If only customers could find us on Google.What I hear from Joburg business owners — and what I fix.
SEO expert in Johannesburg: win search in Africa’s economic hub.
Gauteng generates roughly 35% of South Africa’s GDP. Discovery is mobile-only, often on prepaid data — and most competitors’ sites are too slow to survive it. I build SEO that works on the phones your customers actually use.
Joburg search happens on phones, on prepaid data, at speed.
Most discovery is mobile-only. A heavy, slow site does not just rank worse — on prepaid data it never even loads. And vernacular queries in isiZulu and isiXhosa face almost zero optimised competition.
Your site never loads for them
Mid-range phones on prepaid data give up on heavy pages. Speed is not a nice-to-have here — it is survival.
Vernacular queries sit unclaimed
isiZulu and isiXhosa service queries face almost no optimised competition. First mover takes them.
WhatsApp is the conversion channel
South Africans convert through WhatsApp, not contact forms. Sites without a WhatsApp path leak enquiries.
Ruthless page speed for prepaid-data phones, English plus vernacular keyword coverage, and conversion paths built around WhatsApp — the channel your customers prefer.
Built for the phones your customers hold.
I optimise for mid-range Androids on prepaid data: lean pages, fast loads, tap-to-WhatsApp everywhere. If it does not work on that phone, it does not work.
- ✓Speed optimisation for low-data connections
- ✓Tap-to-WhatsApp conversion paths
- ✓Mobile-first technical fixes
English plus the queries nobody targets.
Vernacular service queries face almost zero optimised competition. I research them properly and build pages that capture demand your competitors cannot see.
Get My Free AuditI test your site the way your customers experience it: a mid-range phone on a prepaid connection. If it does not load fast and convert there, the prettiest desktop design in the world does not matter.
Built for how Joburg buys.
The trades and local businesses whose customers search on phones, on prepaid data, at speed.
What I actually do for your business.
Four steps, repeated monthly in Joburg. Unglamorous, thorough, and entirely done by me.
Strip the bloat: lean pages that load on prepaid data and mid-range phones.
English money keywords plus vernacular queries with zero competition.
Tap-to-chat on every page — meet customers where they convert.
GBP tuned for Joburg, Pretoria and Sandton, with a review system that works.
One senior person instead of an agency.
No account managers, no juniors learning on your budget — just the person doing the work, accountable to you monthly.
One plan. One price.
Full SEO, done monthly by one senior specialist.
- ✓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
The audit is free and comes with no obligation. If you want me to fix what it finds for your Johannesburg business, that is the paid work.
See how your site survives a Joburg phone.
A free hand-done audit: speed on real-world connections, keyword gaps including vernacular, and competitor analysis.
Johannesburg questions, answered.
Straight answers, no sales talk. If your question is not here, the free Joburg audit covers it.
Ready to dominate Johannesburg?
Book a free 30-minute strategy call. I will audit your Johannesburg visibility live and tell you exactly what reaching the top 3 would take.