SEO services

Technical SEO services for South African WordPress sites

We fix the parts of SEO that live inside your website: speed, structure, indexing and the signals AI search tools read. Your marketing team keeps ownership of content and campaigns, and we make sure the site does justice to their work.

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Currency: South African rand (ZAR)
Payments: Payfast, Ozow, Peach Payments
Data protection: Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA)
Time zone: UTC+2, 1 hour ahead of Lagos

Overview

SEO Services for organisations in South Africa.

South Africa has no shortage of SEO agencies, and many sell monthly packages built around content and links. That work has its place. What often gets missed is the technical foundation: a WordPress site that loads slowly on mobile, duplicates pages through tags and filters, or hides important content from search engines.

Our SEO service focuses on that foundation. We are a WordPress team, so we fix problems in the theme, plugins and server rather than writing a report and leaving you to find a developer.

In detail

SEO Services in South Africa, in detail.

Technical SEO done inside WordPress

We start with a crawl and a review of search console data, then fix what we find: broken internal links, redirect chains, thin archive pages, missing canonical tags, poorly structured headings and sitemaps that list pages nobody should see. On WooCommerce stores, filtered product URLs can create thousands of near-duplicate pages, so we control what gets indexed. Each fix is made on staging, tested and deployed, with a written log you can share with your marketing team.

Speed for South African mobile visitors

Page speed is both a ranking factor and a conversion factor, especially when visitors are on mobile data they pay for. We trim unused scripts, compress and resize images, tune caching and choose hosting regions that suit your audience. On stores, we keep cart and checkout uncached so gateways such as Payfast or Ozow confirm orders reliably while product pages stay quick. We measure core web vitals before and after so you can see the difference.

Local signals for a .co.za business

Search engines look for consistent signals about where a business operates. A .co.za domain helps, as does structured data showing your business name, address and contact details. Those same details are what section 43 of the ECT Act already expects online sellers to display, so a compliant footer and contact page also support local search. We add organisation and local business schema, align it with your Google Business Profile and make sure location pages are genuinely useful.

Visibility in AI search

More people now ask AI assistants and AI-powered search for recommendations. These tools rely on pages they can crawl and understand. We make sure your key pages are not blocked, use clear headings and plain answers to common questions, add structured data where it fits and keep service and pricing information easy to extract. We do not promise placements in AI answers, because nobody can, but we remove the technical reasons you might be left out.

Where our work stops and your team's begins

Content strategy, blog writing, social media and link-building campaigns stay with your marketing team or agency. We give them a fast, well-structured site, a clear technical backlog and advice on page structure. SEO work sits within our Managed Services, starting from $2,000 per year, or as a defined project when a site needs a technical clean-up first. Every engagement is scoped in writing.

What our technical SEO covers

What our technical SEO covers.

Strategy & Design from $1,500 · Development from $5,000 · Managed Services from $2,000 per year. See pricing

Full crawl and search console review
Fixes to redirects, canonicals, sitemaps and indexing rules
Core web vitals improvements on mobile
Index control for WooCommerce filters and archives
Organisation and local business schema aligned with ECT Act details
AI search readiness: crawl access, clear structure and FAQs
Before and after performance measurements
Written technical backlog for your marketing team

How we approach seo servicesThe full detail on our approach, process and what is included.

Our work

Platforms we have built.

High-traffic platforms test technical SEO and speed hardest, which is why we point to the Technext ticketing site and the TAWASV podcast platform, both built and tuned by our team.

Technext Events10,000+ tickets sold and scannedRead the case study

TAWASV PodcastPublish once, reach every platformRead the case study

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Do you write blog posts or build links?

No. Content, campaigns and link building stay with your marketing team or agency. We focus on technical SEO, performance and structure inside WordPress, and we work alongside whoever produces your content so that their work is indexed and presented properly.

Can you guarantee first-page rankings in South Africa?

No, and we would be wary of anyone who does. Rankings depend on competition, content and factors outside any agency's control. What we can do is remove the technical problems holding your site back and show measurable improvements in speed, indexing and errors.

What is AI search optimisation?

It means making your site easy for AI-powered search tools and assistants to crawl and understand: open access for crawlers, clear headings, direct answers to common questions and structured data. It overlaps heavily with good technical SEO, and it is part of our standard service.

Does a .co.za domain help SEO?

A .co.za domain is a clear signal that you serve South Africa, which helps local relevance. It is not enough on its own: consistent business details, local schema, useful location content and a Google Business Profile matter too. If you are moving from another domain, we plan redirects carefully.

How much do your SEO services cost?

Ongoing technical SEO is part of Managed Services, starting from $2,000 per year. A site that needs a substantial clean-up first may be scoped as a separate project. We invoice in US dollars and agree everything in writing before we start.

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Tell us what you need WordPress to do.

A new website, a redesign, a client portal, a booking system, or a move from another platform. Tell us what you need and we will tell you how WordPress can carry it.