SEO every month · a monthly retainer
SEO that keeps working, month after month.
Ongoing SEO quoted to your business, for sites we build and run and for businesses that want to keep the website they have. No ranking promises, and a plain-English report every month.
Two ways in
Whether or not we built your website.
The work each month is the same. What changes is how we reach the site.
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A site we build and run
SEO sits on top of your website management, with nothing to hand over: we already look after the site, its code and its structured data, so a fix goes live without a middleman.
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A website you keep
WordPress, Shopify, Wix, Squarespace, Webflow or built by hand: you do not have to change your website. We need access to Google Search Console, a manager role on your Google Business Profile, and an editor login or your developer's contact. Some things a platform does not let anyone change, and we say which before we start.
What a month includes
The work that compounds.
How much of each a month holds is set in the quote, from how competitive your searches are and where the site starts. Read the guide to what a retainer should include, and how to judge one.
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Technical health
Crawling and indexing in Search Console, Core Web Vitals, broken links and structured data, put right where we can change them, and written up plainly for whoever can where we cannot.
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Content
Pages and posts planned with you, from what your customers search for and the questions they ask. Who writes them is agreed in the quote.
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Local search
Your Google Business Profile kept accurate and active, review requests to your customers, and your name, address and phone number matching across the directories you appear in.
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AI search
Pages that answer questions clearly enough to be cited in Google's AI Overviews and other answer engines, with your details consistent in the places those answers draw on.
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A plain-English report
What changed, what we did and what comes next, every month, without the jargon.
How it works
From the searches that matter to a month of work.
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Tell us what you want to be found for
The searches that matter, where your customers are, and what you have tried so far. The brief form asks whether you want it every month or as a one-off.
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A written quote
Quoted to your business: how competitive your searches are, how many places and services you want to be found for, how much content a month holds, and where the site starts. Valid for 30 days.
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Every month, reported
The work, then a plain-English report on what moved and why, so you can judge it for yourself.
How progress is reported
Numbers you can check, collected without tracking anyone.
We report from Google Search Console, which shows the searches you appear in and the clicks you get. Where your site uses it, we add cookieless analytics from our own Plausible server in France: no Google Analytics, and no tracking pixels. Read more about reporting and analytics.
What we will not promise
Rankings, or a position on the page.
Nobody controls how Google ranks a page. Google's own guide to hiring an SEO says no one can guarantee a first-place ranking, and our terms say we do not warrant any ranking, traffic or sales result. What we promise is the work, done every month and reported plainly. Google: Do you need an SEO? (opens in a new tab) · Our terms
The specialist work
Each part, in depth.
A month draws on all of these. Each also stands on its own as a one-off piece of work. The SEO pages for Leeds, Bradford, Manchester, Sheffield and York are on where we work.
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Local SEO and Google Business Profile
Get found by people nearby.
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Technical SEO
Speed, crawling, indexing and structured data.
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AI search
Get cited in Google AI Overviews and answer engines.
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The SEO playbook
Our free guide to the whole approach, and how the pieces fit together.
Proof
SEO work we have done.
Client work and our own, each marked as which, with the full case study behind each one.
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Client · Education and charity
Brother Sylvester
When the store and Academy closed, we rebuilt Brother Sylvester's site on Astro: 92 stories, a history library and school bookings, with every old address kept.
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Client · Local services and repair
AS Frames
A new site for a Leeds picture framer with twenty-five years at the bench: big claims replaced with evidence, his reviews quoted as written, every job quoted.
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Client · Food and hospitality
Perfect Prep
Past work: a site for a family-run halal meal-prep and catering business, with 28 postcode pages, five catering lines and honest delivery coverage.
Questions
Monthly SEO, answered plainly.
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Can you do SEO without rebuilding my website?
Yes. Most of the work is in Search Console, on your Google Business Profile and in the pages themselves, and it works on the platform you have. Where the platform holds a problem back that only a rebuild would fix, we tell you, and it is your call.
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How long before SEO shows results?
It depends on how competitive your searches are and where the site starts. Some technical fixes show once Google has crawled the pages again; content and local work build over months rather than weeks. The monthly report shows the direction, so you are never asked to take it on trust.
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Can you guarantee a first-page ranking on Google?
No. Nobody controls how Google ranks a page, so we do not promise a position. We do the work that helps you get found: on your site, on your Google Business Profile and on the technical side. Our terms say plainly that we do not warrant any particular ranking, traffic or sales result.
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Is SEO a monthly service or a one-off?
It can be either. Ongoing SEO can run as part of your monthly website management, and a specific piece of work, such as putting right the technical problems on a site, can be quoted as a one-off. Tell us what you need, and the quote says which it is and what it covers.
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What does local SEO involve?
Getting found by people near you, mostly in Google's map results. It centres on your Google Business Profile, claimed and properly filled in, with your name, address and phone number matching exactly across your website, the profile and the directories you appear in, and a fast site that backs it all up.
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What about AI search, like Google's AI Overviews?
We cover it. AI search optimisation is about being cited in Google's AI Overviews, ChatGPT and other answer engines. There is no special markup that gets you in: the fundamentals that make a page good for people searching make it eligible, together with consistent details in the places those answers draw on.
Weighing SEO against paid ads? See SEO or PPC. Sources checked 9 November 2026.
Get a quote
Tell us what you want to be found for.
A sentence is enough to start, and you do not need to change your website. We publish no price list: every job, and every monthly retainer, is quoted to your brief. We reply with any questions, then send a written quote for the month.