SEO Consulting

Cut to the top.
Nothing more.

"Entities should not be multiplied beyond necessity." — William of Ockham

We apply Occam's Razor to search. Strip away the noise, focus on what moves the needle, and rank.

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94% Clients reach page one
3.2× Average traffic increase
180+ Clients served
11yr In the SEO trenches
What We Do

Simple solutions.
Measurable results.

01

Technical SEO

We audit your site's foundations — crawlability, Core Web Vitals, structured data, indexation — and fix what's holding you back. No jargon, just fixes that work.

02

Content Strategy

Using our razor-sharp keyword research process, we identify the fewest pages needed to dominate your niche. Quality over quantity, always.

03

Link Building

We pursue only the links that genuinely move rankings. No PBNs, no spam — just earned authority from sources that actually matter.

04

Local SEO

Dominate the local map pack and local organic results in your market with a streamlined, no-fluff local SEO system built for your city.

05

SEO Audits

A single comprehensive audit that cuts to the 20% of issues causing 80% of your ranking problems. Delivered in clear, actionable language.

06

Website Design

We design and build clean, fast, conversion-focused websites that are architected for search from the ground up — beautiful to users, irresistible to Google.

The Occam Philosophy

The simplest
explanation
is usually right.

Most SEO agencies thrive on complexity. More deliverables, more reports, more meetings — all signals of value, but not value itself.

We believe the opposite. Occam's Razor says: when two solutions explain the same problem, the simpler one wins. We apply that principle relentlessly to SEO strategy.

Fewer, higher-quality pages beat a thousand thin ones. A handful of powerful links outperform hundreds of weak ones. A clear site architecture beats complex taxonomy every time.

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Client Results

What simplicity
delivers.

"Occam cut our SEO strategy in half — and our organic traffic tripled in six months. I wish I'd found them years ago."

Sarah K. — Founder, Meridian Health

"Every other agency gave us a 60-page strategy deck. Occam gave us a one-page plan. That one-pager got us to position #1 in four months."

James T. — CMO, Stackflow SaaS

"Razor-sharp is the right word. No bloat, no fluff. Just a clear signal of what needed to be done, and then they did it."

Priya M. — Head of Growth, Vela Retail
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About Occam SEO

We believe
simplicity scales.

Founded on a single philosophical principle, Occam SEO exists to prove that the most effective SEO strategy is almost always the simplest one.

"
Plurality should not be posited without necessity.
— William of Ockham, 14th Century Philosopher
Our Story

Built out of frustration
with complexity.

Our founder spent a decade inside large SEO agencies watching the same cycle repeat: bloated strategies, monthly retainers that justified themselves through volume rather than value, and clients left more confused about their search performance than before they hired help.

The insight was simple: Google's algorithm, at its core, rewards relevance and authority. Everything else is noise. So we asked: what does the minimum viable SEO strategy look like? What's the fewest number of actions that produce the maximum search result?

Occam SEO is the answer to that question. We named ourselves after William of Ockham — the 14th century friar whose logical razor cuts away unnecessary assumptions — because that's exactly what we do to SEO strategy.

Core Values

How we think,
every day.

[ 01 ]

Parsimony

Never recommend more than necessary. If a client can achieve their ranking goal with one page and three links, that's exactly what we prescribe.

[ 02 ]

Transparency

You always know exactly what we're doing and why. Our reports are written for humans, not to fill a slide deck.

[ 03 ]

Measurability

Every recommendation ties back to a specific, trackable outcome. If we can't measure it, we don't do it.

[ 04 ]

Longevity

We build SEO that compounds over years, not tactics that spike and vanish. The simplest strategies are also the most durable.

The Team

Small by design.

M

Marcus Webb

Founder & Head of Strategy

10+ years in SEO, former Director at two global agencies. Built Occam to do what he always believed SEO should be.

L

Lena Fischer

Technical SEO Lead

Specialist in Core Web Vitals, site architecture, and log file analysis. She finds the technical root cause on the first look.

D

Devraj Patel

Content & Link Strategist

Former journalist turned SEO strategist. Devraj writes and earns links that last — because the story is always good enough.

The Occam Journal

Sharp thinking
about search.

No filler, no trend-chasing. Just clear, proven ideas about how search actually works.

Content Strategy

The One-Page Content Strategy That Ranked a SaaS Site in 90 Days

Forget content calendars and pillar pages. Here's how a single, well-structured content plan produced top-3 rankings across 14 commercial keywords.



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Link Building

How Many Links Do You Actually Need? A Razor-Sharp Answer

Link quantity is a red herring. We analyzed 400 ranking changes to find the minimum effective link threshold for competitive niches.



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Local SEO

Local SEO in 2025: The 5 Signals That Actually Matter

Local search has changed. We cut through the noise to identify the five ranking factors that consistently separate page-one local results from page-two obscurity.



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Philosophy

Why We Named the Company After a Medieval Monk

Occam's Razor isn't just a clever name. It's the operating principle behind every strategy we write. Here's what that actually means in practice.



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Core Web Vitals

Core Web Vitals: Fix These Two Things and Stop Worrying

LCP and CLS cause 80% of Core Web Vitals failures. Here's the fastest path to a passing score — without rebuilding your site.



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Strategy

The Case Against Monthly SEO Retainers

Most SEO retainers are structured to maximize agency revenue, not client results. We make the case for project-based work — and when retainers actually make sense.



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