SEO services in Irvine, CA
SEO for Irvine businesses from a Long Beach team a short drive away, built around how Orange County residents and business buyers search.
- In-person meetings from our nearby Long Beach office
- Pages for Irvine villages and nearby Orange County cities
- Reports that connect rankings to calls and leads
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Tell us about your business. We’ll review your site and market and send a plan with what we’d do first.
TLG Marketing helps Irvine businesses rank on Google for the searches their customers make, from map results in a single village to service pages that bring in qualified leads. We’re a digital marketing agency founded in 2006 and based in Long Beach, a short drive up the 405 from Irvine, so we can meet with you in person whenever it helps.
What it takes to rank in Irvine
Irvine is a planned city in the middle of Orange County, home to UC Irvine and a large concentration of corporate headquarters. It searches differently from the coastal cities around it.
- Villages work like neighborhoods. Woodbridge, Northwood, Turtle Rock, Great Park and the other villages have their own names and shopping centers, and residents search close to home. Map-pack visibility in the right villages matters more than a general Irvine ranking.
- Many households speak more than one language. Irvine has a large Asian American population and a sizable Iranian American community, with many residents speaking Chinese, Korean, Hindi or Persian at home. Checking search demand in those languages is often worth the effort.
- Corporate and B2B buyers are close by. Medical device makers, game studios, automotive companies and tech firms are based in Irvine, along with the office parks near John Wayne Airport. Professional service firms and suppliers need pages that answer specific buyer searches.
- The UC Irvine calendar matters. A large student population follows the academic year, which shifts demand for housing, food, tutoring and retail around move-in and finals.
How we run an Irvine SEO campaign
We usually start with a working session, in person or on video, to map the villages and nearby cities that bring you the most valuable customers. Then we fix your Google Business Profile and core service pages, address technical issues, and build pages for the parts of Irvine and Orange County you want to win.
Reports show rankings by village and city, traffic from search, and the calls and form leads it produced. Because we’re nearby, review meetings can happen at your office or ours. Details of each step are on our local SEO services page.
Our office at 356 Redondo Ave, Long Beach is about 22 miles from Irvine by road. Directions
Areas we cover around Irvine
- Tustin
- Newport Beach
- Costa Mesa
- Lake Forest
- Santa Ana
- Laguna Hills
- Mission Viejo
- Orange
// How it works
From audit to leads in four steps
Audit & research
We audit your site’s technical health, content and links, and research the searches your buyers actually make.
Roadmap
You get a prioritized plan: what to fix, which pages to create, and which searches to win first.
Build & optimize
Our developers fix technical issues, we improve and create pages, and we earn links from relevant, reputable sites.
Report & refine
Regular reports on rankings, traffic and leads, and changes based on what the numbers show.
// Client reviews
Rated 5.0 from 21 Google reviews
What clients say about working with us, in their own words.
- ★★★★★
“…it was one of the most efficient conversations I’ve ever had. Knowledgable, thoughtful, reasonably priced - highly recommend TLG Marketing”
Alec ColemanGoogle Ads and Merchant Center
- ★★★★★
“They are unbelievably efficient and always so customer service/satisfaction oriented.”
Sharon KuyperWebsite development and accessibility compliance
- ★★★★★
“I had a fantastic experience working with Evan Lamont and his awesome team at TLG Marketing as our outsourced Marketing Team.”
Fred CooperOutsourced marketing team
// Buyer’s guide
How to choose an SEO agency in Irvine
Ask how it plans for villages
Irvine was planned around villages, and residents of places like Woodbridge or Turtle Rock often search close to home. Ask the agency how it would decide which villages deserve attention, and how it will measure your visibility in each one instead of across the city as a whole.
Look for multilingual capability
Asian Americans make up the largest share of Irvine’s population, and some customers search in languages other than English. Ask whether the agency can research keywords in the languages your customers use and who will review any translated pages.
Meet near the 405
Irvine is about 22 miles from our office at 356 Redondo Ave in Long Beach, so planning sessions at your office are easy to set up. Whoever you hire, meet the people who’ll do the work before you sign.
Ask for B2B lead tracking
Irvine hosts the North American headquarters of Kia and Mazda, along with Edwards Lifesciences and Blizzard Entertainment, and plenty of local firms sell to companies like them. Ask an agency how its reports separate real B2B inquiries from spam and job applicants.
// What’s included
Everything SEO needs, under one roof
Strategy, development, content and reporting from one team, so nothing falls between agencies.
Technical SEO
Speed, crawlability, indexing, structured data and fixes in the code itself.
Keyword research
Searches mapped to pages by intent, so each page targets buyers, not browsers.
On-page optimization
Titles, headings, copy and internal links tuned for the searches that matter.
Content
Service pages, location pages and articles written for people first.
Link building
Mentions and links from relevant, reputable sites in your industry and area.
Local SEO
Google Business Profile, reviews and listings for map-pack visibility.
// Questions
SEO in Irvine: common questions
Do you have an office in Irvine?
Our office is in Long Beach, at 356 Redondo Ave, a short drive from Irvine on the 405. We’re glad to meet Irvine clients in person, and between meetings we keep in touch through video calls, shared dashboards and regular reports.
Do Irvine customers search by village or by city?
Both. Irvine is organized into villages such as Woodbridge, Northwood and Turtle Rock, and residents often include those names when searching for nearby services. We build pages and Google Business Profile coverage around the villages closest to you, alongside your main Irvine page.
Can our Irvine business rank for “Irvine Spectrum” searches?
If you’re near the Irvine Spectrum Center, yes. Many people use the Spectrum as a landmark when they search for restaurants, salons and services, so naming it on your location page and in your profile description, alongside your street address, matches those searches.
Should we target the Irvine Business Complex near the airport?
If you sell to offices, yes. The Irvine Business Complex on the city’s west side is part of the business district around John Wayne Airport and South Coast Plaza, so a page about serving companies there, and in nearby Costa Mesa and Newport Beach, matches how office managers search.
Is the Great Park area worth its own page?
For businesses serving the newer neighborhoods around the Orange County Great Park, often yes. Residents there search with the Great Park name, and a page about the work you do in those neighborhoods helps Google connect you to them.
How long does SEO take to work?
Most sites see movement within three to six months; competitive searches take longer. Your roadmap sets expectations search by search, so you know what to expect and when.
How much do SEO services cost?
It depends on how competitive your market is and how much work your site needs. Tell us your monthly budget on the form and we’ll show you what it can realistically achieve.
Will you work on my existing website?
Yes. We work on WordPress, ecommerce platforms and custom-built sites. If the site itself is holding you back, our developers can fix it or rebuild it.
What do you need from me to get started?
Access to your website, Google Search Console and Google Analytics, and a 30-minute call about your customers, services and goals.
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SEO in other cities
- Costa Mesa, CA 5 mi
- Santa Ana, CA 5 mi
- Orange, CA 7 mi
- Newport Beach, CA 8 mi
- Garden Grove, CA 9 mi
- Huntington Beach, CA 10 mi
- Anaheim, CA 11 mi
- Fullerton, CA 14 mi
- Cerritos, CA 18 mi
- Lakewood, CA 20 mi
- Long Beach, CA 22 mi
- Whittier, CA 23 mi
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