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Authentic Journeys Blog SEO Keyword Rankings 

Thank you everyone for your support over the years! 

1. Keyword string: “daylight savings will i be late or early”
This leads the the blog on our site: Will I Be Late or Early if I Don’t Spring Forward?
Hit count: 12,600
2025: Isn’t showing in AI overview, #1 in search results

3. Keyword string: american conversation starters
Leads to blog: 7 Ways to Start Conversations in American English
Hit count: 1,500
2025: #3 in AI overview, not on the first page for Google Search results

Here’s the 2025 screenshot for this keyword search, see the Google AI Overview search!

 

Keyword string: how to start conversation like american (added May 13, 2020)
Leads to blog: 7 Ways to Start Conversations in American English

 

4. Keyword string:idioms slangs and phrasal verbs
Leads to blog: Phrasal Verbs, Idioms and Slangs: A Comparison
Hit count: 5,000

In 2025, it’s still showing as #1 in search results, ABOVE the AI results. In the AI results it’s 6 or 7.

 

5. Keyword string: how to introduce myself like USA citizen
Leads to blog: How to Introduce Yourself to Americans – Lessons from the book Ketchup & Curry
Hit count: 4,500
2025: Google AI Overview 7, Search results 3 with AI overview

 

6. Keyword string: how to answer how did it go
Leads to blog: “How did it go?” – Meanings & How to Answer”
Hit Count: 77,500
2025: AI Overview (did not show), Search results 1, 6 (when to ask)

Keyword string: when asked how did it.go
Leads to blog: “How did it go?” – Meanings & How to Answer
2025: Google AI Overview #2, Google search results 3,4

7. Note: the keyword search term “another way to say stay in the loop” put this Authentic Journeys blog at #1 in the snippet of the search results on March 28, 2020, but as of May 5, 2020, our blog has slipped to #5.
Hit count: 57,700

2025 update: Shows up in #4 search results, no AI overview

 

8. Keyword string: what hours do people eat in the us
Leads to blog: When do Americans Eat Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner?
(Note: The keyword string “lunch hours in the us” ranks #4 as of May 7, 2020)
Hit count: 250,000
2025: #9 in Google Search, #6 in AI overview

 

9. Keyword string: how to reply american client
Leads to blog: Thank You Responses: Dos and Don’ts (Added May 16, 2020)
Hit count: 38,800

This keyword string (how to respond to American client) doesn’t render this same Authentic Journeys blog in 2025. Instead, it’s ranking 4 Ways to Impress American Customers at #2 in the AI overview and #4 in search results! The screenshot below was taken on Oct. 8, 2025.

Leads to blog: How to Respond if an American Client Thanks You (Added May 18, 2020)

 

10. SEO victory. This one is pretty amazing as our blog has beat so many ESL learning blogs!
Keyword string: “ways to ask about weekend”
See our blog: 13 Ways to Ask Americans About Their Weekend Plans
2025: #3 in Google AI overview
Hit count: 1,200

11. SEO Keyword String: “dads and grads”
Blog link: Dads & Grads – What & When Is It? 
2025 update: #6 on Google Search
Hit count: 950

 

12. SEO victory. We are #2 here. Thank you to Andrea for her wonderful video tutorial!
Keyword string: “let’s put our head together to solve this problem”
See our blog: Putting Our Heads Together – Idioms at Work
2025 update: #1 in Google Search and AI Overview
Hit count: 1,150

 

Thank you everyone for reading our blog and linking to it to increase SEO credibility.

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July 2020 SEO updates