Industrial & manufacturing SEO
Industrial & Manufacturing SEO that brings in RFQs.
Reach the engineers and buyers searching for what you make.
We get your capabilities, processes, products and part numbers found by the people who specify and buy them, then track the quote requests, calls and orders back to the pages that earned them.
4.9 average from 30+ industrial reviews
Manufacturers and suppliers we’ve grown with SEO.
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+1,900%more conversions
Manufacturing · Sital Technology
mil std 1553 analyzer +688% more organic site traffic+204% more site traffic
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South Plainfield, NJ +1,551%more conversions
Manufacturing · A&A Thermal Spray
thermal spray coating +1,167% more organic conversions+935% more site traffic
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+690%more conversions
Manufacturing · Baron Blakeslee
vapor degreaser +213% more organic conversions+167% more organic site traffic
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+473%more conversions
Distributors & Suppliers · Essential Electric Supply
electrical wiring supplies +447% more organic conversions+143% more revenue from SEO
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+430%more organic conversions
Manufacturing · FineLine Technologies
rfid labels and tags +407% more conversions+98% more site traffic
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+387%more sales revenue
Manufacturing · Mickey Truck Bodies
truck body parts +90% more sales transactions+1,550% more organic site traffic
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Middlesex, NJ +40%more sales revenue
Distributors & Suppliers · Application Associates
baldwin filters +46% more total site traffic
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+52%more conversions
Distributors & Suppliers · Load Cell Central
industrial load cells +35% more organic conversions
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+325%more organic conversions
Building Materials · Gauer Metal Products
donation bins for sale +225% more conversions+99% more organic site traffic
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+720%more revenue
Engineering · Biller Reinhart
structural engineer near me +500% more conversions+566% more site traffic
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Brooklyn, NY +1,057%more organic search traffic
Distributors & Suppliers · nymachinery.com
heavy equipment parts +685% more total site traffic
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+133%more organic conversions
Manufacturing · Huguenot Labs
fire protection chemicals +70% more conversions+164% more organic site traffic
SEO that speaks engineer, and still sells.
Industrial buyers don’t search for a brand. They search for a process, a tolerance, a material, a spec or a part number, often months before a purchase order, and they read closely. Manufacturing SEO has to match that precision. We work with your engineers and sales team to build pages for each capability, process, industry served and product line, with the specs, certifications and drawings buyers look for, and part-number and catalog pages for distributors. We fix the technical problems common on older industrial sites, earn links from trade publications, associations and partners, and make sure AI assistants describe what you make correctly. Quote requests, calls, sample requests and online orders are tracked in your Client Hub, so you can see which pages bring the leads your sales team wants.
Found for every capability, part and spec you sell.
One team handles all of it, and every quote request shows up in your Client Hub.
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Capabilities
A page for every process and industry
Machining, coating, molding, fabrication or testing: one clear page per capability and per industry served, with tolerances, materials and certifications.
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Products and parts
Part numbers buyers can find
Product, part-number and cross-reference pages, and catalog SEO for distributors with thousands of SKUs.
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Technical content
Content engineers trust
Spec sheets, comparison guides, application notes and FAQs written with your team, so engineers find answers on your site, not a competitor’s.
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Authority
Links from your industry
Trade publications, associations, suppliers, OEM partners and directories like Thomasnet: the links that carry weight in an industrial niche.
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Technical
Older sites made fast and crawlable
Speed, mobile layout, product schema, PDF handling and fixes for the duplicate and orphaned pages that build up on industrial sites over the years.
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Tracking
RFQs counted, not just visits
Quote forms, calls, sample requests and orders tracked by page, so sales can see which searches start real conversations.
Industrial SEO judged on quote requests, not traffic.
What most agencies report:
- Traffic totals, including students and job seekers
- Rankings for broad terms buyers rarely use
- Blog posts written without your engineers
- One number for all conversions
What SmartSites reports:
- Quote requests, calls and sample requests by page and product line
- Rankings for the processes, specs and part numbers buyers search
- Technical content reviewed by your team before it goes live
- Orders and revenue from organic search for distributors who sell online
Manufacturers and distributors love working with us.
“Also I would to add the level of detail and the amount work that goes into their SEO service is on a whole different level from anything I have experienced with previous companies.”
Thomas GustavssonGreen Power Forklift Batteries“Organic traffic and growth has been around 107%, and we're very happy!”
Mitch HuntEssential Electric Supply“Their strategic approach to keyword optimization, content development, and link-building has significantly boosted our organic traffic and search engine rankings.”
Anna DifabioGauer Metal Products“SmartSites makes SEO easy. They take on far more of the hands on work than my previous SEO company, freeing up a lot of time and mental energy for me.”
Dara TrentLoad Cell Central“I'm very pleased with the teams ability to create great content & fix issues very quickly... I would highly recommend them for SEO services.”
Ashley SaviniUSAZON Distribution Corp“After months of research into services for SEO, PPC Management and Website redesign we chose SmartSites to handle our account.”
Richard BrunhouseA&A Thermal SprayYour sales team will see where the leads come from.
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Audit
Your site, catalog, rankings and competitors, plus interviews with sales and engineering on the products and buyers that matter most.
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Fix and track
Technical fixes and quote, call and order tracking first.
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Build out
Capability, product and part pages, technical content and industry links, every month.
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Report on RFQs
Quote requests, calls, orders and rankings in your Client Hub, reviewed with you monthly.
More ways we help industrial companies grow.
- Industry Industrial & commercial marketing SEO, ads, websites and email for industrial companies.
- Industry Manufacturing marketing Marketing built for manufacturers and their buyers.
- Case studies Industrial SEO results Every published industrial SEO campaign, with the numbers.
- Service Organic SEO How we run SEO for every kind of business.
- Guide SEO for manufacturers A practical guide to winning search in manufacturing.
- Guide Why SEO is smart for packaging manufacturers How one kind of manufacturer turns search into orders.
Manufacturing SEO questions, answered
Manufacturing SEO, also called industrial SEO, gets manufacturers, industrial suppliers and distributors found by the engineers, buyers and procurement teams searching for their capabilities, products and parts. It covers capability, product and part-number pages, technical content, links from industry sources, technical fixes and tracking of quote requests and orders.
Yes. Engineers and buyers research online long before they contact a supplier, and the companies that answer their questions get on the shortlist. We track the first quote request or call from search, so you can follow it through your sales process even when the order comes months later.
Our writers work from your spec sheets, drawings and interviews with your engineers, and your team reviews every technical page before it goes live. We would rather publish fewer pages that are right than many that aren’t.
Yes. Distributors with thousands of SKUs need product and category pages that rank, clean structured data and a fast catalog. See ecommerce SEO for how we handle large catalogs.
Niche process and part-number searches can move in two to three months, because competition is often thin; broader terms take longer. Most industrial companies see clear movement in three to six months. We never guarantee rankings.
By quote requests, calls, sample requests and online orders from organic search, tracked to the page and product line, plus rankings for the terms buyers use. You see it in your Client Hub and we review it with you every month.