Search intent matching in SEO Fundamentals - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Search Intent Matching

📖 Scenario: You work for a digital marketing team that wants to improve website content by matching it to what users really want when they search online.Understanding search intent helps create better content that answers users' questions or needs.

🎯 Goal: Build a simple guide that categorizes search queries by their intent type: informational, navigational, or transactional.This will help you recognize what users want when they type a search phrase.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a dictionary called search_queries with exact queries and their example intents

Add a variable called intent_types listing the three main intent categories

Use a for loop with variables query and intent to iterate over search_queries.items()

Add a final statement that summarizes the total number of queries processed

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Marketers and content creators use search intent matching to write content that answers what users really want, improving website traffic and user satisfaction.

💼 Career

Understanding search intent is key for SEO specialists, digital marketers, and content strategists to optimize websites and campaigns effectively.

1

Create the search queries dictionary

Create a dictionary called search_queries with these exact entries: 'how to bake a cake': 'informational', 'facebook login': 'navigational', 'buy running shoes': 'transactional'

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# Create the search_queries dictionary with exact entries
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use curly braces {} to create a dictionary with keys as queries and values as intent types.

2

Add the intent types list

Add a list variable called intent_types containing these exact strings: 'informational', 'navigational', 'transactional'

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search_queries = {
    'how to bake a cake': 'informational',
    'facebook login': 'navigational',
    'buy running shoes': 'transactional'
}
# Add the intent_types list below
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use square brackets [] to create a list of strings.

3

Loop through queries and intents

Use a for loop with variables query and intent to iterate over search_queries.items(). Inside the loop, write a comment explaining that this is where you would match the query to its intent.

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search_queries = {
    'how to bake a cake': 'informational',
    'facebook login': 'navigational',
    'buy running shoes': 'transactional'
}
intent_types = ['informational', 'navigational', 'transactional']

# Use a for loop to iterate over search_queries.items()
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use for query, intent in search_queries.items(): to loop through the dictionary.

4

Add a summary statement

Add a variable called total_queries and set it to the number of items in search_queries using the len() function.

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search_queries = {
    'how to bake a cake': 'informational',
    'facebook login': 'navigational',
    'buy running shoes': 'transactional'
}
intent_types = ['informational', 'navigational', 'transactional']

for query, intent in search_queries.items():
    # This is where we match the query to its intent
    pass

# Add total_queries variable below
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use len(search_queries) to get the number of queries.