— Local SEO
Local SEO for Auckland and New Zealand businesses
Local SEO is the work that gets your business showing up when someone searches for your trade plus their town — "electrician Auckland," "plumber Hamilton," that kind of search. This add-on is ongoing work on top of your Ethelium website to earn and keep that ranking, for small businesses anywhere in New Zealand.
What local SEO actually means
Local search results are different from ordinary search results. Google matches "trade plus town" queries against three things: your Google Business Profile, the words and structure on your website, and how consistently your business is listed elsewhere online. Get all three right and you show up when someone nearby is actually looking to hire you. Get them wrong and you're invisible, no matter how good the site looks.
- Google Business Profile. Kept accurate and active — the listing most local searches actually click on first.
- On-page targeting. Your trade and your town, written into the page titles, headings, and copy the way people actually search for them.
- Structured data. Markup that tells Google exactly what your business is, where it is, and what it does.
- Consistent listings. Your name, address, and phone number matching everywhere they appear online.
Why the site underneath it matters
Local SEO work sits on top of the base website plan for a reason: a site with real pages, a fast load time, and basic SEO already built in gives the ranking work something solid to push against. The base plan already includes custom design, up to 5 pages, and basic SEO — this add-on is the ongoing part: continued keyword and location targeting, listing consistency, and profile upkeep, month after month rather than a one-off fix.
How the pricing works
Local SEO is an add-on to the base website plan — it isn't sold on its own, because the ranking work needs a real site underneath it.
Website
Custom design, up to 5 pages, domain + hosting + SSL, mobile-friendly, contact form, basic SEO, one content update a month.
+ Local SEO
Ongoing work to rank for your trade and your town.
$74.50/mo total for a website with ongoing local SEO work. No setup fee, no lock-in contract beyond the month.
Common questions
Do I need the base website plan too?
Yes. Local SEO is an add-on to the $25/mo base website plan — the ranking work needs a real site to point at. Total for both is $74.50/mo.
How long until I see results?
Local SEO is ongoing work, not a one-off fix. It builds month over month rather than delivering an overnight jump.
Do you guarantee a specific ranking?
No one can honestly guarantee a specific Google ranking. What's included is the ongoing work — profile upkeep, on-page targeting, and listing consistency — that local rankings are actually built from.
Is there a setup fee or contract?
No setup fee. It's billed monthly with no long-term contract.
Want to rank for your trade and your town?
Tell me your trade and where you work, and I'll tell you exactly what it'll cost before you pay for anything.