SEO company in San Francisco
Rathly is a San Francisco SEO agency based on California Street. Our search engine optimization grows organic traffic and map rankings for local businesses, and every account stays in your name.
- ✓Financial District office, by appointment
- ✓Map rank tracked by neighborhood
- ✓Technical and content SEO in one plan
- ✓Month-to-month, cancel any month
SEO services for San Francisco businesses
About 47 square miles hold dozens of San Francisco neighborhoods, and the map pack shifts from one to the next.
Map rank by neighborhood
Grid scans show where you appear from the Marina to the Mission, so weak spots on the map stand out.
Neighborhood landing pages
Pages for SoMa, Nob Hill or Oakland only where you serve customers, each with local proof.
Keyword and rival research
We find the searches your buyers use and the San Francisco competitors who rank for them today.
Technical SEO audits
Crawling, speed, redirects and schema checked page by page, then fixed in order of impact.
Bay Area link building
Links from local media, associations, events and partners that build your authority in San Francisco.
AI search optimization
Clear, sourced answers help platforms like Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT cite your business by name.
Organic traffic our SEO team has grown
Search Console data from two client accounts. The same people now handle SEO for San Francisco businesses.
Dental practice
119K clicksSearch Console · 16 months
Law firm
113K clicksSearch Console · 16 monthsMonthly SEO work from our San Francisco team
Research, pages, links and reports come from one team, so your search engine optimization never stalls between vendors.
Many SEO agencies in San Francisco sell the same plan to every client. Ours starts from your market, your services and the competitors who outrank you today.
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Keyword research by audience
We sort keywords by who searches them, from nearby customers to buyers comparing vendors. Each group gets its own pages, so traffic matches what you sell.
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On-page SEO
We give each page a single keyword target, a precise title, a direct answer and links to related pages. Pages with impressions but few clicks come first.
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Technical audits and fixes
Slow scripts, duplicate pages and broken redirects hurt user experience and hold back many local sites. We audit them first, because one fix can lift rankings across hundreds of pages.
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Local SEO and Google Maps
We complete your Google Business Profile with the right categories, services and photos, and keep new reviews coming. Weekly grid scans in Smarfle show your map position by block.
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Content for buyers
Guides, comparisons and answers cover what your buyers ask before they contact anyone. Each one links to a service page, where readers become leads.
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Links and digital PR
We earn backlinks and mentions in local media, trade groups, sponsor pages and partner sites. Both raise your brand's prominence, one of the three factors behind Google's local results.
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Reports tied to leads
Rankings matter when they bring business. We track calls, forms and organic traffic each month and line them up with the tasks we finished.
How a dermatology practice doubled its patient requests
A full rebuild, new treatment pages and steady editorial links for a New York practice, with the Google results that followed.
Play the case study1:47New York Cosmetic, Skin & Laser Surgery Center
- Website redesign
- Link building
- SEO
- AI search optimization
Requests from patients through the website more than doubled, and Google clicks grew by about a sixth over the prior year.
Data from Google Search Console, October 2026Watch on YouTube ↗How search works in San Francisco
San Francisco had 827,526 residents in July 2024, per Census Bureau estimates, and the wider metro passed 4.6 million. Buyers here compare carefully and research online first.
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Neighborhoods split the map
Google weighs distance when it ranks local results. A firm near Union Square seldom appears for searches made in the Outer Sunset, so every area gets its own plan.
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Startups and product companies
B2B and product brands rarely win through the map pack. Their organic growth comes from technical fixes, useful content and links from trusted sites.
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Searches in many languages
Many San Francisco households speak Chinese or Spanish at home. Pages in those languages can win searches your competitors never target.
SEO across San Francisco and the Bay Area
- ●Financial District
- ●SoMa
- ●Mission District
- ●Marina
- ●Nob Hill
- ●Sunset District
- ●Richmond District
- ●Oakland
- ●Berkeley
- ●Daly City
- ●San Mateo
- ●Palo Alto
Clients across California get the same SEO plan, with meetings downtown when they help.
Your first month of San Francisco SEO
A single kickoff, then steady work inside accounts you control.
- 01Day 1
Site and rival review
We study your website, your Maps listing and the rivals ranking nearby.You get the first fixes - 02Week 1
Keyword plan
Target keywords grouped by service and audience, a page list and your monthly price.You get a priced page plan - 03Month 1
Technical setup
Tracking, profile cleanup and technical repairs, plus your first map scan.You get a baseline report - 04Monthly
Pages, links and reports
Fresh pages and earned links each month, plus a lead report.You get a live report - 05Today
Pick a call time
Visit California Street or meet by video.Talk to us →
How we work with San Francisco clients
Four commitments our San Francisco SEO team puts in writing before work begins.
Your logins stay yours
Our team uses manager access to your Google accounts. You keep the pages, profile and data.
Month-to-month terms
Every cost goes in a written quote first, and you can end the plan in any month.
Fast answers
About 95% of requests close the same or next business day, by phone, email or video.
Honest timelines
Rankings tend to move in 3 to 4 months and keep climbing after month 6. We tell you that first.
Client reviews of our SEO agency
“Really good experience with Rathly Marketing. They helped fix several SEO issues on our website and improved our visibility in New York search results. We started seeing better rankings and more calls within the first few months. ...Really good experience with Rathly Marketing. They helped fix several SEO issues on our website and improved our visibility in New York search results. We started seeing better rankings and more calls within the first few months. Very responsive team and easy to work with. Would recommend them to any local business that wants more business from Google.”
New York · Google review · Sep 2026
“Ordered a website SEO audit and received clear recommendations in an easy-to-understand format. Their developer is already implementing the technical SEO suggestions. They work fast!”
Orlando · Google review · Mar 2025
“Ihor is a highly skilled individual when it comes to website development. He built a new website for us. Delievered on time. And was very responsive. I recommend him for your project.”
Orlando · Google review · Nov 2025
Rathly vs a typical SEO agency
What a month of SEO looks like with us, set next to what most SEO firms sell.
Monthly work
A fixed number of blog postsThe fixes, pages and links your rankings need.Account lead
Often a junior account managerIhor Lavrenenko, 17+ years in SEO and author of a local SEO book.Accounts
The agency's own dashboards and loginsWork done inside your Search Console and Analytics.Links
Links bought from paid networksLinks from local and trade sites, each one listed.Rankings
One rank report a monthMap rank scans every week across your area.Timeline
Page one promised within weeksClear movement in 3 to 4 months, growth after 6.Meet our SEO team on California Street
Our California Street office welcomes SEO clients by appointment.
San Francisco office
Since Oct 2026
What Bay Area owners ask about SEO
What do San Francisco SEO services cost?
Our San Francisco plans cost $2,000 a month and up. Your industry sets the starting fee, and each Google Business Profile we look after costs another $700 a month.Do you work with startups?
Yes, when organic search fits the product. Startups usually need technical SEO, content and links more than map rankings, and we plan for that.Read the full answer →How long until SEO shows results in San Francisco?
Most sites see higher rankings within 3 to 4 months. Crowded keywords take longer, and organic growth usually compounds after month 6.Is there a San Francisco office I can visit?
Yes. Our Financial District office on California Street takes visits by appointment, and most work runs by phone and video in between.Read the full answer →What should I ask a San Francisco SEO agency?
Ask who does the work, what the monthly report shows and whose name is on each account. Google's Search Central guide on hiring an SEO covers more of them.Should I run Google Ads while SEO builds?
Many businesses run both in one digital marketing plan. Ads bring leads this week but go quiet once spending ends. SEO takes months, then keeps bringing traffic without paying per click.Read the full answer →Rank where San Francisco buyers search
- ✓ Meet downtown or by video
- ✓ A written monthly price first
- ✓ No annual contract
- ✓ Replies the same or next business day