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Here is what a few of our Calgary SEO clients have to say

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As a result of First Rank's efforts, call volume tripled for service work. Our website has become significantly more searchable, which has increased site traffic. Looking at our keywords, we appear in two postings on the first page and high in local results. We’re ranking quite high for all of the search items we wanted to rank for. The positive results were instantaneous.
- Daniel Hartley - Powertec
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We had incredible results for the Search Engine Optimization project including several hundred thousand views. We also sold $150,000–$200,000 worth of product as a result of First Rank’s SEO efforts. Additionally, three of the articles that we wrote are now on the first page of Google. As a result, we’ve had a number of inquiries, particularly in the last couple of months, and several of them will result in significant sales. They’re a great team to work with... The analytics report that they provide every month is great. Whenever I ask them to do something, it’s typically done in 24 hours. We communicate via email, text, and phone, and we also meet face-to-face periodically.
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We continue to be satisfied with their services and the results. The work that Jacob and his Calgary SEO company is doing has provided us with phenomenal traction. Before working with them, we were hovering around page two or three on a dozen keywords that were important to us. Now, we’re consistently ranking either one, two, or three on all the keywords and key searches that we wanted to be ranked on, which has been huge. We’ve also seen our numbers go from an average of 10 requests per month to about 30. It’s been a great partnership.
- Gaurav Bhatt - PrintPro
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For most of the keywords, we ranked in the top three search results if not the first result. Their team maintained those rankings too. We eventually reached close to the top three search results for the other keywords. First Rank had a big impact on our business. They were directly responsible for a 2-times increase in our business...The qualities that make them stand out are integrity and communication. Jacob’s one of the nicest entrepreneurs that I know. As a result of his quality coaching, we maintained a relationship throughout the project.
- Donald Spann - Companion Maids

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Calgary has well over a million people. In the last four censuses, the population of the city grew by well over 10%. For business owners like you, that spells opportunity – hundreds of thousands of potential customers just waiting to find you.

There’s stiff competition. When you have an economy as big as Calgary’s, everyone wants a piece of the pie. There’s a lot of noise. How do you stand out in the crowd? How do you find customers who are ready to buy right now? How do you make sure those customers choose you? The answer is Search Engine Optimization and search engine marketing.

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Traditional advertising used to be the answer to a lot of these questions, but its utility is on the decline. With traditional ads, you’re gambling – you hope that a potential customer will see the ad at the right point in the buying cycle. Internet marketing, and more specifically, SEO cuts through the random noise of traditional advertising – it helps you find clients who are already looking to buy.

The ROI on Search Engine Optimization and online marketing is incredible; we’ve helped our clients generate a substantial increase in leads and paying clients at a fraction of the cost of traditional advertising. The full value of SEO is in long-term planning. As Google adjusts their algorithms, we make sure your site is well-positioned to hit the top spot of the first page of results. That’s why we’re called First Rank, and a top ranked Calgary SEO company. 

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Ranking Up

To understand what our Calgary SEO services can do for you, you need to understand what SEO is – search engine optimization. Imagine you’re a plumber in Calgary; what are your clients going to search for? Sometimes, they might simply look up “calgary plumber”. Other times, they might look up “beltline plumber”, or “best plumber near me”.

Understanding what keywords and phrases people are searching for is one of the many elements of great local SEO. You know what else is important? Understanding what kind of queries people might make at other points in the buying cycle. Someone might look up “how to fix a leaky kitchen sink faucet”; we want your website to pop up when they do (if you’re a plumber).

Local SEO is a particularly important strategy in Calgary where there are tonnes of businesses competing for customers. When you’re not on the search engine results pages, over 90% of potential clients won’t find you. Think about the last time you went to the second page of Google – in this industry, if you’re not first, you’re last.

Calgary SEO Experts

Every city is different. SEO is all about targeting keywords that the population of a given area will use. In other words, great SEO requires an intimate knowledge of a particular region. We’ve tailor-made a successful SEO strategy for Calgary businesses that ensures will stand out to the people who matter most – other Calgarians.

Look at how Calgary’s population is dispersed. Compared to other regions in Canada, the city itself is the biggest population centre by a wide margin. That means that SEO efforts are best focused on targeting neighborhoods in Calgary and the city itself. You don’t just want to find customers who are looking for things in Calgary; you want customers who are looking for things in Inglewood, Bridgeland,  Seton, and other neighborhoods.

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That doesn’t mean we want to neglect Calgary’s commuter communities. Look at Airdrie’s population growth; their size has more than doubled in the last 15 years. Targeting growing commuter cities is an excellent strategy because SEO pays off over time. Establish yourself early, and you’re more likely to maintain consistently high rankings.

Understanding Calgary’s demographics and infrastructure is also essential. A company that’s looking to attract new immigrants as clients might get content about how to navigate the CTrain. A lawyer might get content about the new photo radar spots and what they mean for drivers.

To be able to create content that Calgarians want, you need to have your finger on the pulse of the city. That’s the service we provide – an intimate knowledge of the issues facing Calgarians, and the experience to turn that knowledge into readable, sharable content.

Quality SEO Content is King

You’ve probably heard that phrase a million times: content is king. What does it mean? You can have everything in the book – a great product, a technically optimized website, pay-per-click ads, social media outreach, whatever.

None of it matters without great content.

When people show up on your website, they want to be wowed. They want you to answer their questions. They want to enjoy themselves. Brick-and-mortar retailers have learned that customers are looking for an experience, and it’s high time everyone starts applying the same lessons online. 

Great content is sharable, which means you’ll get traction on social media. What are you more likely to pay attention to on social media – a sponsored post or something your friend sent to you? Pay-per-click ads have their place, but nothing beats organic sharing, and for that, you need top-notch content.

Google recognizes great content, too. When your content answers people’s questions, they’ll stay on your page longer. The longer users stay on your site, the higher you will rank – it’s a sign that what you’re creating is valuable.

Great content should be both localized and industry-specific. Let’s go back to our hypothetical plumber. They want to attract clients in the wintertime. To do this, we might create an article about the risks of frozen pipes. We might elaborate on how many frozen pipe claims insurance companies in Calgary get each year. This content is industry-specific (it’s about plumbing) and localized (it’s about Calgary). That way, when someone looks up “frozen pipes calgary”, they find our plumber’s website.

Establishing Authority

First, we create the content. Then, we have to get it out there. Google has a lot of metrics to determine what makes content high-quality; if they didn’t, you could just blog lorem ipsum and rank. While natural language processing has come a long way, algorithms can’t understand great content like we can.

When we see great content, we feel it. Robots have to take our word for it.

One of the ways search engines figure out what makes content good or bad is by looking at who links it. The idea came from academic papers – when you’re frequently cited, it’s a sign your paper is important. When a number of esteemed scientists cite your paper, you might just become esteemed yourself.

This is the principle behind establishing authority. We find well respected websites in your industry, show them the content on your website, and encourage link building. Those links bring more clients to your site and improve your online visibility. We can target locally, too; blogs in Calgary are constantly looking for content.

SEO is Holistic

You get the point. SEO is about quality. It’s not about gimmicks, like it might have been back in the ‘90s. The better your site is for users, the better it seems to search engines.

 

When your website is getting a lot of traffic, it’s another sign that you’re an authority in your industry. That’s why we can employ a number of strategies like keyword research that indirectly influence search engines.

Think about a customer (or worse yet, a competitor) who has decided to slam your business with negative reviews. The last thing you want is for those reviews to rank higher than your content. Reputation management can help with this; there are plenty of tools to help you spot and deal with negative reviews.

Your presence on social media is relevant, too. To ignore Instagram, Facebook, and other platforms is to ignore huge segments of your potential client base. Shouting out influencers in Calgary, creating local Twitter groups, and creating your own pages can all move the needle for your search engine ranking.

Using all the tools search engines give you is essential. Have you already set up a Google My Business? Have you optimized it? Do you even know what GMB is? If the answer to any of these questions is no, our Calgary search engine optimization strategy can definitely get you customers.

Our advanced seo strategies are developed by search engine optimization experts and are always tailor-made to the local and ecommerce businesses we serve. We’ll look at how your competition is ranking, find ways to outrank them, and bring you to the top for maximum online visibility. Our multifaceted, long-term approach means that as algorithms change and the business landscape shifts, your rank will stay strong.

Technical SEO Services

Your website is well laid out. You have call-to-actions in the right place, you’ve got a neat grid in place, and branding is consistent along each page. Great! Humans will be able to navigate it no problem.

But what about robots?

Google uses robots to feel their way around the web – these bots are called crawlers. Their job is to find and index new web pages as well as changes to web pages. They are extremely temperamental, and when they feel down, they tell their handlers.

Here are some things that make bots sad: Dead links. Bad redirects. Slow loading websites. You can think of robots a little bit like rats in a maze; too many obstacles, and they’ll just give up on trying to get the cheese. Search engines assume that when robots have a hard time crawling your page, humans will too, so they lower your rank.

Great SEO is all about aligning your interests with the interests of search engines. Google and its competitors want to keep users searching on their site; they want the top result to be the best result. When sites load slowly or are hard to navigate, people will leave quickly. That’s a bad result, and you’ll be penalized.

The same principles that guide our technical SEO strategy are the ones that guide our content strategy. People want a great experience. Search engines want people to have a great experience. You want your clients to have a great experience. Our technical SEO expertise is second to none. 

SEO is Holistic

You get the point. SEO is about quality. It’s not about gimmicks, like it might have been back in the ‘90s. The better your site is for users, the better it seems to search engines.

 

When your website is getting a lot of traffic, it’s another sign that you’re an authority in your industry. That’s why we can employ a number of strategies like keyword research that indirectly influence search engines.

Think about a customer (or worse yet, a competitor) who has decided to slam your business with negative reviews. The last thing you want is for those reviews to rank higher than your content. Reputation management can help with this; there are plenty of tools to help you spot and deal with negative reviews.

Your presence on social media is relevant, too. To ignore Instagram, Facebook, and other platforms is to ignore huge segments of your potential client base. Shouting out influencers in Calgary, creating local Twitter groups, and creating your own pages can all move the needle for your search engine ranking.

Using all the tools search engines give you is essential. Have you already set up a Google My Business? Have you optimized it? Do you even know what GMB is? If the answer to any of these questions is no, our Calgary search engine optimization strategy can definitely get you customers.

Our advanced seo strategies are developed by search engine optimization experts and are always tailor-made to the local and ecommerce businesses we serve. We’ll look at how your competition is ranking, find ways to outrank them, and bring you to the top for maximum online visibility. Our multifaceted, long-term approach means that as algorithms change and the business landscape shifts, your rank will stay strong.

SEO for All Stages of Development

Whether you’re building a new website from scratch or you’re looking to redevelop a website you already have, we can help. The principles of SEO mean that it’s important to consider at all phases of website design. Almost everything on your site will affect SEO.

When people want questions answered, they look online. Be the first answer to that question. Work with the best SEO company in Calgary, get in touch with us and optimize your site so you get the first rank. A quick reminder:

Over 90% of web traffic doesn’t go past the first page of the results.

Don’t risk losing over 90% of your potential clients. Take advantage of some of the most targeted marketing that’s ever existed and grow your website traffic – digital marketing that only hits Calgarians who are actively looking for your services.

Let our local SEO Consultants help drive more organic traffic to your website. Choose First Rank, a top tier Calgary SEO company. Learn more about a customized SEO package that suits your business. 

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The purpose of First Rank is to help businesses generate leads from their websites. We put a focus on SEO, because we believe it is one of the most cost effective and highest converting forms of traffic generation, however traffic alone is not enough on its own to grow your business. SEO should be combined with conversion optimization, email marketing and retargeting to maximize the ROI of your advertising dollars.