Awkward Media
Downtown Edmonton skyline at blue hour above the snowy North Saskatchewan River valley

SEO company in Edmonton, ranking businesses from St. Albert to Nisku

Edmonton 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.

An Edmonton client, on Google

Google search box with the search Executive Protection Dogs Edmonton Noble Protection Dogs as result number 1 on Google: Protection Dogs and Belgian Malinois in Edmonton
Noble Protection Dogs at #1 on Google for “Executive Protection Dogs Edmonton”.

4.8

on Google, from 200 reviews

4.6

on Trustpilot, from 55 reviews

Top 5%

SEO agencies in the world, by Mayple

17 yrs

ranking businesses in Canada and the US

As seen in and rated on

USA Today LA Weekly Clutch TopSEO UpCity

Edmonton demand, month by month

How many people in Edmonton search for what you sell?

More every year. The Edmonton metro grew to 1,692,385 people in 2025, up 3.0% in one year, the fastest growth of any metro in Canada. New households need a dentist, a plumber, a mover and a lawyer, and most start with a Google search. Google shows three businesses on the map and ten links below it. Those spots get most of the calls.

Source: Statistics Canada population estimates, July 1, 2025

Tap a trade to see its last twelve months of Google searches in Edmonton.

Snow removal

170 to 60,500

searches a month, quietest month to busiest month.

12 months ago Last month

The busiest month is in green. Each trade is scaled to its own busiest month. Source: Google Ads search volume for Edmonton, read November 2026.

Busy season coming? Start two months before it.

Rankings take weeks to build. Start about two months before your rush, and you’re already showing when the searches arrive.

Steady all year? Every month you’re missing is work going elsewhere.

Dentists, plumbers, movers and lawyers see searches every month. A spot in the top three keeps showing your name to each of them.

Results

Which businesses have we ranked in Alberta, and beyond?

Real Google screenshots, cropped to the result. Type any of these searches into Google yourself.

Edmonton, Google Maps

#1

24/7 Movers ranked #1 on Google Maps in Edmonton for three of its keywords, as reported in October 2026.

Google search: Same Day Emergency Dentist in NE Calgary
Pathways Dental Clinic listing on Google Google result 1: Pathways Dental Clinic for Same Day Emergency Dentist in NE Calgary
Pathways Dental Clinic, NE Calgary, #1 for “Same Day Emergency Dentist in NE Calgary”
Google search: sedation dentist in calgary
Pathways Dental Clinic listing on Google Google result 1: Pathways Dental Clinic for sedation dentist in calgary
Pathways Dental Clinic, #1 for “sedation dentist in calgary”

Pathways Dental Clinic in NE Calgary reached #1 on Google within 60 days, up from outside the top 100.

A selection from across Canada and the US, by where people search:

Google search

The ten links under the map.

Google search: Mortgage north york
Everything Mortgages listing on Google Google result 1: Everything Mortgages for Mortgage north york
Everything Mortgages, #1 for “Mortgage north york”
Google search: Swimming Pool Enclosure in Trenton
Covers in Play listing on Google Google result 1: Covers in Play for Swimming Pool Enclosure in Trenton
Covers in Play, #1 for “Swimming Pool Enclosure in Trenton”
Google search: Skin tightening treatment Margate City
Lux Skin & Lasers listing on Google Google result 1: Lux Skin & Lasers for Skin tightening treatment Margate City
Lux Skin & Lasers, #1 for “Skin tightening treatment Margate City”
Google search: fence builder hillsboro
Super Fabrications listing on Google Google result 1: Super Fabrications for fence builder hillsboro
Super Fabrications, a past client, ranked #1 for “fence builder hillsboro”
Google search: vacuum cleaners for sale
US Vacuums listing on Google Google result 1: US Vacuums for vacuum cleaners for sale
US Vacuums, #1 for “vacuum cleaners for sale”
Google search: Pediatric Chiropractor
Rosedale Wellness Centre listing on Google Google result 1: Rosedale Wellness Centre for Pediatric Chiropractor
Rosedale Wellness Centre, a past client, ranked #1 for “Pediatric Chiropractor” (reported Oct 2026)
Google search: Las Vegas Car Wrap
Purple Flare Wraps listing on Google Google result 1: Purple Flare Wraps for Las Vegas Car Wrap
Purple Flare Wraps, a past client, ranked #1 for “Las Vegas Car Wrap” (captured Aug 2026)
Google search: Fuel tank on trailer
Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s) listing on Google Google result 1: Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s) for Fuel tank on trailer
Hotwood’s (Pro-Tatch), #1 for “Fuel tank on trailer”

Google Maps

The three businesses on the map.

Google Maps search box: ac repair Non-Stop Air Conditioning & Heating, the first business listed after the ads for ac repair
Non-Stop Air Conditioning & Heating, #1 on the map for “AC repair”
Google Maps results for car accident attorneys near me with Law Offices of Jason M. Ranallo listed first
Law Offices of Jason M. Ranallo, #1 on the map for “car accident attorneys near me”
Google Maps results for cedar fencing company with Mae Fence Company listed first (Aug 2026 report)
Mae Fence Company, a past client, ranked #1 on the map for “cedar fencing company” (reported Aug 2026)
Google Maps listing for Candace & Basil (Outlet), the first business listed after the ads for luxury furniture stores (Aug 2026 report)
Candace & Basil, a past client, ranked first after the ads on the map for “luxury furniture stores” (reported Aug 2026)
Google Maps results for septic cleaning near me with BEELER listed second
BEELER, a past client, ranked #2 on the map for “septic cleaning near me” (reported Jul 2026)
Google Maps results for luxury watch buyers with Boise Diamond Ring & Coin at position 2
Boise Diamond Ring & Coin, #2 on the map for “luxury watch buyers”

AI answers

Google’s AI Overview, AI Mode and ChatGPT.

Skyview Law listed under Local Separation Lawyers and Options in Google AI Overview
Skyview Law, listed under “Local Separation Lawyers & Options” in Google’s AI Overview for “Separation Lawyers in Mabton”
ChatGPT answer listing Skyview Law first in its table of divorce law firms
Skyview Law, listed first by ChatGPT for “divorce lawyer mabton wa”
ChatGPT recommended company card: Modernistic: Michigan Cleaning & Restoration Company, 4.8 rating
Modernistic, recommended by ChatGPT for “best carpet cleaning company in Michigan”
Angkorscape source card, Landscape Design Seattle WA, in Google AI Overview
Angkorscape, a past client, was cited as a source in Google’s AI Overview for “Luxury Landscape Designers” (captured Aug 2026)
Super Fabrications source card, Fence Company in Chantilly VA, in Google AI Mode
Super Fabrications, a past client, was cited as a source in Google’s AI Mode for “fence company chantilly” (reported Oct 2026)
B Generous source card, Bridge Loans for Nonprofits and Fast Bridge Funding, in Google AI Overview
B Generous, cited as a source in Google’s AI Overview for “Bridge Loans for NonProfits”

How does Google pick the top three on the Edmonton map?

The Edmonton 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 an Edmonton business, and what we do about it.

Edmonton

Ring one: inside the city

DowntownIce DistrictOliverOld StrathconaWhyte AveGarneauWest EdmontonJasper Place

Ring two: around the region

72,017 people

Sherwood Park

68,232

St. Albert

37,645

Spruce Grove

34,094

Leduc

27,088

Fort Saskatchewan

20,888

Beaumont

town

Stony Plain

industrial

Nisku and Acheson

The places this page covers around Edmonton, 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 Edmonton 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 do you track my ranking across Edmonton?

Your ranking, from every corner of Edmonton.

Google Maps doesn’t show everyone the same results. Someone searching in Castle Downs sees a different top three from someone in Jasper Place. So we don’t check your ranking from one spot. We run your searches from a grid of points across Edmonton and every town you serve, and it shows green where you’re in the top three and 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 city.

  • Fixes aimed at the gaps

    Area pages, listings and links for the parts you don’t win yet.

  • Check it yourself

    Every search we report, you can type into Google.

Street map of northwest Edmonton from St. Albert to Downtown
Illustration of a grid ranking check over northwest Edmonton. Each dot is one search location and the number is where the business shows on Google Maps from there.

What do our Edmonton SEO services include?

Eight jobs. We do all of them.

Every plan, every month. You run your business. We put it in front of the people searching for it.

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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 Edmonton searches. 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 Canadian business directories to the big data providers that feed maps and apps. 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.

Where each job helps you show up: Google Maps, Google search and AI answers
The jobGoogle MapsGoogle searchAI answers
Business Profile
Google reviews
Local listings
Website fixes
Service and area pages
Links and mentions
AI answers

A filled dot means the job feeds that place. Your reports cover all three.

  1. 05

    Service and area pages

    A real page for each service and each part of the region you serve, from St. Albert to Sherwood Park to Leduc, written for the people searching there. No city-name swaps. More on on-page SEO.

  2. 06

    Links and mentions

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

  3. 07

    AI answers

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

  4. 08

    Reports you can check

    Monthly report by email: rankings, Analytics and the work done. Plus our app: see it all live and ask its AI agent anything. More on SEO services.

What happens in the first 60 days?

Day 1 to page one.

  1. Day 1

    Audit and the plan

    We search your services across Edmonton, 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 area 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 Edmonton and Alberta 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 towns, work to get you named in AI answers, and report every ranking each month so you can check it yourself.

Price

How much does SEO cost in Edmonton?

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. AI SEO is included in every plan. Your exact number depends on your market and how strong the sites above you are, and you get it on the strategy call.

What do agencies charge a month, and where do we sit?

Most businesses spend (Ahrefs survey)$500 to $5,000
Typical agency monthly fee (Clutch)$2,000 to $20,000
Awkward Media, Google Mapsfrom $1,497
Awkward Media, Google rankingsfrom $2,697
$0$10,000$20,000 a month

Sources: Ahrefs, survey of 439 SEO providers; Clutch SEO Agency Pricing Guide 2026. Our green marks show where each plan starts.

What moves your price?

  • Who is above you. Small local names take less work to pass than national brands with years of links.
  • How many locations you want to show up in.
  • The state of your website and how many websites you run.

Month to month. No long-term contracts.

See full SEO pricing

Which Edmonton industries do we work with?

Furnaces, movers, molars. The searches Edmonton runs on.

Furnace repair: 320 to 2,400 searches a month

Heating, cooling and HVAC

Winter decides your year. We get you into the top three on the map before the first cold snap, in the parts of the city you can reach fast.

How we plan it: HVAC SEO.

Plumber: 1,900 to 2,900 a month

Plumbers, electricians and roofers

Electrician searches run 880 to 2,400 a month and roofing peaks at 1,600. Emergency and near-me searches, won street by street.

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

Nisku and Acheson

Energy and industrial services

Energy services, fabrication and logistics firms cluster in Nisku and Acheson. Site managers and buyers search before they call a rep. We build the pages that answer them.

Movers: 2,900 to 5,400 a month

Movers, trucking and logistics

A growing city moves a lot of boxes. 24/7 Movers ranked #1 on Google Maps in Edmonton for three of its keywords, as reported in October 2026.

How we plan it: moving company SEO.

Dentist: 2,900 to 4,400 a month

Dentists, clinics and med spas

New patients choose on reviews, distance and what Google shows first. We work on all three, without breaking the advertising rules your college sets.

How we plan it: dental SEO and med spa SEO.

Lawyer: 880 to 1,300 a month

Law firms

Family, real estate, injury and immigration. Clients compare a few firms on Google before they call, and the first ones shown get most of the calls.

How we plan it: law firm SEO.

Whyte Ave to West Edmonton Mall

Retail and ecommerce

Walk-in shops and national online stores. Shoppers compare a few stores on Google before they visit or buy.

How we plan it: ecommerce SEO.

Don’t see yours?

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

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Search ranges: Google Ads search volume for Edmonton, quietest to busiest month over the last twelve months, pulled October 2026.

Which parts of Edmonton and the region do we cover?

Every part of Edmonton. And the towns around it.

Downtown and the Ice District are packed with law firms, clinics and restaurants chasing the same few spots. Whyte Ave in Old Strathcona runs on walk-in trade and near-me searches. The Henday by West Edmonton Mall, the largest mall in North America, is the busiest stretch of the ring road. Nisku and Acheson are where industrial buyers look for suppliers. Each one is a different search, so each one gets its own plan.

Inside Edmonton

  • Downtown
  • Ice District
  • Oliver
  • Old Strathcona
  • Whyte Ave
  • Garneau
  • West Edmonton
  • Jasper Place
  • Northwest Industrial
  • Castle Downs
  • The Palisades
  • Clareview
  • Mill Woods
  • South Edmonton Common
  • Windermere
  • Terwillegar
  • Summerside

Around the region

  • Sherwood Park72,017 people
  • St. Albert68,232
  • Spruce Grove37,645
  • Leduc34,094
  • Fort Saskatchewan27,088
  • Beaumont20,888
  • Stony Plaintown
  • Nisku and Achesonindustrial

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.

How are we different from a typical Edmonton 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

Edmonton client names and rankings you can search yourself

Logos with no results, or none at all

Local pages

A page for each part of the region you serve, St. Albert to Leduc

One page with the city name swapped in

Rank tracking

Monthly report by email: rankings, Analytics and the work done

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: Edmonton 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 November. We put a cap on clients we can take in to keep our promises.

SEO in 2026

Is SEO still worth it in 2026?

Yes, and it now pays off in more places. People in Edmonton still search Google for a plumber about 2,400 times a month. More of them now also ask Google’s AI answer or ChatGPT. Those answers are built from the same thing Google ranks: a clear website, a complete Google Business Profile, and other trusted sites that mention you.

1

Google search results

The ten links under the map. Your service pages, written for the way Edmonton customers search.

2

Google Maps

The three businesses on the map. Your Google Business Profile, your listings and your local pages.

3

AI answers

Google’s AI Overview and ChatGPT. The same pages, shaped so these tools can quote and name you.

Ads stop bringing calls the day you stop paying. Rankings you have earned keep working. Many businesses run both. On the call we look at your market and tell you which one should get the next dollar.

Your next step

See who's ahead of you in Edmonton.

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

Edmonton SEO, answered.

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

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01 How much does SEO cost in Edmonton?

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 parts of the region you want to win and how strong the businesses above you are. You get your exact number on the free strategy call.

02 How much does SEO cost in Canada?

Surveys of agencies put most businesses between $500 and $5,000 a month (Ahrefs, 439 SEO providers), and Clutch puts typical agency fees between $2,000 and $20,000 a month. With us, 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.

03 How long does SEO take in Edmonton?

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.

04 Is SEO worth it for a small business in Edmonton?

Yes, if you’re already doing $20,000 a month or more and want more of the same work. The Edmonton metro grew 3.0% in 2025, the fastest of any metro in Canada, and new customers search before they call. A page-one ranking keeps working without a bill for every click, and our guarantees put dates on it, set out in full in our SEO guarantees.

05 What does an Edmonton 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 area you serve, earn mentions on trusted websites, get you into AI answers, and send a monthly report by email with your rankings, Analytics and the work done.

06 Do you have results in Edmonton?

Yes. Noble Protection Dogs, an Edmonton business, has ranked #1 on Google for “Executive Protection Dogs Edmonton”. 24/7 Movers ranked #1 on Google Maps in Edmonton for three of its keywords, as reported in October 2026. Inflow Hydrovac Services in Alberta was moving up on Google Maps inside the first 20 days. Across the Prairies, Maurice and Sons, a past client in Manitoba, went from 18 of 19 searches outside the top 100 to 15 of 19 in the top three in 21 days (reported Mar 2026).

07 How do I choose an SEO company in Edmonton?

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 200 reviews.

08 How do you optimize a Google Business Profile in Edmonton?

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 Edmonton location.

09 My business is in St. Albert, Sherwood Park or Leduc. Can I rank in Edmonton too?

Google Maps favours businesses close to the person searching, so you win your own town first. Then we build a page for each part of Edmonton you serve, check your ranking from a grid of points across the city, and point your listings and mentions at the areas where you aren’t in the top three yet.

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

About two months before your busy season. Snow removal searches in Edmonton swing from 170 a month to 60,500, and furnace repair from 320 to 2,400. Rankings take weeks to build, so the businesses that start early are the ones in the top three when the rush hits.

11 Where is your team based?

Our office is at 30 Ordnance St, Unit 2006, Toronto, and we work with 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 7am to 3pm in Edmonton. We check your rankings from Edmonton itself, street by street, so you see what your customers see.

12 Can I rank in Edmonton and Calgary at the same time?

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, a past client, 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 (reported Aug 2026).

13 Do you build backlinks for Edmonton businesses?

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

14 Should I use SEO or Google Ads in Edmonton?

Ads show your business today and stop the day you stop paying. SEO takes weeks to build, then keeps working without a bill for every click. Many Edmonton 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 we can run either one or both.

15 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 Edmonton. EquityRich, for one, is cited in Google’s AI answers for “commercial mortgage Toronto”.

16 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 November. We put a cap on clients we can take in to keep our promises.

Your trade, your city

SEO for your trade. In Edmonton 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 Edmonton, or see the other cities we rank businesses in.