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The Montreal SEO agency that brings
your web presence back to life.

Your website exists, but your customers can't find it. We change that with an SEO strategy that is measured, tested and guaranteed.

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More visibility. More calls. More customers.

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More visibility

Search performance12 MONTHS
18.4kTOTAL CLICKS
412kIMPRESSIONS
JANAPRJULOCTDEC
02

More calls

New requestLIVE
Incoming call
Found via “your service + your city”
This week23 requests
03

More customers

Traffic valueGOOGLE ADS EQUIVALENT
$12,400 / month
WHAT YOUR ORGANIC CLICKS WOULD COST IN ADS
Last 6 months↗ +18% this month
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The starting point

Why your competitors dominate the organic search results

They aren't better than you, they're better optimized. Search engine optimization is no mystery: it's a measurable problem. We measure the depth your market demands, the entities Google expects to find, and the contextual density of the pages ranking ahead of you. Then we build the page that answers better than all of them.

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Page analysisLive
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Page score
  • ✓Contextual density
  • ✓Entities covered
  • ✓Questions answered
  • ✓Heading structure
  • ✓Internal linking
Topic coverage vs competitors
Opportunities found
Topics your competitors don't coverHIGH
Entities missing from the pageMEDIUM
Priority technical fixesLOW
What we analyzeTypical engagement
Technical SEO24 optimizations
On-page SEO21 optimizations
Contenu17 optimizations
Link building10 optimizations
Effort split over 90 days
Technical On-page Contenu Links
200+RANKING FACTORS STUDIED
72PRIORITIZED OPTIMIZATIONS
The definition

What is an SEO agency, and what does it actually do?

An SEO agency, also called a search engine optimization agency, improves a website's visibility in the organic search results of Google and Bing.

Unlike paid advertising such as Google Ads, which stops the day the budget runs out, SEO builds an asset that keeps generating qualified organic traffic month after month.

Technical SEO

It ensures search engines can crawl and index your pages. Page speed, Core Web Vitals, URL structure, heading tags, robots.txt, XML sitemap, 404 errors, mobile usability: these are the foundations. A site Google cannot crawl properly will never rank, no matter how good its content is.

On-page SEO

It makes every page understandable and relevant. Keyword research, title tags and meta descriptions, heading hierarchy, contextual density, internal linking, alt attributes: each element tells the algorithm what the page is about and which search intent it answers.

Optimized content

It covers the topic in depth. A page that treats its subject better than the top ten results eventually passes them, and that is the most reliable mechanic in organic search. The catch is knowing what “better” means, and that is something you measure.

Authority and link building

Link building grows your domain authority through backlinks from credible sites in your industry. It is the most overrated lever in the industry, and the one where the most money gets wasted.

To these four areas we add local SEO, essential the moment your customers are geographic, plus continuous measurement: Google Search Console for clicks, impressions and positions, Google Analytics for behaviour and conversion rate, Semrush for rank tracking and competitive analysis, Screaming Frog for technical crawling. See all our SEO services.

A good SEO agency doesn't sell hours. It sells measurable progress toward positions that generate qualified leads, customers and revenue.

What we do

Our search engine optimization services

Three levers, one obsession: being found.

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Audit and strategy

A measured picture of where you stand, and the exact plan to move ahead of your competitors.

Scientific content

Pages built on your market's data, not on recycled formulas.

Local SEO

Your Google profile, your neighbourhoods, your reviews: owning “near me” and filling the calendar.

Local SEO

Google Business Profile, NAP citations, geo-targeted content and review management, to appear in the Google Maps local pack.

Technical SEO

Indexing and crawl audit, fixing the errors that block bots, page speed and Core Web Vitals.

SEO content

Keyword research, search intent mapping, content architecture and optimized page writing.

Link building

Editorial backlinks earned on real sites in your industry. No private networks, no bulk buying.

E-commerce SEO

Category pages, product pages, duplicate content, pagination and product structured data.

SEO consulting

For teams that execute in-house and want strategic direction or an expert second opinion.

GEO agency

Visibility inside AI-generated answers: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google's AI Overviews.

Our method

Our SEO method: measure, test, correct

A hypothesis, a test, a measurement, a decision. Then we start again.

Coverage gap measuredStep 01
78Competitor A
91Competitor B
64Competitor C
34You
You are 43 coverage points short of the top 3 average.
Priority queueStep 02
Content depthHIGH IMPACT
Missing entitiesHIGH IMPACT
Internal linkingMEDIUM
Page speedMEDIUM
Link acquisitionLATER
Page being optimizedStep 03
SEO agency
Search Console
organic traffic
Core Web Vitals
search engine optimization
internal linking
Google Business Profile
search intent
Local SEO
41
PAGE SCORE
+46 points
Keywords Entities LSI terms
Measured after publishingStep 04
+38%ORGANIC CLICKS
6.4AVERAGE POSITION
✓Two questions added to the FAQ+12%
✓Topic deepened by 400 words+18%
✓Three internal links repointed+8%
STEP 01

Measure the gap

We analyze the pages ranking ahead of you: their depth, their entities, their contextual density, their internal linking. The result isn't an opinion, it's a number.

STEP 02

Prioritize by impact

Not everything measured is urgent. We rank the fixes by effort-to-result ratio and attack what moves fastest first.

STEP 03

Execute

Content, structure, technical, internal linking, structured data. Every page is built against the data of the query it targets, never against a generic template.

STEP 04

Correct with the data

Thirty days later, Search Console tells us whether the hypothesis held. An SEO strategy that doesn't correct itself with its own data isn't a strategy, it's an opinion.

Verifiable results

SEO results verified in Google Search Console

Screenshots, not promises. The Renaissance method, in pictures. Hover a card to see the proof.

Regulated industry

+252% clicks in six months

An industry most agencies refuse to work in, where compliance rules out half the usual tactics.

+252%MORE CLICKS
53.9MCLICKS
Regulated industry: growth measured in Google Search Console GOOGLE SEARCH CONSOLE
After going it alone

The exact takeoff from day one

This client had tried SEO alone for months. The curve shows the exact moment we stepped in.

5.1kCLICKS
158.2kIMPRESSIONS
After going it alone: growth measured in Google Search Console GOOGLE SEARCH CONSOLE
Growth that held

Twelve months of growth without a dip

A year later, the growth holds. SEO that collapses after six months was never SEO.

175.8kCLICKS OVER 12 MONTHS
12 monthsWITHOUT A DIP
Growth that held: growth measured in Google Search Console GOOGLE SEARCH CONSOLE
From invisible to global

From 10 clicks a month to 300 a day

Twelve months to go from almost no presence to international visibility.

16.7kCLICKS
987kIMPRESSIONS
From invisible to global: growth measured in Google Search Console GOOGLE SEARCH CONSOLE
Local contractor

From 5 clicks a week to 80 a day

A local contractor's growth between February and July, measured in Search Console.

7.21kCLICKS
494kIMPRESSIONS
Local contractor: growth measured in Google Search Console GOOGLE SEARCH CONSOLE
Three months

1,253% growth in clicks

From 5 clicks a day to 40, in three months, in a contested local market.

+1,253%MORE CLICKS
+285%IMPRESSIONS
Three months: growth measured in Google Search Console GOOGLE SEARCH CONSOLE
Two months

From 8 clicks a day to 90 in two months

From November to January, with an average position under 7.

2.34kCLICKS
3.6%CLICK-THROUGH RATE
Two months: growth measured in Google Search Console GOOGLE SEARCH CONSOLE
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“My site now ranks first on Google. Raphaël was exceptionally responsive and genuinely helpful throughout the process.”
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Our guarantee

Our 90-day SEO guarantee, in writing

Measurable results in 90 days, or we keep working for free. Measured against your own baseline, inside your Google Search Console, not in a report we made ourselves. In three years, we've had to honour it once.

This is not a promise of a first position. Nobody can guarantee a ranking in Google, and any SEO agency that does should worry you.

  • 20% growth in ranking keywords on Google
  • 20% growth in clicks in Google Search Console
  • 20% more new customers in the month following the 90 days

If even one of those three thresholds is missed, we continue the engagement at no charge until it is met.

Search resultsDay 0
1competitor-one.com
2competitor-two.com
3competitor-three.com
4competitor-four.com
5yoursite.com
90-day target0%
+20%keywords
+20%clicks
oncehonoured in 3 years
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The manifesto

Five centuries ago, the world stopped believing and started measuring.

We gave that moment a name: the Renaissance. The SEO industry is still waiting for its own. It sells beliefs while rankings are won with data.

We chose the other path, the one of measurement.

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About Renaissance SEO, the new SEO agency in Montreal

Renaissance SEO is an SEO agency based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The agency was founded by Raphaël and specializes in search engine optimization for small and medium businesses as well as established companies.

Renaissance SEO provides Local SEO, Technical SEO, optimized content writing, link building, E-commerce SEO, strategic consulting and generative engine optimization services.

Renaissance SEO serves Montreal and its boroughs, Laval, Longueuil, the South Shore, the North Shore, Quebec City, Sherbrooke, Gatineau, as well as the wider North American market. The agency works in both French and English.

What sets our method apart

Our methodology rests entirely on data, never on opinion. We study how Google's algorithm behaves on a continuous basis: documented ranking factors, patents filed by Google, observable patterns across the search results, and what algorithm updates actually reward or punish. More than 200 factors are tracked and reweighted as the results shift.

Every hypothesis is then tested on our own web properties before it is ever applied to a client's site. We carry the risk of our experiments, not you. A tactic that doesn't survive our own testing never reaches your domain.

In practice, every page we produce is measured against the pages already at the top of the target query: the contextual density of the text, the entities search engines expect to find on that subject, the coverage depth relative to the top 3 average, and the exact gap left to close. We don't publish a page and hope it works. We know before publishing where it stands against the competition, and why.

That is also why our 90-day guarantee can be put in writing: when the method is measurable, the promise can be too.

Local pack“seo agency near me”
1Your business★★★★★
2Local competitor★★★★
3Local competitor★★★★
48Google reviews
100%NAP citations
7neighbourhoods covered
Montreal and Quebec

Local SEO in Montreal: owning the local pack and “near me” searches

In Montreal, organic competition is fierce in nearly every sector: real estate, law, healthcare, dentistry, construction, plumbing, retail, e-commerce and B2B.

For most of these local queries, the Google Maps local pack takes the top of the screen before the first organic result even appears. Showing up there isn't a bonus, it's often the entire market.

The Google Business Profile

Your Google Business Profile must be complete, correctly categorized, and fed with photos, products and posts. The primary and secondary categories alone determine which queries you are even eligible for.

NAP citation consistency

Your name, address and phone number must be identical everywhere they appear: Canadian directories, social profiles, Yellow Pages, industry associations. Every inconsistency dilutes the trust Google places in your listing.

Customer reviews

Their volume, their frequency, their average rating and above all the words they contain. A customer who writes “best dentist in the Plateau” ranks you for a query you could never have optimized for yourself.

Geo-targeted content

Pages that genuinely speak to the neighbourhoods and cities you serve, such as Ville-Marie, the Plateau-Mont-Royal, Rosemont, Outremont, Westmount, Verdun, Saint-Laurent or Côte-des-Neiges, rather than cloned pages where only the city name changes. Google has been able to tell the difference for a long time.

Our service area extends beyond the island of Montreal: Laval and the North Shore, Longueuil, Brossard and the South Shore, Quebec City, Sherbrooke and the Eastern Townships, Gatineau and the Outaouais. And for businesses aiming wider, the entire North American market, in French and in English.

Generative search

GEO agency: visibility inside AI-generated answers

Your customers now ask an artificial intelligence. ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google's AI Overviews compose an answer, cite a handful of sources, and the user moves on. If your site isn't among those sources, you are invisible to that share of the market, even if you rank first organically.

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Generative answerIA
3 of 5ANSWERS THAT CITE YOU
140QUERIES MONITORED
“Which SEO agency should I choose in Montreal?”
Cited sources
example-agency.com1
renaissanceseo.com2
example-directory.com3

Generative engine optimization, or GEO, follows its own rules. A language model doesn't rank links: it assembles an answer from passages it judges extractable and trustworthy. Four conditions decide whether your pages make it into that assembly.

  • An extractable structure : short, self-contained answers placed directly under their question, rather than buried in a transitional paragraph.
  • Verifiable factual data : figures, dates, amounts and sources the model can cross-check elsewhere on the web.
  • Structured data that explicitly describe your business, your services, your service area and your frequently asked questions.
  • Complete topical coverage, broad enough that the model treats you as a reference on the subject rather than one page among many.
Budgets

How much do SEO agency services cost in Montreal?

Almost nobody in this industry answers that question publicly. We will, because a badly calibrated budget is the number one cause of failure in an SEO engagement, well ahead of the agency's competence.

Local SMB
$1,500 to $2,500
per month
  • A single location
  • Narrow geographic market
  • Local SEO and Google profile
  • Light monthly content
Established company
$2,500 to $5,000
per month
  • Multi-service or multi-city
  • Strong organic competition
  • Technical, content and link building
  • Detailed monthly reporting
E-commerce and national
$5,000 to $12,000
per month
  • Catalogue or national market
  • Sustained content production
  • Advanced technical SEO
  • GEO visibility included
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  • The strength of the incumbents on your keywords: the older and more authoritative the ranking pages, the more depth it takes to pass them.
  • The technical state of your site at the start : a fast, well-structured site starts several months ahead of one that needs rebuilding.
  • The volume of content to produce to cover your market: this is almost always the heaviest line item in an SEO engagement.

No long-term contract. Most of our engagements run month to month, because we'd rather have clients who stay for the results. Let's talk about your situation.

We are not the only good SEO agency in Montreal, and claiming otherwise would be the first sign you shouldn't trust us. Here is the landscape, as it stands.

01Renaissance SEOThe newcomer. Built on a measured approach and on the web properties we operate ourselves. Our domain is young, our method is not.
02ProStar SEOPerformance and ROI focused, specialized in SEO audits and technical optimization.
03seomontreal.ioSpecialized in local SEO and industry verticals, from law to construction.
04RablabTechnical SEO and conversion rate optimization. One of the first full GEO offerings in Quebec.
05DigitadThe largest SEO team in Quebec, with publicly posted packages.
06ZenithSearch optimization, WordPress design and full digital marketing.
07AdvisoThe most established in the market. Founded in 2002, over a hundred employees, strong in data analysis.
08DialektaPerformance and data marketing, fifteen years of experience, SEM and SEO under one roof.
09FaliaExisting content optimization and deep keyword research, on Google and Bing alike.
10BloomE-commerce specialists, with Amazon and YouTube expertise rare in Quebec.
11DAC GroupInternational agency, a reference in multi-location local SEO for over fifty years.
12My Little Big WebOn-page, SEO writing, local SEO and backlinks for Montreal SMBs.
13Référencement PMESmall and medium businesses, in specific geographic markets, for fifteen years.
14MomentummInbound marketing and HubSpot partner, connecting SEO strategy to CRM.
15BlackCat SEOTechnical and semantic audits, advanced SEO, a local business clientele.
16Turko MarketingLink building and digital PR, with the lowest entry pricing.
17ProsomoLocal SEO, technical audits and optimized content, between Montreal and Gatineau.
18Casa MediaContent marketing and technical optimization for lead generation.
19OsharaSEO, web development and content strategy under one roof.
20MédiawebOver twenty years in digital marketing, between Montreal and Laval.

Ask the same question to three of us and compare the answers. It's the most revealing exercise there is.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about SEO

Missing one? Write to us.

The first movements usually appear between 30 and 90 days: positions, impressions, first calls. In a highly competitive Montreal market, the most contested keywords take six to twelve months. Local SEO on Google Maps almost always moves faster than classic organic.

No. Most of our engagements run month to month. We believe in clients who stay because the results are there, not because a signature holds them.

Your current positions, the state of your local presence, uncovered keyword opportunities and the priority technical fixes. A measured picture, with no commitment.

Content relevance and depth relative to search intent, backlink quality, the technical health of the site such as page speed, indexing and mobile usability, and for local queries, the consistency of your Google profile and citations.

Most likely. Our method applies anywhere a market is won on Google, from professional services to regulated industries most agencies won't touch.

Yes. The work starts with a diagnosis: toxic link profile, thin content, technical problems or a breach of Google's guidelines. Then comes disavowing the bad backlinks, fixing the causes, and rebuilding domain authority step by step.

A one-time audit has value if you have a team to execute. Otherwise SEO is continuous work: algorithms change, your competitors optimize, and a page left unattended loses its positions.

We test everything on our own web properties before touching your site, every page we create is backed by data measured against the target search results, and our 90-day guarantee is written down in black and white.

Your web presence deserves a renaissance.

We look at your situation, tell you what's holding you back, and you decide what comes next.

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