Startups:your SEO foundationisn't built for growth.
82% of B2B startup buyers research a company's website before booking a demo. AuditMySite audits your site in 90 seconds and ships the technical fixes that unlock organic growth.
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Why startups lose organic growth
Five technical gaps costing you demos and investors.
Each issue below is found on 71%+ of early-stage startup websites. Each is fixable in under a week.
Organic growth gap
Your solution is invisible for the problem keywords that convert.
Buyers don't search for your startup's name — they search for the problem you solve. If your website doesn't rank for those problem queries, you're invisible at the highest-intent moment in the buying journey.
82%
of B2B buyers research a startup site before demo
Schema gap
No Organization schema. Google can't surface your startup.
Missing Organization and Product schema means you won't appear in brand knowledge panels, comparison results, or AI citation. We generate and deploy correct schema in one click.
5×
more brand impressions with Organization schema
AI visibility
AI engines don't recommend your startup. Competitors get cited.
ChatGPT, Perplexity, and AI Overviews are major discovery channels for startup solutions. AI citation readiness is built into your content structure — AuditMySite shows exactly what to change.
47%
of B2B software searches now happen in AI engines
Core Web Vitals
Your landing page loads in 5.9s on mobile. Investors bounce.
Slow mobile LCP on your homepage and demo landing pages suppresses both organic rankings and investor first impressions. We identify the exact cause and ship the fix.
5.9s
average mobile LCP on startup landing pages
Crawl efficiency
Crawl budget wasted on staging and dev environments.
Unblocked staging URLs, dev subdomains, and duplicate parameter pages waste Googlebot's crawl budget on pages that should never be indexed. We audit and fix all crawl leaks.
34%
of startup sites have indexable staging/dev URLs
90-second audit. Zero cost.
Build a technical SEO foundation that scales with your startup.
Drop your URL. We scan 240+ signals and show the fixes that will unlock organic traffic — ranked by estimated growth impact.
Direct answer
How do startups rank on Google?
Startups that fix Core Web Vitals failures and deploy correct Organization schema in their first year see 3.1× more organic demo requests than peers who deprioritise technical SEO in favour of paid acquisition.
Startups rank on Google by solving three technical problems first: fast, clean websites that Googlebot can efficiently crawl (no staging leaks, no duplicate content, fast Core Web Vitals), correct schema that tells Google what the startup does (Organization, SoftwareApplication, Product), and content targeting the specific problem queries buyers use before they've heard of the startup. AuditMySite audits all three in 90 seconds and prioritises fixes by estimated organic traffic value. The single most common issue found on startup websites is a slow mobile LCP on the homepage or demo landing page — often caused by hero videos, unoptimised images, or third-party analytics scripts.
How it works
Audit. Prioritise. Fix.
Three steps. 90 seconds to start. No developer needed for most fixes.
Step 01
Run a free audit
Enter your startup website URL. We crawl 240+ signals in 90 seconds: Core Web Vitals, schema, meta data, AI visibility, and E-E-A-T.
Step 02
Review your fix queue
Every finding ranked by estimated revenue impact — not by Lighthouse weighting. You see which fix moves you from position 8 to position 3 for your top keyword.
Step 03
Apply fixes in one click
Schema, meta data, image compression, and alt text go directly to your CMS, CDN, or as a GitHub PR. No developer required for most fixes.
11,408
sites audited this month
847,213
fixes shipped since launch
47.2%
average score lift in 30 days
£2.1M
ad spend saved by clients in Q1
“We had staging.yourstartup.com indexed by Google. AuditMySite flagged it in 90 seconds. Blocked it — and our main domain started ranking for the first time within a month.”
Aanya Sharma-Whitlock
Co-founder, Hatchworks AI
“Our hero video was causing LCP of 7.2 seconds. AuditMySite's fix queue had a specific deferral recommendation. Organic homepage traffic doubled in six weeks.”
Tomás Reinholdt
CTO, Carbonway Labs
“We deployed Organization and SoftwareApplication schema across the site in one click. Google started showing our brand knowledge panel within 3 weeks.”
Esi Boateng-Lindqvist
Head of Growth, Northcape Ventures
Ready to rank
Deep-dive report + auto-fix queue.
The free audit shows you the issues. The £29 report ships fixes automatically to your startup website — schema, meta data, image compression — no developer needed for most changes.
No subscription. 14-day money-back. Cancel instantly.
FAQ
Startup SEO, answered.
When should a startup invest in SEO?
Day one. Technical SEO foundations — correct schema, clean crawlability, fast Core Web Vitals — are easier to build correctly from the start than to fix at scale. AuditMySite audits in 90 seconds and prioritises by impact so you fix the most important things first.
What schema markup should a startup use?
Startups should implement Organization schema (with name, url, logo, sameAs for social profiles), SoftwareApplication or Product schema for the core product, FAQPage schema on pricing pages, and HowTo schema on documentation. AuditMySite generates and deploys all of these.
How does Core Web Vitals affect a startup's SEO?
Google uses Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS) as ranking signals. Most startup sites fail LCP on mobile — caused by hero videos, large images, or third-party analytics scripts. AuditMySite identifies the exact cause and provides the specific fix with the highest predicted ranking impact.
How do startups appear in AI Overviews and ChatGPT?
AI engines prioritise content with clear factual claims, structured data, and authoritative external citations. AuditMySite audits your AI citation readiness and shows exactly what to change — passage structure, schema type, content density — to improve your chances of being cited.
How much does SEO cost for a startup?
AuditMySite's free audit is unlimited. The deep-dive report with auto-fix queue costs £29 once — one-tenth the cost of a single hour with an SEO consultant. Agency plans for 25 sites are £149/month.
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How do startups build SEO from scratch?
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