Technical SEO
Sitemaps, canonical URLs, redirects, duplicate pages from tags and filters, broken links, indexing in Google Search Console, and speed on mobile.
SEO Agency in Montreal for Online Stores
Get found on Google by people ready to buy. We do SEO for online stores and growing businesses: technical fixes, category and product pages, bilingual sites and content that answers what your buyers search.
Shopify and WooCommerce, in English and French. A small Montreal team you talk to directly.
Why SEO for an online store is different
Most SEO advice is written for blogs. An online store has other problems: hundreds of product pages, collection pages with no text, duplicate URLs created by filters and apps, and product listings Google has to match with Shopping. In Quebec, add a French version that Google often can’t find.
We start where the sales are: the category and product pages people land on when they search for what you sell. Then we fix what stops Google from reading them, and add the content that brings in buyers earlier in their search.
What our SEO work covers
Category and product pages
Titles and descriptions written for the searches people actually make, useful text on collection pages, internal links between related categories, and image alt text.
Bilingual stores
A real French (or English) version with its own URLs and hreflang tags, so Google shows each buyer the right language. Translated SEO fields, not just translated product text.
Structured data and Google Shopping
Product structured data (price, availability, condition, returns) and a clean Google Merchant Center feed, so your products can show in free listings and Shopping ads.
Content that brings buyers
Buying guides and articles based on keyword research, written for the questions your customers ask before they buy, and linked to the pages that sell.
Proof: an online store rebuilt in 9 days
For A1 Machinery, a forklift dealer on Montreal’s South Shore, we brought an offline store back and rebuilt its SEO foundations: sitemaps, canonical URLs, single-hop redirects, product structured data and a Merchant Center feed with real units only.
- Mobile speed (home page, Lighthouse): 67 to 100.Main content on a phone in 1.3 seconds instead of 6.7.
- A complete English versionwith hreflang, for buyers in Ontario and the United States.
- 8 buying guides(5 in French, 3 in English) written from keyword research.
SEO or local SEO?
If your customers come to you or you serve an area (a clinic, a restaurant, a contractor), what matters most is Google Maps and your Business Profile. That’s our local SEO service.
If you sell online across Quebec or Canada, you need your website to rank: categories, products and content. That’s this page. Many businesses need a bit of both, and we’ll tell you which one to start with.
How it works
- Free call.You tell us what you sell, who buys it and what you’ve tried.
- Audit.We look at your site, Search Console and the searches you could win. Read-only, nothing changes.
- Plan.We tell you what we’d fix first and why, and which plan fits.
- Fixes, then content.Technical problems and key pages first, then guides and new pages, in English and French.
- Monthly follow-up.Positions, clicks and sales from organic search, in plain language.
Pricing
Simple monthly plans, starting with a free audit.
- Silver, $999/month.Technical SEO and monitoring in Search Console, category and product page optimization, 1 article or buying guide per month, and a monthly report.
- Gold, $1,299/month.Everything in Silver, plus 2 articles or buying guides per month and product structured data and Merchant Center feed optimization.
- Platinum, custom.For large or bilingual catalogs and more content each month. Full SEO management and priority support.
All plans have a 3-month minimum, then 30 days’ notice to cancel. SEO takes a few months to show results, so 3 months is the shortest commitment that makes sense. Not sure which plan fits? Ask for a free SEO audit.
Why Nexa for your SEO
- We build and run online stores.We know Shopify and WooCommerce from the inside, not just from an SEO tool.
- SEO tied to sales.We set up the tracking too, so you see which searches bring orders, not just traffic. See our e-commerce tracking service.
- Bilingual by default.French and English, written by people, not machine translation.
- Small on purpose.You talk to the people doing the work.
Selling on Shopify? Our Shopify SEO checklist for Canadian stores is a good place to start.
SEO FAQ
How much does SEO cost?
Our SEO plans are $999 per month (Silver, 1 article a month) and $1,299 per month (Gold, 2 articles a month plus product data and Merchant Center). Large or bilingual catalogs get a custom Platinum plan. 3-month minimum, then 30 days’ notice to cancel.
How long does SEO take to work?
Technical fixes can show up within weeks once Google recrawls your pages. Ranking for competitive searches usually takes several months of steady work. We don’t guarantee rankings, and you should be wary of anyone who does.
Do you work with Shopify and WooCommerce?
Yes. Most of our e-commerce clients are on Shopify, and we also work on WooCommerce and custom sites.
Do you do SEO in French?
Yes. We work in French and English, and we set up bilingual sites so Google shows the right language to each buyer.
What’s the difference with your local SEO service?
Local SEO is about Google Maps and your Business Profile, for businesses that serve an area. This service is about your website ranking in Google’s regular results, mainly for online stores.
Do you write the content?
Yes. We write buying guides, category text and articles based on keyword research, in English and French, and you approve them before they go live.
What clients say
5.0 on Google, 6 reviews-
“They quadrupled my revenue in the first 3 months of working with them.”
Nicolas L. Google review, translated from French
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“They know their stuff when it comes to paid media.”
Maxime A. Google review
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“Amazing service and understanding of what I wanted. Executed to perfection.”
Chantz G. Google review
What we check in your free audit
Then we tell you what we would change first. You don’t have to hire us afterwards.
Ask for the audit- What Google can readIndexing in Search Console, sitemaps, canonical URLs, redirects and duplicate pages from filters and apps.
- Your category and product pagesTitles, descriptions, collection text and internal links, against the searches people make.
- Your French and English versionsSeparate URLs, hreflang tags and translated SEO fields.
- Searches you could winWhere you already show up on page 2 or 3, and what it would take to move up.
Find out what’s holding your store back.
Tell us about your store. We’ll look at your site and Search Console and tell you what we’d fix first. The audit is free.