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Manufacturing SEO for B2B and industrial suppliers. RFQs from Google and AI answers.

Manufacturing SEO gets your capabilities in front of engineers and procurement teams who now ask Google and ChatGPT which suppliers can make a part, meet a spec or hold a certification. The answer names a short list. If your capabilities are not on a page AI can read, you are not on it.

We are a B2B SEO agency for manufacturers, industrial suppliers and distributors, with AEO and GEO in the same plan: capability, certification and application pages, technical FAQs, catalog fixes, and on Scale your trade directory profiles. Agency depth at SaaS pricing, without the wait: specialists set the strategy and approve every change, and you pick a plan, pay on the site and start the same day.

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What is manufacturing SEO?

Manufacturing SEO is the work of getting a manufacturer or industrial supplier found by engineers and buyers who are sourcing parts, materials or a contract partner: ranking on Google, being quoted in AI Overviews and being named by ChatGPT for searches about capabilities, certifications, materials and specifications. It is measured in RFQs and qualified inquiries.

What manufacturing and B2B buyers ask AI. Is your name in the answer?

Examples by stage. Your plan tracks 50 to 250 like these, approved by you and checked daily on every engine in your plan.

Capability

"Contract packaging manufacturers in Ohio"

"CNC machining shop for titanium aerospace parts"

Certification

"ISO 13485 certified injection molding supplier in the US"

"AS9100 sheet metal fabricator near Dallas"

Material and spec

"Which stainless steel grade for food processing equipment"

"Best plastic for high-temperature enclosures"

Sourcing

"Domestic alternative to a Chinese PCB supplier"

"Low-volume die casting supplier with short lead times"

Where Google and AI look when they recommend a supplier.

Your capability pages

Processes, materials, tolerances, volumes and lead times, in plain text.

Certifications

ISO, AS9100, FDA registration and other approvals, stated clearly.

Trade directories

Thomasnet and industry supplier lists.

Industry publications

Trade press and technical articles that name suppliers.

Technical FAQs

Direct answers to the questions engineers ask before an RFQ.

Why manufacturers get left out of AI answers.

The five gaps we find most often.

  • Capabilities in a PDF. Specs and tolerances locked in brochures that AI cannot quote.
  • One page for every industry. No page per vertical, such as medical, automotive or aerospace, with its standards and requirements.
  • Certifications buried. ISO or AS9100 mentioned only in a footer logo.
  • Catalogs crawlers cannot reach. Product or part pages behind search boxes and filters.
  • Outdated directory profiles. Thomasnet and supplier list entries that do not match your current capabilities.

Our industrial and B2B SEO strategy: built around the RFQ.

  1. 01Start with the searches closest to an RFQ: capability, certification, material and "supplier near" questions.
  2. 02Build capability, industry and application pages, planned from your own search data so none competes with another.
  3. 03Turn specs, tolerances and certifications into plain text and technical FAQs that Google and AI can quote.
  4. 04On Scale, update trade directory profiles and pitch the industry publications AI cites.
  5. 05Count RFQs, quote requests and calls from Google and AI in your own analytics.

Our manufacturing and B2B SEO services.

Every plan

Technical blog posts that answer the questions engineers and buyers ask, planned from your own search data.

Growth and Scale

Capability, certification, industry and application pages, and every technical fix, including making catalogs crawlable.

Scale

Thomasnet and trade directory profiles, supplier lists and 50 industry publication pitches a month.

PlanBest for
Starter, $499A supplier AI does not name yet, starting with core capability questions.
Growth, $999Most manufacturers: you need capability and industry pages, plus the technical fixes.
Scale, $2,499Competitive categories where trade directories and publications decide who gets named.

Manufacturing SEO questions. Answered.

What is B2B SEO?
B2B SEO is SEO for companies that sell to other businesses. The searches are fewer but worth more, the buying cycle is longer, and success is measured in qualified inquiries and pipeline. For manufacturers it centers on capabilities, certifications and specs.
How much does a B2B SEO agency cost?
Strategi costs $499, $999 or $2,499 a month, month to month with no setup fee, with SEO, AEO and GEO together. Starter suits a single plant or product line; Growth adds capability pages and every technical fix; Scale adds trade directories and publication outreach.
How long does manufacturing SEO take to bring RFQs?
First pages go live in month 1, and most clients see early traction within 30 days. B2B buying cycles are long, so judge RFQs and qualified inquiries over at least 90 days. Plans are month to month, and we do not guarantee rankings or mentions.
Can you write about technical processes accurately?
Yes, with your input. We use only facts you have given or approved, and your engineer or approver signs off every page before it goes live.
Do you handle Thomasnet and trade directories?
On Scale. We update your Thomasnet and trade directory profiles so they match your current capabilities and certifications.
Do you work with distributors and industrial B2B companies?
Yes: contract manufacturers, fabricators, machine shops, distributors and industrial service companies. The questions we track are the ones your buyers ask before they send an RFQ.

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