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Montreal SEO Agency

A Montreal SEO agency that works in French and English

Montreal is a French and English market, and your site needs to rank in both. Growing Search is a Montreal SEO agency with a downtown office, and we work in both languages every day.

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What makes SEO in Montreal different

Montreal is a bilingual market, so most keywords come in French and in English. If your site only works in one language, your competitors get the searches you're missing.

01

Search here happens in two languages

The same search in French and in English returns different results in Montreal. To show up in both, you need a separate page built for each language.

02

The map shows up before anything else

When a search includes a place, Google often puts a map and a few local businesses above the regular results. Your Google Business Profile decides whether you're in that group.

03

Selling outside Quebec needs its own setup

Reaching the rest of Canada, the US, or other countries means more languages and more markets. The site has to be built so each one gets the right page.

Our Montreal SEO services

We work toward page one rankings and more leads in Montreal. After a first call, we'll tell you what will help most and what can wait.

01

A spot in Montreal map results

We work to get you into the Montreal map results for what you offer. Local SEO on your Business Profile and your local pages is how we get you there.

02

Page one for searches in Quebec French

French speakers who know the Quebec market research your keywords and write your pages, so you rank for the terms used in Quebec French.

03

More authority than the sites above you

Links from respected sites in your market help you climb past the competitors above you. We earn each one by hand, and a person checks every site first.

04

Rankings for the searches that bring in leads

Our in-house writers create the pages and articles you need to rank, and an editor checks each one. Every piece targets a search that can bring in business.

05

Growth in markets outside Canada

When you're ready to sell abroad, we help you rank in each new market, including Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese ones, with hreflang and local content.

06

A clean first page for your business name

Our goal is a positive first page for your name, in Google and in AI answers. We move bad results down by ranking better pages above them.

Working with our Montreal team

Our Montreal office is at 1275 Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal, downtown. If you'd like to talk in person, we can meet there, grab a coffee nearby, or come to your office. We also have an office in downtown Toronto.

The person who plans your strategy does the work and stays with your account. Polytechnique Montreal is one of the organizations we've worked with.

Our own writers and editors write your content by hand, with no AI. If Google shows your English page to French searchers, or a rival takes your map spot, we'll catch it first.

A first consultation about your goals and customers, and what's been slowing you down
Competitor research showing who ranks in Montreal for your terms and why
Keyword research in both languages from early questions to the searches right before people buy
A technical audit with a ranked list of fixes for speed and indexing
A link audit to find harmful links and see how you compare with competitors
On-page work on titles and headings, plus how your site works on phones
Link building and outreach on trusted sites in your market, each checked by a person first
A heads-up when things changeWe tell you about drops and new chances to grow before you ask

More services from our Montreal team

Some companies need more than local search. You can add any of these other services and pick only the ones you need.

Shopify Plus SEO for stores where product and collection pages drive the sales
YouTube SEO so your videos show up on YouTube and in Google results
International SEO for Montreal companies selling into the US and overseas
Growth Accelerator TeamSpecialists and writers who work as part of your team every day
Online reputation management for when a bad review or thread ranks for your name
Google penalty removal for sites hit by a manual action or a sudden drop in traffic

How our Montreal SEO process works

The same person stays with you from the first call onward, so nothing gets lost in a handoff.

01

Learn your business

We start with what you sell, who buys it, and where you want to grow. That tells us which searches are worth going after, in French, in English, or both.

02

Fix and build

We fix the technical problems first. Then we write the pages you're missing and earn links from trusted sites in your market.

03

Watch and refine

We keep watching your rankings in both languages and tell you what changed and why. We put more time into what's working and stop what isn't.

Montreal SEO FAQs

What does a Montreal SEO agency do?+
A Montreal SEO agency helps local businesses show up when people search for what they sell, in Google and in AI tools like ChatGPT. For us that means technical fixes, content in French and English, link building and local SEO, all planned around your business and your market.
What SEO services do you offer in Montreal?+
We offer local SEO, French SEO, technical SEO, content marketing, link building, international SEO, Shopify SEO, YouTube SEO, AI SEO, and reputation management. We also have a Growth Accelerator Team, a dedicated group of specialists and writers who run your organic growth from start to finish.
Do you offer SEO in French?+
Yes. We research keywords in Quebec French, write and adapt French pages, and set up the technical side so Google shows French speakers your French pages and English speakers your English ones.
Should my website have separate French and English pages?+
Yes, if you want to rank in both languages. Each language needs its own page at its own URL, linked with hreflang tags, so Google can show each searcher the right version. If one page mixes both languages, it usually doesn't rank well for either.
Can you help my business show up on Google Maps in Montreal?+
Yes. We optimize your Google Business Profile, make sure your name, address, and phone number match across directories, and help you earn more reviews. We also build local pages that support your profile in the map results.
How much does SEO cost in Montreal?+
It depends on what you need. We price each account after a first call, based on your goals and your budget, and we'll tell you if a service isn't worth paying for yet.
How long does SEO take to work?+
It depends on where your site starts and how competitive your terms are. Technical fixes usually show up first. Competitive terms take longer, and results keep building the longer the work goes on. Our standard campaign is six months.
Can we meet you in person in Montreal?+
Yes. Our office is at 1275 Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal in downtown Montreal. We're happy to meet there, over coffee, or at your office, and we also have an office in downtown Toronto.
Can you help us grow outside Quebec?+
Yes. We set up the site structure, hreflang, and content for each new country, including Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese markets.
Can you help while we build a new website?+
Yes, and it's a good time to bring us in. We can review your site structure, URLs, and redirects during the design phase, so the new site launches ready to rank and keeps the traffic your old site earned.
Who will work on our account?+
One specialist looks after your account and does the work, with help from our in-house writers and editor. Our team has 40 years of collective SEO experience, including former leads from Shopify and MindGeek. We keep our client list small so that person has time to watch your site closely and raise things before you need to ask.
How do you measure SEO success?+
We measure it against your business goals. For some clients that's traffic, and for others it's leads or revenue. Your specialist explains what those numbers are doing and what we're doing next, and flags a drop as soon as we see it.

Let's talk about your Montreal business

Book a discovery call. We'll look at how you show up in French and English search today and tell you what we'd do first.

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