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2026 SEO Development


Annual Planning: 2026 SEO Planning Timeline
Phase
Task
Status
Duration
Start Date
End Date
Phase 0: Internal Reset
2
AI integration
30 days
8/1/2025
8/31/2025
Decide on GFD involvement
32 days
9/1/2025
10/3/2025
Phase 1: SEO & Business Alignment
2
Align on Business Needs & Priorities with Pod Leads
8 days
9/15/2025
9/23/2025
Align with partners: Dotcom team, Engineering, Product
16 days
9/29/2025
10/15/2025
Phase 2: Quantitative Analysis & Initial List Production
3
Keyword research, Content Gap Analysis, & Content Audit to identify high value keywords
18 days
9/29/2025
10/17/2025
Initial keyword/topic list is built
2 days
10/20/2025
10/22/2025
Build High Level Pillar Structure
2 days
10/22/2025
10/24/2025
Phase 3: Content List Approval & Updates
5
Optional: Media Analytics Reviews with their perspective​
4 days
10/27/2025
10/31/2025
Share preliminary list with LOB pod leads
-
10/27/2025
10/27/2025
Business Review: Get LOB feedback on initial list & what to prioritize
11 days
10/27/2025
11/7/2025
Revise list based on feedback and create final plan
4 days
11/10/2025
11/14/2025
Rebuild High Level Pillar Structure based on final list
2 days
11/17/2025
11/19/2025
Phase 4: Production List Finalization
5
Internal Prioritization of content creation between LOBs
6 days
11/19/2025
11/25/2025
Optional: Media Analytics Reviews with their perspective​
4 days
11/21/2025
11/25/2025
Publish final 2026 plan
-
11/26/2025
11/26/2025
Share List of Pages & Timeline to LOBs
-
12/1/2025
12/1/2025
Create tickets to track pages through production
4 days
12/1/2025
12/5/2025
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Page Development: SEO Timeline
Phase
Task
Notes/ Detail
Owner
Depends on
Duration
Start Date
End Date
Phase 5: Content Creation
Content Creation
Open
GFD
7 days
1/5/2026
1/12/2026
Phase 6: Internal Review process
When content is ready for review notify SEO team and bot
Open
GFD
-
1/9/2026
1/9/2026
Phase 6: Internal Review process
SEORA Preps doc for review
Open
SEO
1 day
1/12/2026
1/13/2026
Phase 6: Internal Review process
Marketing review
Open
Business POC
7 days
1/14/2026
1/21/2026
Phase 6: Internal Review process
Business review
Open
Business POC
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Phase 6: Internal Review process
Legal review
Open
Legal
7 days
1/28/2026
2/4/2026
Phase 6: Internal Review process
SEO teams Create the Draft in CMS & Reviews
Open
SEO
-
2/5/2026
2/5/2026
Phase 6: Internal Review process
Sends the Page for Dot Com team to approve & push to Production
Open
IT team
13 days
2/6/2026
2/19/2026
Phase 6: Internal Review process
Dot com opens page in User for Review & SEO team Reviews & Approves
Open
Business POC
7 days
2/25/2026
3/4/2026
Phase 7: Production
Dot com team pushes page to production
Open
SEO team
-
3/5/2026
3/5/2026
Phase 8: Optimization
Measure progress of new content & continue optimization
Open
MA
​
Phase 8: Optimization
Quarterly Review of LOB priorities to ensure annual plan is still applicable
Open
SEO team, GEICO Pod Leads
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Annual Planning: 2026 SEO Planning Timeline_Full View
Phase 0: Internal Reset
Phase 1: SEO & Business Alignment
Phase 2: Quantitative Analysis & Initial List Production
Phase 3: Content List Approval & Updates
Phase 4: Production List Finalization
Phase 5: Content Creation
Phase 6: Internal Review process
Phase 7: Production
Phase 8: Optimization
Phase 8: Optimization
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Phase 0: Internal Reset
Phase 1: SEO & Business Alignment
Phase 2: Quantitative Analysis & Initial List Production
Phase 3: Content List Approval & Updates
Phase 4: Production List Finalization
Phase 5: Content Creation
Phase 6: Internal Review process
Phase 7: Production
Phase 8: Optimization
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