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Marketplaces live on programmatic pages: locations, categories, and listings. We make sure the right pages get crawled, indexed, and ranked, and the thin ones don't drag the site down.

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How your buyers searchTracked prompts
best freelance platform for designersChatGPT
dog walkers near meGoogle
how much does a wedding photographer costPerplexity
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ChatGPT answer

Designers usually compare platforms on fees, client quality, and portfolio tools. Smaller curated marketplaces are often recommended for higher rates, larger ones for volume.

acme.com · youforbes.comreddit.com

How marketplaces buyers search.

Illustrative category data, based on patterns we see across engagements.

Where research startsShare of sessions
Google70%
ChatGPT15%
Perplexity5%
Gemini7%
Claude3%
Query intent mixCategory queries
Informational18%
Commercial27%
Transactional55%
Results page featuresPresence on top queries
AI Overview28%
People also ask45%
Featured snippet28%
Video results39%
Reviews and forums41%

Where we'd start.

A sample opportunity map for a marketplaces site. Each point is an initiative from the playbook or keyword research.

Impact vs. effortInternal linking at scale · impact 81 · effort 38
Quick winsBig betsFill-insLater
Programmatic templatesIndex controlInternal linking at scaleTemplate-level reportingdog walkers near medog walking priceshow to choose a dog walkerdog sitters near me
Low effortEffort →High effort
Share of voiceGoogleAI answers
You17% / 9%
Category leader23% / 30%
Challenger14% / 19%
Review sites18% / 17%
Ranked by expected value
Internal linking at scale+3.6k/mo
dog walkers near me+3.6k/mo
how to choose a dog walker+3.3k/mo
Programmatic templates+3.2k/mo
Index control+2.9k/mo

What's different about search in marketplaces.

Index bloat

Thin and empty pages waste crawl budget and dilute quality.

Supply that changes

Page quality shifts as listings come and go.

Location scale

Thousands of geo pages that each need unique value.

The playbook.

What we run for marketplaces teams, on top of the core seven workflows.

Programmatic templates

Templates designed to stay useful at any listing count.

Index control

Rules for which pages are indexed based on supply.

Internal linking at scale

Link structures that move authority to pages that convert.

Keyword cluster · Local servicesIllustrative data
QueryVolume / moIntent
dog walkers near me40,500Transactional
dog walking prices2,900Informational
how to choose a dog walker480Informational
dog sitters near me33,100Transactional
pet sitting cost3,600Informational

Template-level reporting

Performance tracked by page type, not just URL.

Indexing rules are deployed as code changes your engineers review.

Where we usually start
Technical SEOImplementationPerformance
Other industries
B2B SaaS, Developer tools, Cybersecurity, Fintech, Healthcare & life sciences, E-commerce, Manufacturing & industrial, Professional services.

Frequently asked questions.

Straight answers about how we work. Still have a question? The free audit is the fastest way to get one answered for your site.

We set rules for which pages are indexed based on supply, so thin and empty pages do not waste crawl budget or dilute quality.

Yes. Templates are designed to stay useful at any listing count, with unique value on each location or category page.

As code changes your engineers review, with verification after each release.

By page type and template, not only by URL, so you can see which templates earn traffic.

A prioritized backlog for your site, effort estimates for each item, and what we would ship first. It uses read-only access, requires no contract, and a strategist emails the findings.

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