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Keyword research

Stop chasing volume. Chase intent

A 20,000-a-month head term you'll never rank for is worth less than eleven long-tail queries you can own by Christmas. We build the map that tells you which is which, and in what order.

Keyword Research
keyword research services

300+

Queries per project

Median, after deduplication.

0

Month roadmap

Sequenced by winnability.

2–3

Weeks turnaround

From kickoff to walkthrough.

The short version

Keyword research and search intent mapping

Keyword research done badly is an export from a tool sorted by volume. Done properly it's a strategic document: which queries your buyers use, what stage of the decision each represents, how hard each is for a site with your authority, and what page type Google currently rewards for it.

That last point gets skipped constantly. If every result for a query is a comparison article, a product page won't rank there no matter how good it is. The SERP tells you what format is expected, and arguing with it is expensive.

You end up with a spreadsheet and a plan: primary and secondary keywords assigned per page, gaps where you need something new, clusters grouped into topics, and a sequence that starts with what's winnable so there's momentum before the hard terms.

What you end up with
  • Every query classified by intent — informational, commercial, transactional, navigational
  • Difficulty assessed against your domain rather than in the abstract
  • Topic clusters with a clear pillar page and supporting content
  • A sequenced roadmap: quick wins first, competitive terms once authority supports them
Scope

What you receive

Seed and expansion research

Your terms, your competitors', Search Console's actual queries, autocomplete, forum and Reddit language, and support-ticket phrasing.

Intent classification

Every query labelled by stage and by the page type the SERP currently rewards. Prevents building the wrong asset.

Realistic difficulty scoring

Not just the tool's number — who ranks now, how strong they are, and whether a site with your profile can displace them.

Topic clusters

Queries grouped into clusters, each with a pillar page and supporting pieces, and the internal links between them mapped.

Keyword-to-page map

One primary query per page plus secondaries. Existing pages assigned, gaps flagged as pages to create.

Sequenced roadmap

A twelve-month order of work, starting with what's winnable now, with estimated traffic value per cluster.

How it runs

The process, stage by stage

  1. 01

    Understand the offer

    What you sell, at what price, to whom, and what they call it — which is often not what you call it.

  2. 02

    Expand

    Every source we can reach, deduplicated into one master list before any filtering happens.

  3. 03

    Classify

    Intent, stage, and expected page type for each query. This is the judgement-heavy part.

  4. 04

    Score and cluster

    Realistic difficulty against your domain, then grouped into topic clusters with pillars identified.

  5. 05

    Sequence and hand over

    A twelve-month roadmap, delivered live on a call so you can push back on priorities.

Investment

What it costs

Fixed price against a defined scope. If a brief isn't specific enough to price properly, we'll say so instead of padding it.

Focused

One service line or product category.

$37

Timeline
2 weeks
Best for
Single-service businesses
  • Up to 150 mapped queries
  • Intent classification
  • Difficulty scoring
  • Keyword-to-page map
  • Walkthrough call
Scope a focused build
Most chosen

Full catalogue

Every service line, clustered and sequenced.

$90

Timeline
3 weeks
Best for
Multi-service and ecommerce
  • 300+ mapped queries
  • Topic clusters with pillars
  • Competitor gap analysis
  • 12-month roadmap
  • Content briefs for the first 5 pages
Scope a full catalogue build
Four of the ten weeks went on restructuring product data, which is not what anyone wants to hear on a kick-off call. They were right. Once specifications were real fields instead of paragraphs, filtering worked, search worked, and our search-to-purchase rate nearly tripled. They also quoted eight weeks and ate the overrun.
Tom BeddoeEcommerce Director, Coastline Outfitters
Sectors

Where we've done this before

Industry context changes the brief. These are the ones whose pitfalls we already know.

Questions

The things people ask before we start

You can get the list from a tool in an afternoon. What tools don't give you is intent classification, an honest read on whether you can win a term, or the clustering that turns a list into a plan. If you have someone who'll do that thinking, do it in-house — the tool subscription is cheaper than we are.

Next step

Let's talk about keyword research

Tell us what the site needs to do. You'll get a straight answer on scope, timeline and cost — usually inside one working day.

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