SEO agency services for San Francisco and San Jose
SEO for Bay Area businesses: technical and B2B SEO for software and tech companies, local SEO that treats San Francisco and San Jose as the separate markets they are, multilingual pages, and Shopify SEO for DTC brands. Remote from Perth, starting with a free audit.
- Free SEO audit
- Work in US business hours
- No lock-in contracts
- Your accounts stay yours
What makes search in San Francisco and San Jose different
The figures that change the SEO work here, from the US Census Bureau.
Two metros, not one Bay Area
San Francisco and San Jose sit in separate metro areas, and their customers search locally. A business serving both needs its service area and pages to reflect each market, not a single "Bay Area" page.
For software, SaaS and other B2B companies, the map matters less. Buyers search by problem and by product, so technical SEO, product pages and in-depth content do most of the work.
Areas this covers
- San Francisco
- Oakland
- San Jose
- Santa Clara
- Sunnyvale
- Fremont
Separate pages for San Francisco and San Jose make sense only when you serve both in different ways. Otherwise one strong page for your service is better than two near-copies. More in why a page for every suburb backfires.
Language and audience in San Francisco and San Jose
San Jose has the highest share of residents speaking a language other than English at home of the cities on these pages, 58.9%, and San Francisco 43.6%. Check which languages your customers use before deciding which pages to translate.
How remote work fits your day
Perth is 15 hours ahead of the Bay Area in summer and 16 in winter, so our morning overlaps your afternoon. Communication is by email, WhatsApp and video call, and you can book a call.
Ecommerce, Shopify and WordPress SEO for San Francisco and San Jose businesses
Bay Area DTC brands compete with well-funded national competitors. On Shopify, collection pages, product titles and avoiding duplicate product URLs matter most; for B2B software, it's product, comparison and use-case pages.
| Platform | What's different | Where we focus |
|---|---|---|
| WordPress SEO | Since version 5.5, WordPress publishes its own sitemap at /wp-sitemap.xml, and most SEO plugins replace it with another. WordPress core | Check which sitemap is live, set archives and permalinks once, and keep plugins from slowing every page. |
| WooCommerce SEO | With any non-plain permalink setting, product URLs take a /product/ base, such as /product/hoodie-with-logo. WooCommerce docs | Get the WordPress settings right first, then the product and shop base, then category and filter pages. |
| Shopify SEO | Shopify's fixed /products, /collections and /collections/all paths can't be redirected. Shopify Help | Work within the fixed paths: collection copy, handles, duplicate product URLs and redirects when products change. |
| BigCommerce SEO | BigCommerce says it adds automatic 301 redirects as product names and pages change. BigCommerce | Check the URL settings before a migration, and switch on SEO settings that exist but were never used. |
| Magento / Adobe Commerce SEO | Layered navigation lets shoppers filter by category, price or any attribute, and every filter can create a URL. Adobe Experience League | Decide which filter combinations deserve to be indexed, and keep the rest out of Google's crawl. |
| Wix SEO | Wix updates the sitemap automatically, and changing a page's canonical can drop that page from it. Wix Help | Use the settings Wix exposes carefully, and put the effort into pages and content. |
| Squarespace SEO | Squarespace doesn't let you edit the sitemap or a page's source code. Squarespace Help | The work happens in page structure, content and settings rather than code. |
Using AI tools on WordPress or another platform? Google says AI-generated content must be fact-checked and reviewed before publishing. We use AI for research and drafts, never to publish unchecked. More on AI search and AI SEO.
San Francisco and San Jose SEO FAQs
Should San Francisco and San Jose share one page?
If you serve both the same way, one strong page for each service is better than near-copies per city. Separate pages earn their place when you have different work or teams in each.
How is SEO different for B2B and SaaS companies?
Buyers search by problem, product and comparison rather than by location, so technical health, product pages and in-depth content matter more than the map.
Do we need multilingual pages for San Jose?
Possibly. 58.9% of San Jose residents speak a language other than English at home. Check your customers' languages first, then translate the pages that bring enquiries.
Can a Perth team cover a Pacific-time working day?
Our morning overlaps your afternoon, so calls fit your day, and written work arrives overnight.
How does Shopify SEO work for Bay Area DTC brands?
Collection pages are usually the main ranking opportunity, supported by clean product URLs, good product titles and structured data that matches the page.
Other US markets: SEO New York, SEO Los Angeles, SEO Houston, SEO Phoenix. All US work: SEO services USA. Plans and prices: SEO pricing.
Get a clear SEO plan for your San Francisco and San Jose business
Email us your website, the areas you serve and what you sell. We'll reply with the first things we'd fix.
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