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Search Engine Optimization · Vancouver
Vancouver SEO and GEO: be the first name people find on Google, on the map, and in AI answers.
IIAS is an SEO and marketing company that builds websites, based in Abbotsford since 1995. When someone nearby searches for what you do, we work to make your business one of the few names they see, and your website the reason they call.
Not sure if you need SEO, Google Ads, a better website, or all three? That is exactly what the free review tells you. In person in the Lower Mainland or online.
Why IIAS
A Vancouver SEO company you can sit down with
IIAS has been based in Abbotsford since 1995. That is long enough to know which Vancouver searches are crowded, which ones are wide open, and what it takes to win each one.
The same team builds the website, runs the Google profile, and does the SEO, so nothing gets lost between three companies that never talk to each other. You can meet us in person or online.
When the pipe bursts, nobody in Vancouver scrolls to page two. They call one of the first names they see on the map, in the results, or in the answer their phone gives them.
Local search in Vancouver
Vancouver SEO has to win a crowded first page
Vancouver is the largest city in B.C., and it sits next to Burnaby, Richmond, Surrey, and the North Shore. A search for what you do pulls in competitors from all of those places, plus national brands. The first page still only has room for a few ads, three map listings, and a short list of organic results.
Search engine optimization for Vancouver is an investment in the website you already own. Without it, Google sends the people who typed your service to someone else, including some of your existing customers who forgot the phone number and searched instead.
We were among the early internet marketing agencies, and we still test strategies against how Google actually ranks pages today. The same in-house team builds the site, runs the Google profile, and does the SEO, so Vancouver businesses are not split across three vendors.
The full program lives on our SEO services page. Nearby city pages: Surrey SEO, Burnaby SEO, and Abbotsford SEO. Or book a free growth review.
Proof, not promises
Where Lower Mainland businesses started, and where they got to
Named clients, real searches. Ask us about any of them on your review call.
1.37
average map rank, from 21.00
For "criminal lawyers Abbotsford," their average position across the Abbotsford map went from 21.00 to 1.37 between March 2025 and April 2026. They also reached #1 for "violent crime lawyer."
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14/14
tracked searches on page one
Including #4 for "pediatric dentist Abbotsford," with visits from search up 51% year over year.
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#1
in Chilliwack
Sterling Patrol ranks #1 for Chilliwack concierge security guards and firewatch security, plus other high-intent security searches in Chilliwack and Burnaby.
Read the case studyOther Fraser Valley businesses we work with: Clearbrook Roofing, KCJ Waste Disposal, and Abilities Rehabilitation.
Next step
Want to see where you stand when Vancouver searches for what you do?
The free review looks at the map, the regular results, and what AI assistants say about you.
What we do
SEO services for Vancouver businesses
One program covers the three places your customers look: Google, the map, and AI answers. Here is what goes into it.
Keyword research
The right searches, picked before we write a word
We find what your customers actually type, then weigh each search by volume, competition, and intent. One person ready to call is worth more than ten just looking around.
On-page SEO
Pages built to win the searches that bring work
Each service gets its own page, so every search lands on the right answer. Then we tune what Google reads first: the title tag, headings, meta description, image alt text, and the internal links between your pages.
Technical SEO · schema markup
A fast site Google can find and understand
We start with a technical audit and fix what stops Google from reading your site: crawl errors, broken links and redirects, and pages missing from Google's index.
Off-page SEO · link building
Other websites vouching for yours
Google ranks a site higher when respected sites link to it. We earn those backlinks from industry directories, the associations you already belong to, and local coverage, never from link farms.
Local SEO · Google Business Profile
The three spots above the first result
Most local searches show a map pack of three businesses before the regular results. We set up your profile properly, keep your services, hours, and photos current, and help you keep new reviews coming in.
AEO and GEO
The two or three names an assistant gives
More buyers now ask ChatGPT or Gemini who to call. We work on the website, the Google profile, and mentions on sites assistants already trust, then we check what they say about you every month.
SEO reporting
Rankings, traffic, and the leads that came from them
A report in plain English every month, from the same all-Canadian team that does the work. Month to month, with 30 days notice.
Want the detail? See the whole program on our SEO services page.
How it works
What happens after you get in touch
Four steps, and the first one costs nothing.
1 · The free growth review
We look at where you show up in Vancouver today, who is above you on the map and in search, and whether SEO is even the right first move. Sometimes the answer is Google Ads or the website first, and we will say so. In person or online.
2 · A written plan and a price
The searches worth winning, what we would do first, and what it costs each month, in writing before you commit to anything.
3 · The first few months
Your Google Business Profile, the technical fixes, and the pages that matter most start together, and link building follows. Most businesses see measurable movement in three to six months.
4 · Every month after
The ongoing work and a plain-English report on rankings, traffic, and leads. Month to month, with 30 days notice, so we earn it every month.
FAQ
SEO in Vancouver: questions people actually ask
Yes. IIAS has been based in Abbotsford since 1995, and you can meet us in person here or online. The work is done in-house by our all-Canadian team, and the same people stay on your account.
Ask three questions. Can they show you local results, with the actual searches? Will they put the monthly work and the price in writing before you sign? Can you leave if it is not working? Our results are on this page, the plan and price come in writing after your review, and SEO with us is month to month.
It depends on how crowded your search is. A roofer competes with every roofer in the Fraser Valley, while a pediatric dentist competes with a handful. You get real pricing in writing on your review, before you commit to anything.
Most businesses see measurable movement in three to six months. Crowded searches take longer, and your review tells you which kind yours is.
If your customers are in Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, you need both, and with us they are one program: the map for nearby searches, the regular results for everything else, and AI answers on top of both.
Yes, and only white-hat ones. We earn links from real sites: industry directories, associations you already belong to, and local coverage. Shortcuts like paid link networks can get a site penalized by Google.
Nobody can promise a spot in a specific AI answer. What we can do is make your business easy to recommend: pages that answer your customers' questions, a complete Google profile, steady reviews, and mentions on sites the assistants already trust.
Yes. We work with businesses across Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, including Abbotsford and Surrey and Burnaby, and with clients across Canada.
See where you stand when Vancouver searches for what you do
Get your free growth review, in person or online. No cost, no obligation.