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June 3, 2026

# Topical Coverage Calculator: Common Mistakes and Best Practices

Most problems with topical Coverage Calculator aren't caused by not knowing what to do — they're caused by small, easy-to-miss mistakes that compound quietly over time. Here are the ones that come up most often.

Mistake 1: Publishing broadly across many unrelated topics instead of building depth in a smaller number where genuine expertise and authority can accumulate.

Mistake 2: Assuming more posts always means better coverage, when several thin, overlapping posts often signal less authority than fewer comprehensive ones.

Mistake 3: Never linking topically related content together, leaving genuine depth invisible to both readers and crawlers navigating the site's structure.

The fix for most of these isn't more effort, it's a regular check. A few habits that prevent them from creeping back in:
- Interlink content within a topic cluster heavily — topical authority is partly a function of how clearly your own site's structure demonstrates depth on a subject.
- Periodically reassess coverage as a topic evolves — new subtopics and questions emerge over time that older content maps didn't anticipate.

Worth reading alongside this: our guide to generative engine optimization (GEO), which covers the adjacent side of the same part of a technical SEO audit.

Topical Coverage Calculator catches most of this automatically, which is the easiest way to stop these mistakes from shipping in the first place.

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Everything in this guide runs directly in your browser — no signup, no install.

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