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SEO / Local SEO for Tradies
SEO for tradies that puts you in the map pack
SEO for tradies means local SEO built for plumbers, sparkies, builders and every trade that lives off "near me" searches. We get you ranking where the jobs are, the top of Google in your service area, and keep you there.
- Map-pack focused
- No lock-in contracts
- No fake guarantees
- 6 yearsof lead generation experience
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Shoalhavenbased locally, working with tradies Australia-wide
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Month-to-monthyou own your site, ad accounts and Google Business Profile
- Benchmark reportAustralian tradie lead costs, 2026
What's included
The four levers of local SEO.
Get these four right and you own the local searches in your trade. We run all four, not just the bits that are easy to bill for.
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Google Business Profile & the map pack
We optimise your GBP, categories, services, photos, posts, Q&A and review velocity, so you land in the top-3 map pack where most 'near me' searches click first.
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Local SEO & suburb pages
A page for every suburb you service, built to rank for 'trade + suburb' searches. Local signals, NAP consistency and internal links that point Google at your patch.
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On-page & technical SEO
Fast, mobile-first pages, clean site structure, schema markup, titles and headings that match how your customers actually search. The plumbing behind the rankings.
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Reviews & reputation
Automated post-job review requests that compound month over month. Reviews are a ranking factor and the trust shortcut for the next person comparing tradies.
Why it works
Why local SEO wins for tradies.
Your customers aren't scrolling pages of results. They tap the map pack and call one of the top three.
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Intent, not interruption
Someone Googling 'emergency electrician [suburb]' has a job right now. You're not interrupting them, you're the answer. That's the highest-converting traffic there is.
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You stop renting leads
Directories like HiPages pass the same lead to up to three businesses. Rank your own site and the lead is yours, exclusively, with no per-lead fee once it's running.
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It compounds
Ads stop the day you stop paying. Rankings and reviews build on each other, the work you do this quarter keeps earning jobs next year.
How Google decides your local ranking
Relevance, distance and prominence, the three factors we tune every day.
SEO for your trade
Local SEO tuned to your trade.
Every trade gets searched differently. See the playbook for yours. Don't see your trade? Browse all trades or see how our lead generation works.
How we work
From audit to rankings.
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Step 1: Audit & keyword map
We pull your rankings, GBP and site, then map the searches in your trade and service area that actually turn into jobs, not vanity keywords.
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Step 2: Fix the foundations
GBP optimisation, technical fixes, suburb pages, schema and on-page work. The unglamorous stuff that lets you rank in the first place.
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Step 3: Build authority & reviews
Ongoing content, local links and a review engine that lifts your map-pack position and keeps it there as competitors come and go.
Straight answers
SEO for tradies, explained.
How long does SEO take to work for a tradie?
Honestly, months, not days. Local SEO and GBP work usually shows movement in 4-8 weeks, with most of the gains landing across 3-6 months. It builds slowly but then pays back for years, because you're not renting the traffic the way you do with ads. If you need leads this week, run Google Ads alongside it.
Local SEO vs Google Ads, which should I do?
Different jobs. Ads buy you leads from week one but stop the day you stop paying. SEO takes months to build but then earns clicks for free, month after month. Most tradies we work with run ads for instant flow and SEO underneath it for the long game. We'll tell you which to lead with based on your trade and area.
How much does SEO for tradies cost?
It depends on how competitive your trade and city are, ranking a sparky in a regional town is very different to a plumber in metro Sydney. We work out a fair monthly number in the free audit, and you'll know it before you commit. No setup fees buried in the fine print.
Do you guarantee first-page rankings?
No, and be wary of anyone who does. Nobody controls Google's algorithm, so a 'guaranteed #1' promise is either a gimmick or they're targeting keywords nobody searches. What we do guarantee is the work, the GBP optimisation, the suburb pages, the technical fixes, the reviews, done properly and reported on monthly.
What is the map pack and why does it matter?
The map pack is the box of three local businesses with a map that Google shows at the top of 'plumber near me' style searches. It sits above the regular blue links and takes the lion's share of the clicks for local trade searches. Getting into those top three is the single biggest local SEO win for a tradie.
Do I own the SEO work if I leave?
Yes. You own your website, your Google Business Profile, the content and every page we build. We earn the work month-to-month, no lock-in. If we're not earning it, you walk and keep the lot.
Guides and definitions behind local SEO
The step-by-step guides and plain-English definitions that support this service.
- How to do SEO for tradies: the step-by-step guide Google Business Profile, reviews, suburb pages and the map pack, in order.
- Local SEO for tradies: rank in your suburbs How local rankings work and what moves them.
- SEO for plumbers: the local ranking guide Trade-specific local SEO for plumbing businesses.
- SEO for electricians: get found first Trade-specific local SEO for electrical businesses.
- What is a Google Business Profile? The free listing that decides your Maps and map pack visibility.
- What is the map pack? The three local listings above the normal results.
- What is answer engine optimisation (AEO)? Getting cited by AI search and answer features.
Want to own the searches in your area?
Book a free 30-minute audit. We'll show you where you rank now, what your competitors are doing, and exactly what it'd take to get you into the map pack. No pitch, no lock-in.
Last updated · Reviewed by Muhammad Furqan, Founder
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