Case study · Siding and roofing contractor SEO · Cobb County, GA
Siding and Roofing SEO: 402% More Clicks in 4 Months
Custom Home Renovations, a family-owned roofing and siding contractor in Marietta, Georgia, grew organic clicks 402% (1.18K to 5.93K) and impressions from 33.2K to 199K in four months of SEO and Google Business Profile work, per Google Search Console.
By Zayn Shah, Founder of Zainfy · Updated November 5, 2026
- Same 3-month window before and after
- No paid media, no link schemes
- Google Business Profile included
Results
▲ 4 months, organic only
More organic clicks1.18K to 5.93K
Impressions33.2K to 199K
GBP search viewsin 30 days
Maps viewsin 30 days
Results
Results at a glance: four months, organic only
This siding contractor SEO case study takes every figure from the client’s own Search Console and Google Business Profile Performance reports. No paid media ran, so nothing here is borrowed from ads.
402%
More organic clicks1.18K to 5.93K a quarter, Search Console
5.99x
More impressions33.2K to 199K, up 499%, Search Console
23,830
GBP Search views30-day snapshot, Profile Performance
7,250
GBP Maps views30-day snapshot, Profile Performance
| Metric | 3 months before | 3 months after | Change | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organic clicks | 1.18K | 5.93K | +402% | Google Search Console |
| Impressions | 33.2K | 199K | +499% (5.99x) | Google Search Console |
| Click-through rate | 3.5% | 3% | Roughly steady | Google Search Console |
| Average position | 3.6 | 10.3 | Wider keyword set | Google Search Console |
| GBP Maps views30 days | n/a | 7,250 | Current snapshot | GBP Performance |
| GBP Search views30 days | n/a | 23,830 | Current snapshot | GBP Performance |
The two Google Business Profile rows are the current 30-day snapshot, not a before-and-after pair. The Search Console rows compare the three months before the work started with the three months ending at month four.
The client
A referral-built roofing and siding contractor
Custom Home Renovations had the reviews, the crews and the storm-season demand. What it did not have was a website that Google could match to the searches homeowners were actually typing.
Business
Family-owned roofing, siding and storm-damage restoration contractor in Marietta, Georgia. Insurance-claim guidance for storm-damage homeowners is part of the service, and the company carries 60+ five-star Google reviews.
Market
Cobb County and the greater Atlanta metro, where hail and wind events drive roofing and siding demand. The same market our contractor SEO in Marietta page covers.
Engagement
On-page SEO, technical SEO and Google Business Profile management over four months. No paid media, no purchased links, no new service lines: the same company, made findable for the work it already did.
Starting point
Starting point: strong for a few terms, invisible for the rest
The baseline looked healthy on one metric and hollow on every other. An average position of 3.6 sounds strong until you see it rested on a few branded searches.
Strong position, thin footprint
The site held an average position of 3.6 because the queries it ranked for were mostly its own name. Impressions were 33.2K a quarter, per Search Console, well short of what Cobb County searches for.
Not indexed for service-area searches
There was no page for “roof replacement Marietta” or “siding contractor Cobb County”, so Google had nothing to show for those searches. Crawl errors and slow Core Web Vitals held back the pages that did exist.
Storm-damage demand unanswered
The company guided homeowners through insurance claims, but the website never said so in the words homeowners search after a storm: hail damage, wind damage, leak repair, insurance roof replacement.
What we changed
Three levers, pulled in sequence
Technical fixes first, so Google could crawl the site. Pages second, so there was something to rank. The Business Profile third, so the Map Pack caught the same demand.
Lever 1
Technical SEO
Crawl and indexation cleanup, Core Web Vitals and page speed, and structured data on service and location pages. Month one, before any new content went live, so every later page started from a clean crawl.
Lever 2
On-page SEO built around service + county
Titles and metas rewritten on every service page, then new service and county content: roof replacement in Marietta, siding contractor for Cobb County. Internal links tied each service page to its location pages.
Lever 3
Google Business Profile
Primary and secondary categories, service areas, photos, posts, Q&A and a review-response cadence, so the profile reflected the same roofing and siding services the website now ranked for.
What siding and roofing searches look like
- By problem: storm damage, hail damage, roof leak, wind-torn siding, siding repair or replacement, insurance claim help.
- By material: vinyl siding, fiber cement, James Hardie, architectural shingles, metal roofing.
- By place: city, county and “near me”: roof replacement Marietta, siding contractor Cobb County.
- What catches it: one page per service and county, so each intent lands on a page written for it instead of a generic services list.
This is the sequence we run as a contractor SEO company for exterior trades anywhere in the US, and the structure behind contractor SEO across Georgia. The order matters: new pages on a site Google cannot crawl cleanly are pages nobody sees.
Evidence
The evidence: Search Console, GBP and Ahrefs
Three views of the same four months in this Georgia SEO case study. Search Console is the primary record; the Business Profile and the Ahrefs trend confirm it from outside.
How we measured
- Search Console: the same three-month window before and after, compared in the client’s own property. Clicks, impressions, CTR and average position are read straight from the report.
- Google Business Profile: the Performance report’s 30-day snapshot. 7,250 Maps views, 23,830 Search views and steady weekly phone-call volume across the period; we publish no call count.
- Ahrefs: the third-party organic traffic trend, used only as a cross-check. It shows a flat line for most of the site’s history and a breakout inside the campaign window.
- Not published: revenue, signed jobs or call totals. We do not estimate what we did not measure.
Average position
Why average position got worse, and why that is good
The one metric that moved the “wrong” way is the one that explains the rest. Average position is an average across every query you appear for, and that set changed completely.
3.6 → 10.3
Average position went up because the keyword set got wider
A site ranking second for ten branded terms and a site ranking second to fifteenth for hundreds of service terms report very different averages, and the second one gets far more business. Here the queries went from a small branded set to roofing, siding and storm-damage searches across Cobb County. Clicks rose five times and impressions six times, per Search Console, and CTR held near 3%.
Timeline
Four months, month by month
Each month built on the one before. The results compound because the technical base was fixed before the content and profile work landed on it.
Month 1
Crawl, speed and structured data
Indexation cleanup, Core Web Vitals and page-speed fixes, structured data added. Nothing visible to homeowners yet; everything visible to Googlebot.
Month 2
Titles, metas and county pages
Every service page retitled, new pages for roof replacement in Marietta and siding in Cobb County, internal links between service and location pages.
Month 3
Business Profile build-out
Categories, service areas, photos, posts, Q&A and a review-response cadence. Maps and Search views start tracking the website’s new footprint.
Month 4
Impressions and clicks scale together
The three months ending at month four: 199K impressions and 5.93K clicks against 33.2K and 1.18K before, with CTR steady, per Search Console.
What to copy
What other siding and roofing contractors can copy
Nothing here was unique to Custom Home Renovations. This is roofing and siding contractor SEO, and the same four principles apply to any exterior contractor whose site ranks for its name and little else.
Average position can get worse before the business gets better
If your report shows position climbing from 3 to 10 while clicks multiply, you are winning. Judge the campaign on clicks and impressions, and read position only query by query.
Technical fixes are a prerequisite
New county pages on a site with crawl errors and poor Core Web Vitals are wasted effort. Fix indexation and speed in month one, then write; this campaign did it in that order for a reason.
Storm-damage and insurance categories reward breadth
Homeowners search by problem, material and place. A page per service and county, plus storm-damage and insurance-claim content, catches hundreds of searches a single services page never will.
GBP and organic compound
The Business Profile reached 23,830 Search views and 7,250 Maps views in 30 days once its categories and service areas matched the pages ranking organically. Run both or you leave half the demand behind.
Zainfy is a contractor-only marketing agency founded by Zayn Shah in 2023 and based in Douglasville, Georgia. We run SEO, Google Business Profile, websites, social and paid ads for remodeling and construction contractors across the US, with state programs in Georgia, Florida and Michigan. If your roofing or siding site ranks for its own name and little else, start with a free audit: we check indexation, service-area coverage and your Business Profile, and show you which searches you are missing.
FAQ
Siding and roofing contractor SEO questions, answered
What roofing and siding contractors ask after reading this case: timelines, page structure, cost and what the numbers mean.
How do siding contractors get more leads from Google?
SEO for siding contractors comes down to a page for every service and area homeowners search, and a Google Business Profile that matches those pages. In this case study a Marietta roofing and siding contractor went from 1.18K to 5.93K organic clicks a quarter after we added service and county pages, fixed the technical base and built out the Business Profile, per Google Search Console. No ads were involved.
How long does SEO take for a siding company?
Siding company SEO took four months here, from the first technical fix to the quarter that showed 402% more clicks, and the first two months produced little a homeowner would notice. Technical cleanup came first, then pages, then the Business Profile; impressions and clicks scaled together in month four. Expect a similar arc: impressions move before clicks, and clicks move before the phone.
Should roofing and siding have separate pages?
Yes, and each should have its own county or city variant. Homeowners searching “siding contractor Cobb County” and “roof replacement Marietta” have different problems and expect a page written for theirs. A combined exteriors page competes for both and wins neither. Separating roofing, siding and storm-damage content by service and county is what moved this site’s impressions from 33.2K to 199K, per Search Console.
How much should a siding contractor spend on SEO?
Zainfy’s published SEO tiers are $999, $1,799 and $2,499 a month, on a six-month term and then month to month with 30 days’ written notice. The right tier depends on how many service and county pages your market needs and whether AI search optimization is in scope, which is in Advance and Premium only. Every tier carries the 90-day guarantee. Details are on the pricing page.
Why did the average position get worse in this case study?
Because the keyword set got much wider. Before the campaign the site ranked for a small group of mostly branded searches at an average position of 3.6. After it, the same report included hundreds of roofing, siding and storm-damage queries, many still climbing, which pulled the average to 10.3. Clicks rose 402% and impressions 499% over the same window, per Search Console, so the lower average reflects more visibility, not less.
Does Google Business Profile matter for roofers?
As much as the website, because storm-damage searches are local and urgent, and the Map Pack sits above the organic results for them. In this campaign the profile recorded 7,250 Maps views and 23,830 Search views in a 30-day snapshot, with steady weekly phone-call volume, per Google Business Profile Performance. Categories, service areas, photos, posts, Q&A and review responses mirrored the pages the website ranked for.
Did this campaign use paid ads or link buying?
No. The engagement was on-page SEO, technical SEO and Google Business Profile management only, with no paid media and no link schemes. The before-and-after numbers come from the Search Console comparison of the same three-month window, so nothing in the clicks or impressions came from an ad budget. The Ahrefs organic trend, a third-party record, shows the same breakout in the campaign window.
Can storm-damage work be marketed through SEO?
Yes, and it is one of the best-fitting uses of SEO for an exterior contractor. Homeowners search by the problem they just had: hail damage, wind-torn siding, roof leak, insurance claim help. Pages written in those words, by service and county, catch that demand when it spikes after a storm. Custom Home Renovations already handled insurance claims; the campaign made that visible to Google.
What did the client own at the end?
Everything. The website and its hosting login, the Google Business Profile, and the Search Console and analytics properties all stayed in Custom Home Renovations’ own name throughout; Zainfy worked through delegated access. Your accounts stay in your name on every Zainfy engagement, so the pages, the profile and the reporting history remain with the business. That is also why every figure on this page is read from the client’s own reports.
Sources
Sources and last verified date
Every number on this page carries a named source. Figures are rechecked when a source publishes a new edition.
- Google Search Console. Client property. Clicks, impressions, CTR and average position compared over the same three-month window before and after the campaign.
- Google Business Profile Performance. Client profile. 30-day snapshot of Maps views, Search views and phone-call volume; not a before-and-after pair.
- Ahrefs organic traffic trend. Third-party record of the site’s organic traffic over its history, used as a cross-check on the Search Console growth.
Last verified: November 5, 2026. All figures are read from the client’s own reports; no revenue, job or call totals are published.
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Zayn Shah
Founder, Zainfy
Zayn has spent six years in performance marketing, five of them inside a construction company’s marketing, and founded Zainfy in 2023. He planned the campaign and wrote this page from the client’s own data: the Search Console and Profile Performance reports. More about Zayn.
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