Intent Coverage
How completely a site’s set of pages covers query clusters with different user intents (informational, commercial, transactional, etc.).
Intent coverage is a content strategy metric that shows how fully a site addresses different search intent types within a topic cluster. The idea: for each core topic, there should be pages covering informational, commercial, transactional, and other intents — otherwise, top positions go to competitors.
What is intent coverage
An assessment of whether a site has answers for different query types within the same topic: from 'what is this' to 'buy / order'. It is close to the idea of semantic cocoons and the working metric 'semantic coverage' in content strategy.
Why it matters
The fuller the intent coverage, the less organic traffic goes to competitors in the long tail. For example, if you have only a commercial page (buy X) but no informational guide 'how to choose X', a competitor with that guide may outrank you for many related queries.
Connection with semantic cocoons
The semantic‑cocoon model assumes a hierarchical page structure where each level covers different intents. Intent coverage is a practical metric for checking the completeness of such a cocoon.
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