Clearwater SEO Company
We bring your business more leads from GoogleRoughstock SEO Co. is a Clearwater SEO company that gets local businesses more leads from Google search, the map results and AI answers. We start with your website, because every ranking you have comes from it.
Is your SEO company only writing blog posts?
Most SEO companies do two things for their clients. They write blog posts and they post updates to the Google Business Profile. The blog posts are usually under 1,000 words, obviously written by AI, and have no keyword research behind them.
Many agencies also confuse their clients on purpose. The reports are hard to read, and there is no strategy behind the work that would help the business expand.
When we look at the website of a business that has been through this, we usually find the same problems.
What we usually find
- Service pages with very little on them
- AI blog posts with no research behind them
- Technical problems nobody fixed
- No plan for which searches to go after
We build the pages that bring in customers first
Everything in SEO stems from your website. That is true for local SEO, for regular search results and for AI answers. So the website is the first thing we look at and the first thing we work on.
We focus on transactional SEO first. Those are the searches people make when they are ready to hire someone, like "AC repair Clearwater."
We build out your money pages, the pages for the services you sell, so your site builds authority around the searches that bring a real return.
Our SEO services
Use one service or all of them. Each one has its own page.
Local SEO
Show up in the Google Map Pack and "near me" searches across Clearwater and Tampa Bay.
Content SEO
Service and location pages that answer customer questions and earn rankings.
Technical SEO
Site speed, mobile usability, indexing, and structured data fixed so nothing holds your rankings back.
Off-site SEO
Citations, listings and links from trustworthy sites that tell Google your business is real.
Keyword research
We find the searches your customers use and pick the ones that lead to calls and sales.
Clear reporting
Plain-English updates on rankings, traffic and leads, so you know what the work is doing.
We are an SEO company based in Clearwater
Roughstock SEO Co. is based in Clearwater. We research this market for our clients every day, so we know how people here search for a business like yours.
We provide SEO to businesses across Pinellas County and the rest of Tampa Bay, including St. Petersburg, Tampa, Largo, Dunedin, and Palm Harbor. Our focus is Clearwater.
How our SEO process works
Here is what happens when you contact us.
Book a free consultation
We look at your website first, then tell you what we'd fix and which searches we'd go after.
Send us the basics
Information about your business, your brand, and your logins. That is the only thing we need from you.
We do the work
The first 90 days are serious market research and setup. After that we handle the SEO on your website and everywhere else your business appears online.
Meet your Clearwater SEO expert
Gage Mooney co-founded Roughstock SEO Co. and has worked with Clearwater businesses for over a decade.
He has worked in digital marketing and SEO for all of that time. He has seen Google change again and again, and learned which strategies hold up and which ones fade away.
Gage handles the SEO for our clients, and he starts with the website every time.
Why our customers choose Roughstock SEO Co.
Local to Clearwater
We are based in Clearwater and provide SEO to businesses here every day.
Family owned
Roughstock is owned and run by Gage Mooney and Carmen Mooney.
Over a decade of SEO experience
Gage Mooney has worked in digital marketing and SEO for over a decade.
No contracts
Our SEO service is month to month, with no long-term contract.
You own everything
Your website, your content and your accounts belong to you. If you leave, they go with you.
Measured by your leads
We measure our success by the number of leads you get from Google.
Frequently asked questions
- How long does SEO take to work?
- When people ask, we tell them they will usually see results within the first three months. We make no guarantees, because Google controls the results.
- Do you guarantee number one rankings?
- No, and we would be wary of anyone who does. Google controls the results. We also treat rankings as a secondary number. The first number is how many leads you get from Google.
- Do I have to sign a long-term contract?
- No. Our SEO service is month to month.
- Is SEO better than Google Ads?
- They do different jobs. Ads can bring leads quickly while you pay for every click. SEO takes longer but keeps bringing in leads without a cost for each click. Many businesses use both.
- How much does SEO cost?
- We don't list SEO pricing on the website. It depends on your market and how much work your website needs. You get a clear price after the free consultation.
Schedule your free SEO consultation
Book a free consultation. We'll look at your website first, then tell you what we'd fix and which searches we'd go after.
- No long-term contracts
- Plain-English answers
- You own your website and accounts
Book your free consultation