Montreal SEO company for local businesses that win by phone
We help Montreal businesses get found on Google, win the map pack and turn that traffic into booked work. Around 1.76 million people live here, and the ones who need what you sell are searching for it right now. Montreal is a crowded search market, so the win is in the services and neighbourhoods you can own first, then widening from there.
The Montreal search picture
Montreal is a French-first search market. English-only sites lose most of the available demand, and there are legal requirements around French commercial content that a lot of out-of-province businesses discover the hard way.
A French-first market. If you sell into Quebec, your site needs genuine French, not a translate widget, and there are legal requirements behind that.
- Map pack first. For most Montreal businesses the top three local listings send more calls than the website.
- Coverage beats position. One ranking number tells you nothing. We scan a grid across Greater Montreal so you can see where you actually appear.
- Proximity is real. You will not beat a well run competitor at their own doorstep, but the space between you is winnable.
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SEO and web design for Montreal businesses
Most of it is local SEO that reaches your whole service area and Google Business Profile optimization, with the full range of SEO services we run, websites built to convert and paid ads management behind it, each reported to calls and enquiries.
Local SEO in Montreal
Map pack rankings, Google Business Profile management and the local signals that decide who gets called in Montreal.
See our local SEO serviceWeb design in Montreal
Fast, mobile first websites that load quickly and make calling you the easiest thing on the page.
See our web design servicesGoogle Ads management in Montreal
Paid campaigns targeted to Montreal and the surrounding area, tracked to real enquiries rather than clicks.
See our ads management servicesTrades and practices we serve in Montreal
Service businesses where a phone call is the sale. If your customers search in a moment of need, we have probably ranked someone like you: see plumbing SEO or dental SEO, or browse every industry we work in.
The numbers behind our local SEO work
Real dashboards from accounts we manage, shared with the clients’ permission. Nothing here is a stock graph and nothing is rounded up.
Contractors, Toronto: 4 to 48 top-three points
A geo-grid scan checks your ranking from dozens of points spread across your service area and plots every one. Green is a top three position, amber is four to ten, red is eleven or worse. It is the only honest way to see how far your local visibility actually reaches, and it is usually the first thing that shocks an owner who thought they ranked fine.
What you are looking at: Geo-grid comparison for contractors for home renovation in Toronto, top three rankings rising from 4 points to 48.
Profile interactions, calls and directions in one view
Calls, direction requests and profile views, taken straight from the client’s own Business Profile with Google’s own year over year comparison beside them. For most local businesses these numbers move before anything on the website does, which is why we fix the profile first.
What you are looking at: Google Analytics Business Profile overview showing 541 interactions, 161 calls, 133 website clicks and 247 direction requests.
Two years of compounding organic growth
Clicks and impressions from the client’s own Search Console. Impressions climbing first and clicks following a few weeks later is the normal shape of a campaign that is working. We show the flat months too, because a line that only ever goes up is not a report.
What you are looking at: Two year trend showing organic traffic and ranking keywords climbing together.
Winnipeg terms in AI Overviews and the map pack
Where specific search terms sit today against where they started. We track the ones that book work rather than the ones with the biggest search volume, which is why you will see plenty of low volume terms on these lists.
What you are looking at: Winnipeg windows and doors keywords appearing in AI Overviews and the local pack.
Smart home terms cited in AI Overviews
Which terms now pull an AI Overview, and whether the client is named inside it. Being cited in the answer is worth more than the position underneath it, and this is how we check it rather than guessing.
What you are looking at: Keywords for smart home and CCTV terms showing AI Overview placements.
Form submissions, call clicks and email clicks
Form submissions, call clicks and conversions in Analytics. This is the number the whole campaign is judged on, and the reason we insist on call tracking before any work starts.
What you are looking at: Analytics event counts showing form submissions, call clicks and email clicks all rising.
The parts of Montreal you need to show up in
Customers search by neighbourhood far more than they search by city. A single pin at your address will not reach most of these, which is why we scan and work the whole map rather than one postcode.
Places shown on this map: Plateau-Mont-Royal·Old Montreal·Griffintown·Verdun·Notre-Dame-de-Grace·Rosemont·Outremont·Ahuntsic
8 neighbourhoods across Montreal. We track rankings at points across all of them, not just at your address, which is the whole point of Google Maps SEO services.
We work right across Quebec, not just Montreal. See every Quebec market we cover, or browse the whole country. Our offices are in Mississauga and Barrie; see Mississauga SEO and our Barrie office.
SEO across the Greater Montreal
Most of our clients serve more than one town. These are the markets next to Montreal.
SEO across Quebec
We work throughout the province and the rest of the country.
Straight answers for Montreal businesses
How long does SEO take to work in Montreal?
Montreal is competitive, so be realistic. Google Business Profile work usually shows movement in four to eight weeks, service page rankings build over three to six months, and the hardest city terms take longer. We show the movement every month.
Do you have an office in Montreal?
Not in Montreal itself. Our offices are in Mississauga and Barrie, and we work with Montreal businesses remotely, which is how most agency relationships run now. If you would rather meet in person we travel.
Who am I actually competing with in Montreal?
Usually two or three businesses that have held the map pack for years, plus national lead sites that rank for your best terms. The free audit names them and shows you exactly which parts of Montreal each one owns.
Can you get me ranking across Greater Montreal, not just Montreal?
That is usually the real goal. We measure your rankings on a grid of points across your whole service area rather than from one spot, so you can see exactly where your visibility stops, then we work on the parts of Greater Montreal where a competitor is taking your calls.
Do I need a new website first?
Often not. If your site is reasonably fast and you can edit it, we would rather spend your money on visibility. If it is slow or built in a way that blocks ranking, we will show you why and quote the fix separately.
See your Montreal map coverage, free
Send us your website and your Montreal service area. We will run a scan across Greater Montreal and show you exactly where your Montreal SEO stands today, where the untapped searches are, and who is winning them at the moment.