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SEO expert in France: turn French searches into customers.

Most local searches in France happen in French. I help French businesses rank on Google.fr, win the map pack, and turn searches into calls — in proper French, not translated English.

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68Mpeople — the EU’s second-largest search market
89Minternational visitors in a typical year
1map pack that decides most local calls
$700flat monthly, no contract
THE PROBLEM

Ranking in France is not the same as ranking in English.

France is its own search world: French-language queries, CNIL cookie rules that eat your analytics, and directories like PagesJaunes that still move the needle.

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English-only pages miss the market

The overwhelming majority of local searches in France happen in French. If your key pages are English-first, you are invisible to most buyers.

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CNIL rules are eating your data

The CNIL is Europe’s most active cookie regulator. A badly implemented consent banner does not just risk fines — it blinds your analytics and every SEO decision built on it.

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Reviews and local signals decide

French buyers check avis before they call. Thin profiles, wrong categories and no review flow hand the map pack to competitors.

One person who does the French-market work properly.

Native-quality French content, CNIL-safe tracking setup, Google Business Profile plus PagesJaunes citations, and a review system that fits how French customers actually buy. No agency handoffs, no translated guesswork.

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LOCAL SEO, DONE RIGHT

French-language SEO that reads like it was written in France.

I research the exact words French customers type — city by city — then rebuild your presence around them: technical fixes, profiles, citations and content that sounds native because it is.

  • ✓Keyword research in French, never translated
  • ✓Google Business Profile + PagesJaunes + local citations
  • ✓Review generation that respects French buying habits
THE AUDIT FIRST

Start with a free audit, not a sales call.

I go through your website and your Google presence by hand: technical issues, what competitors rank for that you do not, and the biggest quick wins I can see. Plain French-market English, free, no obligation.

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SAMPLE AUDIT OUTPUT
✓Technical issues mapped
✓Competitor gaps listed
✓Quick wins prioritised
✓Plain-language report
Why me

Why French businesses choose me

1
Native French keyword research

French buyers search in French — literally. Your services mapped to the exact phrasing your customers type, city by city.

2
Reviews engineered for French buying habits

French shoppers check reviews before they check prices. A steady flow of genuine avis turns star ratings into booked appointments.

3
No agency theatre

You talk to me, I do the work, and every month you see exactly what moved — reported plainly: what changed, what I did, what’s next for your visibility in France.

THE FIX

What I actually do for your business.

Four steps for France, repeated monthly. Unglamorous, thorough, and entirely done by me.

1
French keyword researchReal queries in French, mapped per city and per service — the words your customers actually type.
2
Technical + CNIL-safe setupFix the technical issues and set up consent banners that keep you compliant without blinding your analytics.
3
Profiles & citationsGoogle Business Profile, PagesJaunes and niche directories — consistent, complete, in French.
4
Content + reviews engineFrench pages built to rank and a review flow that compounds month after month.
WHY ME

One senior person instead of an agency.

No account managers, no juniors learning on your French budget — just the person doing the work, accountable every month.

What you getWhy it matters
Native-quality FrenchContent written for French readers — never machine-translated, never awkward.
One person, senior workYou get me doing the work. No juniors, no account managers, no handoffs.
Month-to-month, $700 flatNo contracts, no setup fees. Stay because it works, not because you signed.
Reports you can readPlain language every month: what I did, what changed, and what is next.
PRICING

One plan. One price.

Full SEO, done monthly by one senior specialist.

Complete SEO, monthly
$700/month
  • ✓On-page SEO
  • ✓Technical SEO
  • ✓Off-page SEO & authority building
  • ✓Partnership links continue after month 3
  • ✓Local SEO for 1 area or city
  • ✓AI SEO: AEO, GEO & AISO
  • ✓Monthly report
  • ✓Direct WhatsApp or your preferred platform
Start With a Free Audit

The France audit is free and comes with no obligation. If you want me to fix what it finds, that is the paid work.

FREE AUDIT

See exactly what is holding you back in France.

A free, hand-done audit of your site and Google presence — technical issues, competitor gaps and quick wins, in plain language.

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What French clients say about working with me.

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FAQs

France questions, answered.

Straight answers about French SEO, no sales talk. If your question is not here, the free audit covers it.

Yes, and it affects your SEO data directly. The CNIL is Europe's most active cookie regulator: in September 2025 it fined Google 325 million euros and Shein 150 million euros for consent violations. Your banner must make refusing as easy as accepting, consent is valid for about 13 months, and scripts must actually be blocked until the visitor agrees. Most French sites I audit fail at least one of these. I fix the banner and the tag firing order together, so your analytics become both compliant and accurate.
Yes, but within strict limits. Lawyers (avocats), doctors and other regulated professions answer to their ordres, which restrict comparative claims, superlatives and sometimes even client testimonials. That does not rule out SEO: informational content, local relevance, reviews on permitted platforms and a strong Google Business Profile are all allowed. I build strategies that stay inside the rules, because a sanction from your ordre costs far more than any ranking is worth.
As a citation, yes. PagesJaunes is still a trusted source of business data that Google reads when verifying your existence, and a correct listing there supports your local rankings. As an advertising channel, it depends on your sector. I always claim and correct the listing, because it is free trust signal work, and then I judge paid placement on its own merits. What you should never do is rely on PagesJaunes instead of your Google Business Profile, which is where the customers actually decide.
Start where your customers are. If you serve one city, dominate it first: a plumber in Lyon should own Lyon before thinking about Paris. Paris is the biggest prize and the most competitive market in the country, with national brands and big budgets fighting over every keyword. Regional cities like Bordeaux, Lille, Toulouse and Nantes often deliver faster wins with genuinely local content and reviews. My audits map the competition per city so I attack where the return is highest first.
Very carefully. The avis section of your Google Business Profile is often the deciding factor: French customers read reviews before calling, and they notice whether you reply. A steady flow of recent French-language reviews, with thoughtful owner responses, will beat a competitor with a nicer website and an empty profile. I set up a review process that asks in French at the right moment, because in France the business with the best-reviewed profile usually gets the call, not the business with the best-designed site.
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