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August 2025

Your SEO Score Is…

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An SEO score under 50% is below average and generally well behind those leading the market online.

As a result your website will be receiving only a small amount of website visits from prospects searching on Google using keywords / phrases most relevant to your offering.

Your Business, Needs and Goals

Website address:

  • sigmarecruitment.co.uk

Aims / pains:

  • Quicker results
  • Regain lost ranks / traffic
  • Consistent flow of enquiries

Marketing objectives

  • Increase website enquiries
  • Increase marketing list

Offering

  • Technical, manufacturing and engineering recruitment

Target Audience/s

  • Automotive, Pharmaceutical, Metals/Power, Graduate, Medical Device, Life Science, Chemical, Electronics, Semicon, Aerospace, Food, Plastics, Packaging, and STEM Skills

Competition

  • Highly competitive

Target Location/s

  • UK
SEO Score Summary
This report was manually produced by one of our SEO experts, yes an actual human rather than a robot. We know exactly what it takes to get you ranking high. Your SEO score is the combined result of the following primary scores.

Domain:

sigmarecruitment.co.uk

Domain Age:

20 Years

Target Location/s:

UK

Target Search Engine/s:

Google.co.uk

  • Google Reach 38% 38%
  • Onsite SEO 32% 32%
  • Offsite SEO 13% 13%

Google Reach

Your Google Reach score represents how successful your website is at reaching prospects who are searching for your offering online.

This data is based on your market specific keywords and how well your website performs in Google’s organic search results.

Searches Per Month

%

Your Google Reach Score

  • Google Rank Score 36% 36%

The following keywords / phrases are specific to your business offering, if there are others that you believe are more suitable, let us know so that we can update this report accordingly.

Your top target keywords and current Google ranks

Keyword Location UK Searches /month Organic Rank Feature/Map Rank
engineering employment agency UK 880 22  Not in top 100
engineering recruitment agencies UK 880 9  Not in top 100
engineering recruitment agency UK 880 6 Not in top 100
engineering staffing agencies UK 880 15 Not in top 100
engineering staffing agency UK 880 13 Not in top 100
recruitment agencies engineering UK 880 9 Not in top 100
engineering recruitment UK 720 19 Not in top 100
pharmaceutical employment agencies UK 590 12 Not in top 100
pharmaceutical recruitment agencies UK 590 18 Not in top 100
pharmaceutical recruitment companies UK 590 15 Not in top 100
pharmaceutical recruitment company UK 590 20 Not in top 100
pharmaceutical staffing agencies UK 590 17 Not in top 100
recruitment agencies pharmaceutical UK 590 11 Not in top 100
automotive recruitment UK 480 39 Not in top 100
life science recruitment UK 480 26 Not in top 100
life science recruitment agencies UK 480 12 Not in top 100
life science recruitment companies UK 480 15 Not in top 100
life science recruitment company UK 480 4 Not in top 100
medical employment agencies UK 480 Not in top 100 Not in top 100
medical employment agency UK 480 Not in top 100 Not in top 100
medical recruitment agencies UK 480 Not in top 100 Not in top 100
medical staffing agency UK 480 Not in top 100 Not in top 100
recruitment agencies medical UK 480 Not in top 100 Not in top 100
automotive employment agencies UK 390 19 Not in top 100
automotive employment agency UK 390 15 Not in top 100
automotive recruiter UK 390 13  Not in top 100
automotive recruiters UK 390 22  Not in top 100
automotive recruitment agencies UK 390 15 Not in top 100
automotive recruitment companies UK 390 14 Not in top 100
automotive recruitment company UK 390 16 Not in top 100
automotive staffing agencies UK 390 17 Not in top 100
automotive staffing agency UK 390 48 Not in top 100
food manufacturing recruitment agencies UK 320 5 Not in top 100
food recruitment agencies UK 320 13 Not in top 100
food recruitment agency UK 320 19 Not in top 100
fmcg recruitment UK 260 25 Not in top 100
medical recruitment UK 260 Not in top 100 Not in top 100
medical recruitment agency UK 260  Not in top 100 Not in top 100
pharmaceutical recruiter UK 260  10 Not in top 100
pharmaceutical recruiters UK 260 10 Not in top 100
technical recruitment UK 260 44 Not in top 100
engineering recruiter UK 210 10 Not in top 100
engineering recruiters UK 210 5 Not in top 100
technical recruitment agencies UK 210 16 Not in top 100
technical recruitment company UK 210 41 Not in top 100
technical staffing agencies UK 210 Not in top 100 Not in top 100
energy recruitment agency UK 170 Not in top 100 Not in top 100
energy recruitment companies UK 170 Not in top 100 Not in top 100
energy recruitment company UK 170 Not in top 100 Not in top 100
life science recruiter UK 170 6 Not in top 100
life science recruiters UK 170 7 Not in top 100
pharmaceutical recruitment UK 170 13  Not in top 100
aerospace recruiter UK 140 4  Not in top 100
aerospace recruiters UK 140 5 Not in top 100
aerospace recruitment UK 140 3  Not in top 100
automotive recruitment agency UK 140 38 Not in top 100
energy recruitment UK 140 Not in top 100  Not in top 100
fmcg recruitment agencies UK 140 14 Not in top 100
fmcg recruitment companies UK 140 19 Not in top 100
food recruitment UK 140 28 Not in top 100
manufacturing employment agencies UK 140 18 Not in top 100
manufacturing recruitment UK 140 15 Not in top 100
manufacturing recruitment agency UK 140 14 Not in top 100
manufacturing recruitment companies UK 140 20 Not in top 100
recruitment agencies fmcg UK 140 21 Not in top 100
aerospace employment agencies UK 110 6 Not in top 100
aerospace recruitment agencies UK 110 4 Not in top 100
aerospace recruitment companies UK 110 5 Not in top 100
aerospace staffing agencies UK 110 3 Not in top 100
aerospace staffing agency UK 110 7 Not in top 100
manufacturing recruitment agencies UK 110 14 Not in top 100
manufacturing staffing agencies UK 110 Not in top 100 Not in top 100
manufacturing staffing agency UK 110 31 Not in top 100
technical recruiter UK 110 Not in top 100 Not in top 100
technical recruiters UK 110 Not in top 100 Not in top 100
chemical recruitment UK 90 1 Not in top 100
engineering recruitment companies UK 90 10 Not in top 100
engineering recruitment company UK 90 12 Not in top 100
food recruiter UK 90 16 Not in top 100
food recruiters UK 90 19 Not in top 100
medical device recruiter UK 90 3 Not in top 100
medical device recruiters UK 90 3 Not in top 100
technical recruitment agency UK 90 51 Not in top 100
engineering recruitment agencies london London, UK 70 5 Not in top 100
engineering recruitment agency london London, UK 70 6 Not in top 100
engineering recruitment consultant UK 70 25 Not in top 100
engineering recruitment consultants UK 70 14 Not in top 100
fmcg recruiter UK 70 28 Not in top 100
fmcg recruiters UK 70 23 Not in top 100
medical device recruitment UK 70 9 Not in top 100
medical staffing agencies UK 70 Not in top 100 Not in top 100
power recruitment agency UK 70 Not in top 100 Not in top 100
automotive recruitment consultants UK 50 17 Not in top 100
chemical recruiter UK 50 2 Not in top 100
chemical recruiters UK 50 4 Not in top 100
electrical engineering recruitment agencies UK 50 2 Not in top 100
electrical engineering recruitment agency UK 50 5 Not in top 100
fmcg recruitment agency UK 50 15 Not in top 100
medical device recruitment agencies UK 50 4 Not in top 100
medical device staffing agencies UK 50 4 Not in top 100
medical recruitment consultant UK 50 Not in top 100 Not in top 100
pharmaceutical recruitment agency UK 50 13 Not in top 100
power recruitment UK 50 Not in top 100 Not in top 100
semiconductor recruitment UK 50 1 Not in top 100
aerospace recruitment agency UK 40 3 Not in top 100
chemical recruitment agency UK 40 1 Not in top 100
energy recruiters UK 40 Not in top 100 Not in top 100
energy recruitment agencies UK 40 Not in top 100 Not in top 100
engineering employment agencies UK 40 9 Not in top 100
food manufacturing recruitment UK 40 14 Not in top 100
life science staffing agencies UK 40 3 Not in top 100
life science staffing agency UK 40 30 Not in top 100
medical recruiter UK 40 Not in top 100 Not in top 100
medical recruiters UK 40 Not in top 100 Not in top 100
packaging recruitment agencies UK 40 6 Not in top 100
chemical engineering recruitment agencies UK 30 1 Not in top 100
chemical recruitment agencies UK 30 1 Not in top 100
life science recruitment agencies london London, UK 30 13 Not in top 100
life science recruitment agency UK 30 16 Not in top 100
manufacturing recruiter UK 30 16 Not in top 100
manufacturing recruiters UK 30 24 Not in top 100
manufacturing recruitment agency uk UK 30 16 Not in top 100
manufacturing recruitment firm UK 30 15 Not in top 100
medical recruitment companies UK 30 32 Not in top 100
medical recruitment company UK 30 Not in top 100 Not in top 100
packaging recruitment UK 30 9 Not in top 100
pharmaceutical recruitment consultant UK 30 15 Not in top 100
pharmaceutical recruitment firm UK 30 18 Not in top 100
recruitment agencies food UK 30 17 Not in top 100
recruitment agencies food manufacturing UK 30 5 Not in top 100
chemical engineering recruitment UK 20 3 Not in top 100
electrical engineering recruiter UK 20 2 Not in top 100
electrical engineering recruiters UK 20 4 Not in top 100
electrical engineering recruitment UK 20 17 Not in top 100
energy recruiter UK 20 Not in top 100 Not in top 100
energy recruitment consultants UK 20 Not in top 100 Not in top 100
engineering recruitment agencies birmingham Birmingham, UK 20 6 Not in top 100
engineering recruitment agency birmingham Birmingham, UK 20 6 Not in top 100
engineering recruitment firm UK 20 11 Not in top 100
engineering recruitment firms UK 20 10 Not in top 100
fmcg recruitment agencies london London, UK 20 18 Not in top 100
fmcg recruitment consultants UK 20 23 Not in top 100
food manufacturing recruiters UK 20 9 Not in top 100
life science recruitment consultant UK 20 7 Not in top 100
medical device recruitment agency UK 20 9 Not in top 100
medical device recruitment companies UK 20 7 Not in top 100
medical device recruitment company UK 20 5 Not in top 100
pharmaceutical recruitment agencies london London, UK 20 17 Not in top 100
semiconductor recruitment agency UK 20 2 Not in top 100
specialist engineering recruitment agencies UK 20 11 Not in top 100
specialist engineering recruitment agency UK 20 10 Not in top 100
technical recruitment consultant UK 20 Not in top 100 Not in top 100
aerospace recruitment consultant UK 10 4 Not in top 100
automotive recruitment agencies birmingham Birmingham, UK 10 15 Not in top 100
automotive recruitment agencies leeds Leeds, UK 10 22 Not in top 100
automotive recruitment agencies london London, UK 10 15 Not in top 100
automotive recruitment agency leeds Leeds, UK 10 23 Not in top 100
chemical engineering recruiters UK 10 2 Not in top 100
energy staffing agency UK 10 Not in top 100 Not in top 100
engineering recruitment agencies bristol Bristol, UK 10 5 Not in top 100
engineering recruitment agencies leeds Leeds, UK 10 4 Not in top 100
engineering recruitment agencies leicester Leicester, UK 10 5 Not in top 100
engineering recruitment agencies manchester Manchester, UK 10 5 Not in top 100
engineering recruitment agency bristol Bristol, UK 10 5 Not in top 100
engineering recruitment agency leeds Leeds, UK 10 4 Not in top 100
engineering recruitment agency manchester Manchester, UK 10 2 Not in top 100
engineering recruitment agency nottingham Nottingham, UK 10 20 Not in top 100
engineering recruitment agency oxford Oxford, UK 10 1 Not in top 100
engineering recruitment agency reading Reading, UK 10 6 Not in top 100
engineering recruitment consultancy UK 10 10 Not in top 100
fmcg recruitment agencies manchester Manchester, UK 10 20 Not in top 100
food employment agencies UK 10 19 Not in top 100
food manufacturing recruiter UK 10 10 Not in top 100
food recruitment companies UK 10 21 Not in top 100
food recruitment consultants UK 10 16 Not in top 100
life science recruitment agencies manchester Manchester, UK 10 13 Not in top 100
manufacturing recruitment agency leeds Leeds, UK 10 5 Not in top 100
metal recruiters UK 10 6 Not in top 100
metals recruitment UK 10 9 Not in top 100
packaging recruiter UK 10 50 Not in top 100
packaging recruiters UK 10 33 Not in top 100
packaging recruitment agency UK 10 5 Not in top 100
pharmaceutical recruitment agencies leeds Leeds, UK 10 11 Not in top 100
pharmaceutical recruitment agencies manchester Manchester, UK 10 13 Not in top 100
pharmaceutical recruitment agency birmingham Birmingham, UK 10 16 Not in top 100
pharmaceutical recruitment agency manchester Manchester, UK 10 14 Not in top 100
plastics recruiters UK 10 1 Not in top 100
power recruiter UK 10 Not in top 100 Not in top 100
semiconductor recruiter UK 10 1 Not in top 100
semiconductor recruiters UK 10 1 Not in top 100
semiconductor recruitment agencies UK 10 1 Not in top 100
technical recruitment consultancy UK 10 47 Not in top 100
technical staffing agency UK 10 Not in top 100 Not in top 100
engineering recruitment agency leicester Leicester, UK 0 8 Not in top 100
life science recruitment agency reading Reading, UK 0 3 Not in top 100
medical device recruitment agencies manchester Manchester, UK 0 5 Not in top 100
medical device recruitment agency manchester Manchester, UK 0 5 Not in top 100
pharmaceutical recruitment agencies bristol Bristol, UK 0 7 Not in top 100
pharmaceutical recruitment agency oxford Oxford, UK 0 7 Not in top 100
specialist manufacturing recruitment agency UK 0 13 Not in top 100

 

High

Keyword Difficulty Avg.

  • Traffic Share Score 40% 40%

The following results show which websites are gaining the most traffic from people searching for your target keywords on Google.

Your Traffic Share Percentage: 14%

These are your top Google SEO competitors

Many may not be direct business competitors, they just happen to dominate the 1st page of Google for the search terms / keywords that matter most to your business.

Traffic Share
hays.co.uk 21%
agencycentral.co.uk 16%
sigmarecruitment.co.uk 14%
nigelwright.com 12%
michaelpage.co.uk 8%
futureengineer.co.uk 6%
zenopa.com 6%
barringtonjames.com 6%
srgtalent.com 5%
futureengineer.co.uk 5%

SEO Visibility Overtime

Your website’s Google organic search visibility has dropped by -52% since June 2023.

Following is a breakdown of the SEO factors that need improving to enable your Google ranks to SOAR…
Onsite SEO
Onsite SEO is all about getting your website perfect in the eyes of Google.

It’s not just about content and including keywords in your copy and metadata, onsite SEO goes far deeper and more technical than that.

Then there’s user experience and conversion optimisation, the list goes on. We can’t list it all here, but below is a summary of some of the basics to consider as a priority.

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Content SEO Ranking Factors

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Fully optimised target Keyword Landing Pages

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Sufficient topically relevant supporting content 

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No Duplication/Plagiarism

Q

Optimised Internal Linking

 

Technical SEO Ranking Factors

Non Google Friendly URLs

Links to Missing Pages (404s)

Links to Redirected Pages (301s)

Missing Canonical Tags

Missing Meta Title Tags

Duplicate Meta Title Tags

Too Long Meta Title Tags

Too Short Meta Title Tags

Missing Meta Description Tags

Duplicate Meta Description Tags

Too Long Meta Description Tags

Too Short Meta Description Tags

Missing Header 1 Tags

Duplicate Header 1 Tags

Noindex Tags Needed

Missing Alt Tag Text

Hreflang Errors

R
WWW Canonicalisation
R
XML Sitemap
R
Robots.txt In Use
User Experience & Conversion Optimisation

Page Load Under 5s

R
Mobile Responsive
R
HTTPS Secure
R
Telephone Number On All Key Pages
R
Contact Forms on Key Pages
R
Email Address on Key Pages
Q
Live Chat on Key Pages
Q
Lead Capture / Magnets Where Needed
Offsite SEO
Offsite SEO is everything that happens away from a website that affects its SEO results. There are arguably many offsite / external SEO ranking factors, however the most important by far are backlinks.

Search engines such as Google consider backlinks as votes of quality for the webpage / website they are linking to. A website with many high value backlinks coming from many different websites will usually rank higher than an otherwise equal website with fewer or lower quality backlinks.

Doesn’t Google ignore backlinks nowadays?

No, Google heavily relies on backlinks. Backlinks and content are the most important ranking factors. Google only ignores links from irrelevant, low quality pages and websites that brings no value to internet users.

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Your Backlink Profile

Domain Domain Rating Referring Domains Backlinks
sigmarecruitment.co.uk 10% 214 684

Competitor Backlink Comparison

Domain Domain Rating Referring Domains Backlinks
hays.co.uk 72% 2900 132000
agencycentral.co.uk 54% 1300 4300
sigmarecruitment.co.uk 10% 214 684
nigelwright.com 55% 902 8400
michaelpage.co.uk 71% 3600 412000
futureengineer.co.uk 27% 146 375
zenopa.com 39% 600 3200
barringtonjames.com 27% 278 1100
srgtalent.com 41% 726 2100
futureengineer.co.uk 27% 146 375
So, what can we do to help turn things around?
Our formula for success can be broken-down into 5 key areas:
  1. We gain a high-level insight into your business / target market and then leverage it to maximise on ROI.
  2. We build a keyword strategy that laser focuses on search terms that produce the highest marketing and commercial value to your business.
  3. We take a ‘Content Is King’ approach, because we know that high quality, highly relevant content produces ranks and traffic that last longest and produce the highest quality leads.
  4. We focus on quality and consistency across every smallest aspect of your SEO. For continued success SEO requires a consistent improvement of the ranking factors that matter most to Google and search engines.
  5. We provide a 100% done for you service, this is vital because it allows us to confidently guarantee results knowing nothing can get in our way.

Your website’s top SEO priorities

Each SEO project is individual, and it’s essential it’s treated that way.

There’s well over 250 SEO ranking factors and we work with them all, but we’ll prioritise those that will provided your specific site with the most significant rank improvements, here’s a short starting list.

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Strategy

This website is not taking advantage of the vast opportunities that Organic traffic provides.

It’s impossible to get SEO right by following a handful of SEO basics. It will require a bespoke strategic approach that covers all 250+ SEO ranking factors to fully maximise this opportunity.

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Foundational/Technical SEO

Getting the site’s technical SEO right is incredibly important. There are hundreds of technical elements and they must all work towards improving the signals and trust of your website.

R

Keyword Cannibalisation

Google is currently struggling to know which of your website’s pages to display in its results pages. We see this a lot and it is essential it is tackled.

R

SEO landing page production / optimisation

Google’s aim is to place only the very best content at the top of its results pages. We must produce pages that are perfectly formed for the keywords we want to rank for.

R

Over-optimisation

Over-optimisation happens when SEO tactics are pushed too far, like keyword stuffing or unnatural linking. It can harm rankings, damage credibility, and reduce user trust, so balance and relevance are key.

R

Internal linking cleanup / restructuring

By utilising a silo internal linking structure, the site will start benefiting from the high quality blog content.

R

Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness

More than high-quality content and online authority are needed for Google to choose your pages to rank. You’ll also need to prove that your website and, most notably, its authors have the appropriate experience and expertise.

R

SEO supporting content / blogs

We’ll utilise high quality and relevant website content such as blogs to support and improve the SEO of our SEO landing pages.

R

AI Search and SERP Features

AI search and new SERP features like SGE, snippets, and knowledge panels give businesses more ways to stand out. Optimising for these can secure prime visibility, boost clicks, and build authority early in the customer journey.

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Authority / backlink building

  • High quality ‘white hat’ backlink building will be essential, our SEO competitors have more or better quality websites linking to them.
  • We will focus on guest posts and niche edits as these are by far the most powerful, we will also diversify our link profile with foundational links.
  • We check to see if we have lost any backlinks that can be retrieved.
  • Backlinks need to be shared more naturally across a greater number of internal pages.

SEO is a Marathon

Not a sprint…

But we know how to

win the race!

How long and how much?

Our suggested budget is based on providing realistic results within a realistic timeframe.

Monthly Investment Monthly Hours Initial Goal Est. Time to Reach Goal

£3,280

+ VAT /month

41 hrs /month Local Organic Ranks – 1-5 ranks
National Organic Ranks – 1-5 ranks
For a range of core ‘money’ and long-tail keywords.

18 months

£2,480

+ VAT /month

31 hrs /month Local Organic Ranks – 1-5 ranks
National Organic Ranks – 1-5 ranks
For a range of core ‘money’ and long-tail keywords.

24 months

£1,600

+ VAT /month

20 hrs /month Local Organic Ranks – 1-5 ranks
National Organic Ranks – 1-5 ranks
For a range of core ‘money’ and long-tail keywords.

36 months

£1,200

+ VAT /month

15 hrs /month Local Organic Ranks – 1-5 ranks
National Organic Ranks – 1-5 ranks
For a range of core ‘money’ and long-tail keywords.

48 months

Average results we achieve in Less Than 3 Months

%

Increase in Candidate Applications / Client Enquiries

Google Ranking Increase

%

Increase In Organic Visits

Recent Client Results

At the end of the day it is only the results that count.

We are very proud of the results we deliver to our clients, our reputation is important to us, so we’ll only take on your project if we are confident we can provide you with the same market leading results.

Organic Traffic

Case study

Overview

Nurses.co.uk are the UK’s No.1 Nursing Jobs & Careers Site. Since mid 2019 our challenge has been to dramatically increase their organic traffic share for nurse job, career and training related searches.

Approach

The client’s top competitors include nhs.uk, indeed.com, nhsjobs.com and reed.co.uk, for this reason it was essential that we took an ‘all the things’ approach covering, advanced technical alterations, multi-level content silo production and structuring and offsite promotion.

Results

1382%

Increase in organic traffic.

 

1142%

Increase in keywords ranking in position 1-3.

 

301%

Increase in total ranking keywords.

A Partnership

Working closely with you enables our campaigns to gain better results quicker; here’s how we do it…

  • Full disclosure policy – our secrets are your secrets
  • Dedicated account manager
  • Monthly video meetings
  • Monthly reports (performance, actions, roadmap)
  • Client portal
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Account Management

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Account Management

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Finance

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Operations

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Google Ads

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Content

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Content

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SEO

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Outreach

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Qualified Google Experts…

As Google and Bing partners, we are proven and qualified Google Experts, each year we re-qualify by keeping up to date with the latest advanced techniques and then we sit Google exams to retain our expert partner status.

Award Winning Agency

Our team work extremely hard for our clients, and are so proud of the results we achieve and the recognition gained from organisations such as the following.

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Our No-risk Rank Promise

We take SEO seriously, that’s why we have the confidence that our techniques will work!  We promise that you will have higher Google rankings or organic traffic within the first 30 days or we will work until you do, for free!

How to get your SEO started…

If you can see how SEO will help your business to be found by those people looking for your offering, then enlisting our services could not be easier…

  1. Receive an SEO Audit
  2. Choose a package
  3. Campaign kick-off.