How fast will I rank?

Local SEO compounds. Long-tail searches are usually where local rankings move first, because there is less competition for them. Primary X near me terms take longer and depend on how contested the market is. We report weekly so you see the curve.

Can I bring my own website?

Yes. The deeper content work runs on your existing site. If it is salvageable (decent bones, mobile-friendly), we optimize and extend it. If it needs a full rebuild, that becomes a SEOD Foundation project. We tell you which after the review.

What about backlinks?

We build local citation backlinks (directories, chamber of commerce, local news mentions when relevant). We do not do shady link-building. It does not work anymore and it risks your ranking.

Why no 100% money-back guarantee?

Because nobody can guarantee Google's algorithm. What we do instead is report against the agreed primary keyword every week, so you can see whether the work is moving it and decide accordingly. There is no annual lock-in.

Can I change the engagement later?

Yes. No annual lock-in. Move up or down with 30 days notice. We do ask for at least 60 days before judging the engagement, because the technical foundation is mostly built in that window.

Bay Area local search

Local SEO, AEO and GEO for Bay Area businesses

Search visibility. Buyers see you first.

I ran $54M+ in P&L across BCD Tofu House, Gen Korean Barbecue, Sake2Me Sushi, and Obaba Fresh, so I build local search the way an operator reads a P&L. Google Business Profile, citations, on-page, content, and AI-answer visibility. No annual contract.

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SEOD Growth

MAKE YOUR BUSINESS
EASIER TO FIND.

For local service businesses that need customers to find accurate, useful information in search and maps.

Get the basics consistent

Google Business Profile, hours, categories, photos, reviews and business information across directories.

Answer real questions

Service content, on-page structure and technical foundations built around what your customers need to know.

Review the evidence

Report on search position, calls and the next useful fix. Search rankings and AI citations are not guaranteed.

Search visibility is scoped inside Growth after the Business Growth Review. There is no separate search package ladder.

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Explore the work and approach

Read the published search work

Explore the NorCal Shiba case study and its published, approximate inquiry results.

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How you get this

Search visibility is delivered inside SEOD Growth, scoped after a Business Growth Review because the right mix depends on the business. Launch search foundations are part of every SEOD Foundation build.

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What this includes

Local SEO, AEO and GEO: the whole local search stack, one team.

Google, the map pack, and the AI answers, covered end to end. No piecemeal add-ons.

Google Business Profile

Categories, photos, posts, hours, and review responses. The single biggest lever for "near me" visibility, worked every week.

Local SEO foundation

Citations, NAP consistency across directories, and map-pack targeting for the searches that matter to the business.

On-page and technical

Titles, headings, schema, internal links, and site speed. The fixes that let Google read and rank the pages you already have.

Content that ranks

Service pages and city pages built to answer a real search and book a real customer, not to pad a word count.

AEO and GEO

Structured answers and entity signals that make your information easier to understand and retrieve. AI citations and rankings are not guaranteed.

Weekly reporting

Keyword position, calls, and the single next fix that moves the needle. You see the curve, not a vanity dashboard.

Who this is for

Built for operators, not marketers.

Bay Area service businesses that live or die by "near me" searches
Owners burned by an agency that hid the work behind a monthly retainer
Restaurants, dental, med spa, home services, and nonprofits
Anyone who wants a written scope and price before work starts
Operators who want AI-answer visibility, not just blue links
Businesses ready to grow month to month, no annual lock-in

How this is delivered now

Search visibility is a capability inside SEOD Growth, not a separate package ladder. The old maintenance tiers are retired; website upkeep after launch sits in SEOD Care.

What that means in practice: we review the business first, work out whether search is actually the constraint, and scope the search work as part of a Growth plan. Sometimes the honest answer is that the site cannot convert the traffic it already has, in which case SEOD Foundation comes first. When paid search is the faster lever, see Google Ads and paid social.

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