
Your ideal buyers are searching right now. Not for "what is [category]" but for "best [solution] for [their use case]." They're comparing alternatives, evaluating features, and ready to convert. The question is: are they finding you?
Transactional SEO captures these high intent searches. Instead of competing for awareness stage traffic, we position your SaaS product exactly where buyers look when they're ready to act.
You've invested in content marketing. You're ranking for informational queries. Your blog gets traffic.
But when a VP of Operations searches "best inventory management software for manufacturing," they don't find you. When a Head of Marketing searches "HubSpot alternatives with better reporting," your product doesn't appear.
These searches represent buyers with budget, authority, and immediate need. Every day you're invisible to them is revenue going to competitors who understood one thing: the searches that matter most aren't informational. They're transactional.
Transactional SEO is a search optimization discipline focused on commercial intent queries. Rather than targeting awareness stage searches ("what is CRM software"), transactional SEO captures buyers actively evaluating solutions ("best CRM for sales teams under 50 people").
We don't optimize keywords. We model your category as a semantic graph, mapping the entities, relationships, and intent patterns that define how buyers search for solutions like yours.
We analyze how your ideal buyers actually search. Not vanity keywords with high volume, but the specific query patterns that indicate purchase readiness. We classify searches by intent type, buyer stage, and conversion potential.
Search engines (and AI systems) understand entities, not just keywords. We map your product as an entity with clear attributes, relationships to problems solved, and connections to your competitive category. This semantic clarity makes your content retrievable by both Google and LLM based search.
Each page we build targets a specific transactional intent. Solution pages for category searches. Comparison pages for alternative queries. Feature pages for capability evaluation. Every page is structured with answer ready blocks that AI systems can extract and cite.
We implement structured data that explicitly declares what your pages are about. Product schemas, service schemas, FAQ schemas, and organization schemas create machine readable signals that improve visibility in rich results and AI generated answers.
Claims without evidence don't rank. We embed proof points: customer outcomes, usage data, third party validation. This makes your content citable because AI systems preferentially surface corroborated information.
Every transactional page ladders to your pipeline. We track organic influenced demos, trials, and revenue so you know exactly which pages drive business outcomes.
Capture "best [solution] for [use case]" searches that drive qualified evaluations.
→ Query research for high intent solution searches
→ Page structure optimized for featured snippets and AI extraction
→ Conversion architecture with intent matched CTAs
→ Schema markup for product/service representation
Rank for searches targeting specific capabilities.
→ Individual feature pages with semantic depth
→ Use case connections showing practical applications
→ Integration mapping to related tools
→ Technical accuracy validation
Match "how to [job to be done]" queries with solution content.
→ Job to be done research for your ICP
→ Problem/solution page architecture
→ Proof integration showing customer outcomes
→ Conversion optimization for qualified traffic
Dominate "[solution] for [industry]" searches in your target segments.
→ Vertical specific messaging and proof
→ Industry terminology optimization
→ Compliance and requirements coverage where relevant
→ Segment specific conversion paths
Own the searches where buyers compare you to alternatives.
→ "[Product] vs [Competitor]" page development
→ "Alternatives to [Competitor]" content
→ Fair, factual positioning that builds trust
→ Structured comparison data for AI citability
Ensure visibility in ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews.
→ Entity optimization for LLM retrieval
→ Answer ready content blocks
→ Citation worthy proof integration
→ Structured data for machine comprehension
Cascade (Strategy Execution Platform)
Needed to capture high intent searchers actively looking for strategic planning and execution software solutions.
Developed a transactional SEO system targeting two page types:
Solutions Pages mapped to specific buyer pain points including team objective alignment and strategic initiative tracking. Each page positioned Cascade as the direct answer to a distinct challenge while targeting commercial intent keywords.
Use Case Pages showcased practical applications across industries, from medical organizations streamlining strategic planning to commercial goods companies managing expansion growth. Pages were optimized for industry specific search terms to attract qualified vertical traffic.
Rather than generic feature descriptions, every page connected a specific buyer problem to Cascade's solution with industry context that matched how prospects actually search.
We've built organic growth functions inside SaaS companies from Seed through global scale. We understand your GTM motion, your metrics, and your constraints. This isn't generic SEO consulting. It's SaaS growth execution.
Every initiative ladders to ARR impact. We don't report on rankings and impressions. We track organic influenced pipeline, demo conversion rates, and revenue attribution. You'll know exactly what transactional SEO contributes to your business.
Direct founder involvement on every engagement. Strategy, execution, and optimization run end to end without layers of account managers between you and the work.
Traditional SEO optimizes for Google. We optimize for Google, AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and the AI agents your buyers will use tomorrow. Entity architecture and structured content make your product visible wherever buyers search.
We audit your current transactional visibility, map competitor coverage, and identify the highest impact opportunities. Deliverable: Transactional opportunity assessment with prioritized roadmap.
We design your transactional page architecture: which pages to build, how they connect, and how they ladder to revenue. Deliverable: Transactional SEO strategy with entity map and page specifications.
We develop transactional pages, implement schema, and deploy initial content. First pages live within 60 days. Deliverable: Live transactional pages optimized for search and conversion.
Weekly iteration based on performance data. Expand coverage to additional transactional queries. Track and report revenue attribution. Deliverable: Monthly performance reports with pipeline impact.
Traditional SEO often focuses on informational content that builds awareness. Transactional SEO specifically targets commercial intent queries where the searcher is actively evaluating or ready to purchase. For SaaS companies, this means optimizing for searches like "best CRM for startups" rather than "what is a CRM."
Transactional pages typically begin ranking within 30 to 60 days for new domains with existing authority. Pipeline attribution (organic influenced demos and trials) is usually measurable within 90 days. Full competitive positioning for high value transactional queries takes 4 to 6 months depending on your market.
Yes. Early stage companies often benefit most because transactional SEO focuses resources on pages that drive revenue, not vanity traffic. A Seed stage company with 10 well optimized transactional pages will typically outperform a competitor with 200 blog posts for qualified lead generation.
We track three levels: visibility metrics (rankings, impressions for transactional queries), engagement metrics (traffic, time on page, bounce rate for transactional pages), and business metrics (organic influenced demos, trials, pipeline, and revenue). Every engagement includes attribution tracking that connects SEO work to ARR impact.
Landing pages are typically designed for paid traffic and focus purely on conversion. Transactional pages are designed for organic search: they need to satisfy search intent, provide substantive content, and convert visitors. This requires balancing SEO requirements (content depth, semantic structure) with conversion architecture (clear CTAs, trust signals, objection handling).
AI search systems like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews retrieve and synthesize information differently than traditional search. They prioritize entity clarity (is your product clearly defined?), factual density (are claims supported?), and citability (can the AI attribute information to your source?). Our methodology addresses all three, making your transactional pages visible in AI generated answers.
We handle content development. Our team creates transactional pages using a methodology that combines SaaS expertise, semantic optimization, and conversion best practices. Each page is reviewed by a domain expert before publication. You provide input on product accuracy and approve final content.
We audit existing pages and identify optimization opportunities. Often, companies have the right page types but lack semantic depth, proper schema, or conversion architecture. We can optimize existing pages alongside developing new ones.