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Search engine marketing with an SEO Cork consultant

SEO = Search engine optimisation

Looking for search engine optimisation for your business website? You’re in the right place. Hi! My name is Hilary, and I am a web designer that specialises in search engine optimisation or SEO. Otherwise known as, how to appear in Google search results with a good ranking. Read on to discover all the benefits SEO marketing can bring to your e-commerce or brochure website. I don’t just ‘do SEO’, I grow your business.

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SEO Cork

SEO Cork is one of the most popular searches in Ireland around SEO services, but is it the search that brings in the most customers, or is it a phrase Googled by other SEOs? The intent of a search is so important, and whether it’s our own website, or our customers website, we don’t decide on which searches to target without search data including volume, competition and most importantly, intent. A person might search for SEO Cork to check out competition, to find SEO services in Cork, to learn about SEO, or to purchase an SEO package for a business website.

Hilary was such a massive support for our website and online presence. A lot of time was spent getting the background elements working to then gain traction on particular landing pages we were keen for customers to see. Undoubtedly it has been a success month on month which is backed up by google analytics. Couldn’t thank you enough Hilary! – Matt, Cork Dental Care

It’s our job to determine the best search terms for your website, and to communicate why we make the recommendations we do so that you fully understand our role in driving higher sales conversions through your website. We have worked with the trusted Cork businesses you know, from Cork City to County, like Cork Dental Care, CJM Furniture, The Ink Shop, The Shelf Bookshop and so many more. We come highly recommended by the dozens of Cork businesses that trust us to grow their businesses.

Why does SEO matter?

Search engine optimisation presents your website to people who are actively looking for either the product or service you provide. You might be wondering, couldn’t I just pay for that? That depends on how much you can spend per click, because once your daily Google Ads budget is used up, your ad no longer appears. On the other hand, appearing organically, ie. not a paid ad, you can get 10’s of 1000’s of clicks per month depending on your industry.

Why does SEO matter?

This makes SEO an incredibly cost effective way to get web traffic, AND improve user experience (UX) on your website.

To sum up, I’ll give you three main points in favour of SEO if this is you:

  • I don’t have limitless money to spend on paid ads
  • I want to beat my competition in organic search results
  • I want to provide great user experience

Of course there are a number of search engines, including Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo and Brave to name a few, however we often speak about Google SEO due to its 92.47 market share ( https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share ).

Why is ethical SEO important?

Its estimated Google processes 5.6 billion searches per day
Here at Proximo Web Design we are ethical SEOs. This means we do not engage in practices that Google may call ‘deceptive’, these deceptive techniques are also known as ‘black hat SEO’. This type of SEO is concerned with short-term gain over long-term results, and provides both Google and visitors a poor experience of your website with any ranking gain being ultimately unsustainable in the long-term.

In fact, using unethical SEOs can lead to a manual action with Google and your website can even be completely removed from search results as a penalty. This is why it’s very important to hire ethical SEO companies like Proximo Web Design, whether in Cork/Ireland or anywhere in the world. We put your web visitors and their experience as number one, and that approach coupled with technical fixes and keyword research gives long-term results to your business.

SEO audit.

Google has provided us with a fabulous free tool called Google Search Console that we use along with other software to audit your website. This audit begins with data gathering. Your website will be set up in Google Search Console and we will also use dedicated software to ‘crawl’ your site. With the data we receive back we build a comprehensive overall picture of your website including all pages and products if applicable, the technical details around SEO for each page, and most importantly, Googles current understanding of your website including pages it has or has not indexed, the current ranking for each page and more.

How can I audit my website for SEO?
What are my key metrics
We’re going to look at three main categories of analysis. And that is: content, HTML & user experience. This data will be sifted through and areas of improvement identified. These areas vary in urgency, from the most urgent to the ‘nice to haves’. SEO is a long process of consistency, while you don’t see a quick instant result, what you will see are long term gains, and these gains translate into more sales.

Keyword research will be employed, not in a cynical way to game the system, but actually to find out what your existing target market is already asking around your product or service, and then meeting their need with content which incorporates your unique expertise in your niche.

SEO for business growth.

Whether you have already lost Google ranking and are looking to recover all that traffic that was driving sales, or you are planning the launch of a new website and need the services of an SEO expert to manage this complex process for you to ensure it goes smoothly, SEO is a must have.

3-4 per day, the number of Google searches the average person conducts

I have grown businesses in Cork and throughout Ireland using tried and tested ethical SEO techniques. With traffic increases of 1000’s of percent and a predictable rise in sales that follows via the website, just see my testimonials below for success stories.

Hilary has helped us to achieve a first page ranking through strategic SEO implementation on a continuous basis…

Hilary’s work was fantastic and a massive contributing factor to the growth of our business over the years…

As a web designer I understand the challenges of technical SEO, user experience and I bring much more to the table than ‘only’ SEO. When you solve for SEO you also solve for a quicker website, a more user friendly website, a more accessible website and a more developed overall digital marketing strategy.

Good page experience SEO UX

Contact us to organise a chat about your business requirements! We work with all CMS solutions, whether a bespoke self-hosted website or Wix, Shopify etc. Just send us your details for a callback and we will run through the best SEO strategy for you.

SEO Workshops

Hilary is available to provide professional SEO online workshops and consultations. Whether a one-on-one zoom consultation for your websites SEO, or a workshop for a community you manage, this is a fantastic and accessible way to learn more about search engine optimisation, and what first steps you can take on your website to get a better ranking.

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Monthly SEO Packages

How can I create content that gets organic traffic?
We offer an Online Marketing and SEO monthly package, this will increase the number of visits you receive to your web site per month by pushing you higher in organic search results, the more high quality relevant traffic you get, the more sales leads you generate. We create SEO & content marketing campaigns to suit your business. Some of the techniques we use are listed below. SEO marketing is a great option for any business due to the high returns on a low budget.

The price for our SEO package varies on whether you would like a once-off service to include technical fixes and content advice that you can utilize in-house, or you prefer the monthly service where we essentially work like an in-house SEO for a fixed period, usually 6 months or 12 months, and during that time we are able to implement technical fixes, off-page SEO techniques and show consistency to Google with our content publishing schedule. You will have new content created using keyword research and our professional content writer. See below some of the details involved in this service and extra add-ons that can be beneficial to your website. Contact us for a free quotation based on your specific requirements.

SEO Specialist

Learn more about the day-to-day tasks of an SEO specialist here!





Frequently Asked SEO Questions

What is SEO?

SEO stands for search engine optimisation. This is the process by which we apply technical fixes to your website, improve existing content, add new content, improve user experience (UX) and track data using Google Search Console to ensure your website is being indexed correctly and identify areas of opportunity. These days SEO is very much focused on the user experience and providing value to visitors by providing great quality content throughout your website. This content must be accessible to people with disabilities to provide the best standard of UX.

Is SEO worth it?

Yes. SEO is worth it. While SEO is a long-term strategy, that's why it's also rewarding in the long-term and will ultimately save you money. When you pay-per-click using Google Ads, your ad is taken offline once your daily budget is reached. In contrast to that, when you do SEO the right way, you can appear on page one of Google search result pages for multiple queries with no limit as to the amount of clicks you can get from that. Every business needs SEO, it is the best kept secret of many successful local businesses, so much so that many businesses are hiring people to do SEO on a full-time basis in-house. It is a crucial component to your overall online marketing strategy.

What is an SEO package?

An SEO package as we offer it, is a monthly package where we advise a minimum of 6 months in order to begin to see results. Search engines need consistancy, so we work on your website to make sure it is the best it can be technically, it is loading quickly, it is providing a good user experience, and we are generating long-form content for it regularly. We also examine your calls to action and create sales funnels through your website, in fact, while we call this package an SEO package it is much more than that, it's also a great user experience package because they go together. You get the benefit of having a website that Google loves, and a website that visitors love too.

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