SEO Squid

Based just outside Manchester, SEO Squid works from offices in Oldham and describes itself as favouring face-to-face meetings over a purely online agency relationship. The company has been run by directors Steve and Mark since 2003, and its client work referenced on the site spans online shoe retail, a local business (Little Soles of MCR), a large multi-service website (Wythenshawe) and a public sector body, Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service. The team size is small, listed at 1-10 people, and the agency positions itself around helping businesses find growth opportunities rather than offering a single fixed package. Services described include SEO, PPC, conversion and retention strategy, social media marketing, email marketing, web development and design. The site frames its approach as a three-step process: attracting visitors, converting them into sales, and building repeat custom through retention strategies. Specific SEO methods mentioned include building multiple search-specific pages for large sites to target individual services, content creation, link building and onsite optimisation, and implementing Google Schema markup covering FAQs, Events and Google Merchant listings to improve search appearance. Design work referenced includes branded business cards and catalogues with tracked QR codes linking to product pages, alongside social media marketing materials produced for a public sector client.