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A roadmap, and a site structure that can carry it

Senior judgment every month, in writing: what to work on next, in what order, and how the site should be structured so that each new page strengthens the ones already there.

Strategy and architecture

Most sites grew rather than were designed

A section added for a campaign, a subfolder for a product line that no longer exists, a blog bolted on years ago with its own logic. Each decision was reasonable at the time. Together they produce a site where related pages do not link to each other, important pages sit four clicks from the homepage, and two or three URLs compete for the same query.

Most small companies do not need a large agency to fix this. They need someone senior to look at the whole structure regularly, decide what matters most this quarter, and write it down clearly enough for an in-house marketer or a developer to act on. That is what this service is: strategy and structural advice, delivered monthly, at a price that makes sense for a company with a small team.

What the work is

Strategy and architecture, in four parts.

01

Monthly strategy session

A 60-minute video call with your senior lead. We review what was published and changed last month, what moved in Search Console, and what should come next. Every session ends with a short written summary of the decisions taken, so nothing depends on anyone remembering the call.

02

Quarterly written roadmap

Each quarter we set out the priorities for the next three months: which query clusters to target, which pages to create, merge, or retire, and which technical fixes matter most. At the end of the quarter the roadmap is reviewed in writing against what actually happened, including the items that did not work.

03

Site and URL architecture

We review how the site is organized: the hierarchy of sections, the URL structure, the internal links between related pages, and how the topics and entities in your category are expressed. On the Program plan this is a full written review twice a year; on the other plans, structural questions are covered in your monthly session.

04

Page reviews and migrations

Each month we review up to four of your own pages, whether new drafts, key commercial pages, or pages that have lost ground, and return written, line-level notes. If you are planning a redesign or a domain move, we review your redirect map and give your developers a verification checklist before anything goes live.

What you receive
  • A written summary after every monthly strategy session
  • A quarterly roadmap, with the previous quarter reviewed in writing
  • Written, line-level notes on up to four of your pages each month
  • On the Program plan, a site architecture review twice a year
  • Email access to your senior lead between sessions
Timeline

The first roadmap is delivered within three weeks of your plan starting and builds directly on the diagnostic. Strategy sessions then run monthly, and the roadmap is reviewed and reissued every quarter for as long as you keep the plan.

Who this is for

Companies with someone in-house who can publish and make changes but no senior search strategist to set direction, and sites that have grown for several years and now carry more structural debt than any single page fix can address.

What it costs

Priced on the pricing page — no quote needed to find out.

Questions

About this service.

Will we lose traffic during a migration?
A well-planned migration usually dips for a few weeks and then recovers. A poorly planned one may not recover. The difference lies almost entirely in the redirect map and the checks made after launch, which is why we review both in writing before anything moves. We cannot promise that a migration will be traffic-neutral; no one honestly can.
Who makes the changes?
Your team or your developers, working from our written notes. We do not take access to your production code or publish changes on your behalf. That keeps responsibility clear and means your team understands every change made to the site.
Is the Advisory plan enough on its own?
For companies that already publish regularly and need direction rather than production, often yes. If writing capacity is the bottleneck, the Editorial or Program plan adds commissioned articles on top of everything in Advisory. You can change plans from the start of any month.

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Start with a conversation.

A 30-minute introduction, with no deck and no pitch. If it looks like a fit, the next step is a two-week diagnostic for $160.

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