Scott Gerke
Founder/CEO
Your website is not bringing in calls. Your Google listing is buried on page three. You know Oakland customers are searching for what you do, but they land on someone else. In a city this competitive, where everyone has a phone and a startup, getting found takes more than a basic site. When business owners search for the best local SEO near them in Oakland, CA, eezyRank is who picks up the phone.
Do not just throw up another template site and hope. Google now serves AI overviews, and answer engines like ChatGPT cite sources that are technically structured right. That means your site needs schema, fast load times, and a content engine that keeps publishing. We build every site as a matrix of pages optimized for how search engines actually work, not how they worked five years ago.
We took a WordPress site for an insulation and asbestos removal company and turned it into a 1900-page matrix that ranks nationally. That same approach works for a plumber in Temescal or a dentist in Rockridge. If your Oakland business is invisible online, we can fix that.
Common Question in Oakland
I need 50 location pages but writing takes forever
You cover Oakland, then Berkeley, then San Leandro, and every neighborhood in between. Writing a unique page for each city the old way would eat up months. Instead, generate them all at once—each page pulls in real local landmarks, customer reviews from that specific area, and services matched to the neighborhood. Your pages will read like someone actually lives there, not like a template.
Call eezyRank at (513) 800-2088.
What Our Customers Say
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Scott went above and beyond anything we ever could've expected. He didn't just teach our team how to use Claude. He opened our eyes to a whole new way of working. He pulled our entire business together, rebuilt our sales process from the ground up, helped us get payroll organized, and got us ready to launch our new sales team. The real difference for us has been Scott. We're going to keep working with him long-term.
T.J. Reagan·
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★★★★★
Highly recommend Scott and team! They are experts in building business presence in today’s online world.
Andy Cirino· Google
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★★★★★
Working with Scott has been amazing! His ability to ingest information, understand it, and then help you understand it is second to none. His work ethic is unlike any I've seen. Scott's forward-thinking mindset is incredibly refreshing and helpful. If you want your website to be found more easily, do yourself a favor and talk to Scott and his team. But don't stop there - Scott has a wealth of knowledge that can help you in so many ways.
Eric Lefebvre· Google
Our Services
Custom Website BuildA new site built to rank from day one. Local SEO, AI search readiness, and a working content engine baked in. Live in days, no agency markup.
AI Blog EngineAI-written blog articles published on autopilot. SEO-tuned, brand-voice trained, with custom images and social distribution included. Costs less than a single freelance article per month.
Local SEORank higher in every city you serve. Automated location pages, Google Business Profile sync, heat-map ranking proof, and the technical SEO Google actually rewards.
AI Search VisibilityGet found in ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. Schema, content, and site structure tuned for how answer engines cite sources. Free AI readiness audit included.
Google Business Profile SetupWe claim, verify, and fully build out your Google Business Profile so you show up on the map.
Our Work
Trusted Partners
Most Oakland businesses rely on word of mouth and a map listing that just sits there. If you run a shop near Lake Merritt or a service business off International, you have probably noticed that your competitors are pouring money into ads while you are still waiting for the phone to ring. The fix is not more ad spend. It is a site built to get found in the places people actually search now: Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity.
Fisheez, the local buying-and-selling platform with optional escrow, uses our approach to get traffic. We have rebuilt sites for wellness coaches and insulation contractors alike, replacing slow Squarespace pages with full matrix builds that let clients book direct. If your business is stuck on page two, we can build the site that moves it.
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Landmarks in Oakland, CA
Common situations in Oakland
Specific situations we go deeper on for Oakland. Tap one to see the full answer.
AI Search Visibility
ChatGPT never mentions my business
AI Search Visibility
Can I optimize for AI search myself or do I need help
Local SEO
Why doesn't my website show up for local searches
Local SEO
My website gets no traffic from Google
Local SEO
How long does it take to rank in local search results
AI Search Visibility
Google AI Overviews never mention my business
AI Search Visibility
My website gets no traffic from Google
Local SEO
My local competitors always show up first on Google