SEO in Sheffield
In a city the size of Sheffield, most local searches are really neighbourhood searches. A bar on Kelham Island and a joiner in Hillsborough both need to be found by people close by, and the city name alone does little for either. Our SEO for Sheffield businesses is built around the patch you actually trade in, and the team doing it is small enough to answer the phone.
Included for 12 months with every website we build, and month to month for existing sites. SEO from £350 a month. About 50 minutes from our studio, with no travel charge.
SEO for Sheffield businesses
People searching in Sheffield may rely on their phone's location or add a district, such as Kelham Island or Ecclesall Road. Either way, your Google listing is doing the heavy work for anything local, so it should be complete down to the last attribute, with photos that show the place as it is now.
Your website then needs to say plainly where you are and which parts of the city you serve. A page per district is only worth writing where you have real work. A café needs none of that, just clear details and a menu, whereas a trade covering Chapeltown, Stocksbridge and Dronfield may want one for each.
Businesses that sell across the city or beyond, such as life sciences firms or professional services near Sheffield Business Park, are found more by what they do than by where. For those, we write pages around each service in the words clients use, and keep the location to the places where it helps. Hospitality and creative businesses fall somewhere in between, and we would look at yours before saying which way to lean.
What you get with seo
Your Google listing
Pages for the searches people make
The technical side
Reviews
Local links
A monthly report you can read
When we build your website
If you need a website as well, this is what comes with it.
The PoPIt Preview, free with your quote
Live 6 to 8 weeks after you say yes
One price covers your first year
You only pay when you're happy
The price, up front
No lock-in
SEO in Sheffield: your questions
Is it worth targeting Sheffield as a whole, or just our neighbourhood?
Start with the neighbourhood and the areas next to it, because that is where the map will show you and where most of your customers probably live or work. Broad city-wide terms reach people who may be half an hour across town, which suits some businesses and not others. Once you show up well close to home, pages for other parts of the city can follow.
We are a creative studio in Kelham Island. Do we need local SEO at all?
Some, even if clients come from all over. Plenty start by searching for a type of studio plus the city, and they will check your Google listing and reviews before getting in touch. Beyond that, most of your search traffic will come from pages about the work you do and the sectors you know, so that is where we would put most of the effort.
How much does SEO cost in Sheffield?
SEO is included for 12 months with every website we build. For a site you already have, it starts at £350 a month, month to month, and the price is the same wherever you are.
Do you charge extra to travel to Sheffield?
No. Sheffield is about 50 minutes from the studio and visits are included in the project price.
Send us your website. We'll tell you what's wrong with it.
One of us looks at your site, your Google listing and your three nearest competitors in Sheffield, then sends you a short report on what to fix first.
- Free, and back within 48 hours
- No sales call unless you ask for one