Technical audits
Crawl diagnostics, Core Web Vitals fixes and indexation reports written for developers, not buzzwords.
SEO agency · Manchester
Rank for intent, not empty traffic.
Summit Trace is a search agency in Manchester for publishers, manufacturers and legal practices that need technical fixes, editorial calendars and links that survive manual reviews. We publish transparent crawl reports, map queries to revenue pages and train your in-house writers instead of handing over a PDF and vanishing.
How Summit Trace SEO helps
Search projects begin with crawl exports, query mapping and a written roadmap your leadership team can challenge. We document technical decisions so rankings survive CMS changes and still make sense six months later.
Content architecture
Topic clusters, internal linking maps and briefs that give writers a keyword and a point of view.
Authority building
Digital PR pitches, partner pages and structured data that earn links editors actually click.
Reporting cadence
Monthly Search Console reviews with annotated screenshots so stakeholders see movement, not vanity graphs.
Search metrics we publish
- Core team members
- 12
- Median first response time
- 48 hr
- Clients who renew annually
- 93%
- Average partnership length
- 6 yrs
From audit to rankings
- 01
Align
Goals, constraints and success metrics written in plain language.
- 02
Explore
Shot lists, location scouts and lighting diagrams signed off early.
- 03
Build
Weekly Search Console reviews with tickets filed in your tracker.
- 04
Launch
Checklists, training and a retrospective within two weeks of go-live.
SEO packages
Search programs priced by scope with change orders when priorities shift.
Annual SEO plans include a quarterly content sprint.
Sprint
Technical cleanup and content sprint.
$12,000/ month
- Technical audit
- Content briefs
- Slack access
Partner
Ongoing support.
$7,500/ month
- Monthly roadmap
- Technical content
- Quarterly review
Embedded
Senior talent in your tools.
$15,000/ month
- Dedicated lead
- On-site days
- Hiring support
Organic growth stories
Northline Publishers
Repositioning a legacy tool for modern buyers
Research, identity and site
Brand
Ember Transit
Ridership campaign across print and digital
OOH, social and microsite
Campaign
Fjord Health
Patient portal UX refresh
Flows, UI kit and QA
Product
SEO client notes
“Rankings moved within six weeks and the report finally matched what sales saw in the CRM.”
“Technical fixes shipped without breaking our Shopify theme, which past agencies never managed.”
“Writers finally have a keyword map that reads like a brief, not a spreadsheet dump.”
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SEO questions
How do projects start?
A technical audit export, kickoff call and shared Search Console access within five business days.
Do you work remotely?
Yes, audits and workshops can be remote with screen-shared walkthroughs.
What tools do you use?
Google Search Console, Screaming Frog, Ahrefs or your analytics—we adapt to your stack.
Who owns the files?
You do, with crawl exports, content briefs and access logs for your team.
Ready for a roadmap you can defend?
Bring messy analytics—we like untangling them.
Manchester office
41 Deansgate, Manchester M3 2AY (fictional suite)
- Mon–Fri 08:30–17:30 GMT
+1 612 555 0148