Luke SEO case study
By Carrie-ann | May 18, 2026 | Case Studies

Increasing Organic Clicks by 44% for an Established Market Leader

A lot of businesses focus too much on rankings.

The truth is, rankings on their own do not pay the bills. Clicks do. Enquiries do. Sales do.

This client was already well known in their industry and had a strong reputation. The problem was that their organic growth had started to slow down. Competitors were becoming more aggressive, search results were changing, and opportunities were being missed.

They came to us because they wanted to improve visibility, increase traffic from the right searches, and strengthen their position without relying more heavily on paid ads.

Over the course of the campaign, we increased organic clicks by 44%.

Not through shortcuts or SEO gimmicks. Just by doing the basics properly and consistently.

What We Found

When a website already ranks well, further SEO growth becomes much harder to achieve.

The site also had a number of technical and content issues holding it back, including slow page speeds, sitemap problems, multiple H1 tags and opportunities to improve visibility across important search terms.

The goal was simple: bring in more of the right traffic, generate more leads and continue growing sales through organic search while also improving visibility in AI search tools like ChatGPT.

What We Did

We focused on improving the site technically while also making the content more useful, easier to read and easier to find in search.

Important landing pages were rewritten and expanded to improve visibility, user experience and search relevance.

We also improved keyword targeting across key areas of the site so the business could appear for a wider range of relevant searches. Titles, meta descriptions, H1 tags and URLs were updated to help improve rankings and click-through rates.

On the technical side, we fixed issues including sitemap problems, multiple H1 tags, slow-loading pages and uncompressed files. Website speed and performance were also improved through caching and image optimisation.

FAQ sections were added to important pages to target longer-tail searches and answer common customer questions more clearly. This also helped the site appear more often in AI search tools.

The Results

Comparing the last 3 months against the same period in 2025:

  • Organic clicks increased by 44%
  • Organic impressions increased by 31%
  • Organic leads increased by 22%
  • Total sales increased by 15%
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Some of the strongest gains came from important product and category pages, with one key landing page seeing organic clicks increase by 181%.

Visibility also improved significantly across high-intent commercial searches within the sector.

AI Traffic Growth

The improvements made across the site also helped increase visibility in AI search tools.

Traffic from ChatGPT increased by 1000%, showing how important clear, well-structured content is becoming as more people use AI tools to research products and services.

This client is now in an even stronger position within a highly competitive market.

The work carried out across the site helped improve visibility in both traditional search engines and newer AI search tools, while also driving more of the right traffic and stronger sales results.

Most importantly, the growth came from steady improvements over time rather than short-term spikes, leaving the business in a strong position going forward.

 

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