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Google Page 1 for Painter

When Madison-based house painter Eric Welch first called me, he was puzzled about why he couldn’t find his website in Google. I was too: We couldn’t find it at all unless we Googled his name along with it. I searched to page 11 for painters in Madison and then gave up.

Hired to optimize the website, ericwelchpainting.com, I wrote new copy for each page, and added a page on eco-friendly paints (he uses only no- and low-VOC paints). I updated his titles and metas and worked with him on his local listing and some incoming links.

The result: If you search Google for “painters madison wi” and “house painters madison wi,” among other key phrases, he’s on page 1. What’s more, he is second only to that painting company that shares a name with the first book of the Bible. You know the one. Other competitors are left in the dust. Congratulations!

The best part for me was helping a small business owner compete with larger companies, and even more meaningful to me is his insistence on using only paints that are gentler on the environment and on the lungs of his customers and workers.

Another SEO Success

The goal was simple: Get Jim Stroede’s Fishing Guide Service on the first page of Google for the key phrase “Hayward fishing guide.” Done.

“Liz, thanks so much for the tremendous job you’ve done on my SEO project! You’ve been very attentive to my questions and goals through out the process, and the result are great!” – Jim Stroede

Inroads Ireland Tours

Just Google Ireland Summer Tours, Backroads Ireland, Southern Ireland Tours, Summer Ireland Tour Package, Ireland Tours 2012, Ireland Tour Operators, or similar searches, and you’re bound to find Inroads Ireland Tours on the very first page. Another handful of search phrases will bring up the company’s website on page 2 and 3.

I’ve been working on this site since last spring, and since then their presence on the web has gone from “you’ll find them if you Google their company name” to what it is today. Each month we see improvements!

Major Search Improvements for Thrive!

Thrive is the economic development partnership for the Madison region committed to providing businesses with access to capital, growing the region’s industries and sectors, and sharing best practices across communities. Only about a month after our Search Optimization, Thrive has quickly increased its search presence on Google for many different areas of their website.

American Home Consultants – Google Page 1!

Robert Runchey of American Home Consultants LLC, recently came to us in April to help him with search optimization for his website. He came to us with a solid website including quality information but needed us to help him utilize the rights keywords for searching. We researched his competitors and others in the industry, implemented Google Analytics, and took advantage of some missed opportunities with inbound links.

Here are some of the searches you can find him under:

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Dan’s Service Plus #1 on Google

In February I optimized a Wausau, WI, plumbing company website for lucrative search terms such as “plumbing central wi.” In early March, Dan’s Service Plus‘ website rankings shot through the roof (previously, you could find the website on Google only by searching for terms like “Dan’s Service Plus”).

Here are some results that appeared as soon as Google’s spiders crawled the new-and-improved website:

Page 1, first result:
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Page 1, result 3:
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Page 1, result 4:
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Page 1, result 5:
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Page 1, halfway down the page:
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Now, the challenge for the Dan’s Service Plus will be to make those rankings stick (which is why it is sometimes a good idea to engage SEO companies on a longer-term basis).