🗺️ Overview
Search Atlas gives you two powerful ways to scale your SEO output: OTTO SEO automation for publishing content on a schedule, and Cloud Stacks for building authoritative link structures around your key pages. This article explains how both features work and how to configure them correctly.
📅 Scheduling AI-Generated Articles from Topical Maps
Yes — articles generated from topical maps can be fully automated. The OTTO SEO tool lets you build a topical map, generate article drafts, and schedule them to publish automatically so your site receives a steady flow of optimised content without manual intervention.
To set up automated article publishing from a topical map:
- Go to OTTO SEO → All Sites (SEO Automation) in the left sidebar (or navigate to /seo-automation-v3).
- Create or open an existing topical map for your project.
- Select the articles you want to include in your automation queue.
- Click the Schedule option and choose your publishing frequency (for example, daily, every few days, or weekly).
- Connect your CMS integration if you want articles pushed directly to your website.
- Confirm your settings and activate the automation.
Once active, Search Atlas will generate and publish articles from your topical map according to the schedule you set. You can pause, edit, or stop the automation at any time from the same OTTO SEO dashboard.
☁️ What Are Cloud Stacks?
Cloud Stacks is a feature inside the Authority section of Search Atlas. It creates a network of high-authority, cloud-hosted pages — such as Google Sites, Notion pages, and similar properties — that are interlinked and all pointing back to a target page on your website. This builds topical authority and passes link equity to the pages you most want to rank.
To access Cloud Stacks, go to Left sidebar → Authority → Cloud Stacks.
🎯 Choosing Target Pages for Cloud Stacks
A target page is the specific URL on your website that the Cloud Stack will point to. Choosing the right target page is critical to getting the best results. Focus on pages that are strategically important to your business and that already have some foundational SEO in place.
Strong examples of target pages include:
- Money pages — your homepage, pricing page, or core product and service pages that directly drive conversions.
- Pillar content pages — long-form, authoritative articles that cover a broad topic and link out to supporting cluster content.
- Category or collection pages — key e-commerce or blog category pages you want to rank for competitive keywords.
- Location pages — geo-targeted landing pages for local SEO campaigns.
- High-priority blog posts — articles targeting competitive keywords that are ranking on page two and need a rankings boost.
Pages to avoid as Cloud Stack targets:
- Thin or low-quality pages with minimal content.
- Pages under construction or with technical issues such as broken links or missing meta tags.
- Duplicate or near-duplicate pages.
- Pages you do not intend to keep long-term.
🔗 Combining OTTO SEO Automation with Cloud Stacks
For best results, use both features together. Use OTTO SEO to consistently publish topical content that internally links to your most important pages, then use Cloud Stacks to build external authority pointing directly at those same pages. This combined approach strengthens both on-page topical relevance and off-page link authority at the same time.
💡 Tips for Best Results
- Start Cloud Stacks with your highest-converting or most competitive pages first.
- Make sure your target page has a clear, keyword-focused title tag and meta description before launching a Cloud Stack.
- Review your OTTO SEO automation queue regularly to ensure the scheduled articles stay relevant to your current keyword strategy.
- Use the Authority → Cloud Stacks section to track the progress of your Cloud Stacks and monitor link activity over time.
🆘 Need More Help?
If you need further assistance, open the chat widget in the bottom-right corner of the platform and type human teammate to be connected with a member of our team.