From 1,000 to 200,000 Clicks: The INSANE SEO Comeback of HouseFresh.com

Oct 14, 2025

HouseFresh's incredible journey from 1,000 to over 200,000 monthly clicks is a captivating tale of SEO resilience. The podcast dissects how the site revamped its design and user experience to recover after a traffic collapse from Google's update. It highlights the transformative power of off-site marketing, YouTube collaborations, and podcast appearances in boosting brand visibility. A heated debate surrounds whether their success was genuine SEO or merely Google's algorithm adjustment. Key takeaways encourage persistence, brand diversification, and creating valuable content.

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HouseFresh's Dramatic Traffic Rollercoaster

HouseFresh is an air-purifier review site that plunged from ~51,000 clicks to ~1,000 after Google's Helpful Content Update.
They later climbed to ~200,000 monthly clicks, four times their pre-hit peak.

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Small Site Changes And A Big YouTube Break

Giselle Navarro (HouseFresh managing editor) says their recovery came from many small changes, mostly design, UX, and content improvements.
They also built a popular YouTube channel and collaborated with LTT to massively boost brand searches.

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Clean Design And Navigation First

Improve site design, navigation, and remove clutter to help users and search engines get value from your site.
Focus on useful content and cleaner UX as practical steps that materially boost SEO performance.

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E832: HouseFresh went from 1,000 clicks a month to over 200,000 clicks a month - a 4x increase from their peak before Google’s Helpful Content Update destroyed their traffic.

I break down exactly what happened, what HouseFresh did right, and why their recovery has the entire SEO world debating whether it was “real SEO” or just Google fixing its mistake.

You’ll learn: - How HouseFresh rebuilt its traffic after the Helpful Content Update - The power of brand signals, UX, and off-site marketing - Why podcasts and YouTube appearances can supercharge your SEO - The truth about E-E-A-T and what actually matters in 2025 SEO - My personal take on the HouseFresh vs. Google debate

Whether you’re an SEO, a digital marketer, or just trying to grow your site - this episode will inspire you not to give up and to keep building your brand.

⭐️ HouseFresh - https://housefresh.com/about/ ⭐️ Gisele Navarro’s LinkedIn breakdown - https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7381783915742674944?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A7381783915742674944%2C7381803248032305153%29&dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287381803248032305153%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7381783915742674944%29 ⭐️ The debate around HouseFresh’s recovery - https://x.com/ichbinGisele/status/1977130773762465904

💎 Compact Keywords - My SEO Course - Get paying customers through SEO - Clear step-by-step video breakdowns - SEO templates to be copied and adapted for your products and services: https://compactkeywords.com/

00:00 Rebounds and Recoveries 00:28 HouseFresh: A Case Study in SEO Challenges 00:55 The Impact of Google's Helpful Content Update 01:59 Strategies for SEO Recovery and Growth 06:36 The Debate: SEO vs. Algorithm Correction 09:20 Conclusion: Key Takeaways and Final Thoughts

The Edward Show. Your daily search engine optimization podcast: https://edwardsturm.com/the-edward-show/

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