//Palo Alto · An SEO agency
An SEO agency serving Palo Altothat starts with what is actually broken.
You already rank for something. The question is whether it is the thing that pays. We look at which searches carry real buying intent for your business, what is blocking you from them, and which pages you already own could win without being rebuilt.
Work directly with our founders. No account-manager handoff.
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Why search behaves differently in Palo Alto.
Few cities this size carry Palo Alto's gravity. Anchored by Stanford next door and the venture capital that grew up around it, the city is dense with startups, research firms and professional services, alongside the walkable retail of University Avenue and California Avenue and the Stanford Shopping Center. The audience is affluent, highly educated and quick to judge credibility.
That audience changes what search work has to accomplish. People here do not click the first result and call. They open several tabs, read closely, check whether claims are supported, and form a view before they ever contact anyone. Ranking is therefore only the entry fee. The page that wins is the one that survives a careful read, which means SEO in this market is far more about substance on the page than about the usual volume of thin content aimed at a keyword.
What we would look at first.
- 1Are the right people finding you?Search, maps and paid placement for the terms that carry buying intent, not the ones that only carry volume.
- 2Are you paying for the right demand?Spend against what converts, and an honest look at the demand you are buying that was never going to.
- 3Does the site finish the job?The offer, the proof and the next step, on the page the traffic actually lands on.
- 4Can the owner tell what worked?Calls, forms and bookings traced back far enough to make the next budget decision defensible.
Already have an agency? Good. Bring the report.
We will tell you what looks healthy, what we cannot verify and where we would look first. If the current setup makes sense, we will say that too. You do not have to fire anyone to get a second read.
Work you can check.
These are our clients, not Palo Alto clients. Every number on them is published on the study itself, so you can read the whole engagement rather than a highlight.
What we would most likely run for Palo Alto.
Founders stay.
The people you meet stay on the account. There is no sales handoff and no junior takeover after the contract is signed.
Yours to keep.
Accounts, domains, ad platforms and content are in your name. If we part ways you keep all of it.
Month to month.
No annual lock-in. We would rather keep the work worth renewing than hold you to a term.
//Common questions
What Palo Alto owners ask us first.
Are you actually local to Palo Alto?
No. Mining Wells is based in Irvine and serves Palo Alto businesses from there. SEO is one of the few disciplines where location genuinely does not affect the work, and we would rather say that plainly than list an address we do not have.
Do you do general marketing for Palo Alto too?
Yes, though search is where the demand here is clearest. If the diagnosis says paid media or the website is the real constraint, we will tell you that and we can run it. Nothing about this page limits us to SEO.
What if I already have an SEO agency?
Bring the report. We will tell you what looks healthy, what we cannot verify and where we would look first. Some of these reviews end with us recommending you keep the current arrangement.
How do you price?
After the diagnosis rather than before it. Month to month, no annual lock-in, and the site, content and accounts stay in your name.
Can you guarantee first-page rankings?
No. We will tell you what we expect to move, in what order, and what would tell us early that the plan is wrong. In a market this well informed, a guarantee would be the least credible thing on the page.
Get my free marketing plan.
Tell us about the business and where the marketing is getting stuck. We will write you a plan for it, free, and tell you honestly if we are not the right people to run it.
No cost. No obligation. No pitch if it is not a fit.
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