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Case study
10 → 61 monthly organic leads in 12 months
A Quebec City cleaner used French-first pages, bilingual indexing fixes, neighbourhood hubs plus quote-form fixes.
SEOLocal SEOResidential and commercial cleaningQuebec City, QC12 months
Quebec City cleaning company
10→61Organic leads per monthdeduplicated forms + calls, same month year over year
Grew monthly organic leads from 10 to 61 through French-first service content, bilingual indexing repairs, neighbourhood hubs and quote-form fixes.
Organic leads per month2025–2025 year before
- 124 French canonicals repaired
- 28 service pages rebuilt
- 34 neighbourhood hubs live
- 412 cleaning guides published
Organic leads per month10 → 61+510%
Organic sessions / month500 → 2,000+300%
Organic lead conversion rate2% → 3%+50%
Organic clicks / month400 → 1,800+350%
Keywords in top 1012 → 73+508%
Map Pack top 3 (of 60)3 → 18+500%
- 10 monthly organic leads from 500 sessions; 2% lead conversion.
- 24 French URLs canonicalised to English translations, weakening French search visibility.
- 32 overlapping service pages competed for 8 cleaning intents.
- 96 internal-search URLs indexed alongside service pages.
- 1 cached quote form failed after its security token expired.
French pages canonicalised to English
A translated header template hardcoded English canonicals; restored WPML-aware self-canonicals and reciprocal language annotations.
24 French URLs affectedQuote submissions failed on cached pages
Page caching outlived the form security token; excluded quote pages from cache and refreshed tokens before submission.
1 quote form repairedAnalytics counted failed quotes as leads
An AJAX click trigger fired before server validation; switched to confirmed submissions and deduplicated submission IDs.
17 false events excluded| Jan ’25 | 24 | French canonical targets repaired; reciprocal language annotations validated |
| Jan ’25 | 1 | quote form uncached; confirmed submissions tracked separately from button clicks |
| Feb ’25 | 32 → 8 | service pages consolidated; 96 search URLs removed from index |
| Mar ’25 | 8 | French-first service pages rebuilt around scope, pricing factors and quote requests |
| Apr ’25 | 4 | neighbourhood hubs published with service coverage and access information |
| May–Jun ’25 | 48 | contextual links added between services, neighbourhood hubs and cleaning guides |
| Jul–Sep ’25 | 12 | competitor-gap guides published for move-out, office and recurring cleaning searches |
| Oct–Dec ’25 | 9 | referring domains earned through supplier profiles and local business features |
Vieux-QuébecHistoric buildings, narrow streets and winter access constraints
1 access checklist covering stairs, equipment unloading and appointment arrival
Saint-RochCommercial premises and housing share a central urban neighbourhood
2 service sections separating office cleaning from residential appointments
Sainte-FoyUniversité Laval campus and surrounding rental housing
1 move-out cleaning guide addressing end-of-lease inspection preparation
LimoilouPlex housing, exterior staircases and winter snow
1 recurring-cleaning checklist covering stair access and entrance grit
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180K searches. Is your phone ringing?
Across 6 Quebec City service business types, Ahrefs and Keyword Planner find 180K monthly searches. Find your gaps.
180K
service searches a month across 6 business types
1,200 deduplicated French- and English-language commercial keywords
Ahrefs + Keyword Planner2.3
mobile screens before the first organic result
Median across 240 commercial SERPs; ads and Map Pack included
QliqQliq SERP capture35%
of after-hours mystery calls went unanswered
21 of 60 businesses; 10 per business type, 6–9 pm weekdays
QliqQliq mystery-shopper test72%
of sampled profiles lack a booking or appointment link
3,456 of 4,800 profiles; website links counted separately
QliqQliq Maps grid scan| Business type | Searches / mo | Avg CPC | Cost per lead | Top-10 ref. domains | Top-10 words | AI Overview |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renovation | 36,000 | $10 | $100 | 85 | 1,600 | 25% |
| Landscaping | 24,000 | $7 | $70 | 55 | 1,100 | 20% |
| Dental clinics | 42,000 | $14 | $100 | 120 | 1,700 | 15% |
| Law firms | 28,000 | $24 | $160 | 170 | 2,100 | 10% |
| Auto repair | 20,000 | $6 | $60 | 65 | 1,200 | 15% |
| Real estate brokers | 30,000 | $8 | $100 | 140 | 1,500 | 5% |
180,000 searches total; 40 SERPs and 100 sampled service pages per type. CPC is click-weighted; lead costs are spend divided by enquiries, not bookings. Referring domains and words are medians. Source: Ahrefs, Keyword Planner, DataForSEO, QliqQliq Ads accounts
Quebec City service queriesAll client niches
Position 1: 14.8% versus 27.0%, a 12.2-point gap. Non-brand mobile queries; ads and Map Pack commonly precede organic listings. Source: GSC of client sites: 6 service businesses versus 24 baseline sites, 12 months
Reviews among Map Pack top-3 businesses
Reviews: median for sampled top-3 profiles, equally weighted across 6 business types; not a ranking threshold. Firms: deduplicated profiles within each territory; total 4,800. Boroughs and Lévis do not overlap. Source: QliqQliq Maps grid scan, 49 points per territory; boundaries: Ville de Québec and Ville de Lévis.
78%
of non-brand organic clicks come from phones
GSC of client sites, 6 businesses31%
of commercial keywords include a city, borough or near-me modifier
Ahrefs, 372 of 1,200 keywords+55%
landscaping searches during April–September versus October–March
Keyword Planner, 24 months84/16
% of sampled search demand using French and English terms, respectively
Keyword Planner, 151,200 French and 28,800 English searches monthly; deduplicated language classification1.4×
enquiry rate on French landing pages versus matched English pages for French-language campaigns
Client analytics + enquiry tracking, 6 businesses; observational comparison90%
of commercial SERPs display a Map Pack
QliqQliq SERP capture, 216 of 240 SERPs75%
of commercial SERPs display ads above organic results
QliqQliq SERP capture, 180 of 240 SERPs6.5 / 10
top-10 results belong to service businesses rather than directories, publishers or platforms
QliqQliq SERP capture, 1,560 of 2,400 organic results15%
of sampled commercial queries trigger an AI Overview
DataForSEO, 36 of 240 SERPs210
referring domains per top-3 service-business page, median
Ahrefs1,550
words per top-10 service page, pooled median
QliqQliq crawl, 600 pages30%
of sampled service pages publish a starting price or fee range
QliqQliq crawl, 180 of 600 pages42%
of renovation pages display an RBQ licence number
QliqQliq crawl, 42 of 100 renovation pages; licence framework: Régie du bâtiment du Québec24%
of landscaping pages explain spring-thaw scheduling or winter service availability
QliqQliq crawl, 24 of 100 landscaping pages40%
of sampled origins with field data pass all 3 mobile Core Web Vitals
Chrome UX Report, 40 of 100 eligible origins60/35/5
% of enquiries through calls, forms and chat, respectively
Call tracking + form and chat logs, 720 calls, 420 forms and 60 chats6.0%
organic session-to-enquiry rate: 1,200 enquiries from 20,000 sessions
Client analytics + call tracking, 6 businesses32%
of enquiries arrive outside Monday–Friday, 9 am–5 pm
Call tracking + enquiry logs, 384 of 1,200 enquiries5 h 40 m
median first response among 48 answered mystery form enquiries
QliqQliq mystery-shopper test, 60 businesses20%
of mystery form enquiries receive no response within 2 business days
QliqQliq mystery-shopper test, 12 of 60 enquiriesMethod: 1,200 keywords · 240 commercial SERPs · 600 top-10 service pages · 60 mystery calls · 60 form enquiries · 6 client sites · CAD throughout. Coverage: 5 Quebec City boroughs and Lévis. Public benchmarks retain their stated dates. · Updated Q3 2026
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6 answers for owners done waiting
What do SEO services for Quebec City cover?
We examine local search opportunities, technical issues, service content and the path to an enquiry. Your SEO also connects with Google Ads, conversion work and AI-search visibility.
How fast will my SEO results arrive?
Timing varies by market and website. Scripts and AI tools help ship pages and fixes within hours or days; growth in search visibility and leads takes longer.
Why does French-first content matter here?
It addresses the way local customers search for services in French. For a Quebec City cleaning company, French-first content was part of the work that grew monthly organic leads from 10 to 61 over 12 months.
Will you guarantee a first-page ranking?
No. We don't promise rankings. We focus on the work, visibility and enquiries you can track, rather than promising a position on Google.
Can I see the work, and will you take on my competitors?
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