The principles hold. The weighting changes.
Search works the same way everywhere. What differs is the length of the buying cycle, who you are competing with, and which part of the work carries the most weight.
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SaaS & B2B technology
Long sales cycles, technical buyers and a category people research before they ever ask for a demo.
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Ecommerce & D2C
Catalogues that change daily, paid acquisition costs that don't, and category pages doing half their job.
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Professional services
High-consideration, trust-led buying where expertise is the product and the website is the proof.
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Health & wellness
A category where credibility is scrutinised, accuracy is non-negotiable and the standard is higher than most.
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Real estate & property
Inventory that turns over constantly, hyper-local demand, and high-value decisions researched for months.
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Local & multi-location
Businesses where the search happens nearby and the result decides who gets the call.
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Home services & contracting
Urgent, high-ticket, phone-first — where speed to answer usually matters more than any single ranking.
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Legal services
The highest cost per lead of any local vertical, a marketing budget that often doesn't reflect it, and AI already sending clients to lawyers.
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Real estate agents
Two different jobs — getting listings seen online, and getting chosen as the agent — that most marketing treats as one. Distinct from property portal and listing-site SEO — see Real Estate & Property for that.
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Healthcare & dental practices
High-trust, recurring, review-sensitive — and a category with surprisingly little reliable research on how patients actually choose a provider.
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Sector knowledge shortens the discovery phase. It does not replace it.
Knowing an industry means we start with a working hypothesis about where demand sits and which competitors matter, which saves weeks. It does not mean assuming your business works like the last one. The discovery stage exists precisely because the useful details are always specific.
Let’s build something worth finding.
Tell me where search stands for the business. I will say which part of the work matters first, and what it would take.
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