SEO agency · Reading · local, technical, content led SEO for Reading businesses

What the first page for “SEO agency Reading” tells you

Search for an SEO agency in Reading and most of the first page is not agencies at all. It is directories, review platforms and “best agencies in Reading” round ups, with a handful of local firms in between.

The same pattern shows up for a lot of Reading service searches, and it is good news for a local business with a real website. Directories rank because nobody local has written a better answer. A clear service page, a complete Google profile and honest reviews will often beat a listing site for the searches that actually bring enquiries.

That is the job we take on: making your business the obvious answer when someone in Reading, Wokingham or Bracknell searches for what you do.

Local SEO starts with the Google Business Profile

For most Reading service businesses the map results come first and the website second. The profile needs the right primary category, the services you actually want to sell, real photographs of the work and a steady flow of reviews that mention what you did.

We fix the profile, then make sure the website backs it up: the same name, phone number and service list everywhere, and a page for each service that answers the questions people ask before they pick up the phone.

Service pages written for Reading customers

Google reads pages much the way a buyer does now. A page that says “we serve Reading” twenty times and answers nothing does not hold a ranking for long. A page that explains the job, the price range, the timescale and what happens next does.

We write each service page from a short interview with you, add photographs or video from a shoot day where it helps, and link it to the pages around it so Google can see how your site fits together.

Technical SEO, with developers to fix what we find

Most SEO audits end as a spreadsheet of warnings. Ours end with the fixes made, because the people who build websites here also do the SEO. The usual list: slow pages on mobile, duplicate or missing titles, broken internal links, redirects left over from an old site, pages blocked from Google by mistake, and schema that tells search engines who you are and where you work.

If your site runs on WordPress, Shopify or Framer we work on it directly. If it is built on something else, the audit tells you plainly what can be changed and what cannot.

Reading, Wokingham, Bracknell and the places in between

Local search works by place. A plumber in Caversham and an accountant on Green Park are competing in very different results, even though both are in Reading. We build pages around the places your customers actually search from, whether that is the town centre, Earley, Woodley, Tilehurst, Theale or the wider Wokingham and Bracknell area.

We only create a page for a town when there is something real to say about it. Twenty near identical town pages look like a shortcut to Google, and they usually perform like one.

What our Reading SEO service includes

• A free audit first, in writing, with the searches worth winning and the ones that are not
• Your Google Business Profile set up or tidied, with a review request built into how you finish each job
• Keyword research from live search data rather than guesses
• New and improved service pages, written with you
• Technical fixes made on the website by our own developers
• Local citations and links from places that make sense for a Berkshire business
• A monthly report from your own Search Console and analytics: clicks, enquiries and what we changed

How the first three months usually run

Month one is the audit, the profile and the technical fixes, because those move fastest. Month two is content: the service pages that matter most for Reading searches. Month three is measuring what changed and deciding what comes next.

We will not promise a ranking position, and you should be wary of anyone who does. We will tell you what we changed, why, and what it did to your clicks and enquiries.

What SEO costs in Reading

Our SEO starts from £349 a month and runs month to month with 30 days’ notice. A one off Google Business Profile setup is £500, and a full marketing audit with a written plan is £795 if you want the strategy without the ongoing work. Every price is published on our pricing page, so you can compare before you speak to anyone.

Where SEO stops and the rest of the marketing starts

SEO is slow and it compounds. If you need enquiries next month, Google Ads for Reading businesses fills the gap while the organic work builds. If the website itself is losing people, web design in Reading may be the better first step. We say which one applies after the audit, even when it means a smaller job for us.

For the wider picture, see our SEO services and our main Reading page.

Choosing an SEO company in Reading

Five questions worth asking any SEO company before you sign:

• Who will actually make the changes on my website?
• Which searches are you targeting, and how many people make them each month?
• Will the reports come from my own Google accounts or from your tools?
• What happens if I want to stop?
• What will you not do for this price?

Our answers: our own team makes the changes, the targets come from live search data, the reports come from your accounts, you can stop with 30 days’ notice, and the audit spells out exactly what is in and out of scope.

Based in High Wycombe, a short drive from Reading

We are based in High Wycombe, nineteen miles from Reading, and work with businesses across Berkshire and the Thames Valley. Strategy and reporting happen on video calls. When a page needs photographs or a film of your work, our crew comes to you.

Start with a free SEO audit. Tell us which enquiries you want more of and we will show you what it would take to win them. Get your free audit.