SEO in Napier and Hastings, built for how Hawke's Bay actually searches
Your customers search across Napier, Hastings and Havelock North, and right now your competitors are showing up first. We build local SEO that gets Hawke's Bay businesses found on Google, then turns those searches into real enquiries rather than vanity rankings.
Trusted by businesses since 2018
Why Napier and Hastings businesses get buried on Google
Hawke's Bay is not one search market, it is several stitched together. Two main centres sit twenty minutes apart, with Havelock North in between, so a generic, city-swapped page never fits the way people here actually look for what you sell.
When someone searches a commercial term in the Bay, you are not just up against the business down the road. You are up against Auckland and Wellington agencies bidding on the same words, and national directories that quietly outrank the locals.
We see the same pattern a lot here: a business ranks somewhere on page one, assumes the SEO is done, and the enquiry still goes to the result with the sharper title and the clearer answer. Closing that gap between showing up and getting the click is the core of this work.
What makes the Bay its own market
Your customers move between Napier, Hastings and Havelock North, so map-pack and "near me" visibility has to work across two cities and a dozen suburbs.
Demand swings hard with the seasons, from cruise ships berthing at Napier Port and the Art Deco crowds to harvest and the wine-tourism peak.
Local firms compete in the same results as Auckland and Wellington agencies, plus national directories that often outrank them.
The horticulture, viticulture and export base searches very differently from the trades, tourism and retail that serve the two towns.
SEO results we have delivered
None of these are Hawke's Bay clients, and we will not pretend otherwise. Every metric is real, tied to the business that earned it, and chosen to prove we can do the same work in the sectors that drive Napier and Hastings, from trades and tourism to horticulture, property and finance.
143% more enquiries for Clean Windows
A steady place in the map pack that keeps enquiries coming
Winning local mortgage searches from national brokers for Fundmaster
Now outranking national brokers for local mortgage searches
643% organic traffic growth for an Auckland airport transfer company
Now ranking alongside the big rideshare names for airport transfers
Winning buyer-intent searches across three markets for Associated Plastics
Now outranking competitors for buyer-intent searches globally
An SEO-optimised rebuild that replaced an outdated template for 360 Property Management
Built to climb out of page two and start winning landlord enquiries
Want results like these for your business?
Book Free Strategy CallWhat our Napier and Hastings SEO service covers
Everything that gets a Hawke's Bay business ranking for the searches that bring in paying customers.
Technical SEO & Core Web Vitals
Slow, broken sites do not rank. We fix speed, indexing and mobile issues and tune Core Web Vitals, the same work that took an Auckland property firm to a 97 PageSpeed score and a 1.2 second load.
Keyword research that fits Hawke's Bay
We target the terms your customers actually search across Napier, Hastings and Havelock North, including suburb-level and seasonal queries, not broad vanity keywords that never turn into enquiries.
On-page optimisation that earns the click
Ranking is only half the job. We rewrite titles, meta descriptions and page content so you stop sitting on page one with no traffic and start winning the click against the result above you.
Local SEO & the Hawke's Bay map pack
We optimise your Google Business Profile, service areas, categories and reviews so you show up in the map pack across both cities, where nearby buyers are ready to call.
Content & topical authority
We build the pages and articles that answer what your buyers are searching, so you earn rankings across a whole topic, not just a single keyword.
Reporting tied to leads
Plain-English monthly reporting on rankings, click-through, traffic and the enquiries that come from organic search. Leads, not vanity metrics.
Showing up on Google but not getting the calls?
Book a free audit. We will show you which Napier and Hastings pages are close to ranking, where you are ranking but not earning the click, and the quickest wins to chase first.
Book your free Hawke's Bay SEO auditWin the Hawke's Bay map pack and Google Business Profile
For a lot of Bay businesses, the map pack matters more than the website. When someone in Taradale or Havelock North searches a service near them, the three local results at the top of Google take the calls.
We optimise your Google Business Profile with the right categories, service areas that span Napier and Hastings, photos and a review workflow built into the job, then back it with consistent citations and LocalBusiness schema on your site so the two reinforce each other.
For service businesses that cover the region, we build suburb-level relevance across the places you actually serve, so you are visible from Ahuriri to Flaxmere rather than only in the one town your office sits in.
Capability proof: for Clean Windows, a New Plymouth trades business, a focused local SEO and Google Business Profile programme delivered +143% enquiries, +168% organic traffic and top 3 local rankings. It is the same playbook we would run for a Napier or Hastings service business.
How we get you found locally
Google Business Profile
Set up properly with accurate categories, photos and service areas across both cities so you show up in the map pack.
Consistent citations
Your name, address and phone aligned across the NZ directories that build local trust.
Review workflow
A simple system that asks for a review at the end of every job, so fresh reviews keep coming.
Suburb-level relevance
Content that helps you rank across the areas you serve, from Napier CBD to Hastings and Havelock North.
The sectors that drive the Bay, and the proof we can rank them
Hawke's Bay runs on horticulture, wine, tourism, trades, property and professional services. None of the clients below are local, but each one proves the exact work those sectors need.
Horticulture, packhouses and exporters
For a plastics fabrication manufacturer exporting across Australia, New Zealand and the USA, we grew organic traffic 340% and lifted organic clicks 43%. That is the same B2B and export search work the Bay's packhouses and producers need.
See the Associated Plastics resultsTourism, wine and hospitality
For an Auckland transport company we grew organic traffic 643% and earned top 10 rankings on airport transfer terms. The same playbook suits visitor-facing Napier businesses around cruise, Art Deco and cellar-door searches.
See the GetATaxi resultsTrades and home services
For a New Plymouth window cleaning business, focused local SEO and Google Business Profile work delivered +143% enquiries, +168% organic traffic and top 3 local rankings. This is the exact play for a Napier or Hastings service business.
See the Clean Windows resultsProperty and real estate
An Auckland property management firm ranks #1 for "property management Auckland" on a site we rebuilt to a 97 PageSpeed score. Property and rentals are strong across Napier, Hastings and Havelock North, and they are won on search.
See the 360 Property Management resultsProfessional services and finance
An Epsom mortgage advisory holds the top three for "mortgage broker Epsom" and grew monthly traffic 13x against national brokers with far bigger budgets. The same intent-first approach wins competitive local niches in the Bay.
See the Fundmaster resultsWhy Hawke's Bay businesses work with us, and why the sceptics stay
A lot of Bay business owners come to us after being burned by an agency that sent pretty reports and no enquiries. We get it, so we do the opposite.
You get reporting tied to actual enquiries and sales, not a jargon dashboard. Pricing is custom-scoped after a free audit, with no lock-in contracts. We are a Google Partner agency with more than 100 projects delivered since 2018, and our founder is an engineer by training, so we build and fix the sites we rank rather than handing you off to a junior.
We work with sectors that matter here, from trades businesses to real estate, and many clients pair SEO with our web design and Google Ads management so organic and paid reinforce each other. You can read more about how we approach SEO or get in touch any time.
What that means for you
Reporting you can read
Plain-English monthly updates on rankings, click-through, traffic and the leads they produce.
No lock-in contracts
We earn the next month with results, not a contract that traps you.
Senior people on the work
An engineer-led team that builds and fixes the sites it ranks, not a relay of juniors.
Focused on leads
We target the buyer-intent terms that bring enquiries, not vanity traffic.
SEO across Napier, Hastings and Havelock North
We work with businesses right across Hawke's Bay and deliver most of the work remotely, so you get senior people on your account wherever you are based. We serve the wider region too.
Our SEO services
Explore the specialist parts of SEO we run for Napier and Hastings businesses, from the technical foundation to the content that earns the click.
Technical SEO
If Google can't crawl, index, and render your site properly, nothing else in SEO works. We find and fix the speed problems, crawl issues, and indexing barriers holding your rankings back.
Learn moreOn-Page SEO
On-page SEO is the part of ranking you control completely. We optimise your content, meta tags, and page structure so ea...
Learn moreLocal SEO
When someone nearby searches for what you do, you're either in the Map Pack or you're invisible. We optimise your local...
Learn moreLink Building
Backlinks are still one of the strongest signals Google uses to decide who deserves the top spots. We earn quality, rele...
Learn moreContent Strategy
Publishing more isn't a strategy. We plan content around keyword research, search intent, and your business goals, so ev...
Learn moreWhat our clients say
Real results from real businesses. See why clients trust us with their digital growth.
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