SEO services in Charleston, SC
SEO that gets your business Found Everywhere.
Using The CORE Method, our team manages your SEO every week, so the right customers find you on Google, the map and AI assistants, and choose you. You don't have to figure any of it out.
Free · Takes a few minutes · No sales pitch
Found Everywhere
SEO today means more than Google rankings.
✓ Google search results
✓ The map and your Google listing
✓ AI assistants like ChatGPT and Gemini
✓ Reviews and the details people check before calling
Found on Google, the map and AI
A real person runs your account
A plain-English report every month
Hosting and care included
SEO in plain English
Showing up when people search for what you do.
Search engine optimization is all the work that helps your business appear when someone searches for what you offer, and look like the right choice when they find you.
Most owners know they should be doing it. Few have the time to learn it or keep up with it. That's the part we take off your plate.
Without SEO
Customers find your competitors first, even when you're the better choice.
With SEO done once
You rank for a while, then slip as competitors and Google keep moving.
With The CORE Method
A team improves your presence every week and shows you the results every month.
What's included
Everything it takes to rank, managed for you.
Each plan includes the weekly work below. Higher plans add more content and more channels.
Technical SEO, every week
We keep your site fast, healthy and easy for Google to read: indexing, broken links, structured data and Core Web Vitals.
Titles, descriptions and links
Each week we rewrite the titles and descriptions that aren't getting clicked, and link your pages together so your most important ones rise.
Content planned from your data
Articles and guides answering the questions your customers already search for, written in your voice and approved by you.
Your Google listing and reviews
A complete, active Google Business Profile with weekly posts, and every review answered on time.
About local SEO →AI search visibility
We track whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity and Google's AI mention you, and make your content the answer they give.
About AI SEO →Listings everywhere
Your name, address and phone kept correct and identical on Apple Maps, Bing, Yelp and dozens of directories.
Anatomy of a search result
Every part of your Google result is something we improve.
When someone in Charleston searches for what you do, Google shows a lot more than a link. Here's what our SEO services work on, piece by piece.
Example result
- 1Clear page addressesReadable URLs and breadcrumbs, so Google knows where each page belongs on your site.
- 2Titles that earn the clickEach week we rewrite titles on pages that show up in Google but aren't getting clicked.
- 3Descriptions that sellA clear reason to choose you, written for the searches you already appear in.
- 4Review starsReview and business markup, so your rating can appear right in the results.
- 5Answers and extra linksFAQ blocks and internal links that give Google more of your site to show.
- 6AI OverviewsAnswer-first content written so Google's AI answers can quote it and link to you.
Google decides what it shows. We build every page so it qualifies for all of it.
Technical SEO services and more
Four kinds of SEO work, running every week.
Ranking takes more than keywords. Our team works on the code Google reads, the words on every page, the content you publish and the reputation people check before they call.
Technical health
Can Google find, read and trust every page?
- Crawl errors
- Indexing
- Broken links
- Redirects
- Core Web Vitals
- Canonical tags
- XML sitemaps
- Schema validation
- HTTPS
Checked weekly
On-page
Does each page clearly match what people search?
- Page titles
- Meta descriptions
- Heading structure
- Internal links
- Image alt text
- Click-through rates
- Freshness updates
Improved weekly
Content
Do you answer what customers want to know?
- Keyword research
- Competitor gaps
- Blog articles
- Pillar guides
- Page rewrites
- FAQ answers
- Topic clusters
Planned monthly
Authority and trust
Do Google and customers see you as the safe choice?
- Google reviews
- Business listings
- Brand mentions
- Digital PR
- Backlink tracking
- Competitor tracking
Measured monthly
The CORE Method
How we handle your SEO, month after month.
You're never left wondering what's happening. Here's the rhythm every client gets.
Every week
Search performance reviewed, titles and links improved, older pages refreshed, reviews answered.
Early each month
Your content plan is built from your own search data: articles, Google posts and social.
Before the 10th
You approve next month's content. Nothing goes out without your yes.
On the 10th
Your monthly report: what happened, what it means, and what we'll do next.
Content that ranks
We don't just write blog posts. We build topic authority.
Google trusts sites that cover a subject completely. So we plan your content in clusters: an in-depth guide at the center, supporting articles around it, all linked together and pointing to the pages that bring in calls.
- Planned from your own search data and keyword research
- Written in your voice and approved by you
- Linked into your site the day it's published
- Older pages refreshed so they stay competitive
- Written to be quoted by AI assistants, not just to rank
Real results
What SEO looks like when it's done every week.
Measured from each client's own Google and website data. Names kept private.
7.5×
more Google search clicks for a medical clinic
5.5×
more Google search clicks for an aviation catering company
4.8×
more Google search clicks for a marina
Concierge service
You're not doing this on your own.
You don't have to learn SEO or figure out how to show up online. A real team takes care of it every week, and your brand gets stronger along the way, without you changing how you run your business.
A named team on your account
The same people know your business, your voice and your goals.
You approve, we do
Posts and content are planned for you and go out only after you say yes.
Plain-English reporting
On the 10th of every month: what we did, what it brought in, what's next.
Call us
A real person answers. No ticket queue.
FAQ
SEO questions owners ask us.
What does an SEO agency actually do?
We make the changes that help Google, the map and AI assistants understand and recommend your business: improving your website, creating helpful content, managing your Google listing and reviews, and keeping your details correct everywhere. Then we measure what it brings in.
How long does SEO take to work?
Most clients see early movement in 60 to 90 days, with steady growth from there. SEO compounds, so the results build month after month.
Do you guarantee first-page rankings?
No honest agency can guarantee rankings, because Google decides. What we guarantee is the work: done every week, and reported every month in plain English.
What's the difference between SEO and AI SEO?
SEO helps you show up in search results. AI SEO helps you show up in the answers AI assistants give. We do both, because your customers use both.
Do I need a new website for SEO to work?
Not always. We’ll tell you honestly in your free review whether your current site can rank or is holding you back.
Do you also run paid ads?
We focus entirely on organic growth, and we work in tandem with Gray Digital Media for paid advertising. Ads buy attention month to month, while SEO builds an asset you own. Keeping them with two focused teams means each channel gets full attention, and your CORE Team coordinates both from one plan.
What does technical SEO include?
Technical SEO makes sure Google can find, read and trust every page on your site. It covers indexing, crawl errors, broken links, redirects, page speed and Core Web Vitals, structured data and canonical tags. We check all of it every week.
Do you offer SEO services outside Charleston?
Yes. We're based in Mount Pleasant and work with businesses across the Charleston area, South Carolina and beyond. The CORE Method works the same way wherever your customers are.
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