Against competitors already holding a head start, contesting the broad industry terms head-on was too expensive and too slow. Our judgement was that B2B system procurement produces highly specific search behaviour, and the opportunity lay in more vertical, granular queries — territory competitors had not adequately covered, and where the searcher is precisely the decision-maker with the clearest intent.
Competitor Analysis and Gap Identification
We ran a systematic analysis of Pisell’s main competitors: their ranking distribution in search, which keywords they had secured, how their content strategy was organised, and the sources and quality of their backlinks.
The purpose was not imitation but establishing two things — exactly where the gap sat, and what parts of the landscape competitors had left uncovered. Only with that analysis could we direct limited resources at the positions most easily moved, rather than fighting on ground where competitors had already built defences.
Focusing on Highly Vertical Industry Keywords
Using Ahrefs, SEMrush and other tools alongside Pisell’s business characteristics and market needs, we identified a set of industry keywords closely aligned with real user intent. The strategic weight was placed deliberately on highly vertical, granular terms — queries like "membership system Australia" and "POS system Australia" carry modest individual search volume, but almost everyone searching them is a merchant actively evaluating a purchase.
The conversion value of these terms far exceeds that of broad industry keywords, at a fraction of the competitive intensity. We cross-referenced competitors’ keyword positions and moved first into the granular areas they had not covered, building a differentiated advantage — opening our own entry points outside their strongholds.
Rebuilding URLs, Navigation and Load Performance
The original URLs were neither concise nor descriptive, making it difficult for search engines to determine page topics and impossible for users to anticipate where a link led. We restructured URLs to be clear and to incorporate target keywords, serving both machine interpretation and human understanding.
The navigation had been layered too deeply, leaving users lost and unable to locate the service information they wanted. We redesigned the structure, flattening levels and surfacing the main service entry points so visitors could reach their target directly.
On performance, we applied image compression, file consolidation, caching strategy and CDN acceleration to ensure every page loads within two seconds. B2B visitors typically compare several suppliers’ websites quickly during working hours, and slow loading means being eliminated from that comparison outright.
Content Rewriting and Case Studies
We carefully rewrote the key pages — features, industry products and marketing material — stripping redundant phrasing to make the information sharper, and integrating target and long-tail keywords to strengthen the match between page and search intent.
Beyond that, we produced specialist articles covering industry trends, technical explainers and case studies, extending the site’s content depth while demonstrating Pisell’s expertise to search engines and prospective clients alike.
Case studies are the most persuasive element in B2B conversion. We presented Pisell’s successful custom implementations in detail — what a procurement decision-maker most wants to know is not a feature list but "how is this working for a business like mine". Real cases answer that question directly and substantially reduce decision anxiety.
Technical SEO and Structured Data
We deployed SSL certificates across all pages, satisfying search engines’ preference for HTTPS while reassuring visitors as they browse — particularly important for a B2B site where users submit business information.
A full technical audit identified and resolved page errors, duplicate content and 404s, ensuring the site ran cleanly and met indexing standards. Mobile adaptation was completed in parallel, covering visitors browsing while out of the office or in transit.
We also added structured data markup to the main pages, helping search engines interpret page content accurately and allowing Pisell’s product and service pages to appear in richer formats in search results, lifting click-through rate.