Awkward Media
Downtown San Jose at blue hour across Guadalupe River Park, with the office towers lit, palm trees reflected in the river and the Diablo Range behind

SEO company in San Jose, ranking businesses across Silicon Valley and Santa Clara County

San Jose SEO. Page one of Google in 60 days.

If your qualifying keywords aren’t on the first page of Google within 60 days, we keep working for free until they are. You see the first improvements in 20 days. Month to month, with our prices published.

30 minutes on Google Meet. For businesses doing $20k a month or more.

plumber willow glen
Illustration: how a listing climbs into the Google Maps top three. Not a real search result.

4.8

on Google, from 199 reviews

4.6

on Trustpilot, from 55 reviews

Top 5%

SEO agencies in the world, by Mayple

17 yrs

ranking businesses in the US and Canada

As seen in and rated on

USA Today LA Weekly Clutch TopSEO UpCity
  • plumber willow glen
  • car accident lawyer san jose
  • movers evergreen
  • water damage restoration rock springs
  • dentist almaden valley
  • immigration lawyer san jose
  • electrician berryessa
  • pest control cambrian
  • divorce lawyer san jose
  • nail salon little saigon

Why San Jose businesses lose the call

997,000 people. 178 square miles. Three spots on the map.

The Census Bureau counts 997,395 people in San Jose across 178 square miles, more than any other city in the Bay Area. 43% of residents were born outside the US, 59% speak a language other than English at home, and the median household earns $148,226 a year. From Willow Glen and the Almaden Valley to Berryessa, Evergreen and Alum Rock, it is a city of neighborhoods spread wide across the valley floor. When a pipe bursts in a ranch house, a tooth cracks or a move comes up on two weeks’ notice, people pick up a phone and search, and Google answers with three businesses on the map and ten links below it. If you aren’t in those spots, the job goes to someone who is.

Source: US Census Bureau 2024 American Community Survey via Census Reporter, for the City of San Jose

The top three take the calls.

Most people pick from the three businesses Google shows on the map. Fourth place still has a listing, but far fewer people ever see it.

Google Maps is local. San Jose spreads its neighborhoods over 178 square miles.

Google favors businesses close to the searcher. Ranking in Willow Glen doesn’t mean you show up in Berryessa, Evergreen or the Almaden Valley.

Two dates, in writing.

Improvements in 20 days. Page one in 60 days, or we work free. And our prices are on the website.

Our guarantees

Page one in 60 days, or we work free.

Read both guarantees

San Jose search, month by month

Water in January. Taxes in March. Gutters in October. Every season, a new rush.

We pulled twelve months of Google search volume for San Jose. Water damage restoration climbs from 170 searches a month to 1,000 in January, and mold remediation from 110 in August to 590 in December and January. Furnace repair goes from 20 a month in the summer to 590 in February. Gutter cleaning peaks at 390 in October. Tax preparer runs from 30 in May to 260 in March, and florist from 1,000 in July to 2,400 in February. Whatever the season, the businesses already in the top three when demand spikes are the ones that take the work.

Water damage restoration

searches a month

170 to 1,000

Mold remediation

searches a month

110 to 590

Furnace repair

searches a month

20 to 590

Gutter cleaning

searches a month

40 to 390

Tax preparer

searches a month

30 to 260

Florist

searches a month

1,000 to 2,400

Each chart runs January to December and is scaled to its own busiest month, shown in green. Source: Google Ads search volume for San Jose, last twelve months, pulled October 2026.

Restoration, mold and roofing: rank before winter.

Water damage restoration and mold remediation both peak in December and January. A water damage restoration click costs around $47 on Google Ads in San Jose, mold remediation around $56 and roof repair around $48. Rankings take weeks to build, so our 60-day page-one guarantee gives you a date to plan around: start by October, be in the top three when the calls come.

Accountants and tax preparers: rank by January.

Tax preparer goes from 170 searches in January to 260 in March, then falls to 30 in May. A tax preparation click costs around $51 in San Jose and bookkeeping around $57, and CPA averages 1,000 searches a month. Start in the fall and you are in the top three by the time the rush starts.

No bill for every click.

On Google Ads in San Jose, a click costs around $443 for car accident lawyer, $190 for emergency plumber, $139 for wrongful termination lawyer, $104 for IT support, $85 for criminal lawyer, $63 for garage door repair and $50 for plumber. A page-one ranking keeps bringing in leads without a per-click bill.

Two water damage restoration workers carrying wet drywall toward a flooded stucco ranch house in San Jose, with a yellow pump hose running out of the open garage and a muddy water line on the walls

Coyote Creek, February 21, 2017.

14,000 people evacuated. $73 million in damage.

In the six weeks before, Anderson Reservoir filled to the brim and spilled for 10 days, the worst since the dam was built in 1950. On February 21, 2017, Coyote Creek overflowed into central San Jose. 14,000 residents were evacuated, some of them by boat, from Rock Springs, Naglee Park, Brookwood Terrace and the South Bay Mobile Home Park, and the flood caused an estimated $73 million in property damage to San Jose homes and businesses. Cleaning up and rebuilding was work for restoration crews, plumbers, contractors and mold specialists. Today a homeowner with water on the floor does what everyone does: searches, and calls one of the first names Google shows. Water damage restoration climbs to 1,000 searches a month in January, a water damage restoration click in San Jose costs around $47 on Google Ads and a mold remediation click around $56. Being one of those first names is the job.

Sources: SPUR and The Press Democrat. Search figures: Google Ads, San Jose.

Get found by the people searching

SEO in a city of many languages

565,000 speak another language at home. They search that way too.

565,018 San Jose residents, 59.4% of the city, speak a language other than English at home, and 42.9% were born outside the US, according to the Census Bureau’s 2024 American Community Survey. San Jose also has the largest Vietnamese population of any city outside Vietnam. It shows in what people search for: in San Jose, pho averages 12,100 searches a month, boba 12,100, hot pot 5,400 and banh mi 4,400. On Google Ads, a dentista click costs around $21 and an abogado click around $93.

  • Pho
  • Banh mi
  • Boba
  • Hot pot
  • Dentista
  • Abogado
  • Immigration lawyer
  • Nail salon
  • Tax preparer
  • Kumon

Of San Jose residents

59%

speak a language other than English at home: 565,018 people.

Be found in the language they search in.

A Spanish or Vietnamese page for each service, written for the people who search that way, with the same name, address and phone number Google sees everywhere else. One business, ranked in two or three languages.

Reviews that answer in their words.

Customers trust reviews from people like them. We keep new reviews coming in, reply to each one in the language it was written in, and put the languages you speak on your website and in your Google Business Profile description.

New to the Valley, no referrals yet.

43% of San Jose residents were born outside the US, and many more arrive from other states. People new to a neighborhood can’t ask a neighbor who to call yet, so Google Maps, the reviews on it and Google’s AI answers decide who gets the job.

Sources: US Census Bureau 2024 American Community Survey, 1-year, language spoken at home and place of birth for San Jose, via Census Reporter; Vietnamese population from the County of Santa Clara, 2010 Census. Search figures: Google Ads data for San Jose over the last twelve months, pulled October 2026.

Our results

SEO results you can search. Across the US, and into Canada.

Just a few of the businesses we rank on Google, on Google Maps and in AI answers, from a moving company in Asheville to stores that sell across the country. Every card is a crop of the real screen, competitors and all. Look at the search, then look at who’s first.

How to read a card: the quoted words are the exact search a customer typed. “Before” is where the business ranked when we started, from our rank tracking. “Now” is the position in the screenshot.

Google search

Google’s normal results

The list of websites under the map. Many came from outside the top 100, where nobody sees them.

Swipe sideways for more →

Google result 1: Purple Flare Wraps for Las Vegas Car Wrap

Google search · Las Vegas

Purple Flare Wraps

for “Las Vegas Car Wrap”

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Covers in Play for Swimming Pool Enclosure in Trenton

Google search · Trenton

Covers in Play

for “Swimming Pool Enclosure in Trenton”

Before

Not in top 100

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Lux Skin & Lasers for Skin tightening treatment Margate City

Google search · Margate City

Lux Skin & Lasers

for “Skin tightening treatment Margate City”

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Hideout Boutique for Laser Tattoo Removal

Google search · Fort Myers

Hideout Boutique

for “Laser Tattoo Removal”

Before

Not in top 100

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Super Fabrications for fence builder hillsboro

Google search · Hillsboro

Super Fabrications

for “fence builder hillsboro”

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google results for UNC hat with The Game Caps third, above New Era and Amazon

Google search · Ecommerce

The Game Caps

for “UNC hat”

Before

Page 5

Now

#3

A small store above New Era and Amazon for the hat UNC fans wear. Read the case study.

Google result 1: Pathways Dental Clinic for Same Day Emergency Dentist in NE Calgary

Google search · Calgary

Pathways Dental Clinic

for “Same Day Emergency Dentist in NE Calgary”

Before

Not in top 100

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Everything Mortgages for Mortgage north york

Google search · Toronto

Everything Mortgages

for “Mortgage north york”

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 3: Everything Mortgages for Newmarket mortgage broker

Google search · Ontario

Everything Mortgages

for “Newmarket mortgage broker”

Now

#3

Result number 3 for the exact search, shown in the screenshot.

Google result 1: Pathways Dental Clinic for sedation dentist in calgary

Google search · Calgary

Pathways Dental Clinic

for “sedation dentist in calgary”

Before

#4

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 2: Pathways Dental Clinic for NE Calgary Dental Services

Google search · Calgary

Pathways Dental Clinic

for “NE Calgary Dental Services”

Before

Not in top 100

Now

#2

Result number 2 for the exact search, shown in the screenshot.

Google result 2: Pathways Dental Clinic for sedation dentists calgary

Google search · Calgary

Pathways Dental Clinic

for “sedation dentists calgary”

Before

#5

Now

#2

Result number 2 for the exact search, shown in the screenshot.

Google result 4: Pathways Dental Clinic for restorative dentistry

Google search · Calgary

Pathways Dental Clinic

for “restorative dentistry”

Before

Not in top 100

Now

#4

Result number 4 for the exact search, shown in the screenshot.

Google result 7: Pathways Dental Clinic for Orthodontics in NE Calgary

Google search · Calgary

Pathways Dental Clinic

for “Orthodontics in NE Calgary”

Before

Not in top 100

Now

#7

Result number 7 for the exact search, shown in the screenshot.

Google result 4: Everything Mortgages for Scarborough mortgage broker

Google search · Toronto

Everything Mortgages

for “Scarborough mortgage broker”

Now

#4

Result number 4 for the exact search, shown in the screenshot.

Google result 1: Noble Protection Dogs for Executive Protection Dogs Edmonton

Google search · Edmonton

Noble Protection Dogs

for “Executive Protection Dogs Edmonton”

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Lux Skin & Lasers for Microneedling Margate City

Google search · Margate City

Lux Skin & Lasers

for “Microneedling Margate City”

Before

Not in top 100

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Lux Skin & Lasers for Medical weight loss Margate City

Google search · Margate City

Lux Skin & Lasers

for “Medical weight loss Margate City”

Before

Not in top 100

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s) for Fuel tank on trailer

Google search

Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s)

for “Fuel tank on trailer”

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Xizmo Media for Drone Cinematography for Commercials

Google search

Xizmo Media

for “Drone Cinematography for Commercials”

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Covers in Play for Best Pool Enclosures

Google search

Covers in Play

for “Best Pool Enclosures”

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: US Vacuums for vacuum cleaners for sale

Google search

US Vacuums

for “vacuum cleaners for sale”

Before

Not in top 100

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Rosedale Wellness Centre for Pediatric Chiropractor

Google search

Rosedale Wellness Centre

for “Pediatric Chiropractor”

Before

Not in top 100

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s) for Aluma Sport 615

Google search

Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s)

for “Aluma Sport 615”

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Xizmo Media for Bronx Drone Services

Google search · Bronx

Xizmo Media

for “Bronx Drone Services”

Now

#1

The first unpaid result, right under the map listings.

Google result 1: Covers in Play for Retractable Pool Dome

Google search

Covers in Play

for “Retractable Pool Dome”

Before

#28

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s) for Portable Fuel Tank Trailer

Google search

Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s)

for “Portable Fuel Tank Trailer”

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Xizmo Media for Aerial Video Production

Google search

Xizmo Media

for “Aerial Video Production”

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s) for Gas Trailer

Google search

Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s)

for “Gas Trailer”

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Foxglove Farm for cavachon puppies for sale

Google search

Foxglove Farm

for “cavachon puppies for sale”

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s) for Gasoline Trailer

Google search

Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s)

for “Gasoline Trailer”

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 2: Lux Skin & Lasers for Semaglutide Treatment in King of Prussia

Google search · King of Prussia

Lux Skin & Lasers

for “Semaglutide Treatment in King of Prussia”

Before

Not in top 100

Now

#2

Number 2 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 2: Xizmo Media for Drone Video Production

Google search

Xizmo Media

for “Drone Video Production”

Now

#2

Number 2 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 2: Covers in Play for Pool Enclosure Designs

Google search

Covers in Play

for “Pool Enclosure Designs”

Before

#100

Now

#2

Number 2 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 2: Lux Skin & Lasers for non-surgical facelift Prussia

Google search · King of Prussia

Lux Skin & Lasers

for “non-surgical facelift Prussia”

Before

Not in top 100

Now

#2

Number 2 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 3: Covers in Play for Pool Enclosures Arizona

Google search · Arizona

Covers in Play

for “Pool Enclosures Arizona”

Now

#3

Number 3 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 3: Lux Skin & Lasers for Lip fillers King of Prussia

Google search · King of Prussia

Lux Skin & Lasers

for “Lip fillers King of Prussia”

Before

Not in top 100

Now

#3

Number 3 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 3: Coffee Warehouse for jura coffee maker

Google search

Coffee Warehouse

for “jura coffee maker”

Now

#3

Number 3 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 3: Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s) for Electric Fence Wire Winder

Google search

Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s)

for “Electric Fence Wire Winder”

Now

#3

Number 3 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 3: Xizmo Media for Live Broadcast Drone Services

Google search

Xizmo Media

for “Live Broadcast Drone Services”

Now

#3

Number 3 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 3: Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s) for Pto Wire Winder

Google search

Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s)

for “Pto Wire Winder”

Now

#3

Number 3 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 3: Xizmo Media for Drone Companies NYC

Google search · New York

Xizmo Media

for “Drone Companies NYC”

Now

#3

Number 3 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 3: Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s) for Small Aluminum Pontoon Boats

Google search

Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s)

for “Small Aluminum Pontoon Boats”

Now

#3

Number 3 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 4: Covers in Play for Retractable Pool Enclosure Attached to House

Google search

Covers in Play

for “Retractable Pool Enclosure Attached to House”

Before

#16

Now

#4

Number 4 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 4: Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s) for Mini Pontoon Boats for Sale

Google search

Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s)

for “Mini Pontoon Boats for Sale”

Now

#4

Number 4 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 4: Xizmo Media for NYC Drone Services

Google search · New York

Xizmo Media

for “NYC Drone Services”

Now

#4

Number 4 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 2: Sunly Energy for solar panel installation moncton

Google search · Moncton

Sunly Energy

for “solar panel installation moncton”

Now

#2

Number 2 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 2: Sunly Energy for solar panels mississauga

Google search · Mississauga

Sunly Energy

for “solar panels mississauga”

Now

#2

Number 2 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 2: Sunly Energy for Solar panels moncton

Google search · Moncton

Sunly Energy

for “Solar panels moncton”

Now

#2

Number 2 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 2: Sunly Energy for Residential Solar Panel Installation

Google search

Sunly Energy

for “Residential Solar Panel Installation”

Now

#2

Number 2 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 2: Sunly Energy for Residential solar companies

Google search

Sunly Energy

for “Residential solar companies”

Now

#2

Number 2 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 8: Super Fabrications for alexandria fence builder

Google search · Alexandria, Virginia

Super Fabrications

for “alexandria fence builder”

Before

Not in top 100

Now

#8

Number 8 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 9: Super Fabrications for fence company alexandria va

Google search · Alexandria, Virginia

Super Fabrications

for “fence company alexandria va”

Before

Not in top 100

Now

#9

Number 9 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google Maps

The Map Pack and the Maps list

The box of three businesses with a map, and the full list people see when they tap it. HVAC, fencing, law, septic, furniture and more.

Swipe sideways for more →

Google Maps rank grid for local movers around Asheville, NC, every point showing Asheville Area Movers first or second

Google Maps · Asheville, North Carolina

Asheville Area Movers

for “local movers”

Every point

1st or 2nd

Each green dot is one spot on the map where the search was run. On the August 2023 grid, every dot shows them first or second.

Google Maps results for cedar fencing company with Mae Fence Company at position 1

Google Maps

Mae Fence Company

for “cedar fencing company”

Before

Not shown

Now

#1

Top of the Maps list, below any ads.

Google Maps results for vinyl fence installation Fulton with Mae Fence Company at position 1

Google Maps

Mae Fence Company

for “vinyl fence installation Fulton”

Before

Not shown

Now

#1

Top of the Maps list, below any ads.

Google Maps results for car accident attorneys near me with Law Offices of Jason M. Ranallo at position 1

Google Maps

Law Offices of Jason M. Ranallo

for “car accident attorneys near me”

Before

#10

Now

#1

Top of the Maps list, below any ads.

Google Maps results for motorcycle accident attorney Dedham with Law Offices of Jason M. Ranallo at position 1

Google Maps

Law Offices of Jason M. Ranallo

for “motorcycle accident attorney Dedham”

Before

#10

Now

#1

Top of the Maps list, below any ads.

Google Maps results for personal injury lawyer Pikesville with Law Offices Alex Poberesky at position 2

Google Maps

Law Offices Alex Poberesky

for “personal injury lawyer Pikesville”

Before

#13

Now

#2

Number 2 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps results for septic cleaning near me with BEELER at position 2

Google Maps

BEELER

for “septic cleaning near me”

Before

#12

Now

#2

Number 2 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps results for luxury watch buyers with Boise Diamond Ring & Coin at position 2

Google Maps

Boise Diamond Ring & Coin

for “luxury watch buyers”

Before

Not shown

Now

#2

Number 2 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps results for AC repair with Non-Stop Air Conditioning & Heating at position 1

Google Maps

Non-Stop Air Conditioning & Heating

for “AC repair”

Before

#13

Now

#1

Top of the Maps list, below any ads.

Google Maps results for heating services with Non-Stop Air Conditioning & Heating at position 1

Google Maps

Non-Stop Air Conditioning & Heating

for “heating services”

Before

#11

Now

#1

Top of the Maps list, below any ads.

Google Maps results for black aluminum fence with Mae Fence Company at position 1

Google Maps

Mae Fence Company

for “black aluminum fence”

Before

Not shown

Now

#1

Top of the Maps list, below any ads.

Google Maps results for cedar fence installation Fulton with Mae Fence Company at position 1

Google Maps

Mae Fence Company

for “cedar fence installation Fulton”

Before

Not shown

Now

#1

Top of the Maps list, below any ads.

Google Maps results for aluminum fence installation Fulton with Mae Fence Company at position 1

Google Maps

Mae Fence Company

for “aluminum fence installation Fulton”

Before

Not shown

Now

#1

Top of the Maps list, below any ads.

Google Maps results for cedar fence installation with Mae Fence Company at position 1

Google Maps

Mae Fence Company

for “cedar fence installation”

Before

#4

Now

#1

Top of the Maps list, below any ads.

Google Maps results for car accidents lawyer with Law Offices of Jason M. Ranallo at position 2

Google Maps

Law Offices of Jason M. Ranallo

for “car accidents lawyer”

Before

#5

Now

#2

Number 2 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps results for slip and fall lawyers near me with Law Offices of Jason M. Ranallo at position 2

Google Maps

Law Offices of Jason M. Ranallo

for “slip and fall lawyers near me”

Before

#9

Now

#2

Number 2 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps results for HVAC repair with Non-Stop Air Conditioning & Heating at position 2

Google Maps

Non-Stop Air Conditioning & Heating

for “HVAC repair”

Before

#16

Now

#2

Number 2 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps results for HVAC installation with Non-Stop Air Conditioning & Heating at position 2

Google Maps

Non-Stop Air Conditioning & Heating

for “HVAC installation”

Before

#14

Now

#2

Number 2 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps results for mini split installation near me with Non-Stop Air Conditioning & Heating at position 2

Google Maps

Non-Stop Air Conditioning & Heating

for “mini split installation near me”

Before

#14

Now

#2

Number 2 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps results for air conditioner maintenance near me with Non-Stop Air Conditioning & Heating at position 2

Google Maps

Non-Stop Air Conditioning & Heating

for “air conditioner maintenance near me”

Before

#11

Now

#2

Number 2 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps results for air conditioning repair services with Non-Stop Air Conditioning & Heating at position 3

Google Maps

Non-Stop Air Conditioning & Heating

for “air conditioning repair services”

Before

#10

Now

#3

Number 3 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps results for AC installation with Non-Stop Air Conditioning & Heating at position 3

Google Maps

Non-Stop Air Conditioning & Heating

for “AC installation”

Before

#14

Now

#3

Number 3 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps results for aluminum fence installation Cleveland with Mae Fence Company (Cleveland) at position 2

Google Maps

Mae Fence Company (Cleveland)

for “aluminum fence installation Cleveland”

Before

#16

Now

#2

Number 2 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps results for cedar fence installation Cleveland with Mae Fence Company (Cleveland) at position 3

Google Maps

Mae Fence Company (Cleveland)

for “cedar fence installation Cleveland”

Before

#15

Now

#3

Number 3 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps results for luxury furniture stores with Candace & Basil at position 1

Google Maps

Candace & Basil

for “luxury furniture stores”

Before

#10

Now

#1

Top of the Maps list, below any ads.

Google Maps results for luxury dining tables with Candace & Basil at position 2

Google Maps

Candace & Basil

for “luxury dining tables”

Before

#12

Now

#2

Number 2 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps results for best accident attorney pikesville with Law Offices Alex Poberesky at position 2

Google Maps · Pikesville, Maryland

Law Offices Alex Poberesky

for “best accident attorney pikesville”

Before

#10

Now

#2

Number 2 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps results for septic tank and drain field installation with BEELER at position 3

Google Maps

BEELER

for “septic tank and drain field installation”

Before

#10

Now

#3

Number 3 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps results for septic system with BEELER at position 3

Google Maps

BEELER

for “septic system”

Before

#15

Now

#3

Number 3 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps results for septic companies near me with BEELER at position 4

Google Maps

BEELER

for “septic companies near me”

Before

#14

Now

#4

Number 4 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps results for accident law firm pikesville with Law Offices Alex Poberesky at position 3

Google Maps · Pikesville, Maryland

Law Offices Alex Poberesky

for “accident law firm pikesville”

Now

#3

Number 3 in the Maps list, below one ad.

AI answers

Named by Google’s AI Overview and ChatGPT

The written answers at the top of Google and in ChatGPT. They name a few businesses. These are ours.

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Google AI Overview for Bridge Loans for NonProfits naming B Generous

Google AI Overview

B Generous

for “Bridge Loans for NonProfits”

Now

Cited

Linked as one of the sources beside Google’s written answer.

Google AI Overview for Separation Lawyers in Mabton naming Skyview Law

Google AI Overview · Mabton

Skyview Law

for “Separation Lawyers in Mabton”

Now

Named

Named in the first line of Google’s written answer, 16 miles away in Yakima.

ChatGPT answer recommending Modernistic for best carpet cleaning company in Michigan

ChatGPT

Modernistic

for “Best carpet cleaning company in Michigan”

ChatGPT’s answer opens with one “Recommended Company”: Modernistic.

ChatGPT answer listing Skyview Law first for divorce lawyer mabton wa

ChatGPT

Skyview Law

for “divorce lawyer mabton wa”

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Named in Google’s written answer and linked as a source beside it.

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First firm in ChatGPT’s list, with its phone number.

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First firm in ChatGPT’s list, with its phone number.

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More stories, with the full numbers: our SEO case studies, including Covers in Play, The Game Caps, Go Pro Plumbing, Heating and Air and Angkorscape. Or read what our clients say.

How we measure

Your ranking, from Alviso to Almaden.

Google Maps doesn’t show everyone the same results. Someone searching in Willow Glen sees a different top three from someone in Berryessa, and someone in Evergreen sees another. In a city spread over 178 square miles, the map can change from one exit on 101 to the next. So we don’t check your ranking from one spot. We run your searches from a grid of points across every neighborhood and city you serve, and you get that map back every month: green where you’re in the top three, red where you aren’t yet. Then we go after the red.

  • A grid, not a guess

    Your real position from dozens of points across San Jose.

  • Fixes aimed at the gaps

    Neighborhood and city pages, listings and links for the places you don’t win yet.

  • Check it yourself

    Every search we report, you can type into Google.

Illustration of a grid ranking check over San Jose. Each dot is one search location and the number is where the business shows on Google Maps from there.

How Google picks the top three

The San Jose map pack. Three things decide it.

Google says its local results are based mainly on relevance, distance and prominence. Here is what each one means for a San Jose business, and what we do about it.

San Jose

Ring one: inside the city

DowntownSoFAJapantownNaglee ParkRose GardenShasta-HanchettMarket-AlmadenVendome

Ring two: across silicon valley

Santa Clara County

Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Cupertino, Milpitas, Campbell, Los Gatos, Morgan Hill

Alameda County

Fremont

The places this page covers around San Jose, grouped as in our list of areas below. Not to scale. Each group is its own market on Google, won with its own pages, listings and mentions.
01

Relevance

How well your listing and website match the search. A business whose profile and pages name each service it offers matches more searches than one that names only its trade.

02

Distance

How far your business is from the person searching, or from the town they name. You can’t move your address, so we win close to home first and then reach further out with town pages and local mentions.

03

Prominence

How well known your business is. Google builds this from many signals: links from other sites, your details on directories, your website, your reviews, and how people engage with your business. Reviews are one visible, countable part of it, not the whole picture.

The business closest to one customer is far from the next, so one listing rarely covers every place around San Jose on its own. That’s why we plan it place by place. Want the deeper version? Read how we expand your Maps radius, our guide to getting your Google Business Profile right, or how local SEO brings in the normal results and AI answers too.

How our San Jose SEO works

Day 1 to page one.

  1. Day 1

    Audit and the plan

    We search your services across the neighborhoods and cities you serve, map who holds the top three and page one, and fix what’s broken on your Google Business Profile and website. We agree your qualifying keywords in writing.

  2. Day 20

    First movement

    Listings cleaned up, service and city pages live, reviews coming in. 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.

  3. Day 60

    Page one

    If your qualifying keywords aren’t on the first page of Google within 60 days, we keep working for free until they are. Links and mentions from San Jose websites are building behind the scenes.

  4. Day 61 and on

    Top three, then more

    We push for the top three on the map, add searches, neighborhoods and cities, work to get you named in AI answers, and report every ranking each month so you can check it yourself.

What our San Jose SEO services include

Eight jobs. We do all of them.

Every plan, every month. Every job aims at one thing: your phone ringing from Google Maps, the normal Google results and AI answers, wherever San Jose searches.

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  1. 01

    Google Business Profile

    We pick the right categories, list every service, add real photos of your work and post regular updates, so Google has everything it needs to show you for the right San Jose searches, neighborhood by neighborhood. More on Google Business Profile optimization.

  2. 02

    Google reviews

    We set up an easy way for happy customers to leave a review and reply to every one. Reviews are one of the signals Google weighs, and they’re what people read before they pick up the phone. More on local SEO.

  3. 03

    Local listings

    Your name, address and phone number, matching on every directory Google checks, from US business directories to the big data providers that feed maps, apps and voice assistants. More on Maps radius expansion.

  4. 04

    Website fixes

    Faster pages, a site that works on every phone, and behind-the-scenes labels that tell Google what each page is about, so nothing on the technical side holds your rankings back. More on technical SEO.

  5. 05

    Service and city pages

    A real page for each service, neighborhood and city you serve, from Willow Glen to Evergreen, written for the people searching there. No city-name swaps. More on on-page SEO.

  6. 06

    Links and mentions

    Google ranks the businesses other websites vouch for. We earn mentions from San Jose news, neighborhood and community sites, associations, suppliers and partners. No spam, no link farms. More on link building.

  7. 07

    AI answers

    We work to get your business named when people ask Google’s AI or ChatGPT who to hire in San Jose. Included in every plan, never an add-on. More on AI SEO.

  8. 08

    Monthly reporting

    Every ranking, every month, with the searches listed and the ranking grid attached, so you can check any of it on Google yourself. More on SEO services.

Industries we rank in San Jose

Lawyers, plumbers, pho. The searches San Jose runs on.

Car accident lawyer: around $443 a click

Law firms

A car accident lawyer click costs around $443 on Google Ads in San Jose, wrongful termination lawyer around $139, criminal lawyer around $85, employment attorney around $82 and DUI attorney around $70. Personal injury attorney averages 720 searches a month and immigration lawyer 480. Ranallo went from #10 to #1 on Google Maps in 20 days, and Florida Probate Law Group is #1 statewide.

How we plan it: law firm SEO.

Emergency plumber: around $190 a click

Plumbers, electricians and garage doors

Plumber near me averages 2,900 searches a month in San Jose at around $45 a click, and plumber san jose 1,600 at around $50. An emergency plumber click costs around $190, garage door repair around $63 and locksmith around $21, and electrician near me averages 880. Non-Stop Air Conditioning and Heating has all 8 of its tracked searches in the Google Maps top three.

How we plan it: plumbing SEO and SEO for electricians.

Water damage: up to 1,000 a month

Restoration, remodels and builders

Water damage restoration climbs to 1,000 searches a month in January, at around $47 a click in San Jose, and mold remediation costs around $56. Bathroom remodel costs around $42 a click, ADU builder around $40 and roof repair around $48, and general contractor averages 1,600 searches a month. R.A. Woodall Roofing is #1 for “roofing contractor Williamsburg”.

How we plan it: construction SEO.

Dentist near me: 5,400 a month

Dentists, clinics and therapists

Dentist near me averages 5,400 searches a month in San Jose at around $11 a click, and invisalign 1,600. A pediatric dentist click costs around $27, dermatologist averages 1,900, physical therapy 1,300 and therapist san jose costs around $36 a click. Sanjay Grover MD went from #17 to #1 on Google Maps in 20 days.

How we plan it: dental SEO and therapist SEO.

Pho: 12,100 searches a month

Restaurants, cafes and food halls

Pho averages 12,100 searches a month in San Jose, boba 12,100, hot pot 5,400, korean bbq 4,400, banh mi 4,400 and taqueria 1,900. Pho san jose alone gets 5,400, more than plumber, locksmith and movers put together. The restaurants in the Google Maps top three take the walk-ins.

Storage units: 3,600 a month

Movers, storage and cleaners

Storage units san jose averages 3,600 searches a month at around $19 a click, and moving company san jose 1,300 at around $34. Junk removal runs 390 to 1,900, house cleaning averages 260 at around $16 a click and pest control san jose costs around $32.

How we plan it: moving company SEO and self-storage SEO.

Kumon: 1,600 searches a month

Tutors, accountants and family services

Kumon averages 1,600 searches a month in San Jose, daycare 1,900 and math tutor up to 720 at around $21 a click. A tax preparation click costs around $51, bookkeeping around $57, and estate planning attorney averages 1,300 searches a month.

Don’t see yours?

We’ll search your service in San Jose, live, on the call.

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Search figures: Google Ads data for San Jose over the last twelve months, pulled October 2026. Ranges run from the quietest month to the busiest; single figures are monthly averages.

Areas we serve in San Jose

All 178 square miles. And the rest of the Valley.

Most agencies write one “San Jose” page and hope it covers 997,000 people. It doesn’t. Google shows a different top three in Willow Glen than in Berryessa, and a different one again in Evergreen or the Almaden Valley. Freeways, foothills and miles of suburbs split the city into dozens of small markets. So we plan area by area: the neighborhoods you already win, the ones close enough to take next, and the ones worth a page of their own.

Downtown and central

High-rises, SJSU and the old neighborhoods around them, where law firms, clinics, restaurants and new condos share the map.

  • Downtown
  • SoFA
  • Japantown
  • Naglee Park
  • Rose Garden
  • Shasta-Hanchett
  • Market-Almaden
  • Vendome
  • Burbank

West San Jose and Willow Glen

Tree-lined streets, busy shopping strips and some of the most expensive homes in the city.

  • Willow Glen
  • West San Jose
  • Cambrian
  • Blackford
  • Moreland
  • Winchester
  • Fruitdale
  • Westgate

North San Jose and Berryessa

Tech campuses along First Street and 101, new apartments and the bay edge at Alviso.

  • North San Jose
  • Berryessa
  • Alviso
  • Rincon
  • Golden Triangle
  • Vinci Park
  • Flickinger
  • Northside

East San Jose

Up to the foothills: family neighborhoods, Little Saigon on Story Road and some of the busiest small business streets in the city.

  • Alum Rock
  • Mayfair
  • Little Saigon
  • Evergreen
  • Silver Creek
  • Tully
  • Hillview
  • East Valley

South San Jose

From Rock Springs to the hills: big subdivisions, parks and the road out to Coyote Valley.

  • Almaden Valley
  • Blossom Valley
  • Santa Teresa
  • Edenvale
  • Seven Trees
  • Rock Springs
  • Oak Grove
  • Coyote Valley

Across Silicon Valley

  • Santa ClaraSanta Clara County
  • SunnyvaleSanta Clara County
  • Mountain ViewSanta Clara County
  • Palo AltoSanta Clara County
  • CupertinoSanta Clara County
  • MilpitasSanta Clara County
  • CampbellSanta Clara County
  • Los GatosSanta Clara County
  • Morgan HillSanta Clara County
  • FremontAlameda County

Our SEO guarantees

Silicon Valley runs on deadlines. So do we: page one in 60 days.

Guarantee 01

20days

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.

What we measure: your traffic, what that traffic is worth, how much authority your site and its pages carry, and how many other sites link to you, against the day we start.

Guarantee 02

60days

If your qualifying keywords aren’t on the first page of Google within 60 days, we keep working for free until they are.

What counts: at least one high-value search for your business on page one of Google.

No long-term contracts. Results keep you here. Paperwork doesn't.

Awkward Media vs a typical San Jose SEO company

Same searches. Better odds.

Awkward Media

The usual agency deal

First results

Improvements in 20 days. Both promises are set out in full in our SEO guarantees.

“Give it 6 to 8 months”

Page one

Page one in 60 days, or we work free.

No date in writing

Price

Google Maps from $1,497+ a month. Google rankings from $2,697+.

“Call us for a quote”

Contract

Month to month

6 to 12 months

Proof

Named clients, real rankings and the screenshots to prove them

“A local HVAC company”, no name, no ranking

Local pages

A page for each neighborhood and city you serve, Willow Glen to Sunnyvale

One “San Jose” page for 178 square miles

Rank tracking

A ranking grid across every part of the city you serve, every month

One position, checked from one spot

AI answers

Included in every plan: Google’s AI answers and ChatGPT

An add-on, or missing

Who it’s for: San Jose businesses doing $20,000 a month or more, with the crew to take on more work.

Why we cap it: Very limited spots left for the month of October. We put a cap on clients we can take in to keep our promises.

Your next step

See who's ahead of you in San Jose.

A free 30-minute strategy call on Google Meet. We search your service in San Jose, live, neighborhood by neighborhood, and show you who holds page one and the top three spots on Google Maps, why, and what it takes to pass them.

Bring with you

Your websiteYour main serviceTowns you serveCompetitors you see
  1. 01

    We search your market live

    The way your customers do, in the towns you serve.

  2. 02

    We show who's above you, and why

    On Google, on Maps and in the AI answers.

  3. 03

    You leave with a road map

    Yours to keep. If we can help, we'll invite you to work with us.

For established businesses doing at least $20,000 a month.

FAQ

San Jose SEO, answered.

What San Jose business owners ask us before they hire an SEO company.

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01 How much does SEO cost in San Jose?

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. Every plan is month to month and includes AI SEO. Where you land depends on your service, how many neighborhoods and Silicon Valley cities you want to win and how strong the businesses above you are. You get your exact number on the free strategy call, and the prices are published on our website before you ever talk to us.

02 How long does SEO take in San Jose?

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.

03 Is San Jose too competitive for SEO?

Some searches are crowded and others are wide open, and the only way to know is to look. Competition is set search by search and neighborhood by neighborhood, not for the whole city. “Plumber san jose” and “plumber willow glen” are different fights with different winners. On the call we search yours live, show you who holds each spot and agree the qualifying keywords our 60-day guarantee covers, in writing.

04 Is SEO worth it for a small business in San Jose?

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 in San Jose a car accident lawyer click costs around $443, an emergency plumber click around $190 and a garage door repair click around $63. A page-one ranking keeps bringing in leads without a bill for every click, and our guarantees put dates on it, set out in full in our SEO guarantees.

05 What does a San Jose SEO company actually do?

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, neighborhood and city 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.

06 Why hire an SEO company that guarantees results in San Jose?

Because most don’t put a date on anything. We do it 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, and if your qualifying keywords aren’t on the first page of Google within 60 days, we keep working for free until they are. Our prices are published, every plan is month to month, and every ranking we report is one you can search yourself.

07 Do you need an office in San Jose to rank my business here?

No. Google ranks your business, its listing, its reviews and its website, not your agency’s address. We check your rankings from San Jose itself, neighborhood by neighborhood, so you see what your customers see. Our clients rank #1 in cities we have never had an office in: Angkorscape for “luxury landscape design” in Seattle, Sanjay Grover MD on Google Maps in Newport Beach, and Ranallo on Google Maps in Massachusetts. What matters is results you can search yourself, with dates in writing.

08 Have you ranked businesses in California?

Yes. Sanjay Grover MD in Newport Beach went from #17 to #1 on Google Maps for “best plastic surgery near me” in 20 days, with seven of eight target searches in the top three. In Sacramento, Go Pro Plumbing, Heating and Air is the first business Google Maps shows under the ad. On the West Coast, Angkorscape is #1 for “luxury landscape design” in Seattle and named in Google’s AI answers. On the call, we show you results in your own industry.

09 Can you rank my business across all of San Jose?

Yes, one step at a time. Google Maps favors businesses close to the person searching, so you win the neighborhoods around your address first. Then we build a page for each neighborhood you serve, check your ranking from a grid of points across them, and point your listings and mentions at the areas where you aren’t in the top three yet. A second location gets its own Google Business Profile, which is how Candace and Basil won two cities at once: their Mississauga store went from #10 to #1 on Google Maps while their Toronto store went from #18 to #2.

10 My business is in Willow Glen. Can I rank in Evergreen or Berryessa too?

Yes, for the searches where Google looks past distance. On the map, people searching in Evergreen mostly see businesses near Evergreen, so we win your own area first and then build pages, links and mentions aimed at the areas you want next. In the main Google results below the map, where location counts for less, a strong page can rank across the whole city.

11 Can you rank me in Santa Clara, Sunnyvale and the rest of the Valley?

Yes. Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Cupertino, Milpitas, Campbell, Los Gatos and Morgan Hill are their own markets to Google, and so is Fremont across the county line. Each one you serve gets its own page and search targets, your listings carry every city you cover, and we track your ranking in every one of them each month.

12 Can you rank my business in Spanish or Vietnamese searches?

Yes. 59% of San Jose residents speak a language other than English at home, and many of them search that way: a dentista click costs around $21 on Google Ads in San Jose and an abogado click around $93. We build a page for each service in the languages your customers use, keep your name, address and phone number identical on every version, and reply to reviews in the language they were written in, so Google can match you to searches in each language.

13 Do you work with water damage, mold and restoration companies?

Yes. After the 2017 Coyote Creek flood, which forced 14,000 residents to evacuate and caused an estimated $73 million in damage, water damage is a search San Jose knows well. Water damage restoration climbs to 1,000 searches a month in January at around $47 a click, and mold remediation costs around $56. We build a page for each service and each neighborhood you cover, and get you into the Google Maps top three before the busy months.

14 Do you work with law firms in San Jose?

Yes. Law has the most expensive clicks we measured here: around $443 for car accident lawyer, $139 for wrongful termination lawyer, $85 for criminal lawyer, $82 for employment attorney and $70 for DUI attorney on Google Ads in San Jose. Personal injury attorney averages 720 searches a month and immigration lawyer 480. Ranallo went from #10 to #1 on Google Maps for “car accident attorneys near me” in 20 days, and Florida Probate Law Group is #1 for “Florida probate lawyer” statewide.

15 Do you work with plumbers, electricians and garage door companies in San Jose?

Yes. Plumber near me averages 2,900 searches a month in San Jose and plumber san jose 1,600, and an emergency plumber click costs around $190 on Google Ads, garage door repair around $63 and locksmith around $21. Non-Stop Air Conditioning and Heating in Cape Coral has all 8 of its tracked searches in the Google Maps top three, and we’d run the same plan for a San Jose trade.

16 Do you work with dentists, clinics and therapists?

Yes. Dentist near me averages 5,400 searches a month in San Jose, invisalign 1,600 and dermatologist 1,900, and a pediatric dentist click costs around $27. Clinics fight over the same few spots on the map in every neighborhood. Sanjay Grover MD went from #17 to #1 on Google Maps in 20 days, and Burloak Centre Dentistry is #1 for both emergency and cosmetic dental searches in Oakville.

17 Do you work with restaurants and food businesses in San Jose?

Yes, when they’re doing $20,000 a month or more. Food is some of the busiest searching in San Jose: pho averages 12,100 searches a month, boba 12,100, hot pot 5,400 and banh mi 4,400, and “pho san jose” alone gets 5,400. The restaurants in the Google Maps top three, with recent photos and a steady flow of reviews, take most of the walk-ins.

18 Do you work with movers, storage and cleaning companies?

Yes. Storage units san jose averages 3,600 searches a month at around $19 a click, moving company san jose 1,300 at around $34, and junk removal runs 390 to 1,900. Moves come up fast, and the companies in the Google Maps top three with the best reviews take most of them.

19 When should accountants, tutors and florists start SEO?

Months before their season. Tax preparer goes from 30 searches in May to 260 in March, florist peaks at 2,400 in February, and math tutor climbs to 720 in October. Rankings take weeks to build, so the businesses that start early are the ones in the top three when the rush comes.

20 Do you work with tech startups and SaaS companies in Silicon Valley?

Our guarantees and plans are built for businesses that serve customers in a place: the searches people make when they need a service near them, on Google Maps and in the main results. If your customers find you by searching for a local service, we’re a fit, and that includes IT support firms, where a click costs around $104 in San Jose. If you sell software nationally, ask us on the call and we’ll tell you honestly whether our plans fit.

21 How do I choose an SEO company in San Jose?

Ask every agency four things: what will move in 20 days, what will be on page one in 60, what happens if it isn’t, and which named clients you can search for yourself. Then ask for the price and how long the contract runs. We answer all of it in writing, with published prices, month-to-month plans and a 4.8 rating on Google from 199 reviews.

22 How do you optimize a Google Business Profile in San Jose?

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 San Jose location.

23 I don’t have a storefront. Can I still show up on Google Maps in San Jose?

Yes. Plumbers, movers, cleaners, contractors, restoration crews and mobile services can run their Google Business Profile as a service-area business, with the address hidden and the areas they cover listed. Google still uses your business location when it decides who to show, so we build pages and mentions for every area you serve to carry you further.

24 Do you build backlinks for San Jose businesses?

Yes. Google ranks the businesses other websites vouch for, so we earn mentions and links from San Jose and Silicon Valley news, neighborhood and community sites, business associations, suppliers and partners. No spam, no link farms and nothing that could get your website penalized.

25 Should I use SEO or Google Ads in San Jose?

Ads put you at the top today and stop the day you stop paying, and some San Jose clicks are very expensive: around $443 for a car accident lawyer and $190 for an emergency plumber. SEO takes weeks to build, then keeps bringing in leads without a bill for every click. Many San Jose businesses run ads while SEO builds. Local SEO gets you onto the map, regular SEO gets your website into the results below it, and we can run either one or both.

26 Can you get my business into Google’s AI answers and ChatGPT?

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 San Jose. EquityRich is cited in Google’s AI answers for “commercial mortgage Toronto”, and Angkorscape is named in Google’s AI answers for Seattle.

27 What will I see from you each month?

Every keyword we work on, where it stood the day we started and where it stands now, a ranking grid across the parts of San Jose you serve, and what we did that month and what comes next. Every ranking is one you can search on Google yourself, measured against our 20-day and 60-day guarantees.

28 How do I reach you from San Jose?

Call our US line on +1 619 558 3888, 9am to 5pm Eastern, which is 6am to 2pm in San Jose, or book a free strategy call. Every strategy call runs on Google Meet, and we check your rankings from San Jose itself, neighborhood by neighborhood, so you see what your customers see.

29 What happens on the free strategy call?

Thirty minutes on Google Meet. We search your service in San Jose live, in the neighborhoods you serve, and show you who holds page one and the top three spots on Google Maps, why they’re there and what it would take to pass them. You keep the plan either way. The call is for businesses doing $20,000 a month or more.

30 Am I locked into a long contract?

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.

Your trade, your city

SEO for your trade. In San Jose and beyond.

Every trade searches differently and every city has its own top three. Pick your industry to see how we’d plan it in San Jose, or see the other cities we rank businesses in.