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B2B SEO measured in pipeline. Our B2B SEO specialists rank the pages your buyers find before they build a shortlist, and report the results against revenue.

The case

B2B SEO services built for long sales cycles

B2B search volumes look small. A term with a few hundred searches a month can still hold most of the buyers in your market who are close to a shortlist. We judge a keyword by the deals behind it first, and by its volume second.

The buyer is a committee. Procurement, IT, security, finance and the team that will use the product each search in their own words. One page on a head term reaches one of them. Our B2B SEO services map queries to roles and buying stages, then build a page for each gap.

Long deals are what make SEO pay. A page that ranks keeps showing up across quarters and budget cycles, while a paid click stops the day the budget does. Content and links compound, so organic search grows into a steady source of new accounts.

Volume is the wrong first filter
A few hundred searches a month can hold a whole market of buyers close to a shortlist.
One page cannot serve a committee
Procurement, security and the user team search different words for the same problem.
Rankings outlast the quarter
A page that ranks keeps returning across budget cycles, which is what makes the work compound.
The research

Why B2B companies need SEO in 2026

B2B buyers research on Google and in AI tools before they talk to a vendor. Most pick from a shortlist they formed in that research.

78%
of B2B buyers start their research on Google.
TrustRadius B2B Buying Disconnect 2024
78%
of buyers shortlist products they'd heard of before they started researching.
TrustRadius B2B Buying Disconnect 2024
95%
of the time, the winning vendor is already on the buyer's Day One shortlist.
6sense Buyer Experience Report 2025
94%
of buyers use LLMs such as ChatGPT during their buying process.
6sense Buyer Experience Report 2025
How it runs

How our B2B SEO consultants run a program

Senior B2B SEO experts lead every program. Specialists join for technical work, content and links, and you keep one point of contact.

01

Audit

What ranks today, what does not, and which of it a buyer would ever search.
02

Target

Commercial terms with buying intent, scored against the links the top results carry.
03

Build

Pages, internal links and technical fixes, shipped in order of what reaches pipeline first.
04

Compound

Monthly reporting on positions, leads and pipeline from organic search.

B2B SEO solutions we include

Eight disciplines, run as one program.

Technical SEO

Finding and fixing what blocks crawling, indexing and page speed, so every commercial page can be found and ranked.
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Keyword and intent research

A keyword set built around buying jobs, use cases and pain language, grouped by role and by stage in the deal.

On-page SEO and content

Pages that answer one query in depth and use the same language your sales team hears on calls.
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Internal linking and site architecture

Navigation, hubs and internal links that send authority to high-intent pages and help buyers move between related topics.

Digital PR and link building

Coverage and links from publications, partners and directories that search engines trust in your niche.

AEO and AI search

Pages structured so Google's AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Perplexity can cite them when buyers ask which vendor to use.
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Programmatic SEO

Templated pages at scale for the integrations, segments and use cases buyers search by name.
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Reporting tied to pipeline

Rankings, traffic and leads connected to opportunities in your CRM, with tests on what moves them.
Who we work with

A B2B SEO company for technology and services firms

Search works differently in each market, so the program changes with the buyer.

SaaS SEO

Trial and demo intent, integration pages and competitor alternatives, for software companies.
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B2B tech SEO

Buyers search the problem first and the vendor category late. We build for both, and for the technical reviewers who join the deal.

B2B SEO consulting

Advisory engagements for teams who have writers and developers already. We set the keyword plan, brief the work and review what ships, and your team runs it.

Professional services SEO

Firms that sell expertise rank on the questions clients ask before they call. Those pages carry the proof a partner would bring to a meeting.
Results

B2B SEO results, in our clients' words

Four SEO engagements. Each figure comes from the client's verified review on Clutch.

16 of 20
target keywords in Google's top 10 within six months, 11 of them in the top 3. Organic search grew from 4% to 21% of site traffic.
“Within the first month, they fixed the entire back-end of the three websites and technical issues from an SEO perspective.”
Head of Marketing, hospitality SaaS provider, London
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+45%
inbound leads from the website for an ERP consultancy, with SEO, Google Ads and Facebook ads run as one program.
“The results have been great. Inbound leads from our website have grown by 45%.”
Ravinder Kulsari, Director and Country Head, 1218 Global
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+40%
organic traffic within a few months, with key service terms moved to page one of Google.
“The team provided a clear timeline, met every deadline, and kept us informed with regular updates.”
Program Manager, nonprofit organization, Canada
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+20%
leads for a law firm, with 4 of its target keywords in Google's top 10.
“The coordination and responsiveness of the team were impressive.”
Owner and Attorney, law firm, McLean, Virginia
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The work in detail

SEO for B2B companies, from audit to lead generation

What each part of a B2B SEO program involves, and what it produces.

The B2B SEO audit

A B2B SEO audit starts with what already earns impressions. Search Console shows every query your site appears for and the position it holds. A page sitting on page four for a commercial term is a strong place to start, because Google already connects it to the search.

The audit then checks crawling, indexing and site speed. It compares your pages with the ones ranking above them: their depth, their structure and the links they hold. A useful audit ends with a ranked list of fixes, each tied to the pages it affects.

B2B SEO keywords

B2B keywords fall into three groups. Problem terms catch buyers who are still learning. Category terms catch buyers comparing approaches. Vendor terms, such as agency, company, pricing and alternatives, catch buyers building a shortlist.

Vendor terms carry the least volume and the most revenue. We score every term by intent and by the links the ranking pages hold, so the plan starts with terms you can win.

B2B SEO content strategy

Each target term gets one page. Service and solution pages take the vendor terms. Guides and articles take the problem terms and link to the service pages, which passes authority to the pages that convert.

The content is written from what your sales team hears. Objections, comparison questions and pricing questions from sales calls make a page specific enough to rank and to persuade.

SEO for B2B lead generation

Traffic becomes leads when each page offers a next step that matches the search. A buyer comparing vendors wants a call or an audit. A buyer who is still learning wants a guide. Forms stay short, and every organic lead is tagged with the page it came from.

That tag lets your CRM show which pages produce opportunities, and the program moves effort toward them.

B2B SEO link building

Links still decide close rankings. On most B2B terms the ranking pages hold fewer links than you might expect, so the target is set per term by counting the links on the pages above you.

Links come from places your buyers already trust: industry publications, partner and integration directories, and association sites. Each link points at a page that needs it, usually a service page one step from page one.

AEO for B2B: getting cited in AI answers

6sense's 2025 Buyer Experience Report found that 94% of B2B buyers use LLMs such as ChatGPT while they buy. When a buyer asks an AI tool which vendors to consider, the answer is built from pages the tool can find, read and trust.

Answer engine optimization, or AEO, prepares your pages for those answers. Also called generative engine optimization (GEO), it starts with the same work as SEO. Each service page opens with a direct answer to the question it targets. Facts such as pricing, services, clients and reviews match across your site, Clutch, G2 and LinkedIn, because AI tools compare sources before they cite one. Schema markup labels your services, FAQs and company details.

We track a fixed set of buyer questions in ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI Overviews. The monthly report shows which questions name you and which of your pages get cited.

Generative engine optimization →
Pricing

How much B2B SEO services cost

B2B SEO retainers run from about $2,500 a month to more than $10,000. The price follows the scope: how many pages get written or rebuilt each month, how many links get built, and how much technical work the site needs.

Our retainers run $2,500 to $7,500 a month, month to month from the start. Across the ten B2B SEO agencies we compared, minimum project sizes on Clutch run from $1,000 to $50,000.

Two quotes are only comparable once you know what each covers in pages, links and hours per month. Ask every agency for that breakdown.

Monthly budgetWhat it usually buysAgencies at this level
$2,500 to $5,000A focused program on your highest-intent pages, run by a small senior teamSeeResponse from $2,500; Optimist from $3,000
$5,000 to $10,000Content at a steady pace, technical work and link buildingSeeResponse up to $7,500
$10,000 and upLarge content programs and dedicated teamsOmniscient Digital from $10,000; Altitude Marketing $9,500 to $12,500

Monthly prices are from each agency's website, checked in September 2026. Compare 10 B2B SEO agencies →

B2B SEO agency questions

Six questions, specific to B2B SEO.

How much does a B2B SEO agency cost?

Most of our B2B SEO retainers run between $2,500 and $7,500 a month. The number depends on how much of the work sits with us: technical fixes, content, link building, or the whole program. A one-off project, such as a technical audit, can cost less.

There is no minimum term. Engagements run month to month from the start. It starts with a call, and the price comes out of that conversation.

Is SEO worth it for B2B?

SEO is worth it for B2B when your deals are large enough that a few new accounts a year pay for the program, and when you can give it time to compound. Search takes months to move. Paid search starts the day you fund it and stops the day you don't.

If you need pipeline inside one quarter, outbound or paid search will serve you better. We'll say so on the first call.

How do you choose a B2B SEO agency?

Ask how they pick keywords. A good B2B SEO firm scores each term by buying intent and by the links the ranking pages hold, and tells you when a term is out of reach.

Then ask how they report. Rankings and traffic are inputs. The report that matters shows leads and pipeline from organic search. Listen to the questions they ask you, too. An agency that asks about your deal size, sales cycle and CRM is planning for revenue.

How does B2B SEO grow revenue?

B2B SEO grows revenue by putting your pages in front of buyers during the research they do before a sales call. Problem pages catch early research. Comparison and service pages catch buyers who are building a shortlist. Clear forms and calls to action turn those visits into conversations.

We connect organic visits to opportunities in your CRM, so the program is judged on the deals it touches.

SEO can't fix a weak offer or a poor fit. It can put your best pages in front of more buying committees like the ones that already buy from you.

Is SEO still worth doing now that AI answers most questions?

Yes. AI answers are built from pages that rank and are easy to quote. B2B buyers still click through to check pricing, integrations, security and proof before they shortlist a vendor.

The work shifts toward those pages. We structure them with direct answers, schema markup and consistent facts, so AI Overviews and chat assistants can cite you. That is answer engine optimization, or AEO, and it is part of every B2B SEO program we run.

Why does technical SEO matter on a B2B website?

Search engines can only rank pages they can crawl and load quickly. Many B2B sites run on heavy scripts, gated content and several subdomains. That can leave commercial pages orphaned or slow, with nothing in the content to explain why they don't rank.

A technical audit finds those faults and ranks them by the pages they affect. Fixing indexing on a handful of service pages can matter more than publishing new posts.

See where you rank first
On a call we'll look at where you rank against the pages above you. If the gap can't be closed, we'll tell you.
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