Boost One SEO is a Montreal web design agency. We design and build fast, bilingual websites with search built into the structure from day one, so the site brings in customers instead of just looking good.
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Boost One SEO is a web design and development company in Montreal, Quebec, founded in 2012. We design, build and maintain websites for businesses that need them to generate leads and sales: WordPress, Shopify, WooCommerce and Webflow sites, in English and French, with SEO, speed and conversion built into the structure rather than added after launch. Every site is designed by the same team that ranks it, which is why we build them the way we do.
A website has two jobs. It has to be found, by people searching Google and increasingly by AI assistants answering their questions, and it has to turn the people who arrive into calls, forms, bookings or orders. Most websites do neither well, not because they are ugly, but because they were designed as brochures. They look fine, they load slowly, nothing on them is written for a search and the phone number is three clicks away.
The sites that work are built the other way around. They start with the searches customers make and the questions they ask, then organize pages around those. They load in under a couple of seconds on a phone, because that is where most Montreal visitors are. They put the next step in front of the visitor on every page. And they are built so Google and AI tools can read them without guessing: clean code, proper headings, structured data and content that says plainly who you are and what you do.
We have spent more than a decade ranking other people's websites, and most of what we fix in those sites could have been avoided when they were built. So when we design a site, we design it the way we would want to inherit it: fast, clear, structured and ready to rank from the first week. Our guide on service pages that rank and convert shows the thinking page by page.
Who the site is for, what they search for, what they need to see before they act and what the site has to make happen. Decided before a single page is drawn.
Clear structure, readable pages, obvious next steps and a look that matches your brand. Designed for a phone first, because that is where your customers are.
Fast templates, optimized images, clean code and a secure, maintainable platform. Speed is a ranking factor and a conversion factor at the same time.
Keyword mapped pages, proper headings, internal links, schema and bilingual structure, so Google and AI tools understand the site the day it launches.
Not every business needs a full rebuild. Here is how we decide, and what each option involves.
For new businesses, sites that cannot be saved or platforms that have reached their limit. Everything is planned from the searches up: structure, content, design, build and SEO.
For sites that rank and convert somewhat but look dated, load slowly or are hard to update. We keep the URLs, content and rankings that have value and rebuild the rest.
For a campaign, a new service, a new location or a French version of a site that only exists in English. Built to match your current site and to convert the traffic you send to it.
Six stages of web design and website development in Montreal, each with its own deliverables. You see and approve the work at every stage, so there are no surprises at launch.
We start with a conversation about your business, your customers and what a good lead looks like, then with research: the searches people make for what you offer, in English and in French, what competitors' sites do well and badly, and where your current site loses people. From that we build the site map, decide which pages exist and why, and plan the path a visitor takes from landing to contacting you. Every page gets a purpose and a target search before anyone picks a colour.
Redesigning? This is also where we audit the current site so nothing that ranks or converts is lost in the rebuild.
Design is where most agencies start and where we arrive with a plan already in hand. We design the key pages first, on a phone screen before a desktop one, with your brand, your photos where you have them and a clear hierarchy: what the visitor sees first, what convinces them and where they click. You review real pages, not mood boards, and we revise until it is right. Then the rest of the site is built from the same system so it stays consistent as it grows.
No stock template with your logo dropped in. The design is yours, and you own the files when we are done.
We build on the platform that fits the job: WordPress for most business sites, Shopify or WooCommerce for stores, Webflow when a lighter marketing site makes sense. Whatever the platform, the build is clean. No bloated themes, no forty plugins doing the work of five, no page builder soup that breaks the next time it updates. Pages load fast on a phone, forms and tracking work, the site is secured and backed up, and you can edit text and images yourself without calling anyone.
Wondering about AI website builders? We wrote about whether AI website builders are good for SEO, and the short answer is: it depends what you need the site to do.
This is the part most web designers leave to "someone later". We are the someone later for a lot of sites, and we know what that costs: a site that looks finished but has no keyword mapped to any page, headings that mean nothing, images with no names, two versions of every URL and a French section Google cannot find. We build the opposite. Every page targets a search, the structure is clean, schema markup describes your business in a way Google and AI assistants can read, and the launch checklist includes everything our SEO team would otherwise have to fix.
Sites built this way are also easier for AI tools to cite. If being recommended by ChatGPT and Google's AI matters to you, our GEO service picks up where the build leaves off.
A website with no words to say is a design file. We can write the copy with you, from service pages and about pages to FAQs and blog starters, in a tone that sounds like your business and with the searches built in. For Quebec businesses we build the French and English versions as two real sites sharing one structure, each written for its audience and each able to rank on its own. We can also source licensed photography or work with your own.
Need ongoing writing after launch? Our content writing service covers bilingual production month to month.
Before launch we test every page on real phones and browsers, check every form and tracking event, confirm redirects, submit the site to Google and verify that nothing is blocked. Then we train your team to make the updates they will actually make, and we stay available. Sites need updates, backups, security patches and the occasional fix, and our managed hosting keeps all of that handled so the site you launched is the site your customers see a year later.
Most clients keep us on after launch for SEO, ads or both, because the people who built the site are the ones who know how to grow it.
Numbers from client sites and campaigns. Case studies are linked where we have published them.
The typical change we see when a site is rebuilt around clear structure, faster pages and obvious next steps. More calls, quote requests and bookings from the same traffic.
A kitchen and bathroom renovator's leads grew four times over six months and on site sales rose 150%, with the site structured so Google and AI could read it. Impressions in Google's AI features rose 24x.
Read the renovation case study → 12xA site with almost no visibility went from about 1,500 to more than 18,000 organic visits a month, with top three rankings for almost every important search term.
Read the customs broker case study →Two languages, customers who compare you on a phone during their commute, and a market where a slow or confusing site sends people to the next result. Here are the kinds of web design and website development projects we take on most, and how we approach each.
Clinics, contractors, law firms, accountants, consultants, schools. Most Montreal service businesses belong on WordPress: it is flexible, your team can edit it, every integration exists for it and, built properly, it is fast and secure. The trouble is that "built properly" is rare. We build WordPress sites with a lean theme, a handful of well chosen plugins, a page structure mapped to the services and areas you want to rank for, and a contact path that works on a phone with one thumb.
Service pages get the most attention, because they are where leads come from. Each one is written for a search, answers the questions a customer has before calling and ends with the next step. We have written specific guides for clinic websites, renovation company websites and manufacturing websites.
An online store is a different build. The catalogue structure decides whether category pages can rank, the product template decides whether shoppers trust the page, and checkout decides whether they finish. We build stores on Shopify when speed to market and reliability matter most, and on WooCommerce when the catalogue or the integrations need more control. Either way, the feed, the schema and the category structure are set up so Google Shopping and organic product searches work from launch.
For Quebec stores, that means a fully bilingual catalogue, bilingual checkout and the language rules handled correctly. For stores that advertise, it means landing pages and tracking ready for our Google Ads management team to use on day one.
A redesign is the most common way a business loses its search traffic. URLs change without redirects, pages that ranked get merged or deleted, the new theme hides content from crawlers and nobody notices until the phone stops ringing. We have fixed dozens of these for other agencies' clients, and we handle our own redesigns with that in mind: an SEO audit before anything is touched, a redirect map for every old URL, content preserved where it has value and rankings monitored before and after launch.
The same applies to platform moves, whether that is Wix to WordPress, Magento to Shopify or an aging custom site to something your team can finally edit. You keep what the old site earned and gain what it was missing.
Manufacturers, distributors, software companies and professional firms need sites that explain complicated offerings clearly, hold up under a procurement team's scrutiny and keep working across several markets and languages. We build B2B sites around how buyers research: capability pages, specifications, case studies, comparison content and clear paths to a conversation with sales, structured so the pages can rank for the searches a buyer makes months before a purchase.
Multi market sites get a structure that scales: regions, languages and product lines organized so each can be found on its own without duplicating the whole site. Our B2B SEO work carries on from there.
Most web design agencies in Montreal hand you the keys at launch and move on. Then you hire an SEO agency, who tells you the site needs to be rebuilt, and an ads agency, who needs landing pages the designer never planned. We are all three. The site is designed by the people who will rank it and advertise on it, which changes what gets built: the page structure follows the keyword map, the landing pages exist before the campaign does and the tracking is set up once, correctly.
It also means one plan and one report after launch, covering the site, Google results, the map pack, AI answers and paid campaigns together. If you only want the website, that is fine. But the businesses that grow fastest treat the site as the start, not the finish.
Five stages, each with something to review and approve. Most sites launch in six to ten weeks; redesigns and landing pages are faster.
A 15 minute call about your business, your customers and what the site has to do. If it makes sense to go further, we review your current site, your competitors and the searches in your market, and come back with a recommendation: new build, redesign or something smaller. You keep the findings either way.
The site map, the page list with a target search for each page, the content plan and wireframes of the key pages. This is where the structure gets decided, and it is the cheapest point to change your mind. You approve it before design starts.
The homepage and key page designs, mobile and desktop, with your brand applied. You review real pages, we revise, and once the key pages are approved the rest of the site follows the same system. Copywriting runs in parallel so the design is built around real words, not placeholder text.
The site is built on your platform, content goes in, both languages where applicable, integrations are connected and the SEO layer is applied: titles, headings, schema, internal links, redirects. You get a private preview link to click through and comment on as it comes together.
Every page is tested on real devices, every form and tracking event is verified, redirects are checked and the site goes live. We train your team, hand over documentation and the files, and stay on for hosting, maintenance and whatever comes next. Rankings are monitored through the weeks after launch.
Start With the Free AssessmentThese are not add ons. They are the baseline for every website that leaves our studio, whatever the size of the project.
Optimized images, lean code, caching and proper hosting, tested against Google's Core Web Vitals on a phone, not just on an office computer. Our guide on improving loading speed covers what we check.
Designed and tested on real phones first. Most of your visitors are on one, and Google ranks the mobile version of your site.
SSL, hardened logins, update management, daily backups and monitoring, so the site stays up and stays yours.
Readable contrast, proper headings, labelled forms, alt text and keyboard navigation. Better for every visitor and for search engines too.
Schema markup for your organization, services, locations, FAQs and products, on top of semantic HTML that Google and AI tools can read without guessing.
Google Analytics 4, Search Console and tag setup with call and form tracking, verified before launch. Our analytics service covers it in detail.
We're in Old Montreal, and many of the businesses we build for are on the island or a short drive away. We meet in person when it helps, and most projects run comfortably over video calls and a shared preview link.
A website does not care where its agency sits, and many of ours are built for companies elsewhere in Quebec, across Canada, in the United States and in Europe. You can read about the cities we work in most on our services by city page.
Montreal has hundreds of web designers. Here's what's different about working with us.
The free assessment is a real review of your current site and your market, not a pitch. You'll hear what is holding the site back, whether a redesign or a smaller fix makes more sense and what a realistic timeline looks like. If what you have is better than you think, we'll tell you that too.
If you want to read first, our guides on service pages that rank and convert and AI website builders and SEO cover the questions we hear most.
Book the Free AssessmentFor more than a decade, businesses have brought us sites built by someone else: slow themes, pages with no search target, redesigns that erased rankings, French sections Google could not find. We fixed them, and we learned exactly what to avoid. Every site we build now goes through the same checklist our SEO team would run on a new client's site, before it ever launches.
Every change is reviewed on a real phone, every page has a purpose and every launch comes with the redirects, tracking and documentation that most agencies skip. That is the difference between a site that looks finished and one that is.
Ask About Your Current Site“Excellent service by Brandon. Communication is great and I’m always kept up to date. Tremendous help for my website.”
— Martin M.“Boost was a huge help to me and my business… content, site audits and other great pointers… highly recommend.”
— Benjamin W.“Very happy with their work, my phone is ringing non-stop. Best part: they’re reachable anytime.”
— Pankaj R.“Support for my business needs is second to none. The team is very attentive. Highly recommend.”
— Peter S.“Top in their field… results yielded positive returns and helped us become the #1 reference for large group food events.”
— Daniel P.“Been working with Boost for a few years… nothing but positive experiences with campaigns and business growth.”
— Devon S.The questions business owners ask us before starting a website project, answered the way we answer them on a call.
Most new business websites launch in six to ten weeks from the approved plan. Redesigns that keep the existing content usually take four to eight weeks, and landing pages or new sections take days to a few weeks. The biggest variable is content: when text and photos are ready early, projects move quickly. We give you a realistic schedule on the assessment call and update it as the project goes.
Both. On the assessment call we look at what your current site does well, what it is missing and whether its rankings and content are worth keeping. Sometimes a redesign on the same platform is the right call, sometimes a new build is, and sometimes a few targeted fixes solve the problem. We recommend the one that fits, not the biggest one.
WordPress for most business and professional sites, Shopify and WooCommerce for online stores, and Webflow for lighter marketing sites. We choose based on what the site has to do, who will edit it and what it needs to connect to. We also migrate sites between platforms, including from Wix, Squarespace and older custom builds.
Yes, if you want us to. We write page copy in English and French with your input, source licensed photography or use your own, and optimize every image for speed and search. Clients who prefer to write their own content get a page by page brief so the text is built around the right searches.
Yes, and more than the usual "SEO ready" promise. Every page is mapped to a search, titles and headings are written for it, the structure is clean, schema markup describes your business and the bilingual setup uses hreflang correctly. Redesigns include a full redirect map so existing rankings carry over. The site is built the way our SEO team would want to inherit it.
Not if the redesign is handled properly, and this is where many go wrong. We audit the current site before anything changes, keep the content and URLs that have value, redirect every old address to its new one and monitor rankings in the weeks after launch. Done this way, redesigns usually gain visibility rather than lose it.
Fast enough to pass Google's Core Web Vitals on a phone, which is the benchmark that matters for both rankings and conversions. We get there with lean code, optimized images, limited scripts, caching and proper hosting, and we test on real devices before launch rather than only on an office computer.
Yes. Sites that are structured clearly, state their facts plainly and carry proper schema markup are far more likely to be cited by AI assistants, and all of that is part of how we build. For businesses that want to go further, our generative engine optimization service adds prompt testing, entity work and citation building after launch.
If you do business in Quebec, a French version is expected by your customers and by Quebec's language rules for commercial websites, and an English version reaches the rest of Canada and beyond. We build both as real versions written for each audience, sharing one structure, with a language switcher and the technical setup that lets each version rank on its own.
Yes. Multi location sites get a page for each location with its own address, hours, services and map, structured so each one can rank for searches in its area, under one brand and one design. This is common for clinics, dealerships, franchises and service companies with offices in Montreal, Laval, Longueuil and Quebec City.
If you are in the Montreal area, yes, our office is in Old Montreal. In practice most projects run over video calls, email and a shared preview link where you can click through the site and leave comments, and clients elsewhere in Quebec, Canada, the United States and Europe work with us the same way.
Yes. Many of our clients are in Montreal, Laval and the South Shore. Many others are across Quebec, Canada, the United States and Europe, including companies we have never met in person. Distance has never been an issue for a web project.
You do. The domain, the site, the design files and the content are yours, and we set everything up in accounts you control. If you ever want to move it or have someone else work on it, you can, with no strings attached.
Yes. Every site is set up so your team can edit text, images, pages and posts without touching code, and we train you before launch and leave documentation. For changes that need a developer, we are a message away.
Yes. Our managed hosting covers fast servers, SSL, daily backups, security monitoring, updates and support, so the site stays fast, secure and up to date. You can also host elsewhere if you prefer; we will set the site up wherever it lives.
A 15 minute conversation about your business, your customers and what the site has to do, followed by a review of your current site and your market. You get a clear recommendation, new build, redesign or something smaller, a realistic timeline and our honest opinion on whether it is worth doing. No obligation, and you keep the findings. Book it through the free assessment call page or call us at 1-800-656-0685.
Pick whichever fits where you are. No pressure either way.
A 15 minute call, then a real review of your current site and your market, with a clear recommendation. You keep the findings either way.
Book My Free Call →Have a question first, or a project that does not fit a neat box? Write to us and a strategist will reply, usually within one business day.
Contact Boost One SEONot ready to talk? Our guides on service pages that rank and convert and website speed are a good place to start.
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