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SEO &
Performance.

Search visibility built into your infrastructure, not bolted on afterwards. Technical SEO, search-intent content, and Core Web Vitals engineered to compound, in Arabic and English, for the queries that actually convert.

rank_tracker · livePage 1
8.4avg.
position

▲ +6.3 positions over 90 days

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1,402

Top-10 KWs

+34%

Organic

8.4%

Avg CTR

Keyword climbing Hit #1 , hover to inspect rankings

The problem

If they can't find you,
you don't exist.

Most brands pour budget into paid ads to compensate for organic search they never built properly. But the brands that win their category own the search results that matter, quietly, durably, and at a fraction of the long-term cost. SEO isn't a campaign. It's infrastructure that compounds.

Invisible in search. Ranking on page two or worse for the exact terms your buyers are typing.

SEO bolted on late. Technical foundations broken because search was never designed in.

Slow site, low rank. Poor Core Web Vitals quietly capping how high you can ever rank.

Content with no intent. Pages written for the brand, not for the queries people actually search.

Arabic search ignored. Half the UAE market searching in Arabic, and your site speaks only English.

What's included

Rankings that hold ,
and compound.

Technical SEO

Crawlability, indexation, site architecture, and structured data, the foundation everything else ranks on top of.

Keyword & Content Strategy

Search-intent-led content built around the queries that convert, not vanity terms with no commercial value.

On-Page Optimisation

Titles, metadata, headings, and internal linking optimised at scale, every page pulling its weight in search.

Performance & Core Web Vitals

Speed is a ranking factor. Sub-second loads, clean code, and green vitals that lift every page at once.

Local & Bilingual SEO

UAE and GCC local search, Google Business optimisation, and full Arabic + English search coverage.

Analytics & Reporting

Search Console, GA4, and rank tracking wired into clear monthly reporting, positions, traffic, and conversions.

How we deliver it

From buried
to page one.

01

Audit

Full technical, content, and competitor gap analysis, every issue holding your rankings back, mapped.

02

Optimise

Fix the technical foundations, site structure, and on-page signals search engines reward.

03

Content

Build search-intent content that earns rankings for the queries with real commercial value.

04

Track

Monitor positions, traffic, and conversions, then iterate continuously against the data.

Stack & tools

The full search
intelligence stack.

The same professional toolset used by enterprise SEO teams, to find the opportunities, fix the issues, and prove the results.

Google Search Console GA4 Ahrefs SEMrush Screaming Frog Schema.org PageSpeed Insights Looker Studio

Proven at scale

Search built into
every build.

Our founder has owned SEO and website performance across some of the UAE's largest digital portfolios, designing search into the architecture, not retrofitting it later.

Dubai Investments PJSC

40+

Subsidiary sites architected with content and search structure tailored to each audience, B2B industrial, retail investors, healthcare, and finance.

Miral Group · Yas Island

19

Destinations with SEO and website performance owned end-to-end, content aligned to real search intent and UX across the portfolio.

Emirates Post Group

AR·EN

The national postal operator's website rebuilt SEO-first, with bilingual search architecture and content aligned to UAE search behaviour.

What you get

Tangible deliverables.

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Full technical SEO audit with prioritised fix list

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Keyword map & content plan built on search intent

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On-page optimisation across priority pages

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Structured data / schema implemented

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Core Web Vitals fixes for speed and ranking

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Bilingual AR/EN setup for the full UAE market

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Search Console & GA4 configured and verified

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Monthly ranking & traffic report in plain language

See where you
really rank.

Send us your domain, we'll run a free SEO audit and show you exactly what's keeping you off page one, and what it would take to get there.

Request your SEO audit  →

or reach directly

info@layer8.ae

Blogs

From the Layer 8 blog.

Practical thinking on seo & performance and the wider UAE market, written by our founder, Khaled Bakkora.

SEO & Performance · 6 min read

Arabic SEO: The Untapped Opportunity Most UAE Brands Are Missing

Half the UAE searches in Arabic, yet most brands optimise only for English. Here is the opportunity.

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SEO & Performance · 5 min read

Core Web Vitals Explained: How Page Speed Affects Your Rankings

Google’s way of measuring real user experience, and it affects your rankings. Explained simply.

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SEO & Performance · 6 min read

Local SEO in the UAE: How to Dominate Google Maps

When customers search near them, local SEO decides whether they find you or a competitor.

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