Your site goes live with broken crawl paths, orphaned product pages, and zero backlink velocity — problems that cost you three months of organic growth before you realize traffic isn't coming. Startup SEO rewires your architecture so Google indexes buyer-intent pages first, builds programmatic content pipelines that scale without pulling engineers off product, and targets comparison queries where your competitors are already capturing signups. Most agencies chase broad keywords your domain can't rank for yet. We start with bottom-funnel searches — the 'X vs Y', 'X alternative', 'best X for startups' queries — where intent is high and competition is beatable. Your first backlink comes from a founder roundup or SaaS directory within two weeks, not six months of cold outreach. By month three, organic becomes a revenue channel that compounds while ad spend stays flat.
Waar projecten falen
Compliance
Technical SEO Foundation
Content Engine Deployment
Link Building & Authority
Competitor Intelligence
Wat we bouwen
Audit crawl architecture and kill orphaned pages bleeding your crawl budget before launch
Map internal linking hierarchies so product and pricing pages inherit authority from content
Identify indexation blocks — JavaScript rendering failures, redirect loops, canonicalization errors
Structure URL taxonomy and category logic for programmatic page expansion at scale
Flag duplicate content and thin pages that dilute topical authority across your domain
Configure hreflang and geo-targeting setups for international expansion into new markets
Ons proces
Technical Audit & Foundation
Content Strategy & Engine
Growth & Link Building
Compound & Scale
Veelgestelde vragen
When should a startup invest in SEO?
Ideally before launch — but let's be real, as soon as you've validated product-market fit and locked down a domain works too. The earlier you get clean site architecture in place and start publishing, the faster that compounding effect kicks in. Startups that wait until Series A to even think about SEO? They're usually 12–18 months behind competitors who simply started earlier.
How much does startup SEO cost?
Every engagement is scoped around where you are and what you're trying to hit, but most startup SEO retainers start at $2,500/month. Early-stage startups usually kick things off with a technical foundation sprint and getting the content engine up and running. Growth-stage companies tend to layer in link building and multilingual SEO on top of that. We don't do pre-packaged tiers — we put together a plan that actually fits your runway and your targets.
Can SEO work for a startup with no domain authority?
Yeah, and honestly? This is one area where startups can actually beat established players. A clean site structure, solid Core Web Vitals, and a keyword strategy that goes after long-tail, high-intent terms first — that combination works fast. New domains don't carry baggage. We've taken pre-launch startups to page one within 90 days by picking the right terms and getting the technical foundation right from day one.
How does your auto-blogging engine work for startups?
We run an AI-assisted content pipeline that handles keyword cluster research, draft generation, and a human editorial pass before anything goes live. That gets you 2–4 SEO-optimized articles per week — without pulling your team away from product work. We start with bottom-of-funnel and comparison queries. The stuff that actually converts. Once those are covered, we build out broader topic authority from there.
Do you do SEO for SaaS or B2B startups specifically?
SaaS and B2B startups are our sweet spot. These businesses need a very specific mix — feature pages, comparison landing pages, integration pages, changelog SEO, programmatic content at scale. We get how MRR-driven growth actually works, so we build SEO strategies that connect to pipeline. Not just traffic numbers that look good in a report.
Can you handle multilingual SEO if we're expanding internationally?
Yes. We handle hreflang implementation, translated content pipelines, and geo-targeted architecture across 6+ languages. For startups moving into new markets — particularly in Europe or LATAM — multilingual SEO is often the smartest thing you can do before you start throwing money at paid localization.
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