Cloudways is a managed cloud hosting platform that empowers developers, agencies, and businesses by offering simplified deployment and management of high performance web applications. Known for flexibility, speed, and reliability, Cloudways provides a choice o
SEO StrategyContentTechnical SEO
ClientCloudways
IndustryHosting
ServicesSEO Strategy • Content • Technical SEO
Year2017
01 · The challenge
The Problem To Solve
Cloudways operated in a highly competitive web hosting market where established competitors dominated valuable commercial keywords. The challenge was to uncover technical SEO opportunities, close important keyword gaps, and expand organic visibility across both global and regional searches.
02 · The approach
How The Strategy Took Shape
I started with a comprehensive technical SEO audit to identify issues affecting crawling, indexation, site structure, and organic performance. I then analyzed competitors and SERPs to uncover keyword gaps, content opportunities, and areas where Cloudways could compete more effectively.
I also identified opportunities around geo-specific and localized keywords, particularly commercial searches where Cloudways had limited visibility.
03 · The outcome
What Changed
Strengthened the website’s technical SEO foundation, expanded keyword coverage, and improved visibility across competitive hosting searches. The regional SEO strategy also opened new opportunities to rank for high-intent, location-specific keywords and attract more relevant organic traffic.
Technical SEO
Fixed broken links, redirect issues, crawl errors, and indexation problems while improving Core Web Vitals across desktop and mobile. Implemented structured data and schema markup to strengthen visibility across rich results, featured snippets, answer boxes, and other SERP features.
Ranked in Featured Box
On-Page SEO
Optimized titles, meta descriptions, headings, content structure, and internal linking around search intent. Improved question-based and long-tail content to increase keyword visibility and capture featured snippets, answer boxes, and People Also Ask results.
Ranked Featured Snippet
Off-Page SEO
Strengthened domain authority through relevant backlink acquisition, digital PR, guest contributions, and industry outreach. Monitored keyword movements, competitors, and algorithm updates to continuously identify new organic growth opportunities.
Ranked in Top 10 Search ResultsRanked in Top 5 Search Results
Organic Traffic Growth
Optimized the “Best Free WooCommerce Themes” content, resulting in a 185% increase in users and an 181% increase in sessions compared with the previous period.
Increase in Organic Traffic
Organic Traffic Growth
Optimized the “WooCommerce vs Shopify” content, resulting in a 230% increase in users and an 208.70% increase in sessions compared with the previous period.
Organic Traffic Increase
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