SEO.co
// seo agency · San Francisco

San Francisco SEO Agency

GET STARTEDBACklink services
200+
Ranking factors audited per page
01
15 yrs
Of search-algorithm operational history
02
5K+
Keywords moved into top-10 positions
03
F500
Clients alongside startups & agencies
04
~/seo.co/markets/san-francisco
$ seo.co --target san-francisco --strategy local

San Francisco SEO, run from a national bench.

Local pack rankings, Google Business Profile optimization, citation hygiene, and review-signal engineering for San Francisco-based businesses — operated by the same team that ranks Fortune 500 brands nationally.

// engineering methodology

How we engineer rankings.

A five-phase loop, repeated continuously. No black boxes — every step traceable to a measurable signal.

seo.co — process.ts
01
$ seo.audit()
Diagnose

200-point technical, content, and backlink audit. Core Web Vitals, crawl budget, schema, EAT signals — every lever measured before we touch a thing.

02
$ seo.strategy()
Cluster

Keyword universes mapped to topical authority pillars. Intent matched to content. Internal-link graph designed before a single page ships.

03
$ seo.execute()
Build

On-page implementation, schema rollout, content production, and white-hat link acquisition — coordinated across technical, editorial, and PR teams.

04
$ seo.measure()
Track

Position tracking, attribution modeling, conversion-funnel diagnostics. Weekly reports tied to revenue, not vanity metrics.

05
$ seo.optimize()
Iterate

Algorithm-update response within 48 hours. Competitive deltas surfaced in real time. Continuous remediation on the pages losing ground.

A San Francisco SEO Company Serving Clients Since 2010

With over a decade of experience, our elite SEO team in San Francisco has consistently exceeded expectations by providing exceptional SEO and link-building services to businesses of all sizes.

Our proven results-driven approach optimizes both organic and paid search strategies, delivering outstanding results for small businesses and Fortune 1000 clients.

Struggling to rank in the competitive San Francisco market? Our expert SEO team helps businesses dominate search results with data-driven strategies tailored for local and national growth. At SEO.co, we specialize in:

Local SEO – Get found by customers in San Francisco searching for your services. Technical SEO – Optimize site speed, structure, and indexing for better rankings. Content & Link Building – High-quality content and authoritative backlinks to boost visibility. E-commerce & Enterprise SEO – Scalable solutions for startups and large brands.

Want to outrank your competition? Let’s create an SEO strategy that drives real results. Request a free audit today!

robots.txt// crawl directives
 1# Engineered for budget, not just access
 2User-agent: *
 3Allow:      /
 4Disallow:   /admin/
 5Disallow:   /*?session=
 6 
 7User-agent: GPTBot
 8Allow:      /
 9 
10Sitemap: /sitemap_index.xml

National & Local SEO for San Francisco Businesses

San Francisco is arguably one of the hottest business locales in the country. Located at the mouth of Silicon Valley, the City by the Bay is widely recognized as one of the top places to start and grow a business.

Major industries include technology, financial services, content marketing, digital marketing services, tourism, and food and hospitality. A number of major corporations have headquarters and strong presences in the city, including Charles Schwab, Wells Fargo, Anchor Brewing San Francisco SEO company, Chegg, Dropbox, Facebook, Google, Lyft, Pinterest, Salesforce.com, Twitter, Airbnb, Williams Sonoma, Inc., and dozens of other nine- and 10-figure corporations.

lighthouse-report.json// page audit
96
Performance
100
Accessibility
95
Best Practices
100
SEO

San Francisco Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

But with all internet marketing of the noise that exists in this market, it can be challenging for smaller businesses and startups to stand out and gain traction.

The key is to invest in your digital presence and SEO.

The right San Francisco SEO company strategy can go a long way towards increasing your visibility and driving a steady flow of organic traffic back to your website for all local SEO companies.

schema-validator// structured-data status
Organization
valid
ProfessionalService
valid
FAQPage
valid
BreadcrumbList
valid
Article
valid
AggregateRating
valid
// ai-search visibility · GEO

Ranking is no longer just Google.

We track citation share across every major LLM-powered search interface. Client appearance rates across the surfaces our prospects actually use:

GPT
ChatGPT Search
01
82%citation share
PPL
Perplexity Pages
02
89%citation share
AIO
Google AI Overview
03
71%citation share
GEM
Gemini Search
04
64%citation share
CLD
Claude Citations
05
58%citation share
COP
Bing Copilot
06
73%citation share
// structured data

Schema-first because Google reads JSON, not paragraphs.

Rich results, knowledge panels, AI Overview citations, and LLM training data all key off structured markup. We deploy validated JSON-LD across every page, monitored for drift.

  • ▹30+ schema types covered (Organization, Service, FAQ, HowTo, Article…)
  • ▹Live Rich Results validation in CI
  • ▹Schema audit included in every engagement
schema.json
 1{
 2  "@context": "https://schema.org",
 3  "@type": "ProfessionalService",
 4  "name": "SEO.co",
 5  "areaServed": "United States",
 6  "aggregateRating": {
 7    "@type": "AggregateRating",
 8    "ratingValue": "4.9",
 9    "reviewCount": "312"
10  }
11}

Serving Discerning San Francisco Business Owners

Since 2010
gsc-coverage// index coverage · 30d
Indexed
1,842
Discovered
117
Excluded
28
Error
9

Competitive Keyword Research

The right keywords help to shape a content strategy and drive target referral traffic back to the website. Keywords should be natural and long-tail.

keyword-clusters.csv// cluster intent
technical seo audit4.4K/mo
KD 38
core web vitals optimization1.9K/mo
KD 24
schema markup implementation2.7K/mo
KD 31
internal linking strategy3.1K/mo
KD 42
site speed optimization8.8K/mo
KD 55

On Site Technical Audit

Technical SEO is the backbone of any good San Francisco SEO strategy. It includes back end elements like tags, site structure, navigation, and meta descriptions.

robots.txt// crawl directives
 1# Engineered for budget, not just access
 2User-agent: *
 3Allow:      /
 4Disallow:   /admin/
 5Disallow:   /*?session=
 6 
 7User-agent: GPTBot
 8Allow:      /
 9 
10Sitemap: /sitemap_index.xml
// core web vitals · field data

Page speed is a ranking signal. We engineer it like one.

Field-data Core Web Vitals from a typical client page after our engagement. Real users, real conditions, measured against Google's thresholds.

Good · 90+
Needs work · 50–89
Largest Contentful Paint
LCP
1.8s
score 94
Cumulative Layout Shift
CLS
0.03
score 98
Interaction to Next Paint
INP
120ms
score 91
// the difference

What “technical” actually means.

Capability
SEO.co
Typical SEO agency
Technical audit depth
200+ checks · weekly
Single annual audit
Schema markup
30+ types, CI-validated
Hand-rolled, often broken
Core Web Vitals
Engineered to <2.5s LCP
Recommendation, not implementation
Reporting cadence
Live dashboard + weekly
Monthly PDF
Algorithm response
48-hour playbook
Wait-and-see
Content + links + tech
Single coordinated team
3 separate vendors
// algorithm response log

Every algorithm update has a playbook.

We don't wait-and-see. The last five years of major Google updates and the engineering response we executed for client sites within 48 hours of confirmation.

  1. 2024March Core Update
    impact: AI-content devaluation
    → Manual byline audits, EEAT enrichment, schema author overhaul
  2. 2024Helpful Content Update v3
    impact: Site-wide quality signal
    → Topical authority pruning, low-value page sunset playbook
  3. 2023October Core + SGE
    impact: AI Overview rollout
    → Citation-shape content, FAQ schema density, listicle restructuring
  4. 2022Product Reviews + Helpful Content
    impact: Affiliate / thin content
    → Original research investment, first-hand testing methodology
  5. 2021Page Experience + MUM
    impact: Web Vitals as ranking factor
    → Performance engineering pipeline, Lighthouse CI rollout
// operating stack

The platforms we run.

Six surfaces, dozens of tools, one team trained to read every signal each one produces. We don't pick favorites — we instrument everything.

Crawl & Audit
  • Screaming Frog
  • Sitebulb
  • Botify
  • JetOctopus
Backlinks
  • Ahrefs
  • Semrush
  • Majestic
  • Moz Pro
Search
  • Google Search Console
  • Bing Webmaster
  • Yandex Webmaster
Analytics
  • GA4
  • BigQuery
  • Looker Studio
  • Mixpanel
Performance
  • PageSpeed Insights
  • WebPageTest
  • Lighthouse CI
  • Calibre
AI Search
  • Perplexity Pages
  • ChatGPT Search
  • Profound
  • AthenaHQ
// frequently asked

Common questions

01Determine Link-Worthy Assets.
We find the best content assets on your website, worthy of inbound mentions and backlinks. If you don't have any or your content is lacking, our editorial team can help to beef-up your content assets.
02Find Publishers that Match Your Strategy.
We source publishers with relevance and authority and pitch them content ideas that include backlinks and references back to your website.
03Write The Content.
We draft your written content, including relevant backlinks and anchor text that aligns with our keyword research tool analysis (e.g. title tags, meta tags, keyword density, etc.). We then get publisher approval to get the content published.
04Backlink Reporting.
You receive regular backlink reports included in your standard monthly SEO work reports.
05On-page Analysis.
By analyzing individual pages and keywords using Google Analytics, Google Search Console (reviewing accelerated mobile pages), Core Web Vitals (reviewing page speed) and other keyword research tools, we create a detailed roadmap that is industry agnostic and fully-repeatable for ranking in search engines.
06Complete Content Audit.
Your on-site content audit will perform keyword research to compare all the pages of your site, taking into account content quality, duplicate content, keyword stuffing and keyword cannibalization issues that might be hurting your rankings in search engine results pages (SERPs).
07Holistic Backlink Audit.
Understand impact of site-wide and individual web pages with a comprehensive look at backlink diversity, link velocity, anchor text variability, TLD diversity, internal links and internal link structure.
08Determine Link-Worthy Assets.
We find the best content assets on your website, worthy of inbound mentions and backlinks. If you don't have any or your content is lacking, our editorial team can help to beef-up your content assets.
09Find Publishers that Match Your Strategy.
We source publishers with relevance and authority and pitch them content ideas that include backlinks and references back to your website.
10Write The Content.
We draft your written content, including relevant backlinks and anchor text that aligns with our keyword research tool analysis (e.g. title tags, meta tags, keyword density, etc.). We then get publisher approval to get the content published.
11Backlink Reporting.
You receive regular backlink reports included in your standard monthly SEO work reports.
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