Older articles — plain-English local SEO for Vancouver Island small businesses.
Vancouver Island has over 3,200 restaurants, but most are invisible the moment a tourist opens Google Maps. Here's what a local SEO audit looks at for food businesses — GBP, reviews, citations, seasonal search patterns — and what it actually fixes.
Read full article →Most business owners asking this question already sense something's off — they just don't have a way to confirm it. Here are the specific signs that tell you an audit is worth it right now, and a few situations where the timing isn't quite right yet.
Read full article →Not all SEO companies are the right fit for a Vancouver Island small business. What to look for before you sign anything — from local knowledge and pricing transparency to the five questions worth asking every provider.
Read full article →Local Spotlight is $850 CAD. Multi-Location Review is $1,400 CAD. Both are one-time, flat fees with no retainer attached. Here's what's included in each package, what the Citation Cleanup add-on covers, and why the price is what it is.
Read full article →More than half of all mobile websites are currently failing Google's Core Web Vitals threshold. Here's what these three metrics actually measure, why they affect your visitors more than your rankings, and how to check your own scores in under five minutes.
Read full article →Most business owners have never opened Search Console. Inside is a list of every search term Google has been tracking for your site — including the opportunities nobody is acting on.
Read full article →Fourteen years in business. Seven Google reviews. This is the gap between real-world credibility and what search actually sees — and it's more fixable than most people think.
Read full article →The couple in Nanaimo planning their November storm-watching weekend isn't searching in November. They're searching in September. Here's how tourism businesses on the Island can stop losing that traffic.
Read full article →Most small businesses on the Island set up their Google Business Profile once and never think about it again. Google notices. Here's what actually earns visibility in the local map pack.
Read full article →A plain-English breakdown of the Multi-Location Review — the audit designed for Island businesses with more than one location. What’s included, what it costs, and what kind of visibility problems it’s built to fix.
Read full article →Every message gets a personal response. No sales scripts, no pressure — just a straight conversation about your business and what an audit can realistically do for you.