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How much does SEO cost in Raleigh?
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Google Maps starts at $1,497 a month. Google rankings start at $2,697 a month. Both go up for multiple locations, multiple websites and complexity. Start with Google Maps or the normal Google results, or run both. AI answers come with every plan. Every plan is month to month. Where you land depends on your service, how many parts of Raleigh and the Triangle you want to win and how strong the businesses above you are. You get your exact number on the free strategy call.
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How long does SEO take in Raleigh?
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You should see the first improvements within 20 days. If you don’t see visible improvement in your key metrics within the first 20 days, we refund $200 on top of returning your payment for that period. If your qualifying keywords aren’t on the first page of Google within 60 days, we keep working for free until they are.
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Is SEO worth it for a small business in Raleigh?
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Yes, if you’re already doing $20,000 a month or more and want more of the same work. Ads charge you for every click, and the price climbs when everyone bids after the same storm or in the same busy season. A page-one ranking keeps bringing in leads without a bill for every click, and our guarantees put dates on it: visible improvement in 20 days, qualifying keywords on page one in 60.
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What does a Raleigh SEO company actually do?
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Eight jobs, all done for you: we set up and run your Google Business Profile, grow your Google reviews, fix your local listings, fix your website so Google can read it, build a page for each service and area you serve, earn mentions on trusted websites, get you into AI answers, and show you every ranking each month so you can check it on Google yourself.
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Have you ranked businesses in North Carolina?
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Yes. Asheville Area Movers is a moving company in Asheville, NC. On our rank grid for “local movers”, every point on the map showed them first or second. The Game Caps also climbed from page five to #3 for “UNC hat”, above New Era and Amazon.
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Do you work with businesses outside Raleigh, like Cary, Durham or Wake Forest?
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Yes. Google treats Cary, Apex, Durham, Chapel Hill and Wake Forest as their own markets, so a business that serves them gets its own pages and search targets for each. We track the searches your customers actually type in each town and show you where you stand in every one.
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How do I choose an SEO company in Raleigh?
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Ask every agency three things: what will move in 20 days, what will be on page one in 60, and what happens if it isn’t. Then ask for client names and rankings you can search yourself, and a price. We answer all of it in writing, and we’re rated 4.8 on Google from 199 reviews.
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How do you optimize a Google Business Profile in Raleigh?
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We choose the categories that match what your customers search, list every service, add real photos and post regular updates, and keep new reviews coming in with a reply to each one. Reviews are one of the signals Google weighs. Then we make sure your name, address and phone number match on every directory Google checks, so it trusts your Raleigh location.
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My business is in North Hills, Brier Creek or downtown. Can I rank across Raleigh too?
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Yes. Google Maps favors businesses close to the person searching, so you win your own neighborhood first. Then we build a page for each part of Raleigh you serve, check your ranking from a grid of points across it, and point your listings and mentions at the areas where you aren’t in the top three yet.
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My work is seasonal. When should I start SEO?
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About two months before you need the calls. In Raleigh, roofing searches climb from 260 a month to 3,600, mold removal from 110 to 880 and landscaping from 210 to 880. Personal injury lawyers see anywhere from 390 to 3,600. Rankings take weeks to build, so the businesses that start early are the ones in the top three when the rush arrives.
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How do I reach you from Raleigh?
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Call our US line on +1 619 558 3888, 9am to 5pm Eastern, the same hours as Raleigh, or book a free strategy call. Every strategy call runs on Google Meet, and we check your rankings from Raleigh itself, neighborhood by neighborhood, so you see what your customers see.
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Can I rank in Raleigh and Cary at the same time?
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Yes. Google shows different businesses in each, so each town gets its own pages and its own search targets, and a second location gets its own Google Business Profile. Mae Fence Company, for example, ranks #1 on Google Maps at 20 miles for “Vinyl Fence Installation Fulton”, up from not showing at all.
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Do you build backlinks for Raleigh businesses?
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Yes. Google ranks the businesses other websites vouch for, so we earn mentions and links from Raleigh and North Carolina news and community sites, business associations, suppliers and partners. No spam, no link farms and nothing that could get your website penalized.
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Can you get my business into Google’s AI answers and ChatGPT?
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AI SEO is included in every plan, and it works to get your business named when people ask Google’s AI or ChatGPT who to hire in Raleigh. Super Fabrications in Reston, Virginia is named in Google’s AI Mode for fence gates and recommended by ChatGPT, and Angkorscape is named in Google’s AI Overview for “luxury landscape designers”.
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Am I locked into a long contract?
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No. Every plan is month to month, and results keep you here, not paperwork. We work with established businesses already doing $20,000 a month or more. Very limited spots left for the month of October. We put a cap on clients we can take in to keep our promises.
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What does an SEO company do?
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An SEO company gets your business found on Google when people search for what you sell. In practice that means fixing your website so Google can read it, writing a page for every service and town you serve, running your Google Business Profile, getting other trusted websites to mention you, and checking every month where you rank. A good one tells you up front what will move and when, and shows you the rankings so you can check them yourself.
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Is SEO dead now with AI?
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No. People still search Google for local businesses every day, and its AI answers draw on the same websites, listings and reviews that rank in the normal results. So the work that ranks you on Google now also gets you named in Google’s AI Overview and in ChatGPT. It pays off in more places than before, not fewer.
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How much does an SEO service cost?
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Google Maps starts at $1,497 a month. Google rankings start at $2,697 a month. Both go up for multiple locations, multiple websites and complexity. Agencies price in very different ways, so ask any company what is included, how long you’re tied in and what they promise in writing. Ours is month to month, AI answers come with every plan, and both guarantees are in writing.
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What is local SEO, in plain words?
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Local SEO is the work that puts your business in front of people searching in your area. In Raleigh that means the map with three businesses at the top of Google, the normal list of websites under it, and the short answers Google’s AI now writes above both. Our Local SEO page, linked just below these questions, explains the whole job step by step.
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What is the difference between Google Maps rankings and normal Google rankings?
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Google Maps rankings decide which businesses appear in the map box and in the Google Maps app. They depend a lot on your Google Business Profile and how close you are to the person searching. Normal Google rankings are the list of websites under the map, and they depend more on your website: its pages, its speed and the sites that link to it. Most Raleigh businesses need both, which is why we offer each and a plan that runs both.
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How does Google decide who shows in the Raleigh map pack?
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Google says it looks at three things: relevance (how well your listing matches the search), distance (how far you are from the person searching) and prominence (how well known your business is). Prominence is built from many signals: reviews, links, mentions across the web, your website and more. We work on every one of them, not just one.
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Do Google reviews decide my ranking?
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No. Reviews are one signal among many. Google weighs relevance, distance and prominence, and prominence comes from links, listings, your website, reviews and how people engage with your business. We count reviews because they’re public and easy to compare with the top three, but the plan always goes well beyond collecting more of them.
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Can you guarantee the #1 spot in Raleigh?
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Google decides the order, so instead of a promise about one spot we put two dates in writing. If you don’t see visible improvement in your key metrics within the first 20 days, we refund $200 on top of returning your payment for that period. If your qualifying keywords aren’t on the first page of Google within 60 days, we keep working for free until they are.
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What are key metrics and qualifying keywords?
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Key metrics: your website traffic, what that traffic is worth, your site’s authority and the number of sites linking to you, agreed before we start. Qualifying keywords: the searches we agree on together on your strategy call.
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What happens on the free strategy call?
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It takes 30 minutes on Google Meet. We look at where you rank in Raleigh today for the searches that bring you work, show you who is above you and why, and tell you what we would do first. You leave with the plan and your exact price, whether you hire us or not.
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Who is this for?
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For established businesses doing at least $20,000 a month. Ranking work puts you in front of more people searching for what you do, and a business needs the team and the trade behind it to turn that attention into jobs.
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Which industries do you work with in Raleigh?
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Mostly businesses that live on calls and booked jobs: roofers, HVAC and plumbing companies, dentists and clinics, law firms, movers, landscapers, mortgage brokers and real estate, med spas, contractors and home services. We also rank ecommerce stores and national brands across the US.
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Do you only do local SEO?
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No. We’re a full-service SEO agency: normal Google rankings, national SEO, ecommerce SEO, local SEO and Google Maps, and AI search. A Raleigh business that sells across the state or online gets a plan for that too.
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Do I need a page for every town I serve?
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If you want to show up in that town, usually yes. A page that names the town, describes the work you do there and shows proof from local jobs gives Google a clear reason to show you to people searching in Cary, Apex or Wake Forest. Each page has to be written for that town, not copied, or it won’t help.
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I serve customers at their homes and have no shop. Can I still rank on Google Maps?
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Yes. Businesses that go to the customer can hide their address on Google and list the areas they serve instead. Google still uses your real address to judge distance, so we help you win close to home first and then reach further with town pages, listings and mentions.
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My last SEO company didn’t get results. What would you do differently?
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We start by checking what was done and what is holding you back, so we don’t repeat it. Then we put dates on the work in writing: visible improvement in your key metrics within 20 days, and page one in 60 days, or we work free. You see every ranking each month, so nothing hides behind a report.
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How do I know the work is happening?
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Monthly report by email: rankings, Analytics and the work done. Every ranking in it is one you can search on Google yourself.
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Will SEO help my Google Ads?
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It works beside them. Ads stop the moment you stop paying, while rankings keep bringing visitors without a charge for each click. Many Raleigh businesses keep ads on their busiest services and use SEO to win the searches where clicks are getting expensive.
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Do you build websites?
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We fix and build pages on the website you have so Google can read it and customers call: service pages, town pages, speed and mobile fixes. If your website needs a full move or rebuild, our website migration service moves it without losing the rankings you already have.
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Is my website too old to rank?
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Usually not. Most older sites rank once the pages are clear, fast on a phone and written for the searches people make. We check it on the strategy call and tell you plainly whether it needs fixes or a rebuild.
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How do you get my business named by ChatGPT?
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ChatGPT and Google’s AI read what the web says about you. We make sure your website answers the questions customers ask, your details match everywhere, and trusted sites mention you by name. Then we check the answers each month for the questions your customers ask about Raleigh.
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What is an AI Overview?
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It’s the short written answer Google now shows at the top of many searches, above the normal results. It often names a few businesses and links to the sites it used. Getting named there is part of every plan.
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Do you work with new businesses that just opened in Raleigh?
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We work with established businesses doing at least $20,000 a month, because ranking work needs a business with the team and the trade behind it. If you’re not there yet, our guides and blog explain how to start.
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Can you help if my Google Business Profile is suspended?
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Yes. We find out why Google suspended it, fix the cause and file the request to reinstate it. Our blog post on suspended profiles walks through the steps.
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Do you work with law firms in Raleigh?
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Yes. Law firms are one of our main industries. Jason Ranallo’s firm is #1 on Google Maps for “Motorcycle Accident Attorney Dedham”, up from #10, and Skyview Law is named by ChatGPT when people ask for a lawyer in its area. Our law firm SEO page has the details.
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Do you work with roofers and home service companies in Raleigh?
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Yes. Roofers, HVAC, plumbing, fencing and other home services make up a large part of our work. Non-Stop Air Conditioning & Heating went from #13 to the top of the Google Maps list for “AC Repair” at 5 miles, below the ads. Our roofing, HVAC and plumbing pages show how.
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Do you work with dentists and clinics in Raleigh?
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Yes. Pathways Dental Clinic is the first unpaid result on Google for “Same Day Emergency Dentist in NE Calgary”, up from outside the top 100. Our dental SEO page shows the full plan for practices.
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Can you rank an online store or a business that sells across the US?
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Yes. That’s national and ecommerce SEO: category pages, product pages and links that rank you across the country rather than one city. Covers in Play went from outside the top 100 to the first unpaid result on Google for “Swimming Pool Enclosure in Trenton”.
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Will you work with my web developer or in-house team?
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Yes. We can make the changes ourselves or hand your developer a short, copy-and-paste list of what to change. Either way you see what was done in the monthly report.
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How do I check where I rank in Raleigh myself?
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Search on your phone in a private window, from where your customers are, and note where you appear on the map and in the list. Results change from street to street, so one search only shows one spot. We check from a grid of points across Raleigh and the Triangle and send you every position in your monthly report.
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How fast can we start?
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Book the free strategy call. If we’re a fit, we agree your plan, your price and your qualifying keywords on that call, so the work can begin straight after it.
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Do you work with mortgage brokers and real estate in Raleigh?
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Yes. Everything Mortgages is the first unpaid result on Google for “Mortgage North York” and “mortgage refinancing for renovations Toronto”, and a source in Google’s AI answer for the renovation search. Our mortgage broker SEO page shows the plan for lenders, brokers and agents.
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Do you work with med spas and cosmetic clinics in Raleigh?
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Yes. Lux Skin & Lasers is the first unpaid result on Google for “Skin tightening treatment Margate City”. Our med spa SEO page explains how we rank treatments town by town.