An SEO agency that’s actually in Altrincham

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Look, you searched for “SEO Altrincham” so we know your website is struggling. Crap rankings, no leads and no damn traffic. Something’s up, or you wouldn’t be here. You’re probably thinking, “do I need an SEO agency?” That’s your call. What we can tell you is you’re never going to reach all your potential customers with a shoddy SEO agency that doesn’t care about the one thing that actually matters: making you money.

We do what most Altrincham SEO agencies don’t. We listen to you. No shoving stencils of SEO strategies down your throat like force fed foie gras. We’ll never tell you to build a new website or create new category pages if you don’t actually need to. But we will dig deep into the depths of your website to tell you exactly where you’re going wrong. Then we’ll fix it. See, SEO can be simple.

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The Altrincham SEO antihero

Say it with us, “SEO results take time to show”. We’ve all heard the spiel. Some overused speech by white collar wankers that probably call themselves SEO ninjas and send tweets to John Mueller 50 times a day. Poor bloke. Look, your website is never going to start ranking on page 1 overnight. But if your SEO agency is taking longer to get you results than it’s taking the council to build that Altair development near the ice rink (will it EVER be finished?!), you best believe you’re being conned by the usual suspects. Keyser Sozer approved.

The digital marketing industry is plagued with SEO charlatans. An incessant cesspit of self-proclaimed SEO specialists luring you in with pretty PDFs, promises and other words beginning with ‘p’. Peanuts? Before you know it you’re 6 months deep, pockets empty, high and dry. Blaggards. Don’t drink the koolaid.

We’re only interested in the truth. We’ll tell you what is not working for your website, and exactly how we’re going to fix it. Down with the vanity reports that are designed to pull the wool over your eyes. No smoke and mirrors. Just SEO.

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So, you need SEO?

Unlike most of the tricksters on the SERPs, we’re an SEO agency that’s actually based in Altrincham. Deceitful digital marketing lurks around every corner. Pseudo-marketing specialists selling you their SEO expertise in exchange for headaches and empty pockets. Poor exchange rates. Fuckwittery at its finest. Death to mediocre SEO, Altrincham deserves better.

Technical SEO services to get your house in order, including structured data, page speed and analytics set up
Stellar on-page SEO and content marketing to spin your words into gold with keyword rankings and conversions galore
Authority-building Digital PR strategies to pump that tasty link-juice through your website and you get you quality links
Forensic SEO audits that go deeper than you ever imagined, unearthing every opportunity
Access to Altrincham’s best SEO minds that think 2 steps ahead of the competition – they won’t even see you coming

Altrincham SEO is about to get a wake-up call. And Dark Horse is the answer.

The results that matter

We love winning. Winning is money. And there’s nothing better than the jingle-jangle of coins in our clients’ wallet to haunt their competitors at night. Torment them. Give ‘em nightmares.

None of that vanity stuff to make it look like you’re in the lead, when in fact you’re 2-0 down in the second half and not even Fergie time can save you now. If it impacts your bottom line, we’re all over it. Conversions, leads, gold coins – that’s what matters.

An SEO Humblebrag

Luxury e-commerce brand, Luxe Collective, was smashing it on socials. But their website wasn’t bringing in the bucks. From the shadowy alleys of Altrincham, they sent a signal for salvation. We eagerly answered the call to arms. In just 6 months, our forensic SEO strategy combining Technical SEO fixes and engaging on-page SEO grew non-brand sessions by 247% and increased organic revenue by 46%. Results were so significant, the competition didn’t even have time to react.

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Rhino Safety

Rhino Safety is a leading safety consultancy group. Rhino came to Dark Horse with a challenge of increasing current search visibility and conversions. Dark Horse was eager to deliver. Firstly, it conducted an audit to see where the issues lay and then developed strategy. This helped to communicate to Rhino Safety what the plan of action was and develop strong lines of communication. Challenge accepted.

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156%

Increase in organic sessions

The Best SEO minds in Altrincham

Henry Smith – Head of SEO

With 8 years of SEO experience under his belt, Henry has worked on both agency-side at Candid Sky as well as leading in-house SEO teams to commercial success, from managing SEO for We Buy Any Car growing their organic traffic by 183%, to more recently heading up SEO at American Golf, improving their organic channel and page 1 rankings by 20% YoY.

At Dark Horse, Henry led the SEO strategy for leading safety consultancy group, Rhino Safety. With a forensic approach, Henry’s multi-faceted (wit-woo) SEO strategy gained:

156% increase in organic sessions
159% increase in organic users
97% growth in keyword profile

Leader of the pack

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Victoria Roscow – Head of Content

Starting out leading on the on-page strategy for YELL Websites (yep, Yellow pages do websites apparently), Victoria has gained 7 years of experience leading on-page SEO and content marketing strategies for various organisations.

From heading up the USA and UK markets for global e-commerce brand, MyProtein, to leading on content marketing and digital services for Manchester’s not-for-profit organisation, The Growth Company, supporting the GMCA and Local Authorities to deliver key services across the GM region.

The word is whatever
she says it is

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James Maxfield – SEO Lead

Working for a range of industries from small, local businesses to global e-commerce brands, James has over 5 years of experience working on a number of large website builds to deliver better organic performance and commercial results. Winner. Some of the lucky buggers who have worked with James are United Rugby Championship, Euroleague Basketball, Formula E and Leeds Beckett University.

At Dark Horse, James helped to deliver a full-scale SEO campaign for pre-owned luxury fashion brand, Luxe Collective. Combining a content and technical SEO strategy to fill a huge commercial gap for the e-commerce brand, James’ work resulted in:

588% increase in impressions
247% increase in non-branded sessions
46% increase in organic revenue

Makes us better

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Sam Bramwell – Head of Digital PR

Legendary link builder
with the three T's.
Teeth, tan and triceps

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Mitchell Thomas – Head of Technical SEO

Previously working at Embryo, Marketing Signals and Platform81, Mitch has gained 12 years of experience doing the rounds of SEO Manchester agencies and has settled with us. (Because we’re the best – obvs). Mitch has worked across a wide range of industries including car finance, legal, real estate, recruitment, e-commerce, and b2b services to name a few.

Here at Dark Horse, Mitch led on the technical SEO strategy for high-spec care home provider, New Care Homes. With a forensic technical SEO audit to improve the crawlability, indexability, site structure and page speed of the website, New Care saw impactful SEO results:

85% growth in keyword profile
24% increase in organic users

Will take on all industries.
A machine.

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