Client Results

    Technical SEO Case Studies

    Real results from real clients β€” with real data. Each case study shows the exact technical SEO issues we found, the specific fixes we implemented, and the measurable ranking and traffic outcomes.

    340%
    Avg Traffic Growth
    0
    Migration Losses
    500+
    Sites Audited
    01
    E-Commerce6 Weeks to First Results Β· 4 Months Full Recovery

    National E-Commerce Retailer

    ⚠ The Challenge

    Organic traffic had declined 34% over 12 months despite continued investment in content and link building. Internal teams couldn't identify the root cause. The site had 180,000+ indexable URLs that were mostly duplicate faceted navigation pages consuming Googlebot's entire crawl budget.

    βœ“ Our Solution

    Our comprehensive technical SEO audit revealed three root causes: severe crawl budget waste from faceted navigation (creating 180,000+ duplicate URLs), JavaScript rendering failures on product pages, and canonical tag misconfigurations affecting 40% of category pages. We implemented targeted fixes over 6 weeks.

    Organic Traffic Index
    BeforeAfter
    JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
    Keyword Ranking Changes
    KeywordBeforeAfter
    running shoes women#28#4
    buy sneakers online#41#7
    athletic wear sale#NR#11
    sport shoes men#55#9
    Key Results
    +340%
    Organic Traffic Growth
    180K
    Duplicate URLs Eliminated
    4.2x
    Revenue from Organic
    6 wks
    Time to First Results
    Specific Fixes Implemented
    01
    Faceted Navigation Crawl Trap Elimination
    Implemented noindex + Disallow rules for all faceted filter combinations. Consolidated 180,000 indexable parameter URLs to 12,000 canonical category pages.
    02
    JavaScript Product Page Rendering
    Identified 4,800 product pages where React-rendered content wasn't being seen by Googlebot. Implemented server-side rendering (SSR) via Next.js migration for product detail pages.
    03
    Canonical Tag Normalization
    Corrected canonical tags across 12,000 category pages that were self-referencing HTTP variants instead of HTTPS. Added missing canonicals on 2,400 paginated archive URLs.
    04
    XML Sitemap Rebuild
    Removed 168,000 duplicate and noindex URLs from sitemaps. Rebuilt 3 segmented sitemaps (products, categories, blog) with accurate lastmod timestamps.
    05
    Internal Linking Restructure
    Built a hub-and-spoke linking model for top 200 product categories. Added contextual links from blog content to relevant product categories, increasing internal PageRank flow.
    02
    SaaS / Technology8 Weeks Implementation Β· 12 Weeks Full Impact

    B2B SaaS Platform

    ⚠ The Challenge

    Core Web Vitals failures across all key landing pages. Mobile LCP averaging 5.8 seconds and CLS of 0.31 were directly suppressing rankings for competitive SaaS keywords. Despite strong content and a 94 DA score, the site was stuck on page 2 for 40+ target keywords.

    βœ“ Our Solution

    Full Core Web Vitals forensic audit identified three root causes: an unoptimized LCP hero image served at 4.2MB without WebP conversion, a third-party chat widget blocking the main thread for 820ms causing INP failures, and dynamically injected marketing banners above-the-fold causing catastrophic CLS.

    Organic Traffic Index
    BeforeAfter
    Wk1Wk2Wk3Wk4Wk5Wk6Wk8Wk12
    Keyword Ranking Changes
    KeywordBeforeAfter
    project management saas#14#2
    team collaboration tool#19#5
    saas workflow automation#32#8
    enterprise task manager#21#3
    Key Results
    5.8s→1.6s
    LCP Improvement
    0.31β†’0.04
    CLS Score Fix
    +52 pts
    PageSpeed Score
    +28%
    Organic Conversion
    Specific Fixes Implemented
    01
    Hero Image WebP Conversion + Priority Loading
    Converted 4.2MB JPEG hero to 180KB WebP. Added fetchpriority="high" and preload link in <head>. Removed lazy-loading from LCP element. Result: LCP dropped from 5.8s to 1.9s.
    02
    Third-Party Chat Widget Deferral
    Moved chat widget initialization to a Service Worker with a 3-second delay trigger. Reduced main thread blocking time from 820ms to 45ms, bringing INP from 680ms to 140ms.
    03
    CLS Elimination via Reserved Containers
    Added explicit height reservations for all dynamically injected banners and CTAs. Implemented CSS aspect-ratio on all images. CLS dropped from 0.31 to 0.04.
    04
    Font Loading Optimization
    Switched from font-display: block to font-display: optional for body fonts. Preloaded critical heading font. Eliminated font-related layout shift contributing 0.08 to CLS score.
    05
    HTTP/2 + CDN Reconfiguration
    Migrated from HTTP/1.1 to HTTP/2 with Cloudflare. Enabled resource multiplexing and compression. Reduced TTFB from 1.2s to 380ms, improving LCP by an additional 0.3s.
    03
    Local Services2 Weeks Discovery Β· 8 Weeks Full Recovery

    Multi-Location Service Business

    ⚠ The Challenge

    A new website launched 8 months prior had failed to recover the previous site's rankings. Key service pages were completely absent from Google's index. The client was losing an estimated $45,000/month in organic lead revenue with no diagnosis in sight after two previous agencies reviewed the site.

    βœ“ Our Solution

    Technical audit revealed three compounding issues: a blanket noindex meta tag on all 340 pages (carried over from staging), 67 service pages that were complete orphans with no internal links, and a robots.txt that blocked Googlebot from accessing the JavaScript needed to render the site's React components.

    Organic Traffic Index
    BeforeAfter
    M1M2M3M4M5M6M7M8
    Keyword Ranking Changes
    KeywordBeforeAfter
    plumber near me [city]#NR#1
    emergency plumber [city]#NR#3
    drain cleaning service#NR#5
    [city] plumbing company#NR#2
    Key Results
    +230%
    Indexed Pages
    8 wks
    Full Rankings Recovery
    #1
    Local Pack Recovered
    +67%
    Organic Lead Gen
    Specific Fixes Implemented
    01
    Noindex Tag Removal β€” All 340 Pages
    Immediately removed the blanket <meta name='robots' content='noindex'> tag from all 340 pages. Submitted priority URLs via Google Search Console for expedited re-crawl.
    02
    robots.txt Repair
    Removed erroneous Disallow: /static/ and Disallow: /js/ rules that blocked Googlebot from downloading React JavaScript bundles β€” preventing the site from rendering at all for search engines.
    03
    Internal Linking Architecture
    Built a complete internal linking structure from scratch. Created location landing pages linking to all service pages. Added contextual service cross-links. Eliminated all 67 orphan pages.
    04
    XML Sitemap Creation
    Created a sitemap.xml containing all 340 service and location pages. Added to robots.txt. Submitted to Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools.
    05
    BreadcrumbList Schema + Local Business Schema
    Implemented BreadcrumbList schema on all interior pages and LocalBusiness/Service schema on all location and service pages. Achieved rich breadcrumb results within 6 weeks.
    04
    Publishing / Media6 Months Planning Β· Zero-Loss Launch

    Enterprise Media Company

    ⚠ The Challenge

    A planned migration from a legacy PHP CMS to a new headless React/Next.js platform serving 2.4 million pages. The organic channel generated $3.2M annually β€” any meaningful traffic loss would have immediate revenue impact. Two previous migrations at the company had resulted in 30–40% traffic losses.

    βœ“ Our Solution

    We provided end-to-end migration oversight for 6 months: pre-migration audit, full URL redirect mapping for all 2.4M URLs, JavaScript rendering validation for the new platform, staging environment testing, and real-time monitoring dashboards for the 72 hours post-launch.

    Organic Traffic Index
    BeforeAfter
    PreWk1Wk2Wk3Wk4Wk6Wk8Wk12
    Keyword Ranking Changes
    KeywordBeforeAfter
    technology news today#3#2
    tech industry analysis#8#5
    startup funding news#5#3
    ai news weekly#12#6
    Key Results
    0%
    Traffic Loss at Launch
    2.4M
    URLs Mapped
    $3.2M
    Revenue Protected
    +18%
    Traffic at 90 Days
    Specific Fixes Implemented
    01
    Pre-Migration Technical Audit
    Full audit of the legacy platform identified 340,000 URLs that should not be migrated (thin content, duplicate pages). Reduced migration scope and redirect complexity significantly.
    02
    2.4M URL Redirect Mapping
    Mapped every legacy URL to its new destination using Python scripts + manual review for top 10,000 pages. Implemented via Cloudflare redirect rules to avoid server overhead.
    03
    Next.js SSR Validation
    Validated that all 2.4M pages were rendering fully server-side in the new Next.js architecture. Identified and fixed 12 dynamic component patterns that were falling back to client-side rendering.
    04
    Hreflang Reconfiguration
    Rebuilt hreflang annotations for 14 international variants. Corrected broken hreflang relationships that had persisted from the legacy platform for 3+ years.
    05
    Real-Time Post-Launch Monitoring
    Deployed custom Search Console API monitoring with Slack alerts for any indexation drops > 5% or crawl error spikes. 72-hour war room coverage immediately post-launch with rapid response capability.

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