Midland Air Conditioning

641.7% increase in organic traffic: how a well-executed SEO strategy made MAC the go-to air conditioning provider in the Midlands.

641.7%
Increase in organic traffic
503
Leads generated in August 2024 alone
3,836
Keywords ranking, and growing
10→28
Semrush Authority Score
Case study

Client overview.

During the initial briefing, the company director expressed a clear objective: to establish MAC as the go-to air conditioning service provider in the Midlands. This ambition has fuelled every aspect of our SEO strategy, leading to remarkable and measurable results.

Midland Air Conditioning logo
The starting point

The challenges.

Upon auditing MAC's existing website and SEO, we identified several key challenges:

MAC old website
The old site structure: over 500 unoptimised pages.
The goals

Our objectives.

We established the following goals for MAC's SEO strategy:

MAC new website
The new site structure.
New site location pages
New local landing pages capturing area-specific searches.
Our approach: step 1 of 6

1.Website Audit & Technical SEO Overhaul

We began with a full audit of the existing site, then rebuilt its technical foundations from the ground up.

Key actions:

Our approach: step 2 of 6

2.Content Optimisation & High-Quality Content Creation

With the technical base fixed, we rewrote and expanded the content that mattered most.

Key content actions:

On-page SEO content optimisation
Our approach: step 3 of 6

3.Internal Linking Strategy

We strengthened the way authority flows around the site. This involved:

Our approach: step 4 of 6

4.Off-Page SEO & Link Building

We employed a mix of strategies, including:

PR coverage examples
Digital PR campaign
Our approach: step 5 of 6

5.Achieving Featured Snippets

As part of the content strategy, we optimised key pages to target and acquire featured snippets. These high-visibility results often appear at the top of Google search results, giving MAC a competitive edge by driving significant organic traffic.

How we did it:

The result: MAC successfully acquired over three featured snippets in high-volume search terms, including:

Featured snippet: how loud is air conditioning
Featured snippet won: "How loud is air conditioning".
Featured snippet: air conditioning in hallways
Featured snippet won: "Air conditioning in hallways".

These featured snippets positioned MAC as a thought leader in the air conditioning space, giving them prime real estate in search results and significantly improving click-through rates.

Our approach: step 6 of 6

6.Continuous Performance Monitoring

Using tools such as Semrush and Ahrefs, we continuously tracked MAC's SEO performance, ensuring that adjustments were made in real-time. The Semrush Position Tracking report, dated October 1st 2024, showed steady growth in rankings and visibility for key keywords.

The results: rankings, traffic and leads: transformed.

Results

Keyword rankings.

Thanks to our SEO strategy, MAC experienced significant improvements in their rankings, traffic, and overall online presence:

In total, MAC now ranks for 3,836 keywords and growing, with:

119
Keywords in the Top 3
481
Keywords in the Top 10
1,018
Keywords in the Top 20
Results

Domain authority improvement.

We increased MAC's Ahrefs Domain Rating to 48 and their Semrush Authority Score from 10 to 28, representing a significant leap in their authority within the air conditioning sector.

Ahrefs domain rating growth
Ahrefs Domain Rating climbed to 48.
Semrush authority score trend
Semrush Authority Score: from 10 to 28.
Results

Organic traffic growth.

641.7% increase in organic traffic: notable growth, especially from Birmingham and the West Midlands.

Midland Air Conditioning organic traffic increase
Results

Lead generation.

503 leads generated in August 2024 alone, thanks to enhanced visibility and targeted traffic driven by our SEO strategy.

Conclusion

Achieving online authority.

Rank Craft's collaboration with Midland Air Conditioning & Facility Management Ltd demonstrates the power of a well-executed SEO strategy. By improving their website structure and capturing featured snippets, MAC has become the leading air conditioning service provider in the Midlands. Today, they appear at the top of search results for local, regional, and national keywords, consistently generating substantial leads through organic search.

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