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Retail SEO for brands that want to be picked

I get your categories, products and brand into Google and AI shopping answers. Proven with BOY London and Criminal Damage.

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Why do retail brands lose out in search?

Because shoppers now ask “best trainers under £150” and get a curated answer, and the marketplaces have spent years making sure it’s their listings that turn up. Your own products deserve better.

  • Marketplaces outrank you for your own products

    Search your bestseller and see who sells it first. Without strong product pages and brand signals, the marketplace wins your customer.

  • Thin, copied descriptions

    Manufacturer copy pasted across hundreds of products gives Google nothing unique to rank, and gives shoppers nothing to fall for.

  • Faceted navigation chaos

    Filters for size, colour and price can spin out thousands of near-identical URLs that waste crawl budget and split your rankings.

  • AI shopping answers skip your store

    If your feeds, product schema and reviews don’t tell machines what you sell, AI shopping answers recommend somebody else.

What I do for retail and ecommerce brands

Everything a product needs to get from your warehouse into a shopper’s shortlist: structure, feeds, copy and authority. Shopify, WooCommerce and custom builds.

  • On-page SEO

    Category and product page SEO

    Unique, keyword-led copy for every collection and product, in your brand’s voice, plus metadata and internal links that guide shoppers and crawlers alike.

    On-page SEO services

  • Technical SEO

    Faceted navigation and site health

    Facet rules, canonicals, crawl control and speed fixes that keep filters useful for shoppers without flooding Google with duplicates.

    Technical SEO services

  • GEO

    Merchant feeds and AI shopping visibility

    Product schema, Google Merchant Center feeds and review signals that tell AI shopping answers exactly what you sell, for how much, and why it’s rated.

    GEO services

  • Content Blueprint

    Seasonal and buying-guide strategy

    A content calendar planned around your peaks (Black Friday, launches, sales) with buying guides that answer the questions shoppers ask before they buy.

    The Content Blueprint (content strategy)

  • Blog writing

    Fashion and lifestyle copywriting

    Entertaining posts written in your brand’s voice to build identity, earn trust and pull in shoppers who aren’t searching for you by name yet.

    Blog writing services

  • SEO services

    Retail SEO strategy

    High-intent, winnable keywords chosen for commercial value, then woven through your site so the right products show up for the right searches.

    My SEO services

What does it look like when AI recommends your product?

It names your product, gives a reason and links to your store, not the marketplace. AI platforms lean on reviews, publishers, retailers and community discussions, so the [1] goes to the brand those sources trust.

What makes a brand citable

  • Product schema: price, stock, reviews and variants in structured data
  • Merchant feeds: clean, complete feeds in Google Merchant Center
  • Reviews: real reviews on your site and on third-party platforms
  • Brand voice: descriptions only you could have written

How GEO works

Best sustainable trainers under £150?

Shoppers rate Your brand [1]’s recycled runner for comfort and…

Sources [1] yourbrand.com [2] review-site.com

Illustration: the answer I build towards.

How does retail SEO with LA Search work?

Four steps, the same ones behind my fashion and hospitality results, built around your trading calendar.

  1. Step 1: Understand

    A full technical audit, competitor analysis and keyword research: where you’re losing shoppers and to whom.

    Weeks 1–2
  2. Step 2: Plan

    A roadmap of fixes and pages, prioritised by revenue and lined up with your seasonal peaks.

    Your roadmap
  3. Step 3: Create and optimise

    Category and product copy, metadata, feeds, schema and blog content, written in your brand’s voice.

    Month by month
  4. Step 4: Measure and grow

    Organic revenue, conversion rate and AI shopping visibility tracked and reported, so you know what’s selling.

    Monthly reporting

From my experience, SEO generally takes 4 to 6 months to show results, so plan your peak-season work early.

Retail results I’ve actually delivered

Real numbers from real clients, straight from my case studies.

  • Fashion retail

    BOY London

    • +35%revenue
    • 83%site health after my technical audit

    “They have helped us to not only implement an SEO strategy but also increase our SEO performance.”

    Gerda Vaisnyte, e-commerce manager, BOY London

    Read the BOY London case study

  • Fashion retail

    Criminal Damage

    • 82%site health after my technical audit
    • Higherrankings for several non-branded keywords

    “We now have a pristine website with exceptional functionality, a clear online identity, and a steady stream of organic website traffic.”

    Gerda Vaisnyte, e-commerce manager, Criminal Damage

    Read the Criminal Damage case study

  • Hospitality ecommerce

    Waterside Holiday Group

    • +291.81%e-commerce conversion rate from organic
    • +569.92%revenue from the organic channel
    • +39.34%organic users

    Organic profits from six to seven figures.

    Read the Waterside Holiday Group case study

More stories, from local services to music tuition. See all my case studies

Retail SEO FAQs

What does a retail SEO specialist do?

They get your products and brand found by shoppers in Google and AI shopping answers. With me, that means category and product page SEO, faceted navigation and site health, product schema and merchant feeds, seasonal content strategy and brand-voice copywriting.

How do you handle faceted navigation for SEO?

I decide which filter combinations deserve to rank (say, “black leather boots”) and keep the rest out of the index with canonicals, crawl rules and sensible internal linking. Shoppers keep every filter; Google only sees the pages worth ranking.

Do you work with Shopify and WooCommerce?

Yes, I work with the major ecommerce platforms, including Shopify and WooCommerce, as well as custom builds.

How do products appear in AI shopping answers?

AI shopping answers pull from structured product data, merchant feeds, reviews and the sites they trust. Complete product schema, a clean Google Merchant Center feed and genuine reviews make your products far easier to recommend.

Semrush’s 2026 AI Visibility Index found AI platforms lean on reviews, publishers, retailers and community discussions, and that being mentioned is not always the same as being cited.

Source: my SEO quiz, citing Semrush’s 2026 AI Visibility Index

Should we write our own product descriptions?

Yes. Unique descriptions give Google something to rank and give shoppers a reason to buy. For BOY London and Criminal Damage I added unique, keyword-led content to every collection and product page, written in each brand’s voice.

How long does ecommerce SEO take?

From my experience, it generally takes 4 to 6 months to see results from SEO. Technical fixes can show sooner, so start well before your peak season.

Ready when you are

Put your products in the answer

Tell me about your store and your bestsellers. I’ll show you where shoppers and AI are finding you today, and where they’re finding someone else.

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