Most Commonly Searched Damage Restoration Keywords for SEO
One of the most important components of search engine optimization is keyword research. You need to know what people are actually searching for so that you can optimize your site for keywords that will drive valuable traffic.
Based on our research (reviewing the historic trends on Google, Yahoo and Bing), we have developed a list of the most commonly searched keywords for the damage repair and restoration industry.
Keyword | Global Monthly Searches |
water damage | 450000 |
mold removal | 201000 |
water removal | 165000 |
mold remediation | 165000 |
water restoration | 110000 |
water damage repair | 90500 |
flood damage | 74000 |
property damage | 74000 |
water damage restoration | 74000 |
water extraction | 60500 |
fire damage | 60500 |
restoration services | 40500 |
fire restoration | 40500 |
crime scene clean up | 27100 |
flood cleanup | 22200 |
wet basement | 22200 |
water clean up | 22200 |
flood repair | 12100 |
disaster repair | 12100 |
flooded basement | 12100 |
flood damage repair | 8100 |
flood damage restoration | 8100 |
disaster restoration | 8100 |
fire damage repair | 8100 |
damage restoration service | 5400 |
sewage clean up | 5400 |
damage restoration services | 3600 |
disaster cleanup | 3600 |
flooding repair | 2400 |
flood removal | 2400 |
emergency restoration service | 1600 |
smoke damage repair | 1600 |
sewage extraction | 1300 |
Knowing that most damage restoration companies service a local market, we also reviewed the search volume for these keywords combined with a geographic modifier. For illustrative purposes, we chose Los Angeles. Take a look at how the search volume changes as we add "Los Angeles" to the keywords (clearly the numbers will vary from city-to-city, but this should give you a pretty good idea of the MOST IMPORTANT keywords to go after in your market).
Keyword | Monthly Searches |
los angeles water damage | 2900 |
los angeles water restoration | 1000 |
los angeles mold removal | 880 |
los angeles water damage restoration | 880 |
los angeles mold remediation | 720 |
los angeles water damage repair | 590 |
los angeles flood damage | 320 |
los angeles flood damage restoration | 91 |
los angeles water removal | - |
los angeles property damage | - |
los angeles water extraction | - |
los angeles fire damage | - |
los angeles restoration services | - |
los angeles fire restoration | - |
los angeles crime scene clean up | - |
los angeles flood cleanup | - |
los angeles wet basement | - |
los angeles water clean up | - |
los angeles flood repair | - |
los angeles disaster repair | - |
los angeles flooded basement | - |
los angeles flood damage repair | - |
los angeles disaster restoration | - |
los angeles fire damage repair | - |
los angeles damage restoration service | - |
los angeles sewage clean up | - |
los angeles damage restoration services | - |
los angeles disaster cleanup | - |
los angeles flooding repair | - |
los angeles flood removal | - |
los angeles emergency restoration service | - |
los angeles smoke damage repair | - |
Based on this, you are probably going to want to focus on the following keywords for your damage restoration services business:
Your City + water damage |
Your City + mold removal |
Your City + water removal |
Your City + mold remediation |
Your City + water restoration |
Your City + water damage repair |
Your City + flood damage |
Your City + property damage |
Your City + water damage restoration |
Your City + water extraction |
Your City + fire damage |
Your City + restoration services |
Your City + fire restoration |
Your City + crime scene clean up |
Your City + flood cleanup |
Your City + wet basement |
Your City + water clean up |
Your City + flood repair |
Your City + disaster repair |
Your City + flooded basement |
Your City + flood damage repair |
Your City + flood damage restoration |
Your City + disaster restoration |
Your City + fire damage repair |
Your City + damage restoration service |
Your City + sewage clean up |
Your City + damage restoration services |
Your City + disaster cleanup |
Your City + flooding repair |
Your City + flood removal |
Your City + emergency restoration service |
Your City + smoke damage repair |
Your City + sewage extraction |
If you’d like more information and ideas on how you can do more online, get better placement on Google Maps, improve your placement on the search engines like Google, Yahoo! and Bing in the organic section, and how you can leverage social media tools like Facebook and Twitter and YouTube. We have developed a free guide that takes our best ideas and techniques and really spells them out in a step-by-step process.
If you have questions, if you’d like to talk to me directly, and if you feel like you need somebody do implement all of these strategies for you to get the ball rolling, I’d love the opportunity to work with you. That’s what we do at Contractor SEO. Give me a call at 866-610-4647.