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How much does SEO cost in Toronto?
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Google Maps starts at $1,497 a month. Google rankings start at $2,697 a month. Both go up for multiple locations, multiple websites and complexity. Every plan is month to month and includes AI SEO. Where you land depends on your service, how many neighbourhoods and GTA 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.
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How long does SEO take in Toronto?
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You should see the first improvements within 20 days. If you don’t see visible improvement in your key metrics within the first 20 days, we refund $200 on top of returning your payment for that period. If your qualifying keywords aren’t on the first page of Google within 60 days, we keep working for free until they are.
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Is Toronto too competitive for SEO?
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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 neighbourhood by neighbourhood, not for the whole city. “Plumber toronto” and “plumber etobicoke” 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.
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What is the best SEO company in Toronto?
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The one that puts dates in writing and shows you rankings you can search yourself. Ask every agency three things: what moves in 20 days, what is on page one in 60, and what happens if it isn’t. Our guarantees answer all three, we’re #1 on Google Maps for “SEO agency Toronto” searched from our own office, and we’re rated 4.8 on Google from 199 reviews.
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What does a Toronto SEO agency actually do?
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Eight jobs, all done for you: we set up and run your Google Business Profile, grow your Google reviews, fix your local listings, fix your website so Google can read it, build a page for each service, neighbourhood 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.
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Is SEO worth it for a small business in Toronto?
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Yes, if you’re already doing $20,000 a month or more and want more of the same work. Ads charge you for every click, and they stop the day you stop paying. A page-one ranking keeps bringing in leads without a bill for every click, and our guarantees put dates on it: visible improvement in 20 days, qualifying keywords on page one in 60.
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Why hire an SEO company that guarantees results in Toronto?
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Because most don’t put a date on anything, and some say no honest agency can. We do it in writing: if you don’t see visible improvement in your key metrics in the first 20 days, we refund $200 on top of returning your payment for that period, and if your qualifying keywords aren’t on page one of Google in 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.
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Do you have an office in Toronto?
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Yes. Awkward Media is at 30 Ordnance St, Unit 2006, Toronto, ON M6K 0C8. Call our Toronto line on +1 437 561 0203, 9am to 5pm Eastern. Strategy calls run on Google Meet, so you don’t need to come in.
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Have you ranked businesses in Toronto?
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Yes. EquityRich is #1 on Google for “commercial mortgage Toronto” and cited in Google’s AI answer. Rosedale Wellness Centre is #1 for “paediatric chiropractor” and “sports injury chiropractor”, and named in Google’s AI answer for “prenatal chiropractor Toronto”. Candace and Basil’s Toronto store went from #18 to #2 on Google Maps, and Owl Hearing Clinic has four searches in the Maps top three around Yonge and Eglinton. On the call, we show you results in your own industry.
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Can you rank my business across all of Toronto?
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Yes, one step at a time. Google Maps favours businesses close to the person searching, so you win the neighbourhoods around your address first. Then we build a page for each neighbourhood 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.
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My business is in Etobicoke. Can I rank in North York or downtown too?
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Yes, for the searches where Google looks past distance. On the map, people searching in North York mostly see businesses near North York, 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.
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Do you work with businesses outside downtown Toronto?
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Yes. We rank businesses across the GTA, from Mississauga, Brampton, Oakville and Burlington to Vaughan, Markham, Richmond Hill, Ajax and Pickering. Each city is its own market to Google, so each one you serve gets its own page and search targets, and we track your ranking in every one of them each month.
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Do you work with immigration lawyers and consultants?
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Yes. 46.6% of Toronto residents are immigrants, according to the 2021 Census, and 12.4% of the city arrived in the ten years to 2021. Immigration lawyer toronto averages 1,900 searches a month and immigration consultant toronto 260. People new to the country can’t ask a neighbour who to trust, so Google Maps, the reviews on it and Google’s AI answers decide who gets the consultation.
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When should snow removal, roofing and window companies start SEO in Toronto?
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By the summer. Roofing toronto peaks at 4,400 searches a month in September, window replacement toronto at 1,900 in October, winter tires at 14,800 in November and snow removal toronto at 12,100 in January. Rankings take weeks to build, so the companies that start early are the ones in the Google Maps top three when the calls come.
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Do you work with plumbers, basement waterproofing and HVAC companies in Toronto?
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Yes. Plumber toronto averages 4,400 searches a month and climbs to 8,100 in September, and basement waterproofing toronto reaches 2,900 in the fall. The July 16, 2024 flash flood dropped 97.8 mm of rain on Pearson in one morning and caused over $940 million in insured damage across Toronto and southern Ontario, and every flooded basement started with a search. We build a page for each service and each neighbourhood you cover, and get you into the Google Maps top three before the next storm.
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Do you work with law firms in Toronto?
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Yes. Family lawyer toronto averages 4,400 searches a month, immigration lawyer toronto 1,900, real estate lawyer toronto 1,600 and personal injury lawyer toronto 1,300. Chapman McAlpine is #1 for “Barrie family lawyers”, above four other Barrie family law firms, and we run the same plan for Toronto firms.
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Do you work with dentists, clinics and therapists?
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Yes. Dentist near me averages 40,500 searches a month in Toronto and dentist toronto 4,400, dermatologist toronto 4,400 and therapist toronto 2,900. Clinics fight over the same few spots on the map in every neighbourhood. Rosedale Wellness Centre is #1 for “paediatric chiropractor”, and Burloak Centre Dentistry is #1 for both emergency and cosmetic dental searches in Oakville.
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Do you work with real estate agents, mortgage brokers and property managers?
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Yes. In a city where 48% of households rent, property search never stops: apartments for rent toronto averages 18,100 searches a month, condos for sale toronto 5,400, property management toronto 1,300, real estate agent toronto 1,000 and mortgage broker toronto 880. EquityRich is #1 for “commercial mortgage Toronto”, above the banks.
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Do you work with restaurants and food businesses in Toronto?
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Yes, when they’re doing $20,000 a month or more. Food is some of the busiest searching in Toronto: restaurants toronto averages 18,100 searches a month, brunch toronto 12,100, and patio toronto climbs to 8,100 in May and June. The restaurants in the Google Maps top three, with recent photos and a steady flow of reviews, take most of the walk-ins.
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Do you work with movers, storage and cleaning companies?
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Yes. Moving company toronto averages 5,400 searches a month and peaks at 9,900 in July, storage units toronto averages 3,600 and cleaning services toronto 1,900. Rankings take weeks to build, so we start in the spring and aim for the Google Maps top three before the summer rush.
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Do you work with salons, daycares and personal services?
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Yes. Hair salon toronto averages 5,400 searches a month, barber toronto 3,600, daycare toronto 2,900 and nail salon toronto 1,900. Every new tenant and every new arrival looks for all of them, and the businesses with the most recent reviews in the Google Maps top three get the first call.
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How do I choose an SEO company in Toronto?
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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.
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How do you optimize a Google Business Profile in Toronto?
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We choose the categories that match what your customers search, list every service, add real photos and post regular updates, and keep new reviews coming in with a reply to each one. Reviews are one of the signals Google weighs. Then we make sure your name, address and phone number match on every directory Google checks, so it trusts your Toronto location.
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I don’t have a storefront. Can I still show up on Google Maps in Toronto?
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Yes. Plumbers, movers, cleaners, roofers, snow 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.
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Do you build backlinks for Toronto businesses?
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Yes. Google ranks the businesses other websites vouch for, so we earn mentions and links from Toronto news and community sites, industry associations, suppliers and partners. No spam, no link farms and nothing that could get your website penalized.
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How often do you add new content to my website?
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Every month we add or improve the pages that matter most for your keywords: service pages, neighbourhood pages and answers to the questions buyers ask before they call. How many depends on how crowded your market is in Toronto, and we map it out with you on the strategy call.
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What’s the difference between local SEO and SEO?
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Local SEO gets you onto the map and into the three businesses listed under it when someone nearby searches. Regular SEO gets your website into the main Google results below. Most Toronto clients run both, because the same work feeds the two, and we can run either one or both.
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Should I use SEO or Google Ads in Toronto?
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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 Toronto businesses run ads while SEO builds, then spend less on ads once they hold page one and the Google Maps top three.
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Can you get my business into Google’s AI answers and ChatGPT?
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AI SEO is included in every plan, and it works to get your business named when Toronto customers ask Google’s AI or ChatGPT who to hire. EquityRich and Rosedale Wellness Centre are already cited in Google’s AI answers for Toronto searches.
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What will I see from you each month?
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Every keyword we work on, where it stood the day we started and where it stands now, a ranking grid across the parts of Toronto and the GTA 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.
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What happens on the free strategy call?
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Thirty minutes on Google Meet. We search your service in Toronto live, in the neighbourhoods 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.
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Am I locked into a long contract?
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No. Every plan is month to month. Results keep you here, not paperwork.
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Who do you work with in Toronto?
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Established businesses already doing $20,000 a month or more: law firms, dentists and orthodontists, clinics, mortgage brokers, home services, retailers and ecommerce brands. Very limited spots left for the month of October. We put a cap on clients we can take in to keep our promises.