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SEO for plumbers: how to get more calls from Google

Most plumbing jobs start with an urgent search on a phone: "blocked drain Wanneroo", "hot water not working", "plumber near me". SEO for plumbers is about being one of the first three businesses Google shows, and being easy to call when you are.

1. Get the Business Profile right

Use "Plumber" as your primary category and add secondary categories for work you actually do, such as gas fitting. List every service, add your service area and post photos of real jobs. See our Business Profile checklist.

2. Build pages for high-value jobs

Blocked drains, hot water replacement, gas fitting, leak detection and burst pipes each deserve their own page. Answer what customers ask: typical price range, how fast you can come, what's included.

3. Add suburb pages carefully

Pick the suburbs you most want work from, and write pages with genuinely local detail: the suburbs around it, common jobs there, how fast you can reach it. See how to build suburb pages that rank.

4. Collect reviews after every job

Send your review link by SMS before you leave the driveway. Reviews are one of the strongest map-pack signals. See how to get more Google reviews.

5. Answer the phone

Emergency customers call the first two or three plumbers and book whoever answers. Missed calls are lost jobs, however well you rank.

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