- What does SEO cost?
- We bill by the hour. How many hours it takes depends on how many pages are missing and what state the technology is in. The basic SEO structure comes with every website we build and is included in its price. The calculator on the contact page gives you a range for that in four questions. For the ongoing work after launch we offer a separate package. Intro call and cost estimate cost €0.
- Are you an SEO agency?
- No. We’re developers from Duisburg, a software studio. Of search engine optimization, we do the part that depends on the website itself: technology, site structure, town pages and guides. You talk to the people who write the code.
- Do you guarantee a spot on Google?
- No. Google itself writes that no one can guarantee a first place. Google sets the order, and it changes. What we can commit to is the work: fast pages, clean technology, one page for every search that fits you. Search Console shows what lands, and we go through it with you.
- How long does it take for SEO to work?
- We won’t promise you a number of weeks. Google first has to find and index a new page. Google itself writes that some changes take effect within hours and others only after several months, and advises checking after a few weeks. Search Console shows for each page whether Google has indexed it. If you need inquiries starting next week, ads are the faster route.
- What is the difference between SEO and Google Ads?
- Ads run as soon as they’re approved, and you pay per click. Google first has to find and index a new page, but after that the click costs nothing. At Dein Gutachter NRW, both the website and the ads come from us.
- What is technical SEO?
- Everything a search engine needs to read a page before the text even matters: load time, finished HTML instead of content that only appears in the browser, titles and descriptions, structured data, redirects and a sitemap. That’s the part we do as developers, in the source code.
- Do you also do local SEO and the Google Business Profile?
- Yes. That includes town pages with facts that are true only for that town, and your Google Business Profile, so opening hours and reviews match there and on the website. Our office is in Duisburg, like Dein Gutachter NRW and Praxis Kolibri. We do local SEO for businesses all over Germany.
- Is SEO worth it for small businesses?
- Yes, if people search for your service and your town. A small business doesn’t need a hundred pages for that. It needs one page per service and per town that gets it right. Our three client projects are a vehicle appraisal office, an auto glass business and a speech and occupational therapy practice.
- Can I do SEO myself?
- Part of it, yes: keeping your Google Business Profile up to date, replying to reviews, collecting your customers’ questions. What depends on the source code, meaning load time, structured data and redirects, is our part.
- Do you also optimize a website you didn’t build?
- Yes. It starts with a review. Titles, descriptions and missing pages can be added to almost any website. If the problem is the technology, for example content that only appears in the browser, we tell you whether a rebuild is worth it. If we rebuild (a relaunch), we redirect the old addresses so the visibility isn’t lost.
- Will I also be found in ChatGPT and other AI search tools?
- We can’t promise that. What we can do: the site delivers finished HTML with structured data that an AI search tool can read without running scripts. For Dein Gutachter NRW and Mert Caliskan there is also a file for AI search tools on the server.