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I run a small design agency

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I run a small design agency and looking for someone to help integrate good SEO practice into the new website for my client.

Someone is working on the messaging and content for the client and I will be working on the front end design and branding. We will probably be going for a WordPress based theme.

I had a few questions:

  • Are there any ongoing monthly fees?
  • Do you integrate Google Search Console?
  • Do you use Yoast or Rankmath?

Would you need more detail about the client/website before getting started?

Look forward to hearing from you.

Many thanks.

Thanks for contacting me!

I have a few answers for you…

1)
I do offer an ongoing SEO campaign option – many people are perfectly happy with the one-time overhaul and the fee for that – but clients that really want to commit to SEO (which is hands down the best, cheapest marketing you can do) will usually carry on.

I actually throw in a free month of that service too, so people can see the value first-hand.

2)
Yes, absolutely. Google Search Console is the authoritative place for Google’s organic search statistics. It’s a vital tool for anyone working in SEO.

3)
Actually, I choose the plugin based on several factors with the site itself. Different plugins are best for different websites–the way you’re using pages, posts etc is important in deciding. I don’t have a favourite, I like to look at a site and decide which plugin would be best for it on a case by case basis.

Something I can say though is in about 80% of cases All In One SEO pack ends up being selected.

Additionally)
The best time to engage me is immediately after the site has gone live. That way I can do all the various submission processes alongside the search engine optimisation.

I’m a big believer that all information is good information – so if you wanted to send through more info on the client that would be welcome. But it’s also true the current content I can see I believe gives me more than enough information about her to base the work on.

Thanks again,

Peter Mahoney
WordPress SEO & AI Search (GEO) Expert

I need some help with this site

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I hope you’re well. I need some help with my site.
1. Increase speed, reports tell me it’s slow
2. SEO audit & recommendations
3. SEO optimisation

I think 2 & 3 are covered in your offer here. Can you also help with 1?
I think I already have most of the set up bit in place (site map, SEO pack etc).

Thanks for contacting me!

I have a few thoughts around this…

1)
I don’t do speed work by itself anymore – only bundled with SEO. I can probably make the site faster – I usually achieve around an 35-40% increase in loading time (I can’t make promises of course!) but because your iste currently loads in around 6 seconds that’s still not going to be terribly fast.

You can see from the attached benchmark in the ‘File Requests’ graph towards the bottom that the thing taking most of the loading time is actually just the very first ‘connection’ bit. That suggests it could be a problem with the server causing the slowdown, not the site, which I wouldn’t be able to resolve for you.

2)
Your SEO could do with an overhaul to be honest. Just looking at something as basic as the homepage description it’s already breaking one of the main rules – it has too many commas. Too many of those and Google assume you’re just keyword stuffing. Which to be fair is what you’re doing here.

So I can certainly overhaul your SEO, and look to improve the loading time as part of the job with the add-on.

Up to you obviously! Thanks again,

Peter Mahoney
WordPress SEO & AI Search (GEO) Expert

Help us rank higher on Google

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A colleague recommended me to your page and service. I just wanted to know a little bit more about how you would be able to help us rank higher on Google. We are a full service commercial real estate firm and would need to rank high for brokerage and Management mostly. We do have active social media accounts.

Thanks for contacting me. It’s always good to be recommended!

My offer would be appropriate for your site: you don’t have a lot of SEO work on there currently so it would certainly make a difference.

A few general thoughts:

1)
Your homepage is a bit light on text. Personally I’d recommend you rewrite the main About page text (to ensure it’s unique) and include that on the homepage too. If that isn’t feasible I’d suggest moving the main About page text to the homepage instead.

2)
It’s good you have active social media accounts. They can work well for social related traffic to your site (when you link from them to pages on the site) but actually have very little SEO impact. Facebook for example has marked all their outbound links as ‘nofollow’ for some years. So links don’t count towards your SEO authority. In my experience social accounts are best used to create a mini ‘community’ on those platforms you can have your own specific strategies for.

Thanks again!

Peter Mahoney
WordPress SEO & AI Search (GEO) Expert

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