO Benchmark Report
Every month we publish our own Search Console data next to a real client's. In August our clicks grew 27%, and searches that read like prompts from AI tools quadrupled, which was enough to pull down our CTR. True Blue Autos saw impressions nearly quadruple after a batch of new commercial-truck guides reached page one. Here are the numbers, what drove them, and what we're doing next.
Ritner Digital July 2026 SEO Benchmark Report
Every month we publish our own Google Search Console numbers next to a real client's — no cherry-picking, no vanity dashboards. In July, our site grew clicks 24.6% month over month while mobile surged 44%, and client True Blue Autos captured branded search at 30–46% CTRs while building a national impression base with truck shipping content. Here's the full breakdown of what moved, what didn't, and what we're doing next.
Ritner Digital June 2026 SEO Benchmark Report
May ended with clicks near zero and an average position in the high 30s. Then Google's May 2026 core update finished rolling out on June 2 — and the numbers flipped almost overnight. Here's the full Search Console breakdown of what changed, which two brand-new posts drove it, and why Germany suddenly became one of our fastest-growing countries.
We're Building in Public. Here's Why That's the Point.
On January 22, 2026, ritnerdigital.com generated 2 impressions in Google Search Console. Zero clicks. Average position 33. We published that number. We published every number that followed — the days at position 60, the months where CTR didn't move, the high-impression pages still sitting at zero clicks. What we're building is a laboratory, a portfolio, and a public case study engine running simultaneously. This is the manifesto for why.
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