Case Study · Franchise

Project Compass — DR 32 to DR 58 in 9 months

Project Compass case study — Real Estate. Property marketplace built from DR 32 to DR 58 with editorial outreach + content depth program.

Project Overview

The brief.

Franchise
Industry
Franchise SEO
Services
10 months
Engagement
7 specialists
Team size
The Challenge

Why they came to us.

A 5-year-old property marketplace had been outpaced by newer competitors. DR was stuck at 32, backlink profile was thin, and rankings on commercial keywords had plateaued.

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    DR 32 plateau - authority not growing despite content investment.
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    Thin backlink profile - 220 referring domains, mostly directory citations.
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    Ranks #20 to #40 on commercial queries - page-1 visibility on only 12% of target terms.
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    800 thin pages - location pages dragging down topical authority.
Before engagement
DR 32
Authority
220
Ref. domains
#28
Avg. position
12%
Page-1 visibility
The Strategy

Our approach.

A combined program: sustained editorial outreach + content depth refresh + on-page optimisation across 800 pages. Anchor strategy designed per cluster.

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    Editorial outreach - 142 niche-vetted placements, all DR 40-70, manual prospecting.
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    Content depth refresh - 800 thin pages consolidated into 240 substantive ones.
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    On-page optimisation - schema, internal linking, entity coverage across all pages.
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    Anchor strategy - branded, partial, generic mix calibrated by cluster.
Strategic pillars

Editorial outreach

142 niche-vetted placements, all DR 40-70, manual prospecting only.

Content depth

800 thin pages consolidated into 240 substantive ones with depth.

On-page program

Schema, internal linking, entity coverage across all rebuilt pages.

Results

Measurable outcomes.

★★★★★

Got 22 placements in 90 days, all DR 50+. Referring domains shot up 38%, and rankings on commercial keywords moved up 14 positions on average.

KM
Karan Mehra
SEO Head - TravelKart

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