SEO services for established businesses in Canada and the US
When someone needs what you sell, they call one of the first names Google shows them. Our SEO services make that name yours: in the organic results, in the Google Maps box, and in the AI answers people read before they click.
If your qualifying keywords aren't on the first page of Google within 60 days, we keep working for free until they are.
30 minutes on Google Meet. For businesses doing $20k a month or more.
Reviewed by Aone Marcus, SEO Director at Awkward Media · Updated October 2026
17 yrs
ranking businesses in Canada and the US
60 days
to page one, or we work free
20 days
to see the first improvements
$1,497+
a month to start, with no long-term contract
Ten links. Yours isn't one of them.
Page one of Google has about ten organic results. That's where the clicks go. If your site sits on page two, the people searching for exactly what you sell are hiring whoever is above you.
Search engine optimization services (SEO, for short) are the work that moves your website up those results: picking the searches that bring paying customers, building pages that answer them, fixing what slows Google down on your site, and earning links from real sites that vouch for you.
Hiring an SEO agency means a team does all four, every month, and answers for the rankings. As an SEO company we put that in writing, with two guarantees. White-hat only: no spam, no tricks that get a site punished at the next Google update.
Find out which searches you're missing →
family lawyer near mecompetitor-a.com
Competitor A: Family Lawyers
Result 1
competitor-b.com
Competitor B: Divorce and Custody
Result 2
competitor-c.com
Competitor C: Family Law Firm
Result 3
Page 2 · result 14
yourbusiness.com
Almost nobody clicks this far.
An illustration, not a real search. The job is to move you from page two to the top of page one.
(03) Our SEO results
Just a few of the businesses we rank in Canada and the US, grouped by where they show up: Google’s normal results, Google’s AI answer and the Google Maps box. National stores and statewide firms first, then local. Every card has the Google screenshot, competitors and all. Look at the search, then look at who’s first.
How to read a card: the grey line says where the result shows and for which area. The quoted words are the exact search a customer typed. “Before” is where the business ranked when we started, from our rank tracking. “After” is the position in the screenshot. Tap a card to read the full story.
Google search
The regular list of results under the ads and the map. This is where national brands, online stores and statewide firms win or lose.
Google search · Nationwide ecommerce
for “freestanding gas fireplace”
Search
National
Rank
#1
First result for the product buyers search. Of 10 tracked product searches, 7 sit in the top 3 and all 10 on page one, with no city in any of them.
Google search · Nationwide ecommerce
for “original bar snapbacks”
Before
Page 5
After
#1
First result, and the hat Google’s AI Overview explains by name. Now above New Era, Amazon and Lids on wider hat searches.
Google search · Statewide marketplace
for “used cars for sale in minnesota”
Before
#5
After
#1
One of the head terms that all moved up, against national listing sites. 122K clicks from Google in the first three months.
Google search · Statewide law firm
for “florida probate lawyer”
Search
Statewide
Rank
#1
No city shortcut. First for the whole state, above Justia, with three more probate searches at #2.
Google search · Las Vegas, Nevada
for “las vegas car wrap”
Conversions
78
Rank
#1
All 12 tracked wrap searches on page one. 78 conversions from Google search in June 2025, its best channel, paid ads included.
Google AI Overview
The AI summary Google now shows above the results for many searches. Being named there puts you in front of buyers before they scroll.
Google AI Overview · Seattle, Washington
for “luxury landscape designers”
AI answer
Named
Rank
#1
Named among the top Seattle firms in Google’s AI answer, cited as a source, and #1 in the results below it.
Google AI Overview · Washington
for “landscape lake heights”
AI answer
First line
Named
✓
Google’s AI answer opens with the business’s name. One of four AI Overview placements we hold for this client.
Google AI Overview · Nationwide ecommerce
for “original bar snapbacks”
AI answer
Named
Rank
#1
Google’s AI describes the product by the store’s name, with the store’s own page as a source.
Google Maps
The three businesses Google shows on the map for searches with a place in them, or a “near me”.
Google Maps · Louisville, Kentucky
for “blood cleanup services”
Before
#37
After
#1
20 days. All 8 tracked searches reached the top three of Maps.
Google Maps · Jupiter, Florida
for “movers jupiter florida”
Top 3 by
Day 17
Rank
#1
In the map’s top three 17 days after we started.
Google Maps · Glendale, Wisconsin
for “therapist near glendale wisconsin”
Before
#2
After
#1
Also #3 to #1 for “female therapist near me”.
Ecommerce, no city in the search
All 10 tracked product searches on page one, above national fireplace stores. Six of the Google screenshots, cropped to the result. How ecommerce SEO works.
Statewide marketplace
From the client’s own Google Search Console, the free Google tool that counts clicks from search. Onboarded 31 December 2024, read on 27 March 2025. Read the CarSoup case study.
More Google screenshots, cropped to the result
Just a few more from across Canada and the US
Google Maps · Wilmington, North Carolina
#1 for “storm shutters near me”, searched 52 miles from the shop.
Google Maps and search · Williamsburg, Virginia
In the map’s top 3 and #1 below it, for the same searches.
Google Maps · Newport Beach, California
Sanjay Grover MD
“best plastic surgery near me” from #17 to #1 in 20 days.
Google Maps · Cape Coral, Florida
Non-Stop Air Conditioning and Heating
8 of 8 tracked searches in the top 3.
Google Maps · Tucson, Arizona
Southwest Kitchen and Bath
5 searches at #1.
Google search · Toronto, Ontario
EquityRich
#1 for “commercial mortgage toronto”, above the banks, and cited in Google’s AI answer.
Google search · Manitoba
From outside the top 100 to #1 for “log home restoration manitoba” in 21 days.
Where each business started, what we did month by month, and the screenshots behind every number.
4.8 on Google. 4.6 on Trustpilot.
254 public reviews from the owners who hired us. A few of them, word for word, cut only where marked.
Results within 20 days
“We were skeptical about hiring an SEO agency cause no one would guarantee or stand behind a timeline. […] At first, I was like eh might be a gimmick but I did see results within 20 days and by the end of 30/40 days I have seen significant results. […] Definitely recommend anyone who is in the market to get ranked higher on google.”
Abdul Aziz
US · May 2026
Guarantees met a month early
“We hired them about 6 months ago with guarantees they met a month earlier than expected. But besides the guarantees, I’m floored by their knowledge on the subject matter. We had an in-house SEO team for years and God bless them, but they could never do what AM can do, even if we gave them twice the time.”
Jennifer Brown
Canada · Sep 2024
Started from zero domain authority
“We started working with Kiran and her team when we had zero domain authority, and we’ve been absolutely impressed with the results they’ve delivered. Thank you for all the support and hard work. Here’s to a long-term partnership!”
Mir Beg
US · Sep 2026
Video reviews
Don’t take our word for it. Hear it from them.
Real owners on camera, talking about what changed once they hired us. Press play.
#1 for over 10 searches
Sierra Mobile Glass
Leads in the first 20 days
OMNI Law · local SEO
SEO turned around in weeks
Asheville Movers
What you get
Start with Google Maps or the normal Google results, or run both. Your plan draws on the work below, sized to your market and to how strong the sites above you are. You see what was done in the report each month.
Swipe for all 11 →
01
We find the exact words your buyers type into Google, how many people type them each month, and who ranks for them today. Then we drop the ones that bring visitors who never buy. You get the list of target searches on the strategy call.
02
Each page gets one clear job. We rewrite the page title Google shows, the headings, the opening lines and the image descriptions so Google knows which search the page answers. How on-page SEO works.
03
When a search needs a page you don’t have, we write it: service pages, town pages, product category pages and guides. Written for the person searching, not stuffed with keywords. SEO content writing.
04
Slow pages, broken links, pages Google can’t find or reads twice, a site that falls apart on a phone. We find what holds the site back and fix it, or hand your web person a copy-and-paste list. Technical SEO.
05
A link from another trusted website to yours works like a vote. A dedicated team earns them from real sites in your field and your area. No link farms, no bulk packages. Link building and off-page SEO.
06
Your free listing on Google Maps decides who shows in the map box. We set the right categories, services, photos and posts, and keep it active. Business Profile optimization.
07
The same pages are shaped so ChatGPT, Gemini and Google’s AI Overviews can quote them and name you. AI answers come with every plan. Answer engine optimization.
08
Google changes how it ranks sites several times a year. We watch every big update and adjust your pages before a drop costs you calls, not after.
09
For every search we target, we look at the businesses Google puts above you: how their pages are built, who links to them, what they cover that you don’t. Then we plan to beat each one on its own ground.
10
Where Maps matters, your business name, address and phone number need to match everywhere they appear online, from directories to local news sites. We clean them up and add the ones you’re missing, town by town.
11
Monthly report by email: rankings, Analytics and the work done. Plus our app: see it all live and ask its AI agent anything.
Example: the layout of a report row, not a client result.
One SEO agency. Every kind of search.
Buyers look in three places now: Google’s results, the Maps box, and AI answers. We get you found in all three.
Page one for the searches your buyers type.
Top three in the Google Maps box.
Where search is headingNamed in ChatGPT, Gemini and AI Overviews.
What makes it work
Six specialist services behind the three.
GEO means generative engine optimization: shaping your pages so AI tools quote you.
Not sure which you need? Ask us on a free 30-minute call.
Book the callPage one for the searches that pay. Not page two.
Organic SEO gets your website into Google’s normal results, the list under the ads and the map. Most clicks go to the first few results, so page two may as well not exist.
What we do
For local firms, national brands and online stores (ecommerce SEO), across Canada and the US.
#1 for “las vegas car wrap”. Purple Flare Wraps. 78 organic enquiries followed in one month.
Got a specific problem? Start here.
Multi-location SEO
The problem
Your branch pages copy each other, so Google shows one and hides the rest.
What we do
For businesses with two locations or two hundred.
SEO audits
The problem
Traffic is flat and nobody can tell you why.
What we do
You get a plain-English fix list, most important first.
Website migration SEO
The problem
A redesign or new domain can wipe out years of rankings overnight.
What we do
Best started a month before launch, not after.
Google first. AI answers on top.
More people now ask ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Google's AI Overviews before they pick a business. Those tools lean on the same things Google rewards: clear pages that answer the question, a business other trusted sites mention, and a website that is easy to read.
So we build for Google first, then shape the same pages so AI answers can quote and name you. It's one more place to be found, on top of your rankings, not instead of them.
AI SEO is included in every plan. See how it works in Google AI Overviews SEO, ChatGPT SEO and answer engine optimization (AEO).
What our AI SEO work includes
Pages AI can quote
Each key page opens with a plain answer to the question your buyers ask, so ChatGPT, Claude and Google’s AI have a sentence worth lifting, with your name on it.
A business others vouch for
Links and mentions from trusted sites in your field. AI tools lean on them to decide who to name, the same way Google does.
A site machines can read
Clean structure and structured data, so search engines and AI tools know what you sell, where, and for whom.
ChatGPT
Gemini
Where buyers now search, and where we work to get you named.
Named by Google’s AI. #1 below it. Angkorscape, Seattle, for “luxury landscape designers”.
Who we work with
The searches change from one business to the next. The work underneath doesn’t. Pick the one that sounds like you.
You sell across the country, so there’s no town to lean on. The fight is with marketplaces, national chains and directories. We rank your category and product pages for the searches buyers type with no city in them, the way Luxury Fire and The Game Caps rank above national stores. Ecommerce SEO and Shopify SEO.
Your customers search with a town in the query, or “near me”. You need the Google Maps box and the results under it. With more than one branch, every branch needs its own page and its own profile. Local SEO, multi-location SEO and SEO for small business.
Fewer searches, bigger deals. Law firms, lenders, architects and B2B suppliers win on a short list of high-value searches and on being the name AI answers trust. Florida Probate Law Group ranks #1 statewide for “florida probate lawyer”. B2B SEO and SEO consulting.
Each page shows the searches that bring that trade its customers, and the clients we rank in it.
Start with our SEO agency USA page, or pick your city.
From Vancouver to Montreal. See every location.
Five jobs. Every month.
Every SEO strategy we build starts from real data: what your buyers search, who ranks above you, and why. Google changes its rules several times a year, so we watch every core update and adjust before it costs you. Month to month, no long-term contract.
We find the searches your buyers actually type, and skip the ones that bring traffic and no money. Then we check who ranks for them and what it takes to beat them.
A page for each service and each search that matters, written for the person searching. Titles, headings, images and copy set up so Google knows what each page is for.
Slow pages, broken links, pages Google can’t read. We find what’s holding the site back and fix it. Technical SEO
A dedicated team earns links from relevant, trusted sites in your field. Google reads them as votes. No link farms. Link building
Monthly report by email: rankings, Analytics and the work done. Plus our app: see it all live and ask its AI agent anything.
Timeline
SEO isn’t overnight, and it isn’t a year of waiting either. Two dates are in writing before you start: day 20 and day 60. Here is what happens in between, with what real clients saw.
Week 1
The plan and the first fixes
Day 20
Guarantee 1
Day 60
Guarantee 2
Months 3 to 6
More searches, wider reach
Month 6 on
Holding the top
Week 1
We set the plan together on the strategy call, including your qualifying keywords, the searches the 60-day guarantee covers. In the first week we fix whatever stops Google reading your site, because every other job depends on it. Then the pages that matter most get rewritten first.
Day 20
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. Key metrics: your website traffic, what that traffic is worth, your site’s authority and the number of sites linking to you, agreed before we start.
Day 60
If your qualifying keywords aren’t on the first page of Google within 60 days, we keep working for free until they are. Qualifying keywords: the searches we agree on together on your strategy call.
By now the new pages have been read by Google, the first links have landed and the fixes are counting. That is the date the second guarantee is set for.
Months 3 to 6
The work compounds. Each new page and each new link lifts the pages around it. CarSoup had 122K clicks from Google in its first three months, with “used cars for sale in minnesota” moving from #5 to #1. On Google Maps, Brooks ranked across a 14-mile radius by day 90.
Month 6 on
Getting to #1 is one job. Staying there is another. Competitors copy what works and Google changes its rules several times a year. We keep adding pages and links, and widen the list of searches you win, town by town or product by product.
Your part
Not much, and that is the point. Answer the phone when it rings. Tell us when you add a service, open a location or change your prices, so the pages stay right. Ask happy customers to leave a review. Read the monthly report, and ask anything in our app.
Is it worth it?
SEO is worth it when it ranks you for searches that bring buyers, and you can check that every month. Five questions owners ask us before they decide.
A paid ad shows the moment you pay and stops the moment you stop. A page-one ranking keeps bringing visitors every day it holds, with no charge per click. You can run both: ads for speed, SEO for the searches you want to own. Not sure what an SEO expert should cost? Read what SEO consultants charge in 2026.
For Purple Flare Wraps in Las Vegas, Google search was the best converting channel, paid ads included: 78 conversions in one month, with all 12 tracked wrap searches on page one.
You shouldn’t have to take anyone’s word for it. Four checks, in order:
Monthly report by email: rankings, Analytics and the work done.
A one-time fix helps when one thing is broken: a slow site, a bad move to a new website, pages Google can’t find. An SEO audit finds it. Rankings themselves need ongoing work, because the sites below you keep trying to get above you.
Some of it, yes. Fill in your Google Business Profile in full, give each service its own page, and ask happy customers for reviews. Our guide to local SEO for small business walks through it. The research, technical fixes and link building take time and paid tools most owners don’t have.
If nobody searches for what you sell, or you have no room for more work, wait. Before you hire anyone, read how to choose an SEO agency. We only work with businesses already doing $20,000 a month or more: there is enough trade behind them to turn more calls into more work.
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Three questions. Ask every agency.
A good SEO company answers all three in plain words, before you sign. Here are ours.
Which searches will you rank me for, and why those?
We name the searches on the strategy call, from live data, and show you who ranks for them today.
What will you actually do each month?
The five jobs above, with a list of completed work in every monthly report.
What happens if it doesn't work?
Two guarantees, in writing. Read them below.
Walk away if you hear these.
Most bad SEO sounds fine on the sales call. These are the lines that should end it. If your current agency says them, check whether your SEO is going nowhere.
“We can’t say which searches yet.”
A good agency can look up your market live, before you pay a cent.
“Sign for twelve months.”
Long contracts keep clients when the results don’t. Ours run month to month.
“Hundreds of links this month.”
Bulk links from unrelated sites are what the next Google update punishes.
“Look how much traffic you got.”
Traffic from searches that never buy pays nothing. Ask about rankings for the searches that bring customers.
“SEO takes time, just trust us.”
It does take time, and every month should still come with a list of finished work you can check.
“Here are the logos we’ve worked with.”
Logos prove nothing. Ask to see real rankings for real clients, the way we show ours above.
Side by side. Check it yourself.
Comparing search engine optimization agencies? Every SEO company says it gets results. These are the things you can check before you sign, and how we answer each one.
Awkward Media
Contract
Month to month
Typical agency: Often 6 to 12 months
Freelancer: Usually flexible
Guarantee
Improvements in 20 days. Page one in 60, or we work free.
Typical agency: None
Freelancer: None
Who does the work
A team: strategy, writing, technical fixes and dedicated link builders
Typical agency: A team, parts sometimes outsourced
Freelancer: One person
Reporting
Monthly report by email: rankings, Analytics and the work done. Plus our app: see it all live and ask its AI agent for anything you want to know.
Typical agency: Often a dashboard or a PDF
Freelancer: Varies
What’s covered
Google, Google Maps, ChatGPT, Claude and AI Overviews in one plan
Typical agency: Often sold as separate services
Freelancer: Usually one area
Capacity
Very limited spots left for the month of October. We put a cap on clients we can take in to keep our promises.
Typical agency: Rarely a stated limit
Freelancer: Limited to one person’s hours
Our column as of October 2026. The other two are common patterns, not any one company.
Ask us these on a free call →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.
Real numbers. Before the call.
Your exact price depends on your market and how strong the sites above you are. These are the starting prices.
Google Maps
$1,497+
a month. Higher for multiple locations, websites and complexity.
Google rankings
$2,697+
a month. Higher for multiple locations, websites and complexity.
Start with Google Maps or the normal Google results, or run both. AI answers come with every plan. A plumber who wins jobs from the map box often starts with Maps. An online store starts with Google rankings.
Line them up on four things, not just the monthly number: how long the contract runs, what is promised in writing, who does the work, and what the report shows. Ours: month to month, two guarantees, a full team, and a monthly report by email. More on how our SEO pricing works. Pricing one consultant instead? See how much an SEO consultant costs.
Very limited spots left for the month of October. We put a cap on clients we can take in to keep our promises.
Get my exact numberWe don't take everyone. On purpose.
Very limited spots left for the month of October. We put a cap on clients we can take in to keep our promises. So we check every business first.
A good fit if
Not a fit if
Your next step
On a free call over Google Meet we search your market live, show you who ranks above you and why, and name the keywords we would target for page one of Google. If your qualifying keywords aren't on the first page of Google within 60 days, we keep working for free until they are. The road map is yours to keep either way.
Bring with you
We search your market live
The way your customers do, in the towns you serve.
We show who's above you, and why
On Google, on Maps and in the AI answers.
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.
Straight answers about SEO services
SEO services are the work that gets your website shown higher on Google when people search for what you sell. That covers choosing the searches that bring paying customers, building and improving the pages that answer them, fixing technical problems that stop Google reading your site, and earning links from other trusted websites. The same work also helps your business show up on Google Maps and in AI answers.
SEO is for getting found by people who are already searching for what you sell. When your website shows near the top of Google, on Google Maps and in AI answers, those people call you instead of the business above you. Meaning: more calls and enquiries from customers who were already looking, without paying for every click.
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. Your exact number depends on your market and how strong the sites above you are, and you get it on the strategy call.
It depends on how they charge: by the hour, by the project or on a monthly retainer. Our blog guide, How much does an SEO consultant cost?, lays out 2026 rates in the US and Canada. If you'd rather hand the whole job to a team, our prices are the same as above: 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.
SEO is worth it when it ranks you for searches that bring buyers and you can check it every month: your rankings, your visits from Google and the calls that come in. We only work with businesses already doing $20,000 a month or more, with enough trade behind them to turn more calls into more work.
Keyword research, on-page SEO, new and improved pages, technical fixes, link building by a dedicated team, Google Business Profile work where Maps matters, and AI answers. Start with Google Maps or the normal Google results, or run both. AI answers come with every plan. Monthly report by email: rankings, Analytics and the work done.
We put two guarantees in writing. If you don't see visible improvement in your key metrics within the first 20 days, we refund $200 on top of returning your payment for that period. If your qualifying keywords aren't on the first page of Google within 60 days, we keep working for free until they are.
Check four things: where you rank for each search we target, how many visitors arrive from Google in your own Analytics, how many calls and forms come in from customers who found you on Google, and what you see when you search your main service on your phone.
It's the idea that a small share of the work brings most of the results. Applied to your website: find the handful of searches and pages that bring most of your calls, and put the effort there first. So we start with the searches closest to a sale, like your main service in your main town, and the pages sitting just off page one. The rest of the work builds out from them.
They do different jobs. A paid ad shows the moment you pay and stops when you stop. A page-one ranking keeps bringing visitors every day it holds, with no charge per click. For Purple Flare Wraps in Las Vegas, Google search was the best converting channel, paid ads included, with 78 conversions in one month.
An in-house hire gives you one person. An SEO agency gives you a team: strategy, writing, technical fixes and a dedicated link-building team, plus the paid research tools. You also get one party accountable for rankings, with guarantees in writing.
Some of it. Fill in your Google Business Profile in full, give each service its own page, and ask happy customers for reviews. The keyword research, technical fixes and link building take time and paid tools most owners don't have.
Ask three things. Which searches will you rank me for, and why those? What will you do each month? What happens if it doesn't work? A good SEO company answers all three in plain words. We put our answers in writing: a list of target searches, a monthly list of completed work, and two guarantees.
We don't promise a set position, because Google decides the order. What we put in writing: if you don't see visible improvement in your key metrics within the first 20 days, we refund $200 on top of returning your payment for that period. If your qualifying keywords aren't on the first page of Google within 60 days, we keep working for free until they are.
Yes. We rank online stores and national brands for searches with no city in them. Luxury Fire is #1 for "freestanding gas fireplace", with 7 of 10 tracked product searches in the top 3 and all 10 on page one. CarSoup moved from #5 to #1 for "used cars for sale in minnesota".
Yes. We have spent 17 years ranking established businesses across Canada and the US, from local service firms to national online stores. Google works the same way in both countries. What changes is the competition in your market, and we plan around it.
Yes. AI tools lean on the same things Google rewards: clear pages that answer the question, a business other trusted sites mention, and a website that is easy to read. We build for Google first and shape the same pages so AI answers can quote and name your business. It is an extra place to be found, on top of your Google rankings.
If customers find you on Google Maps, you want both. Local SEO gets you into the map box, organic SEO gets your website into the results under it. Online stores and national businesses usually need organic SEO alone.
A one-time fix helps when one thing is broken, like a slow site or a website move that lost rankings. An SEO audit finds it. Rankings need ongoing work, because the businesses below you keep trying to get above you and Google changes its rules several times a year.
Yes, when the move is planned before launch. A new design, platform or domain can wipe out rankings if old page addresses disappear. We forward every old address to its new one, carry over what Google already trusts, and watch rankings and traffic after go-live.
No. White-hat only. The shortcuts work for a few months and then a Google update wipes them out, along with your rankings.
Monthly report by email: rankings, Analytics and the work done. That's your Google Analytics data, where you rank for each keyword we target, and a list of the work we did that month, in plain language. You also get our app: see it all live, any time, and ask its AI agent for anything you want to know.
No. There are no long-term contracts. Results keep you here, not paperwork.
