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20+ keywords. Number one on Google.

COLABS runs coworking and private-office space, and most searches for a workspace start on Google, not an ad. We took over SEO and ongoing website maintenance, and moved more than twenty of their priority keywords to the number one position.

Headline result
Keywords ranked #1 on Google20+
  • SEOOngoing
  • Website maintenanceOngoing

The client

A workspace brand invisible on search

Sector
Coworking & private offices
Services
SEO & Website Maintenance
Buyer
Founders, freelancers, remote teams
Reported on
Keywords ranked #1 on Google

The challenge

Ranking for the wrong things, or nothing at all

COLABS had a website, but it wasn't built or maintained to rank. Priority terms — the searches a founder or freelancer actually types when looking for a workspace — weren't showing up on page one, and there was no ongoing technical or content upkeep to change that.

  • 01

    No ranking for priority terms

    The keywords a buyer actually searches weren't returning COLABS on page one at all.

  • 02

    No ongoing technical upkeep

    Without regular maintenance, small technical issues accumulate and quietly work against rankings.

  • 03

    Content not built to target intent

    Pages existed, but weren't structured around the terms and questions buyers actually search.

  • 04

    No visibility into progress

    No ranking tracking in place, so there was no way to see whether SEO work was actually moving the needle.

What we did

SEO and maintenance, run together

Rankings only hold if the site behind them is kept healthy — so both ran as one ongoing engagement.

  • Keyword strategy

    Target the terms buyers actually search

    Priority keywords identified around how founders and freelancers actually search for workspace, then tracked weekly against a live ranking dashboard.

    SEO ServicesLocal SEO
  • Technical SEO

    Fix what was holding rankings back

    Site speed, indexing, structured data and on-page fundamentals brought up to standard before content work compounded on top of them.

    Technical SEO
  • Content

    Pages built around what ranks

    Page copy and structure rewritten around the target keyword set, rather than around what the site happened to already say.

    Content Marketing
  • Website maintenance

    Kept healthy so rankings hold

    Ongoing updates, uptime and security monitoring, and ranking checks each month, so gains from SEO work aren't eroded by an unmaintained site.

    Website Maintenance & Security

The result

Keywords ranked #1 on Google

20+

Reached through ongoing SEO work — technical fixes, keyword-targeted content and continuous website maintenance — rather than a one-off project.

Timeline

How the engagement ran

  1. Month 1

    Audit & keyword research

    Technical SEO audit and priority keyword list built around how buyers actually search.

  2. Month 2

    Technical fixes & content

    Technical issues resolved and page content rebuilt around target keywords.

  3. Month 3+

    Rankings climb

    Keywords begin moving up the results page, tracked weekly against the priority list.

  4. Ongoing

    Maintenance & new terms

    Website maintained on an ongoing basis while SEO expands to new keywords beyond the original 20+.

Services used

What was deployed on this account

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