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Frequently asked questions: prices, timelines, Google Ads, speed test

What SMEs ask us before starting: what our offers cost, what they include, how fast they act, and how the free speed test works.

What is SEOForge, and who is it for?

SEOForge is a technical and business team that builds the "lead machine" of SMEs: high-performance website, SEO, Google Ads, professional e-mail and Microsoft 365, run together by the same people. We work with SME owners and independents who have a website but not enough inbound requests.

The person who analyses your site is the one who fixes it and answers you: no sales intermediary, no project manager.

How much do your offers cost, and what do they include?

Three offers, with a displayed price:

  • Growth Audit, €690 excl. VAT: SEO + Ads + website audit, prioritised action plan, video-call debrief.
  • 90-day Sprint, €2,900 excl. VAT: priority fixes delivered in your code, Google Ads campaigns launched, conversion tracking in place.
  • Monthly management, €1,500 excl. VAT per month: ongoing SEO, Google Ads according to budget, professional e-mail, report and monthly check-in.

Website development, a full technical audit or a Microsoft 365 migration are quoted after a free first diagnosis within one business day.

What does "Google Ads according to budget" mean?

Campaign management is included in the Sprint and Monthly management; the media budget (what Google charges per click) is not. It is set with you after estimating the cost per click of your market, and paid directly to Google from your own account.

  • You see every euro spent in your own Google Ads account.
  • The budget can be increased, reduced or paused at any time.
  • Every month, the cost per prospect is compared between SEO and Ads, and the budget follows what works.

How long before we see results?

It depends on the lever:

  • Google Ads: first clicks on launch day, first leads usually within 2 to 4 weeks, the time it takes to optimise.
  • Technical SEO fixes: effect on crawl and indexation within weeks after release.
  • Lasting SEO rankings: 3 to 6 months on competitive queries.
  • Professional e-mail: up and running in 2 to 5 business days.

We promise neither rankings nor percentages: we measure, and we tell you what we see.

Who owns the website, the domain, the Google Ads account and Microsoft 365?

You do. Everything is created in your name: domain name, hosting, Google Ads account, Microsoft 365 tenant, Search Console, reports. We work with delegated access that you can revoke at any time.

If you stop working with us, nothing switches off and nothing depends on us.

Where do you work?

Remotely, with regular video-call check-ins. The company is based in Bougival, near Paris, and we support SMEs in France and Tunisia, in Europe on request. We work in French or English.

How does a project start?

Always with a free diagnosis:

  • You describe your site and your goal through the contact form, or you test your site with the free online speed test.
  • Within one business day, an expert replies with what they see and a tailored proposal, even if the answer is "you do not need us".
  • If useful, we book 20 minutes on a video call to talk it through.
  • You pick an offer; work starts once the quote is signed.

Is there a minimum commitment?

The Growth Audit and the 90-day Sprint are fixed-length engagements. Monthly management starts with a 3-month commitment, then continues with no commitment: it can be cancelled with a simple e-mail before the end of the month. We would rather be renewed for results than for a contract.

How does the free online speed test work?

You enter a page address; the tool analyses it with Google PageSpeed Insights (Lighthouse), on mobile or desktop, and shows in a few tens of seconds depending on page size the performance score, the Core Web Vitals (LCP, CLS, INP) and the basic SEO points. The report is sent to you by e-mail if you ask for it.

It analyses one page at a time; the technical SEO audit by our team crawls the whole site and cross-checks Search Console data.

What does the speed test report contain?

One report per tested page, with:

  • The performance score and measured Core Web Vitals
  • Detected technical issues: heavy images, render-blocking JavaScript, caching, unused resources
  • Basic SEO points: title, meta description, heading tags, indexability
  • Prioritised recommendations, readable by your technical team and by you

Can I analyse any website?

Yes, any publicly accessible site, yours or a competitor's. Password-protected pages or pages blocked by a firewall cannot be analysed. The tool is free, with no account to create and no credit card.

Getting the most out of the speed test

  1. Test the pages that matter first: home, service or product pages, contact page.

  2. Test on mobile: that is the version Google measures and the one most of your visitors use.

  3. Compare results before and after each fix to measure the impact.

  4. If the scores are in the red, ask for the free diagnosis: we will tell you where to start.

The speed test says where it is blocked; the diagnosis says what to do first, and our offers do it.

Still have a question?

Describe your site and your goal: an expert replies within one business day, with a free first diagnosis.

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