Data updated Oct 23, 2026
Paperguide is an all-in-one AI Research Assistant to get research-backed answers, find & analyse research papers, manage references, and write documents
Paperguide’s organic search traffic went from 163.7K to 220.4K visits in one month, mostly from the non-brand terms below. In the same window, Paperguide’s Sitemap added 177 pages, mostly under /research-glossary. The timing overlaps — worth a closer look.
How the growth happened
Monthly visit estimates · 2026-04 — 2026-09 · DR 52, flat
Sep 2026
Monthly visits split by channel share: Paperguide added 86.3K visits from Aug to Sep, with organic search contributing 66%.
| Channel | Last 4 months | Change barAug → Sep | Change | Share of change | Current share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organic search | +56.7K | 66% | 57.5% ↑2.4pp | ||
| Referrals | +11.8K | 14% | 7.7% ↑1.7pp | ||
| Paid search | +6K | 6.9% | 2.2% ↑1.4pp | ||
| 5 other channels | +9.5K | 11% | 30.7% ↓5.7pp |
What you can borrow
Paperguide’s acquisition moves across pages, search terms and AI referrals, each with its data source.
| Keyword | Traffic | CPC | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| paperguideBrand | 7.9K | $2.00 | 1 |
| invisible textNon-brand | 5.2K | $0.47 | 2 |
| invisible characterNon-brand | 3.4K | $0.28 | 3 |
| empty characterNon-brand | 2.9K | $0.28 | 4 |
| scholar gptNon-brand | 2.5K | $0.10 | 5 |
Borrow: Most of its search traffic comes from non-brand terms (e.g. “invisible text”, “invisible character”). Find the needs your product also serves and capture them with tool or landing pages.
Pages listed in the Sitemap grew 17.2% over 3 days, from 1,032 listed URLs to 1,209 listed URLs.
/research-glossary+19/blog+2Borrow: Generate pages of this kind from data you already have (see /research-glossary) to capture long-tail search.
1K visits from AI assistants (previous month 2.1K), 0.3% of all traffic.
Borrow: No need to follow yet; watch whether it scales next month.
Full growth history
Where did the +86.3K visits actually come from?
Paperguide grew 29% in Sep. Unlock the launch posts, community threads and new backlinks behind the spike, plus a launch checklist you can copy.
Paperguide's public Sitemap now lists 177 more URLs
Observed eventPaperguide's public Sitemap now lists 113 more URLs
Observed eventPaperguide's public Sitemap now lists 193 more URLs
Observed eventWhere it launched and who talked about it
Visible after unlockingWhere the new backlinks came from
Visible after unlockingA launch sequence you can copy
Visible after unlockingSame-market benchmark
Sep 2026 · Research
Each product uses its latest observed month; different months are not a same-period ranking.
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We diff its Sitemap, backlinks and traffic daily and alert you only on real changes.
Method: visits and channel shares are third-party monthly estimates; channel change = monthly visits × channel share, month over month; site actions and traffic are shown by timing only, not as cause and effect.
