More Customers. More Revenue. No Ad Spend.

We help local businesses in Edmonton, rank at the top of Google — organically — and turn that visibility into real sales.

Edmonton's Local SEO & Web Design Studio

Running a business in Edmonton isn’t easy. Whether you’re a contractor in Sherwood Park, a clinic on Jasper Avenue, or a trades business serving the whole metro area, the competition is stiff, and if you’re not showing up on page one of Google, you’re losing customers to someone who is.

At Mapleleaf Edmonton, we help local businesses fix that.
As a business owner myself — not just someone who talks about marketing for a living — I’ve been exactly where you are. My landscaping business went from getting zero traction online to generating over $200,000 in revenue in a single year. No paid ads. No referral program. Just organic SEO done right, from the ground up. That experience is the foundation everything we do is built on — and it’s why our clients trust us with their businesses.

If it worked for me, it can work for you.

Why Ranking on Google Changes Everything for YEG Businesses

Think about the last time you searched for a local service. Did you go to page two?

Almost nobody does.

Research consistently shows the top Google result captures roughly 30–40% of all clicks. By the time you get to the middle of page one, that drops to 5–10%. Page two sits at around 1% — the same click-through rate as a paid ad, but without the invoice.

There’s something else worth knowing: people distrust ads by default. Most Edmontonians scroll right past the sponsored listings without a second thought. Organic rankings carry a credibility that paid ads simply can’t buy.

Edmonton’s search market also has its own character. This city has well over 1.5 million people spread across a massive geographic footprint — from St. Albert and Spruce Grove down to Beaumont and Leduc. Search behaviour shifts by neighbourhood, by season, and by industry. An HVAC company ranking well in Terwillegar isn’t automatically showing up for someone in Clareview. A roofer dominating West Edmonton search results might be invisible to someone in the Whyte Ave area. Getting this right takes more than basic SEO — it takes someone who understands how this city actually works.

We make sure it does.

What We Do

Local SEO — Get Found. Get Called.

We get your business in front of people who are actively searching for what you offer in Edmonton and the surrounding area. That means ranking in Google’s 3-Pack — the map results that appear at the top of local searches — as well as the organic results below it. Both sections drive real leads, and they’re ranked separately, which means there are two places your business can win. We handle the full picture: keyword research built around how Edmontonians actually search, on-page optimization, Google Business Profile management, local citation building, link acquisition, and monthly reporting that tells you exactly what’s happening and why. No mystery metrics, no inflated vanity numbers — just a clear picture of where you stand and where you’re headed. Edmonton’s market has specific seasonal patterns too. A landscaping company needs to rank before the snow melts in April, not after. An HVAC company needs to be on page one before the first cold snap hits in October. We build campaigns around those timelines, not generic annual schedules.

Web Design — A Site That Actually Works for Your Business

A slow, outdated, or confusing website quietly kills your SEO before it even starts. Google factors in page speed, mobile performance, and site structure when deciding where to rank you. A site that looks fine to you might be losing you customers and rankings at the same time.

We build clean, fast, mobile-ready websites for Edmonton businesses — sites that Google understands and that your customers actually want to use. Every site we build has SEO baked in from the start, not added as an afterthought. That means the right structure, the right content hierarchy, and the technical foundations that allow your rankings to grow over time.

Whether you need a brand new site or a full rebuild of what you’ve got, we start by understanding your business, your customers, and your market before we write a single line of code. The result is a site that works as a sales tool — not just something that looks decent on a business card.

We've Done This in the Real World

Most digital marketing companies in Edmonton have never actually run a local business. They can tell you what Google’s algorithm favours, walk you through a slide deck, and hand you a strategy document — but they’ve never felt the stress of a slow month, a dry pipeline, or not knowing whether their own marketing is actually pulling its weight. We have. Our founder ranked his own local service business to the top positions in a competitive market using only organic SEO. The results were consistent enough, and repeatable enough, that starting Mapleleaf was the logical next step. We didn’t take on clients until we were confident we could deliver those same results for businesses like yours. Our retainers are month-to-month. No long contracts. No lock-in. If you’re not seeing a return on your investment with us, you walk away. That’s the only arrangement we’re comfortable with — because it keeps us accountable every single month, not just at the start.

Who We Work With

We work with local service businesses across Edmonton and the surrounding area — trades and home services, healthcare and dental, legal and professional services, restaurants, retail, and more. If your business depends on local customers finding you online, we can help.

That said, we’re not the right fit for everyone.

We work best with business owners who want steady, long-term growth rather than a quick spike that disappears the moment a campaign wraps up. Owners who want straight answers, not a monthly report full of numbers that don’t connect to actual revenue. If that sounds like the kind of working relationship you’re after, let’s have a conversation.

Frequently asked questions

Honest answer: it depends on your market and where your website stands today. Most businesses start seeing real movement in search rankings within three to six months. Less competitive niches and neighbourhood-specific searches can show traction sooner — more competitive verticals like dental, legal, or home services tend to take a little longer. SEO isn't a switch you flip. It's a compounding process, and the businesses that stay consistent are the ones that see the biggest returns over time.
Ads have their place, but the numbers tell an interesting story. Paid ads get roughly the same click-through rate as the bottom of page one in organic results — around 1–2% — despite appearing above everything else. The reason is simple: people know they're ads, and they scroll past them. On top of that, the moment you stop paying, the leads stop. Organic rankings keep working long after the initial work is done. For most local Edmonton businesses, organic SEO delivers a better return over 12 months than an equivalent ad spend.
When you search for a local service in Edmonton, you'll usually see a small map with three business listings near the top of the results — that's the 3-Pack. Below it are the regular blue links, known as organic results. Both sections are worth competing for, and they're ranked by different factors. The 3-Pack is primarily driven by your Google Business Profile. Organic rankings come from your actual website. We work on both, because showing up in only one spot means leaving real leads on the table.
Not always. If your current site is structurally sound and just needs content and optimization work, we can work with what you've got. If it's slow, hard to navigate, or built in a way that Google struggles to read — a rebuild will make a real difference to your results. We'll give you an honest assessment upfront before recommending anything.
It depends on how competitive your market is, what your website currently looks like, and what it will realistically take to move the needle in your specific situation. We don't offer one-size-fits-all packages because Edmonton businesses aren't all in the same situation. Reach out and we'll give you a straight answer based on your actual business — not a generic price list.
Track record. Most agencies sell you on their process or their team credentials. We're in the rare position of being able to show you what we've done in our own business first. Our founder's company generates over $200,000 a year through organic SEO alone. That's not a case study we borrowed from someone else — it's the foundation everything we do for clients is built on. Not theory, not guesswork — a strategy that's been proven to work in the real world, in a market just like yours.