Awkward Media
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SEO company in Vancouver, ranking businesses from North Van to Surrey

Vancouver SEO agency. 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.

gutter cleaning vancouver
Illustration: how a listing climbs into the Google Maps top three. Not a real search result.

4.8

on Google, from 197 reviews

4.6

on Trustpilot, from 55 reviews

Top 5%

SEO agencies in the world, by Mayple

13 yrs

ranking businesses in Canada and the US

As seen in and rated on

USA Today LA Weekly Clutch TopSEO UpCity

Why Vancouver businesses lose the call

2.64 million people. 21 cities. Three spots on the map.

Metro Vancouver is home to 2,642,825 people across 21 municipalities, from West Vancouver to Langley. Every one of those households needs a plumber, a dentist, a lawyer and someone to clear the gutters, and most of them start with a Google search. Google answers with three businesses on the map and ten links below it. If you aren’t in those spots, the call goes to someone who is.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census, Vancouver metro area

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. Metro Vancouver is 21 cities.

Google favours businesses close to the searcher. Ranking in Kitsilano doesn’t mean you show up in Burnaby, Richmond or North Vancouver.

Two dates, in writing.

First movement by day 20. Page one by day 60, or we keep working free. And our prices are on the website.

Our guarantees

Page one in 60 days, or we work free until you are.

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Vancouver search, month by month

Vancouver searches follow the forecast.

We pulled twelve months of Google search volume for Vancouver. Rain fills gutters and grows mould and moss. A hot spell sends air conditioning searches from 50 a month to 720. Other services hold steady all year. Either way, the businesses already in the top three when demand spikes are the ones that take the work.

Air conditioning

searches a month

50 to 720

Mould removal

searches a month

70 to 590

Gutter cleaning

searches a month

110 to 590

Landscaping

searches a month

210 to 880

Pressure washing

searches a month

110 to 390

Movers

searches a month

1,900 to 2,900

Each chart is scaled to its own busiest month, shown in green. Source: Google Ads search volume for Vancouver, last twelve months, pulled October 2026.

Seasonal? Start before the rush.

Rankings take weeks to build. With a 60-day page-one guarantee, the time to start is about two months before your busy season, so you’re already in the top three when the searches arrive.

Steady all year? Own it all year.

Movers see 1,900 to 2,900 Vancouver searches every single month, and plumbers 1,300 to 2,900. A top-three spot on those searches is a steady stream of calls, in the rain and in the sun.

No bill for every click.

Ads charge you for every click, and Vancouver clicks are not cheap: advertisers bid around $71 a click on personal injury lawyer searches. A page-one ranking keeps working without a per-click bill.

A technician on a ladder clearing leaves from an overflowing gutter on a cedar-shingle house in heavy Vancouver rain, with a service van parked on the street

Rain, moss, mould, repeat

Nobody scrolls to page two in a downpour.

Gutter cleaning searches in Vancouver climb from 110 a month to 590 in the busy months. Mould removal goes from 70 to 590. Those calls go to whoever Google shows first. Roofers, restoration crews and pressure washers ride the same wave.

Get in the top three before the rain

SEO results on the West Coast and across Canada

Seattle to Edmonton. Search it yourself.

Google search · Seattle, Washington

Angkorscape: #1 on Google, and named in Google’s AI answers for Seattle.

Same rain, same moss, same Pacific Northwest buyers, just down the I-5. Angkorscape designs and builds high-end gardens, and now owns the searches its best clients type.

#1

“luxury landscape design”

#1

“landscape construction Sammamish”

#3

“custom backyard landscaping”

#3

“concrete patios Seattle”

Read the case study
Google result: Angkorscape first for luxury landscape design in Seattle
“Luxury landscape design” on Google: Angkorscape in first place.

Google Maps · Edmonton, Alberta

24/7 Movers

3

keywords at #1
on Google Maps
in Edmonton

Moving is one of the busiest local searches in any big Canadian city. In Vancouver it runs 1,900 to 2,900 searches a month. 24/7 Movers holds the first spot on Google Maps in Edmonton for three of its keywords: the spot people tap first when they need a truck this weekend.

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Google search · Manitoba

Maurice and Sons

15 of 19

Searches in the top three after 21 days, from 18 of 19 that couldn’t find them at all. Seven of them in first place.

How we measure

Your ranking, from the North Shore to the Fraser.

Google Maps doesn’t show everyone the same results. Someone searching in Kitsilano sees a different top three from someone at Metrotown or on Lonsdale. So we don’t check your ranking from one spot. We run your searches from a grid of points across Vancouver and every 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 the region.

  • Fixes aimed at the gaps

    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 Metro Vancouver. Each dot is one search location and the number is where the business shows on Google Maps from there.

How our Vancouver SEO works

Day 1 to page one.

  1. Day 1

    Audit and the plan

    We search your services across Vancouver and the cities around it, 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 Vancouver and BC 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 and cities, work to get you named in AI answers, and report every ranking each month so you can check it yourself.

What our Vancouver SEO services include

Eight jobs. We do all of them.

Every plan, every month. Every job aims at one thing: your phone ringing from the three spots Vancouver taps first on Google Maps.

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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 Vancouver searches.

  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.

  3. 03

    Local listings

    Your name, address and phone number, matching on every directory Google checks, from Canadian business directories to the big data providers that feed maps and apps.

  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.

  5. 05

    Service and city pages

    A real page for each service and each city you serve, from North Vancouver to Burnaby to Surrey, written for the people searching there. No city-name swaps.

  6. 06

    Links and mentions

    Google ranks the businesses other websites vouch for. We earn mentions from Vancouver and BC news and community sites, associations, suppliers and partners. No spam, no link farms.

  7. 07

    AI answers

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

  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.

Industries we rank in Vancouver

Gutters, mould, movers. The searches Vancouver runs on.

Gutter cleaning: 110 to 590 searches a month

Roofing, gutters and exteriors

Roofing draws about 390 searches a month, window cleaning and pressure washing around 210 each. Rain-driven work, won street by street before the wet months.

Plumber: 1,300 to 2,900 a month

Plumbing, HVAC and heat pumps

HVAC draws about 390 searches a month and heat pumps 170, while air conditioning jumps from 50 to 720 in a hot spell. Emergency and near-me searches, won neighbourhood by neighbourhood.

Mould removal: 70 to 590 a month

Restoration and mould

Damp winters and older homes keep restoration crews busy. When the search spikes, the three businesses on the map get the calls.

Movers: 1,900 to 2,900 a month

Movers and logistics

One of the busiest searches in the region, every month of the year. 24/7 Movers holds #1 on Google Maps in Edmonton for three of its keywords.

Immigration lawyer: 590 a month

Law firms

Immigration, real estate and personal injury. Advertisers bid around $71 a click on personal injury lawyer searches in Vancouver. A page-one ranking doesn’t charge by the click.

Mortgage broker: 590 a month

Mortgages and real estate

Buyers compare brokers and lawyers on Google before they call. EquityRich is #1 for “commercial mortgage Toronto” and cited in Google’s AI answers.

Landscaping: 210 to 880 a month

Landscaping and outdoor living

From West Vancouver gardens to Langley acreages. Angkorscape, just down the I-5 in Seattle, is #1 on Google for “luxury landscape design”.

Don’t see yours?

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

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Search figures: Google Ads search volume for Vancouver 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 around Vancouver

Every part of Vancouver. And the cities around it.

Downtown, Yaletown and Gastown are packed with law firms, clinics and restaurants chasing the same few spots. Kitsilano, Main Street and Commercial Drive run on walk-in trade and near-me searches. Metrotown in Burnaby, Lonsdale in North Vancouver and Surrey’s city centre each pull their own map results. Metro Vancouver is 21 municipalities, and Google shows different businesses in each. So each one gets its own plan.

Inside Vancouver

  • Downtown
  • Yaletown
  • Gastown
  • Coal Harbour
  • West End
  • Kitsilano
  • Fairview
  • South Granville
  • Mount Pleasant
  • Main Street
  • Commercial Drive
  • Hastings-Sunrise
  • Point Grey
  • Dunbar
  • Kerrisdale
  • Oakridge
  • Marpole
  • Killarney

Around the Lower Mainland

  • Surrey568,322 people
  • Burnaby249,125
  • Richmond209,937
  • Coquitlam148,625
  • Langley Township132,603
  • Delta108,455
  • Maple Ridge90,990
  • North Vancouver District88,168
  • New Westminster78,916
  • Port Coquitlam61,498
  • North Vancouver City58,120
  • West Vancouver44,122

Populations: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census

Our SEO guarantees

We put our money where our rankings are.

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 Vancouver SEO company

Same searches. Better odds.

Awkward Media

The usual agency deal

First results

Visible improvement in 20 days, or $200 back on top of that period’s payment

“Give it 6 to 8 months”

Page one

Qualifying keywords on page one in 60 days, or we work free until they are

No date in writing

Price

Published: $1,497 to $5,000 a month

“Call us for a quote”

Contract

Month to month

6 to 12 months

Proof

Client names and rankings you can search yourself

Logos with no results, or none at all

Local pages

A page for each city you serve, North Vancouver to Surrey

One page with the city name swapped in

Rank tracking

A ranking grid across Vancouver and the cities 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: Vancouver businesses doing $20,000 a month or more, with the crew to take on more work.

Why we cap it: we take on 15 new clients a month, so we can keep the ranking promises we make to the clients we already have.

Your next step

See who's ahead of you in Vancouver.

A free 30-minute strategy call on Google Meet. We search your service in Vancouver, live, 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

Vancouver SEO, answered.

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

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01 How much does SEO cost in Vancouver?

Our plans for Google Maps and the main Google results (local and organic SEO) run $1,497 to $5,000 a month, and $5,000+ a month when you have several websites. Every plan is month to month and includes AI SEO. Where you land depends on your service, how many cities in the Lower Mainland you want to win and how strong the businesses above you are. You get your exact number on the free strategy call. Most Vancouver SEO companies don’t publish a price. We do.

02 How long does SEO take in Vancouver?

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 SEO worth it for a small business in Vancouver?

Yes, if you’re already doing $20,000 a month or more and want more of the same work. Clicks are expensive here: advertisers bid around $71 a click on personal injury lawyer searches in Vancouver. 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.

04 What does a Vancouver 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 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.

05 Do you have SEO results on the West Coast?

Yes. Angkorscape, a landscape design firm in Seattle, is #1 on Google for “luxury landscape design” and is named in Google’s AI answers for Seattle. Across Western Canada, 24/7 Movers holds #1 on Google Maps in Edmonton for three of its keywords, and Maurice and Sons in Manitoba went from 18 of 19 searches outside the top 100 to 15 of 19 in the top three in 21 days.

06 How do I choose an SEO company in Vancouver?

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 197 reviews.

07 How do you optimize a Google Business Profile in Vancouver?

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. Then we make sure your name, address and phone number match on every directory Google checks, so it trusts your Vancouver location.

08 My business is in Burnaby, Surrey or Richmond. Can I rank in Vancouver too?

Yes. Google Maps favours businesses close to the person searching, so you win your own city first. Then we build a page for each part of the Lower Mainland 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.

09 My work is seasonal. When should I start SEO?

About two months before your busy season. Gutter cleaning searches in Vancouver swing from 110 a month to 590, mould removal from 70 to 590 and air conditioning from 50 to 720. Rankings take weeks to build, so the businesses that start early are the ones in the top three when the rush hits.

10 Where is your team based?

Our office is at 30 Ordnance St, Unit 2006, Toronto, and we rank businesses across Canada and the US. Every strategy call runs on Google Meet, and you can call us on +1 437 561 0203, 9am to 5pm Eastern, which is 6am to 2pm in Vancouver. We check your rankings from Vancouver itself, neighbourhood by neighbourhood, so you see what your customers see.

11 Can I rank in Vancouver and Victoria at the same time?

Yes. Each city gets its own pages and its own search targets, and a second location gets its own Google Business Profile. That 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.

12 Do you build backlinks for Vancouver businesses?

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

13 Should I use SEO or Google Ads in Vancouver?

Ads put you at the top today and stop the day you stop paying. SEO takes weeks to build, then keeps bringing in leads without a bill for every click. Many Vancouver businesses run ads through the busy season while SEO builds. Local SEO gets you onto the map, regular SEO gets your website into the results below it, and every plan covers both.

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

15 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, and we take on 15 new clients a month so we can keep the ranking promises we make to the clients we already have.