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Our San Francisco SEO services
SEO built around pipeline, not traffic
For B2B and SaaS companies, a thousand visits to a glossary page is worth less than ten visits to a comparison page. We prioritize bottom-of-funnel pages first: alternatives, comparisons, use cases, integrations and industry pages. Then we build out the content that feeds them.
Technical SEO for modern stacks
Many Bay Area sites run on Next.js, React or headless CMS setups. That brings real issues: client-side rendering, broken internal links between the marketing site, docs and app, blogs on subdomains, and staging environments getting indexed. We find and fix them, or write precise tickets for your engineers. More detail on our technical SEO services page.
AI search visibility
We track how often ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude and Google AI Overviews mention your brand for the prompts your buyers use, with our own platform, PromptRush. Then we work on the sources those answers draw from. More on this on our San Francisco GEO page.
Links and digital PR
Authority still decides competitive rankings. We earn links and mentions from publications, industry sites and the listicles buyers read when comparing vendors. See how we run link building.
Local SEO for Bay Area businesses
For service businesses across San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, the Peninsula and the East Bay, we handle Google Business Profile, reviews, citations and location pages where there's real demand. This runs on our national local SEO services playbook.
Who we work with
- SaaS and B2B tech companies, from Series A to public. For earlier-stage and Peninsula-based companies, see our Silicon Valley SEO company page.
- Enterprise teams with multiple sites, markets and stakeholders. See enterprise SEO in San Francisco.
- Fintech, security and AI companies in categories where trust and accuracy matter.
- Law firms and professional services. See law firm SEO in San Francisco.
Brands our team has worked with include Picsart, Krisp, Sift, Aikido, 5WPR and EasyDMARC.
Two programs with published numbers. Both are SaaS companies in categories where assistants now write the shortlist, which is the problem most Bay Area tech companies bring us.
| Case study | Headline result | What the work was |
|---|---|---|
| Krisp | +108% organic traffic, +81% organic signups | Four priority pages rebuilt into one connected AI meeting search cluster, with six #1 US rankings in five months. |
| 10Web | +35% organic clicks, +31% organic signups | Technical SEO, content, authority and conversion tracking connected across three high-value AI website builder pages. |
The full write-ups, including the periods they cover, are on our case studies page.
How we work
- Audit. Technical crawl, keyword gap against your real competitors, content inventory, backlinks and an AI visibility baseline.
- Roadmap. What to fix, build and consolidate, in order of impact on pipeline.
- Execution. Our in-house team ships content, technical fixes and links every month. We work well alongside in-house marketing and growth teams.
- Reporting. Rankings, organic traffic, sign-ups or demo requests where tracking allows, and AI citations.
Free scan: your Bay Area rankings and AI visibility
Enter your domain and we send back where you rank against the competitors you actually lose deals to, and whether ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews put you on the shortlist.
Frequently asked questions
How much does SEO cost in San Francisco?
San Francisco is one of the more expensive markets for agency services, and SaaS categories are highly competitive. We scope every engagement after an audit so the price matches the actual work.
How long until we see results?
Technical fixes and bottom-funnel pages in less crowded niches can move within weeks. Competitive SaaS terms usually take three to six months.
Do you have an office in San Francisco?
No. Our team is spread across Yerevan, the US and Germany, and we work with Bay Area clients remotely. We meet in person when we're in town.
Do you work with startups?
Yes, usually from the point where a company has product-market fit and a clear category to rank in. Before that, we'd rather help you set up the right foundations than sell a big retainer.
Do you replace our in-house SEO person?
Not necessarily. Many clients use us as the execution team behind an in-house lead.
Want senior strategy without a full agency retainer?
Our founder, Roman Daneghyan, also consults directly. Work directly with our founder.
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