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Gumboots Consulting Engineers
📍 Kerikeri, Northland

Engineering expertise.
Now generating leads on autopilot.

Gumboots Consulting Engineers are the Far North's specialists for geotechnical, wastewater, stormwater and civil engineering. Their work speaks for itself — but when developers and builders searched Google, they weren't finding them. We changed that.

Website Design
Local SEO
Google Business Profile
Service Area Pages
The situation

Technical excellence.
Zero Google discovery.

The challenge

Gumboots Consulting Engineers were winning work through professional networks and referrals — but a huge proportion of potential clients (property developers, builders, rural landowners) search Google first when they need a geotechnical or wastewater engineer. Without a strong digital presence, Gumboots was invisible to this audience.

The opportunity

Engineering is a high-value, low-volume lead category. A single geotechnical assessment or TP58 wastewater design job is worth thousands of dollars. Even a small number of additional monthly enquiries from Google would represent a significant revenue increase — and with low competition for Northland engineering search terms, the ranking opportunity was clear.

Website Design
Local SEO
Google Business Profile
Service Area Pages
Schema Markup
About Gumboots Consulting
  • Geotechnical engineering — site assessments, foundation design, slope stability
  • TP58 wastewater design for consent-ready onsite systems
  • Stormwater design and management plans
  • Structural and civil engineering for residential development
  • Serving Far North, Whangarei, Kaipara, and all of Northland
  • Engineering New Zealand member · Amotai registered
The results

What happened when developers
could find Gumboots on Google.

#1
Google for
"geotechnical engineer Kerikeri"
Top 3
Google Maps across
5 Northland search terms
Increase in organic
website enquiries
Page 1
Google for "TP58 wastewater
design Far North"
12
Location + service pages
targeting Northland searches
90 days
To first page rankings
across all target terms
What we did

The strategy that made
Gumboots the obvious choice online.

01
Service-Specific Website Architecture
Built a new site architecture with individual pages for each service — Geotechnical Engineering, TP58 Wastewater Design, Stormwater Design, Structural Engineering. Each page targets specific search terms that developers and builders use when looking for engineering help in Northland.
02
Location + Service Page Silo
Created location-specific service pages for each major Northland centre — "Geotechnical Engineer Kerikeri", "Wastewater Design Kaitaia", "Stormwater Engineering Paihia" — targeting the searches that builders and property developers make when they're looking for an engineer for a specific project location.
03
Technical SEO & Schema Markup
Added ProfessionalService schema markup, LocalBusiness schema, breadcrumb schema, and FAQPage schema across all service pages. Optimised all page titles, meta descriptions, heading structure, and internal linking to give Google a clear picture of what Gumboots offers and where they serve.
04
Google Business Profile Setup
Claimed and fully optimised the GBP with correct engineering categories, complete service descriptions, service area set to all Northland, Far North, Whangarei, and Kaipara districts. Added project photos and set up regular GBP posts covering consent processes, project types, and local tips for developers.
05
Industry Directory & Citation Building
Listed Gumboots on Engineering New Zealand directories, Builderscrack, regional council supplier lists, and Amotai. These industry-specific citations are high-authority trust signals for Google and also directly generate referral enquiries from users of those platforms.
"As engineers, we're good at what we do — but marketing was never something we thought much about. Web Design Northland built us a website that actually explains what we do clearly and targets the searches that property developers and builders make in Northland. We're now getting enquiries from people who've found us on Google who we never would have connected with otherwise. For a high-value service like ours, even a handful of extra jobs a year more than pays for the investment."
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