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What Is SEO For Auto Repair Shops?

Quite simply, SEO is the process of optimizing your website so that it shows up on Google search results when someone types in a keyword relating to your business.

By implementing the right strategies, you can ensure that your auto repair shop appears on the first page of search results when potential customers are searching for services you offer, increasing the chances that they will call you rather than the competition.

Mateja Matic, Founder of Dominate Marketing

~Mateja Matic

Founder of Dominate Marketing

The Importance of SEO for Auto Repair Shops

The significance of implementing SEO strategies for auto repair shops cannot be overstated.

According to Semrush, 4.3 MILLION people search for auto repair related keywords on Google each month from the US alone:

Auto repair keywords

SEO plays a vital role in making sure that your website shows up when one of these people searches.

Additionally, it has been proven that people trust businesses that show up on page 1 of Google more, which means SEO allows you to establish your auto repair shop as a trustworthy and reliable source for automotive services.

How to Do Auto Repair SEO

Conducting Keyword Research

Discovering the right keywords is like finding the secret code to unlock a flood of eager customers for your auto repair business. 

Start by brainstorming common terms that potential customers might use when searching for auto repair services. Then, use keyword research tools like Google Keyword Planner or Semrush to uncover additional keywords and phrases with high search volumes and low competition. 

Consider “long-tail” keywords that are more specific and targeted to your niche, such as “affordable brake repair in [your city].” 

You can usually rank for these keywords quicker and easier, and they will help you attract customers who are actively seeking your services. 

Optimizing Your Website for Search Engines

Now that you know which keywords to target, the next step is to focus on incorporating these keywords and phrases onto your website.

You will need to strategically place them throughout your website in areas such as page titles, meta descriptions, headings, and content. It is important to ensure that these keywords are used naturally and not overused, as search engines may penalize websites for keyword stuffing.

Additionally, optimizing your website’s loading speed, mobile responsiveness, and user experience will also help to improve its search engine ranking.

Measuring and Analyzing SEO Performance

Analyzing your performance allows you to understand the effectiveness of your SEO strategies and make data-driven decisions to continuously improve your online presence.

By measuring key SEO metrics, you can assess the impact of your efforts and identify areas for optimization.

Start by analysing your keyword rankings to see how well your website is ranking for relevant keywords. This will tell you if you are implementing your SEO strategy correctly.

Next you’ll want to track your website’s organic search traffic, which indicates the number of visitors coming from search engine results.

Most importantly, you will want to track your conversion rates to see how well your website is converting visitors into customers. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter how well you rank or how much traffic you get if no one is coming into your shop.

By keeping an eye on these SEO performance indicators, you can refine your strategies and drive more targeted traffic to your auto repair shop’s website which will result in more customers.

The Importance of Local SEO for Auto Repair Shops

Local SEO is crucial for auto repair shops because it helps you stand out from the competition and attract customers in your local area. With the increasing number of people using search engines to find local businesses, it is essential for you to optimize your auto repair shop website for local results.

By implementing local SEO strategies, such as optimizing your website with relevant local keywords, creating local business listings and a Google Business Profile, and obtaining positive online reviews, you can significantly improve your shop’s local rankings and attract local customers.

Local SEO also allows auto repair shops to target specific geographic areas, ensuring that your marketing efforts are reaching the right audience.

How to Do Local SEO for Auto Repair Shops

Optimizing Your Website for Local Searches

When it comes to attracting customers in your area, it is crucial that you optimize your website for searches specific to your location. By doing so, you increase your chances of being found by local customers who are actively seeking auto repair services.

One way to optimize your website for local searches is by including location-specific keywords throughout your website content. This can help search engines understand that your business is relevant to local searches.

Additionally, creating location-specific landing pages can further enhance your website’s ranking in local search results. These pages should include relevant information about your business, such as your address, phone number, and hours of operation.

Google Business Profile

If you want to rank in local search results, you absolutely cannot overlook the Google Business Profile.

Creating and optimizing your Google Business Profile will allow you to show up in the Google local results, also called the “map pack”:

Google local results for auto repair

The local results are known to drive an extremely large amount of customers to businesses, especially if you have good reviews.

So make sure that your Google Business Profile is fully complete, up to date, has some good pictures and as many reviews as you can get.

Creating and Managing Online Citations & Listings

By creating and managing online listings, you can ensure that your business information is accurately displayed across various platforms, making it easier for potential customers to find and connect with your auto repair shop.

Online listings are like digital directories that provide important details about your business, such as your address, phone number, website, and operating hours. These listings are crucial for local SEO because search engines use this information to determine the relevance and credibility of your business for local searches.

To optimize your online listings, make sure that your business NAP (Name, Address, Phone number) is consistent across all platforms. Additionally, include relevant keywords in your listing descriptions to improve your chances of appearing in local search results.

Regularly monitoring and updating your listings can help you maintain accurate and up-to-date information, ensuring that potential customers can easily find and contact your auto repair shop.

Leveraging Online Reviews and Testimonials

Harnessing the power of online reviews and testimonials can greatly impact the reputation and success of your auto repair business.

With the increasing reliance on online platforms for decision-making, potential customers often turn to online reviews to gauge the quality of service provided by auto repair shops.

Positive reviews and testimonials can act as powerful endorsements, attracting new customers and instilling trust in your business. It is essential to actively encourage satisfied customers to leave reviews and testimonials, as well as promptly addressing any negative feedback.

Responding to reviews, whether positive or negative, demonstrates your commitment to customer satisfaction and can help build a positive online reputation.

Additionally, regularly monitoring and managing your online reviews can provide valuable insights into areas of improvement, allowing you to enhance your services and ultimately drive more business to your auto repair shop.

Our Auto Repair SEO Services

As an automotive SEO company specialising in auto repair, we are able to get you to page 1 of Google and help you grow your business.

We’ve worked with dozens of auto repair shops to help them increase their traffic and get more people through the door (check out our case studies below).

On top of that, we GUARANTEE RESULTS so that you can be sure you will get what we promised with no risk.

If you would rather hire professionals who know what they are doing than learn to do this yourself, just click the button below to book a call with us and we’ll look after you!

FAQ About Auto Repair sEO

It typically takes from 3-9 months to see noticeable results from implementing SEO strategies for an auto repair shop. This is because search engines need time to crawl and index the website’s content, and for the website to gain authority and visibility.

To effectively target specific keywords and attract relevant traffic, an auto repair shop should conduct keyword research, optimize their website with those keywords, create high-quality content, and build authoritative backlinks.

Some common mistakes auto repair shops make when optimizing their websites for search engines include keyword stuffing, neglecting to include local keywords, not optimizing for mobile, slow loading speed and ignoring the importance of user experience.

Yes, there are specific directories and platforms essential for auto repair shops to create online listings on. Some include Google My Business, Yelp, Yellow Pages, and Bing Places for Business. These platforms help increase visibility and attract local customers.

One of the most effective strategies to get reviews is to simply ask! Every time a customer picks up their car, ask them to leave a review. Providing an incentive such as a discount can also help to further encourage customers to leave reviews and return next time they need auto repair.

To track your local SEO efforts and measure their impact on your auto repair shop’s online visibility, you can use tools like Google Analytics and Google My Business insights. These provide valuable data on your website traffic and online engagement.

Auto Shop SEO Case Studies

Automotive blog getting 28,000 visitors per month in less than a year!

14X Return on Ad Spend (ROAS) from Google Ads

Auto Electrician Getting 130 Leads Per Month With Only $400 In Adspend!

3X Organic Traffic Within 6 Months!

Car Accident Assessor Went From 0 to 80 Leads Per Month With Only $1000 Ad Spend

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Testimonials From Our Auto Clients

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Alicja
Alicja
The business name says it all, Dominate Marketing. Mateja and his team are experts in their field and it is so refreshing to finally find a marketing team that actually does what they say. Mateja has revived my website and ranked it much higher in a shorter amount of time. Thank you again Mateja.
Unyte Management
Unyte Management
10/10 for Mateja. He's a pro at what he does, and there's no argument to be made there. He addressed our issue directly, offering honest and straightforward suggestions. It was a great pleasure working with him as he helped us generate more leads scaling our business even more.
Peter Fam
Peter Fam
Mateja is very good at what he does. He is efficient, helpful and his service is full of value particularly given the reasonable price. I highly recommend relying on him to elevate your business' internet presence.
Sophie Bloy
Sophie Bloy
We started working with Mateja mid 2022 and were getting around 20 leads per month through our Google ads and website in the months prior. Mateja optimized our entire website and Google Ads campaign, which resulted in an increase to over 90 leads per month without increasing our ad budget. With the increased performance we were confident to spend more money on ads and explore running ads in new practice areas which allows us to bring in even more lucrative cases for our business. We highly recommend Mateja. He is reliable, full of great ideas, and gets the results.
Kevin Magee
Kevin Magee
Outstanding, Mateja revived our non functioning website back to page 1 of google. I had approached 3 other companies but Mateja stepped up and owned it and still goes beyond our expectations. We get so many comments from customers and the leads keep growing every month. Kev@AAwreckers (1998) Ltd.
David Sweas
David Sweas
We were looking to expand our service shop and our offering, going from two lifts to four in our new facility, and we hired Mateja to build a website and run our online marketing. Our previous marketing was focused on our manufacturing operation that sells overseas, we hadn’t invested much in our local service offering at that time. Over the 12 months after engaging Mateja, we had an increase of cars in the shop to about double our previous volume, and a noteworthy change in the mix across brands that we service. Mateja has been helpful as a one-stop shop helping us to market across several different digital channels, and his proactive ideas and content generation have helped us to keep up with shifts in the market.
Kiro Mladenovik
Kiro Mladenovik
Hiring Mateja’s services was the best investment I made. He improved website functionality, increased phone calls, traffic and client visits. Very happy with his services. Highly recommended

Here's Exactly What's Included When We Do SEO For Your Auto Repair Shop:

First and foremost we offer a marketing strategy for your business.

What we do is carefully analyze exactly what’s going on in your business, where the opportunities are, and what is not worth going after.

We discuss these with you to establish exactly what you want and what the right move is, and then formulate a marketing plan to get you the best return.

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Marketing Strategy

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Search Engine Optimisation

Obviously the SEO itself is part of this service, which means your entire website will get optimised along with anything off-site that need to be done, such as:

  • Google Business (Maps) Listing
  • Backlinks
  • Business directory listings
  • Social media profile optimisation
  • Google Search Console

With our SEO service, website and landing page optimisation is always included.

If that means having to build out the whole website in a new platform (such as WordPress) to allow us to properly optimise the site and install conversion tracking, we will do it.

This allows us to make sure we are getting as many people as possible to contact you, and continually optimise it to be better and better.

This also includes general website maintenance and updates at no extra cost. 

Want to update some images? Need a new page for a new service you are offering? No worries, that’s part of the package.

(As a side note, as surprising as it is, many marketing agencies don’t actually include this with their marketing services.)

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Website & Landing Page Optimisation

Conversion Tracking

Conversion Tracking

Conversion tracking is a crucial part of any marketing campaign so that you actually know if it’s working or not.

We always track all conversions (meaning leads) including form submissions, phone number clicks and email clicks.

This allows us to know exactly what is working, what isn’t, and optimise accordingly. 

Without this, you are basically working blind (most marketing agencies out there).

Having spent years learning from some of the best copywriters on the planet, we understand what it takes to get people to want to buy.

Combine that with our experience marketing automotive businesses, we know what to say and how to say it to make your business the best option in the eyes of a potential customer.

Every page we put together is carefully and methodically written to get people to take action and contact you immediately.

That’s how you get double digit conversion rates and a very profitable marketing campaign.

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