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case study no. 11 · B2B product certification

Cert Group: ~5.8× search traffic

A B2B product-certification site grew monthly search visits from approximately 1,400 to 8,200 over 20 months, while sampled commercial queries reached positions 2-5.

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real data
~5.8×monthly search visitsApr 2020-Nov 2021
~1.4Kbaseline monthly visitsApr 2020
~8.2Kfinal monthly visitsNov 2021
2-5positions for sampled commercial queriestracker proof

The task

The site operated in a competitive B2B certification market and needed a structure that could cover multiple product, service and regulatory intents without cannibalising its own landing pages.

What I did

I rebuilt the semantic architecture, cleared technical issues, commissioned intent-matched articles, and developed editorial outreach and relevant link acquisition. A second expert-safety direction was added only after the core certification pages had gained traction.

The numbers

monthly search visits: ~5.8× · baseline monthly visits: ~1.4K · final monthly visits: ~8.2K · positions for sampled commercial queries: 2-5. Monthly search-engine visits rose from approximately 1,400 in April 2020 to about 8,200 in November 2021, roughly 5.8x growth. The supplied ranking snapshot separately shows sampled high-intent certification queries at positions 2-5 in Yandex; it does not by itself verify the portfolio's broader 80% Top-10 claim.

How this result is evidenced

Period
April 2020 to November 2021, approximately 20 months.
Baseline
Approximately 1,400 monthly search-engine visits in April 2020.
Scope
Semantic architecture, technical fixes, content commissioning, editorial outreach and relevant link acquisition.
Source
Search-engine traffic report and sampled Yandex ranking snapshot from the supplied case report.
Implementation
Dima led SEO; commissioned writers and the client team contributed to publishing and implementation.
Attribution limits
The traffic series is observational. The ranking screenshot verifies only the sampled queries shown, not the whole portfolio.
Cert Group ranking snapshot showing sampled product certification queries at Yandex positions 2 to 5
Sampled commercial certification queries at positions 2-5 in Yandex.
Cert Group search traffic chart showing growth from approximately 1,400 to 8,200 monthly visits
Search-engine visits, April 2020 to November 2021: approximately 1,400 to 8,200 per month.
Dima Mochalov, SEO & AEO Specialist
Dima Mochalov
SEO & AEO Specialist · 9+ years · Head of SEO, Marketing Bear (Dubai)
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