No black-hat anything
Every link we earn, we earn the slow way. We follow Google's Webmaster Guidelines to the letter, so the work doesn't unravel the next time the algorithm shifts.
White-hat SEO · Founded January 2020
SEO that still works in five years.
Stop paying for rankings that vanish at the next algorithm update.
- Small & medium businesses: sensible retainer pricing from $1,800
- Every link, page and hour itemized in a monthly report you can actually read
- Month-to-month. No annual contracts, no onboarding fee, no lock-in
Organic sessions / month
Anonymized client
18 months of compounding traffic
Source: Google Search Console+522% over 18 months
Transparent monthly reporting
Transparent monthly reporting
Organic sessions / month
Anonymized client
18 months of compounding traffic
Source: Google Search Console+522% over 18 months
The unglamorous work compounds
- 14 yrs
- White-hat, 23 core updates
- 140+
- Active SMB clients
- 4.7 yrs
- Average client tenure
- 0
- Purchased links or PBNs
Our philosophy
Three commitments we put in writing.
We don't play games with algorithms. We build foundations that outlast the next update.
Built for SMBs
Our packages start where most agencies' minimums end. We don't take enterprise retainers. Small and medium businesses are who we serve, and how we price.
You see everything
Monthly reports show every link, every page, every hour. No "proprietary process" curtain. If another agency wants to copy our methodology, they're welcome to.
What we do
Four services. No upsell ladder.
Most clients use two or three. We'll tell you which ones your business doesn't need.
Local SEO & Google Business Profile
For businesses where customers come from within 25 miles. Citations, profile optimization, reviews, and the local links that move you up the map pack.
- Google Business Profile optimization & posting
- Citation building across 40+ directories
- Review acquisition workflow
- Local link earning & sponsorships
Content SEO
Rankings for the questions your customers actually search. Real research, real writers, real subject-matter articles not an AI draft pretending to be expertise.
- Topic clusters mapped to buyer intent
- Human-written, expert-interviewed articles
- Content refreshes for declining pages
- Internal linking architecture
Technical SEO
Site audits, Core Web Vitals, schema, indexation. The work that quietly determines whether anything else you do will pay off.
- Quarterly technical audits
- Core Web Vitals remediation
- Schema markup implementation
- Migration & redirect planning
Link earning
White-hat outreach, digital PR, and resource-page placements. Every link comes with a paragraph explaining how we earned it. No purchased links. Ever.
- Manual prospecting & outreach
- Digital PR & expert commentary
- Resource-page & broken-link reclamation
- Monthly link inventory & valuation
Our approach
How we actually do SEO.
There's nothing secret here. If another agency wants to copy our process, they're welcome to. Most won't, because it's slow.
- 01
Technical audit
We fix what's broken before we try to grow anything. Crawlability, Core Web Vitals, indexation, schema, redirect chains — all of it, surfaced in a plain-English document.
- 02
Keyword research, the long way
Actual competitive analysis, not an AI tool's first guess. What your customers search, what your competitors rank for, and where the gap is wide enough to be worth working.
- 03
On-page work
Titles, headings, schema markup, internal linking, page speed. The unglamorous stuff that compounds. Most months, this is where the biggest wins still come from.
- 04
Content, written by humans
Writers who take the time to understand your business. We'll quote you, not invent quotes. We won't publish anything you wouldn't sign your name to.
- 05
Earned links
Outreach, digital PR, partnerships, resource-page placements. No purchased links, ever. Each link comes with a paragraph explaining how we earned it and why it matters.
Proof
Real results, real clients.
One number per case study. No "leveraged synergies." Click any of them for the full write-up — including the months when nothing happened.
Digital Magazine Publisher
+280%
page one rankings · 24 months
Publisher of entertainment based digital and print magazine, grew from several dozen page one rankings to hundreds.
Read the case study →
HVAC contractor
4.6×
qualified leads · 12 months
Local SEO and a content cluster around emergency service intent. Leads tracked from form to closed job — not vanity rankings.
Read the case study →
B2B SaaS (32 employees)
+187
earned backlinks · 9 months
Digital PR campaign tied to original industry research. Coverage in trade press, two podcast invites, and a 41% lift in branded search.
Read the case study →
Industries
We work with small and medium businesses across ten sectors.
If your business is closer to main street than a Fortune 500, you're who we built this agency for.
- Professional services01
- Healthcare practices02
- Home services03
- Local retail04
- E-Commerce05
- Manufacturing06
- Trades07
- Restaurants & hospitality08
- Nonprofits09
- Real estate01
Pricing, plainly
What this costs.
Most clients work with us on a monthly retainer between $2,500 and $8,500, depending on competitiveness and scope.
We'll never quote you a number without auditing your site first, that takes a real person about four hours, and it's free. We don't do annual contracts. If a month goes by where you can't see the value, you should be able to leave.
- Engagement length
- Month-to-month, 30-day notice
- Onboarding fee
- None
- Reporting
- Monthly, with a 30-minute call if you want one
- Hours included
- Tracked and shown to you, every month
See full pricing details — what's included, how month-to-month works, and what happens if you leave.
Clients
Most clients found us because someone they trusted got tired of being lied to.
“We'd worked with three SEO agencies before SEO Priority. They're the first one who actually showed us what they were doing.”
Marisol R.
Legal services
“No drama, no jargon. Every month we get a report we can actually read, and the phone keeps ringing more than the month before.”
Tom W.
Home services
“They told us no to half the things we wanted to do. That was the moment we knew we'd hired the right agency.”
Priya A.
Manufacturing
Free download
The 27-Point White-Hat SEO Checklist for SMBs.
The same checklist we use on the first day of every engagement. Print it, hand it to your developer, or audit your own site this weekend. No sales call required.
Field notes
From the blog.
Industry guideOct 20267 min read
SEO for insurance agencies: better-fit quote inquiries.
Industry guideOct 20268 min read
SEO for healthcare companies: discovery with trust.
Industry guideOct 20268 min read
SEO for legal firms: a practical guide.
HiringOct 20266 min read
SEO Agency FAQs: straight answers.
Industry guideOct 202610 min read
Local SEO for contractors: a practical guide.
Industry guideSep 202614 min read
SEO for CPA firms: 12 ways to attract better-fit clients.
MethodologyJul 20269 min read
Ranking well is no longer the whole job.
How-toMar 20269 min read
How to read a Search Console report without losing an afternoon.
HiringFeb 20267 min read
Twelve questions to ask before hiring an SEO agency.
Questions
Straight answers.
The things people actually ask on the first call — penalties, timelines, and what the strategic audit covers.
All SEO Agency FAQs →Strategic site audit
Find out what's holding your site back.
A real person spends about four hours auditing your site, then sends you a plain-English document. It's free, and there's no sales call afterward unless you ask.
Typical turnaround: 5 business days · No contract required