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Technical SEO
Crawling, indexing, redirects, duplicate pages and page speed. If Google can’t read a page cleanly, nothing written on it matters, so the foundation comes first.
SEO Vancouver · Organic Search · BC
SEO in Vancouver, built for how this city searches.
A Vancouver studio for technical SEO, content and on-page work that wins organic rankings, calls and form fills. You own every account.
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In short
What do Vancouver SEO services include?
SEO services in Vancouver cover the work that ranks your website in Google’s organic results for searches across the city: a technical audit and fixes, a keyword map built on how Vancouver customers search, on-page changes, new service and location pages, schema and links you earn from local sources. Angarum is a Vancouver studio, and we report every month on the clicks and leads search brings in.
- What it is: organic SEO for Vancouver businesses, from technical fixes to content and earned links.
- Who it is for: Vancouver service businesses and brands that sell across the city, Metro Vancouver or beyond.
- What’s included: audit, keyword map, on-page and technical fixes, city and service pages, schema and monthly reporting.
- Fees: from $650 a month; competitive categories and large sites by proposal.
The Vancouver market
Why Vancouver SEO is harder than it looks.
Ranking here is less about tricks and more about building pages the competition can’t copy. Four things shape the plan.
| What you’re up against | What it means | How we handle it |
|---|---|---|
| Directories and big brands crowd page one | For many Vancouver service searches, page one is full of directories, review sites and national chains. | Pages they can’t match: your specific services, the areas you really cover and proof from real jobs. |
| One metro, many cities | Google treats Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, Surrey and North Vancouver as separate places. | A site plan built around the cities you actually serve, with one page each, not one page for all of them. |
| A multilingual market | Many Metro Vancouver customers search in languages other than English. | Pages in the languages your customers use. We write Farsi in-house. |
| US results leak in | Searches near the border can surface Washington State businesses and US pricing. | Clear Canadian signals: BC addresses, prices in CAD, Canadian spelling and local schema. |
Want to appear on Google Maps as well? That is a separate race run on your Google Business Profile. See local SEO in Vancouver.
SEO or local SEO?
Two different races, one plan.
In Vancouver the map pack and the organic results share the first screen. Google ranks them on different signals.
| SEO (this page) | Local SEO | |
|---|---|---|
| Where you show up | The organic results under the ads and the map, plus AI answers | The map pack and Google Maps, near the person searching |
| What moves it | Site structure, technical health, content and earned links | Google Business Profile, reviews, citations and area pages |
| Best for | Selling across a city, a province, Canada, or online | Serving customers near a storefront or a service area |
| How we measure it | Organic clicks, non-brand searches and leads from search | Map rank by postcode, calls and direction requests |
Most Vancouver service businesses need both. If the map is your priority, start with local SEO in Vancouver.
The 6 Levers
Six inputs. Worked in this order.
We work the foundation first, because a strong page can’t rank if Google can’t read it, and a clean site can’t rank with nothing worth reading.
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Keyword & Intent Map
One search intent per page. We match the terms your customers use to the page that should rank for each one, which also stops your own pages competing with each other.
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On-Page
Titles, headings, copy, images and internal links on every page that sells. Written for the person searching first and the algorithm second.
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Content
Service pages, comparisons and guides that answer real questions, written by people who know the trade. No filler posts to hit a word count. See our content marketing practice.
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Schema & AI Search
Structured data that tells Google and AI assistants who you are, what you sell and where. The same groundwork helps you get cited in AI answers. More on AI search optimization.
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Earned Authority
Links you earn: suppliers, associations, partners, local press and original data people want to cite. We don’t buy links or use link networks. They risk a penalty and rarely last.
What you’ll see
One report. The numbers that matter.
Week one records where you stand today. Every monthly report compares against it, so you see what changed and what it brought in.
| What we report | Where it comes from | What progress looks like |
|---|---|---|
| Organic clicks and impressions | Google Search Console | A rising trend on the pages that sell |
| Non-brand searches | Search Console, with your brand name filtered out | More people finding you who did not already know your name |
| Rankings by page group | Search Console average position, by service and location | Priority services moving onto page one and up it |
| Leads from organic search | Call and form tracking on your site | Each call and form tied to the search that brought it |
| Technical health | A site crawl plus Core Web Vitals field data | No new errors, and pages that pass on mobile |
| AI visibility | Manual checks of Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Perplexity for your key questions | Your business named in answers to the questions customers ask |
Crowded Vancouver categories move slower than the same work in a smaller BC city. We tell you which you are in before you start.
The Process
Audit first. Then the fixes that pay back soonest.
Most sites we look at have a few technical problems holding everything else back. We clear those before writing a single new page.
Week 1–2
Audit
A full technical crawl, a Search Console review, the gap between you and the sites outranking you, and a keyword map for the pages you have and the ones you need.
Week 3–6
Fix
Technical fixes, titles and on-page changes, internal links and schema. These usually pay back fastest because they improve pages Google already knows.
Month 2–3
Build
New and improved pages from the keyword map: services, locations and the questions customers ask before they buy.
Monthly
Compound
Content, earned links and a monthly report. Every quarter we revisit the keyword map against what Search Console shows.
Engagement · Anchor Prices
Monthly retainer. No long lock-in.
A monthly fee covers the ongoing work. Starter has a three-month minimum, and longer commitments earn a discount.
Starter
SEO on one site
From
$650 / mo
Technical fixes, a keyword map, on-page work on your priority pages and a monthly report. A good fit for one business in a market that is not saturated.
Signature
SEO with the channels around it
From
$2,200 / mo
SEO run alongside content, local SEO or Google Ads, with weekly reviews and a quarterly strategy session. For competitive categories and bigger cities.
Bespoke
Large and multi-market sites
By
proposal
Site migrations, ecommerce catalogues, multi-province and bilingual sites. Scoped after the audit, so you only pay for what the site needs.
For context, Ahrefs’ survey of 439 SEO providers found agencies charge an average of $3,209 a month. Our guide to what SEO costs in Canada explains what moves the price.
Begin a conversation
Send us your website and the Vancouver search you want to win.
Within one business day we’ll tell you where you rank today, what is holding the site back, and whether we are the right team for it.
Get a Free SEO Audit
or call (672) 500-4444
Around Metro Vancouver
Serving more than one city?
Google ranks each city on its own. For the map pack in the cities around Vancouver, see our local SEO pages:
More of what we do in Vancouver:
Industries where we run SEO:
Better when paired
SEO is sharper when these run alongside.
Local SEO
Organic rankings and the map pack are different races. Run both and you own more of the first screen.
Read the practice →
Content Marketing
SEO decides which pages to write. Content makes them worth reading, linking to and acting on.
Read the practice →
AI Search Optimization
The same structure, schema and clear answers that rank in Google get you named in AI answers.
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Frequently asked
Plain answers. No jargon.
How much does SEO cost in Vancouver?
Our SEO starts at $650 a month on the Starter engagement and $2,200 a month on Signature, which runs SEO with content, local SEO or Google Ads. Competitive Vancouver categories, large sites and migrations are priced by proposal after the audit.
How long does SEO take in Vancouver?
Fixes to pages Google already knows can show up within weeks. New pages take months, and crowded Vancouver categories such as legal, dental, real estate and renovation usually take longer than the same work in a smaller BC city. We give you a realistic range after the audit.
Do I need SEO or local SEO in Vancouver?
If customers find you on Google Maps or by searching 'near me', you need local SEO. If they search for a service and click a website, or you sell beyond one neighbourhood, you need SEO. Most Vancouver service businesses need both, and we run them as one plan.
Can a Vancouver page help me rank in Burnaby or Surrey?
Not much. Google treats Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, Surrey and North Vancouver as separate places, so a Vancouver page rarely ranks in Surrey. If you serve several cities we plan a page for each one you really serve.
Do you write content in Farsi?
Yes. We write Farsi in-house, and we can build Farsi pages alongside your English ones if you serve Farsi-speaking customers in Metro Vancouver. For other languages we tell you up front what we can and can't cover.
Do you buy backlinks?
No. We earn links from Vancouver suppliers, associations, partners and local press, and from content people want to cite. Bought links break Google's spam policies, can get a site penalized and rarely last.
Can you guarantee a first-page ranking?
No one can. What we commit to is the work, a clear plan and a monthly report on clicks, rankings and leads, so you can judge the results yourself.
Who owns the accounts and content?
You do. Search Console, Analytics, your website and everything we write stay in your name, and you keep all of it if you move on.
Further reading
Guides from our Journal
How Much Does SEO Cost in Canada?
Pricing models, what a small business should budget and how to spot cheap work that hurts you.
Read the guide →
Technical SEO Guide
Crawling, indexing, speed and structure: the foundation every SEO budget should protect first.
Read the guide →
On-Page SEO Checklist
Titles, headings, internal links and the page-level details that decide which page ranks.
Read the guide →