Frequently Asked Questions

No, you do not need root or sudo privileges. The acme.sh script is designed to work within the user's home directory, making it the perfect solution for shared hosting environments where you only have standard SSH/Terminal access.

Yes. During the first installation, acme.sh automatically creates a cron job (a scheduled task) on your server. This task runs daily and will automatically renew any certificate that is within 30 days of expiration, ensuring your sites never show a "Not Secure" warning.

If an expired domain previously used https, you must have an active SSL certificate to capture the link equity. Without SSL, browsers will block the connection, and search engines won't be able to follow the redirects from your old high-authority backlinks, effectively wasting the domain's SEO value.

Technically, yes. Both provide the same level of industry-standard encryption (AES-256). The main difference is that PositiveSSL is a commercial product with a warranty, while Let's Encrypt is a free, open-source alternative. For most SEO projects, blogs, and niche sites, Let's Encrypt is more than sufficient.

Yes, even though Namecheap promotes paid PositiveSSL certificates, you can install a free Let's Encrypt SSL using the Terminal (SSH) and the acme.sh script. This method allows you to bypass manual installation and automate the renewal process for all your addon domains.

Instead of a messy spreadsheet, you receive a clean, prioritized semantic roadmap. Each cluster is ranked by a composite score involving total volume, growth potential, and competition. You can immediately identify which content areas will deliver the highest ROI without any manual cleanup.

Absolutely. The tool is input-agnostic. Whether you provide a URL-based extraction of local competitors or a targeted seed list for a niche industry (e.g., mold remediation), the system filters data against client-specific stop-lists to ensure 100% commercial relevance to your specific territory.

I’ve engineered the system to flag four specific high-value statuses:

• Rising Star: These are the “hottest” keywords. My script flags them when the maximum search volume occurs in the very last two months of the analysis. This identifies spikes happening right now.
• Impressive Growth: Reserved for explosive trends where the average search volume in the current period (P3) is at least 5 times higher than the starting period (P1).
• Significant Growth: Keywords that show steady, reliable momentum with a growth factor of at least 2x and a consistent upward trajectory (P2 < P3). 4-word+
• Low Competitive KW: This identifies “low-hanging fruit.” I filter for long-tail queries (4+ words) that maintain high volume (>1,000/mo) but have a Low Competition score directly from Google’s data.