SEO agency in Bastia and across Corsica
From Bastia, we look after your website's SEO. It is groundwork aimed at Google's organic results, the ones you do not pay for per click. It starts with an SEO audit, continues with technical fixes and useful content, then relies on local SEO to reach the customers looking for you nearby, in Corsica or elsewhere.
How organic search works
SEO (search engine optimisation) covers everything that improves a website's position in the unpaid results of search engines. To rank a page, Google looks at whether it truly answers the search and whether its content stands up. It also checks whether it can read the site easily, how fast it loads on mobile, and which other websites link to it.
On a local search, other criteria come in, such as proximity, the quality of your business listing or customer reviews. Nobody controls Google's algorithm. So nobody can promise a position, at least not honestly. What we can do is remove the obstacles, publish content that answers your customers' real questions, then measure progress.
The SEO audit, a stocktake before acting
Every engagement starts with the audit. It shows where your website stands, and where to begin.
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Technical
The pages Google takes into account, speed, mobile display. Then the errors, redirects, security (HTTPS) and the sitemap.
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Content
Existing pages, the searches your customers really type, duplicate content, and the pages missing for your main services.
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Structure
The headings, then the title tags and meta descriptions (the title and summary shown in Google's results). Also the links between your pages.
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Local presence
Your Google Business Profile and your reviews. We also check that your contact details are identical everywhere, directories and platforms included.
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Competition
The websites currently holding your place on the searches that matter to you, and what they do better.
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Action plan
A list of fixes ranked by priority and explained plainly. We can carry them out ourselves, or hand them to your current provider.
Getting found by nearby customers with local SEO
Type ‘plumber Bastia’ or ‘restaurant near me’ and Google often shows a map with a few businesses, above the usual websites. To appear there, your Google Business Profile is decisive. It is the free listing that shows your business on Google Maps and in search results, with your opening hours and photos, plus the reviews your customers leave. A complete, up-to-date listing with regular reviews you reply to carries a lot of weight.
Tourism complicates things a little. Some of your future customers look for you from the mainland or abroad, sometimes long before their stay, and not always in French. Pages in English or Italian properly flagged to Google, thanks to the hreflang tag that states each page's language, make you visible to them. And since searches rise ahead of the season, this work gets prepared early.
What an SEO agency in Corsica actually does
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Technical fixes
Speed, mobile display, errors, redirects, indexing. We fix whatever stops Google from reading your site and ranking it.
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Service and area pages
A clear page for each important service and, where relevant, for each area you cover. Each has genuinely different content. Never copies where only the town name changes.
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Writing and rewriting
Text that answers your customers' questions, in the words they really use. No keyword repeated to death to please a robot.
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Structured data
Markup invisible to visitors that helps Google understand your opening hours and address, your reviews or your events.
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Links and local citations
Mentions earned cleanly in serious directories, on partner sites or in the local press. We do not buy links in bulk.
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Measurement
Tracking in Google Search Console, Google's free tool that shows which searches your site appears for, and in your visitor statistics.
SEO for your line of business
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Shops and tradespeople
Being visible in your catchment area, for a routine search as for an emergency, when the customer calls the first result that looks serious.
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Hotels, campsites and restaurants
Getting found before the season, reassuring people with recent reviews, giving clear information in several languages.
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Independent professionals
Content that answers your patients' or clients' questions, within the communication rules of your profession.
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SMEs and online shops
Reaching customers beyond the island, with polished product pages and solid in-depth content.
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Associations and local authorities
Making information and procedures easy to find, on Google as well as in your own site's search engine.
What SEO costs, and the traps to avoid
Be wary of anyone promising first place, selling links by the hundred or churning out text nobody reviews. Same caution with a redesign launched without a redirect plan. These practices can lose positions earned over years, or even penalise the site for a long time.
Cost depends on the size of the site and its technical state, on competition for your searches, on how many areas and languages you target, and on the volume of content to produce. It might be a one-off audit, fixes made once and for all, or regular support. In that last case, we review progress regularly with indicators you can understand, namely the searches you appear for, the number of visits, then what matters most, which is calls and enquiries received.
Technologies and methods
- SEO audit
- Technical SEO
- Local SEO
- Google Business Profile
- Google Search Console
- Structured data
- Hreflang
Frequently asked questions
Can you promise me first position on Google?
No. No provider controls Google's algorithm. Those who promise a position often rely on searches nobody types, or on risky methods. We commit to the work done and to transparent results, not to a ranking.
How soon will I see results?
That depends on where the site starts from, on the competition and on the work put in. Some technical fixes, or a Google listing finally filled in, take effect fairly quickly. Climbing on contested searches takes more patience. SEO is a long-term investment, and you see how things move at each review.
What is the difference between SEO and SEA?
SEO targets organic results, free per click but slow to build. SEA (search engine advertising) means paid ads, such as Google Ads, which appear as soon as the campaign runs and stop when the budget does. The two often work together. Advertising takes over while organic search builds up, or during busy periods.
Do I need a new website to rank better?
Not necessarily. Many sites improve with targeted fixes and better content. The audit tells you whether your current site can evolve, or whether its technical foundations block any progress. If there is a redesign, we plan page-by-page redirects to limit lost positions.
Is my Google Business Profile enough to be visible locally?
It is essential, rarely enough. Google cross-checks what it says against your website and against other sites that mention you. A complete listing, together with a website that is clear about your services and area, plus regular reviews, makes a much stronger whole.