Technical SEO — The Foundation Everything Else Sits On
SEO has three parts: content (what you say), off-page (links and authority), and technical (whether Google can crawl, render, and rank your site at all). You can write the best content in your market, but if your pages load slowly, render blank without JavaScript, or lack the structure Google expects, it won't matter. Technical SEO is the foundation — and it's the part marketing agencies most often can't touch, because it's an engineering job, not a copywriting one.
What We Fix
Core Web Vitals & speed.
The load-speed and stability metrics Google uses as a ranking factor — measured, diagnosed, and fixed at the code level, not papered over with a caching plugin.
Crawlability & rendering.
Making sure Google sees your full content — fixing JavaScript rendering, indexation, sitemaps, and the structure that lets search engines actually read your site.
Schema & structured data.
Marking up your pages so Google understands them — and rewards you with rich results: FAQs, reviews, breadcrumbs, and more real estate on the results page.
Local SEO foundations.
Google Business setup, local schema, and the on-page signals that get you found by customers searching in your area — the bedrock of local visibility.
What's Included in an SEO Engagement
A typical SEO & performance engagement covers:
Rankings and speed are baked into how we build — every Next.js and WordPress site ships SEO-ready, so this is as much prevention as cure.
Ranking Is Engineering — Not Just Content
The reason we can do the SEO work marketing agencies outsource is simple: it's code. Fixing render-blocking scripts, restructuring how a page is built, adding schema, tuning the database query behind a slow page — that's development work, and it's what we do all day.
“Our SEO agency said the developers need to fix it” is a sentence we hear constantly. We're the developers — which is why we can act on the audit instead of just handing you one. Read why a slow site quietly loses customers.
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How We Deliver — From First Call to Launch (and After)
No black box. Here's exactly what happens once you bring us in:
Discovery & scoping
A real conversation about the problem, the users, and the constraints — not a sales call. We leave it knowing exactly what needs building and why.
Fixed proposal & quote
You get a plain-English scope document, a timeline, and a fixed price. What's included, what's excluded, and what happens if scope changes — all in writing before any money moves.
Design & architecture
Wireframes, UI, and the technical architecture — database schema, API design, hosting — agreed up front so there are no expensive surprises mid-build.
Build in sprints
Development happens in short, reviewable cycles with a shared board. You see working software early and often, not a single black-box handoff at the end.
QA & testing
Every feature is tested — automated tests plus manual QA on real devices — before it's marked done. Nothing ships on a “works on my machine”.
Launch & handoff
Deployment, performance checks, and a walkthrough. You get the source code, the hosting, and the documentation — full ownership, zero lock-in.
Support & iteration
We stay on for bug fixes, monitoring, and new features on a retainer or ad-hoc basis — whichever fits how your product will actually grow.
How Much Does SEO & Performance Cost?
SEO and performance cost in the UK varies by scope and whether it's a fix or ongoing. For reference:
| Option | Typical range |
|---|---|
| UK SEO agency — retainer | £800 – £3,000 / month |
| Technical SEO audit (one-off) | £1,000 – £5,000 |
| Freelance (variable quality) | £300 – £1,500 |
| SEO & performance via Codified Studio | from $700 |
The cheapest quote on paper isn't always the cheapest in practice — a low day rate that needs heavy management, or a build that needs redoing, costs more than a fixed scope delivered right the first time. With Codified Studio, pricing is transparent from the first quote: no hidden onboarding fees, no surprise scope creep, and full code ownership at the end.
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