SEO in Lucerne: get found by the people looking for you.
We make your website easy for Google to understand: technically clean, with content that answers real questions, and with a well-kept Business Profile for local search.
What SEO means for a small business.
SEO stands for search engine optimisation. It covers everything that helps your website show up on Google for the right searches. For a small business in Central Switzerland, these are rarely global terms. They're searches like “electrician Emmen”, “hairdresser Lucerne Neustadt” or “fiduciary Sursee prices”.
We work on four areas. Technical: the site loads fast, works on mobile and is readable for Google. Content: every service has its own page that answers your customers' questions. Local: your Google Business Profile is complete and your business details are the same everywhere. Measuring: in Google Search Console we can see which searches you already show up for.
To be honest: nobody can guarantee the top spot. Google makes its own decisions, and your competitors are optimising too. What we can promise is careful work on the factors Google itself says it looks at. The most important steps for local search are in our guide to local search.
What we work on for SEO.
Technical foundations
Clean headings, descriptive URLs, a sitemap, structured data and no broken links. The basis for Google to understand your pages.
Core Web Vitals
We measure loading time and stability and improve them. According to Google, good means an LCP of 2.5 s or less, an INP of 200 ms or less and a CLS of 0.1 or less.
Pages that answer questions
A page for every service, with a title, description and text that answers the search query directly. With your location where it fits naturally.
Google Business Profile
Category, opening hours, services and real photos. The profile is free and appears in search results and on Google Maps.
Consistent business details
Name, address and phone number written the same way on your website, your profile and in directories like local.ch and search.ch.
Search Console and reporting
We set up Google Search Console and show you which searches you appear for and where the gaps are.
When SEO pays off for you.
- Worth it if your customers look for you on Google, for example by service and location.
- Worth it if your website brings in hardly any enquiries, even though there's demand for what you offer.
- Worth it if you work in a specific region and want to be visible there.
- Probably not if you need enquiries right away. SEO works over months. For quick visibility, ads are the better tool.
- Probably not if your website is technically outdated. In that case a relaunch comes first, then the optimisation.
What SEO costs.
One-off optimisation or ongoing care, both are possible. In the Business and Premium maintenance packages, any unused time automatically goes into SEO and image optimisation.
- SEO audit and basic optimisation
- Fixed quote after the initial call
- Ongoing in a maintenance package
- Business CHF 100, Premium CHF 180 per month
- Additional work
- CHF 90 per hour, by agreement
- Google Business Profile
- free from Google
How we approach SEO.
- 01
Audit
We check the technical side, loading time, content and your Business Profile, and look at what your customers in the region are searching for.
- 02
Priorities
You get a short list: what comes first, what it will achieve and what it costs. Without the jargon.
- 03
Implementation
We fix technical errors, rework titles and copy, add pages for each service and look after your profile.
- 04
Measure and refine
In Search Console we track how clicks and search terms develop, and keep making adjustments.
Questions about SEO.
How long does SEO take to work?
Usually several months. Technical errors are quick to fix, but Google has to recrawl and reassess the pages. A well-kept Business Profile often shows results within a few weeks. How fast it goes depends heavily on the competition in your industry and region.
Can an agency guarantee the top spot on Google?
No. Google decides the order itself and keeps adjusting its systems. Anyone who guarantees the top spot can't keep that promise. The honest approach is to improve the factors Google names itself: helpful content, a clean technical setup and, for local search, relevance, distance and prominence.
What's the difference between SEO and Google Ads?
SEO improves your position in the regular search results, while Google Ads are paid ads. Ads give you visibility straight away, but only as long as you're paying. SEO takes longer, but keeps working without any cost per click. For many small businesses, SEO is the foundation and advertising is an add-on.
What is local SEO?
Local SEO makes sure you show up for searches tied to a place, such as “painter Kriens” or “café near me”. What matters is a complete Google Business Profile, the same business details everywhere, genuine reviews and a website that names your service and location on the key pages.
Can I do SEO for my website myself?
A lot of it, yes. You can look after your Business Profile, collect reviews and write good copy yourself. Technical topics like loading time, structured data or redirects are trickier. A good split: we lay the technical foundation, you keep the content up to date.
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