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claimyourcollege.com · Sep 21 to Dec 20 · day 1 of 90

37 pages improved, 36 left alone. Day 1 of 90.

Visits a day per page, against the pages left alone

Day 1

Both groups went through the same days, the same season and the same changes at Google. The only difference is that Vera worked on one of them. The result is written on day 90. Until then this page shows the comparison as it stands, updated nightly.

Visits a week per page, both groups, lined up at the day the plan started

The 37 Vera improvedThe 36 left alone

Everything Vera did, and everything she deliberately didn’t.

Both lists in full. The second is the part nobody else publishes, and it’s the only reason the number above means anything.

The 37 Vera improved

Every change went out only after the website’s owner read it and said yes.

/not reached yet

/for-counselors/principal-memonot reached yet

/guidesnot reached yet

/guides/common-app-essay-promptsnot reached yet

/guides/financial-aid-glossarynot reached yet

/guides/how-financial-aid-worksnot reached yet

/guides/read-college-award-letternot reached yet

/guides/what-is-the-css-profilenot reached yet

/privacynot reached yet

/refundnot reached yet

/state-aidnot reached yet

/state-aid/alabamanot reached yet

/state-aid/alaskanot reached yet

/state-aid/arkansasnot reached yet

/state-aid/californianot reached yet

/state-aid/hawaiinot reached yet

/state-aid/idahonot reached yet

/state-aid/indiananot reached yet

/state-aid/louisiananot reached yet

/state-aid/mainenot reached yet

/state-aid/marylandnot reached yet

/state-aid/michigannot reached yet

/state-aid/mississippinot reached yet

/state-aid/montananot reached yet

/state-aid/new-hampshirenot reached yet

/state-aid/new-mexiconot reached yet

/state-aid/new-yorknot reached yet

/state-aid/north-carolinanot reached yet

/state-aid/north-dakotanot reached yet

/state-aid/oregonnot reached yet

/state-aid/rhode-islandnot reached yet

/state-aid/south-carolinanot reached yet

/state-aid/tennesseenot reached yet

/state-aid/texasnot reached yet

/state-aid/vermontnot reached yet

/state-aid/wisconsinnot reached yet

/state-aid/wyomingnot reached yet

The 36 left alone

Matched to the others on the kind of page, how busy it was and how old it was. Untouched for all 90 days.

/family-planUntouched

/for-counselorsUntouched

/founding-betaUntouched

/guides/avoid-scholarship-scamsUntouched

/guides/maximize-financial-aidUntouched

/guides/sync-your-plan-across-devicesUntouched

/guides/when-does-the-fafsa-openUntouched

/guides/write-college-scholarship-essaysUntouched

/og.pngUntouched

/sheetUntouched

/state-aid/arizonaUntouched

/state-aid/coloradoUntouched

/state-aid/connecticutUntouched

/state-aid/delawareUntouched

/state-aid/floridaUntouched

/state-aid/georgiaUntouched

/state-aid/illinoisUntouched

/state-aid/iowaUntouched

/state-aid/kansasUntouched

/state-aid/kentuckyUntouched

/state-aid/massachusettsUntouched

/state-aid/minnesotaUntouched

/state-aid/missouriUntouched

/state-aid/nebraskaUntouched

/state-aid/nevadaUntouched

/state-aid/new-jerseyUntouched

/state-aid/ohioUntouched

/state-aid/oklahomaUntouched

/state-aid/pennsylvaniaUntouched

/state-aid/south-dakotaUntouched

/state-aid/utahUntouched

/state-aid/virginiaUntouched

/state-aid/washingtonUntouched

/state-aid/washington-dcUntouched

/state-aid/west-virginiaUntouched

/termsUntouched

What else was going on at the time.

Anything that could have moved the numbers by itself is written down as it happens, not afterwards when it would be convenient.

Throughout

Google reports visits with a delay and revises its most recent days, so every figure here uses settled figures only, and the last two days are left out.

What this doesn’t prove.

It doesn’t carry over to other pages. 37 pages on one website over 90 days is what was measured. It’s evidence, not a law.

Pages affect each other. Improving one page and linking from it can help or hurt its untouched twin. Matching the pairs reduces that, but doesn’t remove it.

90 days is short for quiet pages. Pages with too few visitors to show anything are left out of the result and reported as too quiet to call.

AI answers aren’t measured directly. Google doesn’t report them separately, so nothing on this page claims to measure them.

Check it yourself.

The two groups were drawn by a published method from a fixed starting number. With the starting number and the list of pages below, anyone can redraw which page went into which group, following the steps set out on our method page, and get the same answer. If our list and yours disagree, one of us has made a mistake, and we’d want to know.

Starting numbera01598586f21fe32c6ef7992dd748cac

Groups set2026-09-21

Improved / left alone37 / 36

Measurednot yet

Pages in the resultnone yet

Resultnot yet

Methodper-page difference in differences, seeded page bootstrap

Last worked outnot yet

Pages sorted bypage url

Share improved0.500, within each matching set

Every page, its group and its matching set (73)

A matching set is the kind of page, its traffic band and its age band, written as kind|traffic|age. Sets smaller than four were pooled into one before drawing. Within each set, pages are sorted by the address below, shuffled with the starting number and the set’s name, and the first share goes to the improved group.

Page	Group	Matching set
https://claimyourcollege.com	Improved	pooled\|small
https://claimyourcollege.com/family-plan	Left alone	unclassified\|t1\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/for-counselors	Left alone	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/for-counselors/principal-memo	Improved	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/founding-beta	Left alone	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/guides	Improved	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/guides/avoid-scholarship-scams	Left alone	pooled\|small
https://claimyourcollege.com/guides/common-app-essay-prompts	Improved	blog_post\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/guides/financial-aid-glossary	Improved	blog_post\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/guides/how-financial-aid-works	Improved	blog_post\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/guides/maximize-financial-aid	Left alone	blog_post\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/guides/read-college-award-letter	Improved	blog_post\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/guides/sync-your-plan-across-devices	Left alone	blog_post\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/guides/what-is-the-css-profile	Improved	blog_post\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/guides/when-does-the-fafsa-open	Left alone	blog_post\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/guides/write-college-scholarship-essays	Left alone	blog_post\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/og.png	Left alone	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/privacy	Improved	pooled\|small
https://claimyourcollege.com/refund	Improved	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/sheet	Left alone	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid	Improved	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/alabama	Improved	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/alaska	Improved	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/arizona	Left alone	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/arkansas	Improved	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/california	Improved	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/colorado	Left alone	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/connecticut	Left alone	unclassified\|t1\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/delaware	Left alone	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/florida	Left alone	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/georgia	Left alone	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/hawaii	Improved	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/idaho	Improved	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/illinois	Left alone	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/indiana	Improved	unclassified\|t1\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/iowa	Left alone	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/kansas	Left alone	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/kentucky	Left alone	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/louisiana	Improved	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/maine	Improved	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/maryland	Improved	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/massachusetts	Left alone	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/michigan	Improved	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/minnesota	Left alone	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/mississippi	Improved	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/missouri	Left alone	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/montana	Improved	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/nebraska	Left alone	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/nevada	Left alone	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/new-hampshire	Improved	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/new-jersey	Left alone	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/new-mexico	Improved	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/new-york	Improved	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/north-carolina	Improved	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/north-dakota	Improved	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/ohio	Left alone	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/oklahoma	Left alone	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/oregon	Improved	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/pennsylvania	Left alone	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/rhode-island	Improved	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/south-carolina	Improved	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/south-dakota	Left alone	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/tennessee	Improved	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/texas	Improved	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/utah	Left alone	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/vermont	Improved	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/virginia	Left alone	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/washington	Left alone	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/washington-dc	Left alone	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/west-virginia	Left alone	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/wisconsin	Improved	unclassified\|t1\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/state-aid/wyoming	Improved	unclassified\|t0\|a0
https://claimyourcollege.com/terms	Left alone	pooled\|small

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