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TL;DR
For SEO consultancy rather than this planning checklist, see SEO for roofers.
Start with a service inventory
Write down the work your business accepts, the areas it covers and any limits that need explaining. Repair, replacement, flat roofing, guttering and commercial roofing are examples, not a list every roofer should publish. Remove services you do not offer before deciding which pages to create.
For each real service, record the customer question, the relevant existing page and the next step. If two proposed pages would answer the same question with nearly identical content, combine them. A short page that clearly answers a distinct need is more useful than several interchangeable pages.
Give repair enquiries a clear contact route
Someone enquiring about a problem may need to establish whether the company covers the property location, handles that type of work and is currently accepting enquiries. Put those facts near the contact option. Describe emergency attendance only if the business offers it, with accurate availability and no unverified response-time promise.
An enquiry form can ask for the postcode, a brief description and a safe contact method. Do not require customers to access a roof or undertake an inspection to complete it. If photographs are optional, make clear that customers should provide only images they can obtain safely, without climbing or approaching a hazard.
Explain the next step for planned replacement work
A replacement enquiry may need a discussion about the property, project scope and assessment process. Explain how an initial enquiry leads to a survey or further discussion where that is your actual process. Distinguish an initial description from a professional assessment; the website should not promise a diagnosis based on a short form.
Useful questions might include the property location, whether it is domestic or commercial, the work being considered and the preferred way to arrange a conversation. Ask only for what the team needs at this stage. Explain what happens next without guaranteeing availability or a completion date that has not been agreed.
Use project evidence carefully
A project example can show the type of work the company undertakes, provided it describes a real project and has publication permission. Explain the actual scope and any relevant limitations. Do not add a town, customer quote, membership badge or performance result just to make a page look more persuasive.
An image used only as an illustration should not be labelled as completed client work. Check that photographs do not disclose private addresses, customer details or identifiable people without the necessary permission.
Describe coverage without invented branches
Use a clear coverage explanation that matches operational reality. A town served by the business is not automatically a staffed branch. If you have several genuine locations, explain their relationship and give each location accurate contact and service information.
Create a separate town page only when it can answer a distinct customer need with factual information. Real coverage limits, a relevant approved project or a different service offering may justify separate content; changing the place name in an otherwise identical page does not add that value.
Check the name, telephone number, website and service areas against the Business Profile and relevant listings. Google's Business Profile guidelines set out how businesses should represent themselves.
Connect reviews to a practical workflow
Ask customers for honest feedback through a consistent, neutral process. Avoid incentives, selective requests for positive reviews and requests to revise a review in exchange for a benefit. Replies should acknowledge the feedback without exposing private job details or arguing about a customer in public.
Use the Google reviews guide when planning requests, replies and escalation. Genuine reviews can help a visitor evaluate a business; the website should not promise ranking improvements from a reply template.
Check whether the pages support suitable enquiries
Record which page led to a call-link click or submitted form where your measurement setup supports that. Keep those events separate from confirmed conversations, survey requests and accepted work. A click is not proof that a call connected or that a job resulted.
Periodically compare repair and planned-work enquiries with the services and areas the company wants to cover. If visitors repeatedly ask for an unavailable service or contact the wrong branch, update the page and contact route. The local SEO reporting guide covers this distinction in more detail.
Before publishing
- Confirm each service, coverage statement and availability detail with the business.
- Check qualifications, memberships, guarantees and project evidence against current records.
- Keep contact options usable on a phone and forms understandable without specialist knowledge.
- Test relevant page links and distinguish enquiry events from confirmed outcomes.
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