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Logistics SEO Intelligence

Your competitors rank for “LTL freight Los Angeles.”
You’re on page four.

We reverse-engineer how freight brokers, 3PLs, and drayage companies get found on Google — then rebuild their digital presence from the terminal up.

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Chapter 01 — Single-Location Freight Broker
Midwest broker · 200+ carrier network · Ranking for zero lane keywords

A broker moving 800 loads a month, invisible to every shipper searching Google.

The Problem

Heartland Freight Solutions had built a carrier network across 14 Midwest states over 11 years. Their ops team ran 800+ loads monthly. Their Google presence: a 4-page website last touched in 2019, no location pages, no lane-specific content, and a Google Business Profile with three photos.

# Google Search Console · Feb 2024
Total impressions1,240
Clicks89
Avg. position42.3
Audit Findings
Lane Keywords Indexed
0340+
Google Business Completeness
42%97%
Domain Authority
1128
Keyword Architecture Built
Lane-Specific Pages
34 pages · Chicago→KC, Detroit→Columbus, etc.
Freight Mode Hubs
8 hubs · LTL, FTL, Partial, Expedited
Carrier Network Content
12 posts · Midwest carrier relationships + capacity
Google Business Optimization
1 profile · 14 service-area expansions
6-Month ResultsVerified
+380%
Organic Sessions
in 6 months
44
Inbound Leads/Mo
from zero organic
-61%
Cost Per Acquisition
vs. paid search
Chapter 02: A regional 3PL ranking for their brand name — and nothing else
Free Resource

The Logistics SEO Playbook

47 pages. The exact keyword architecture, content cluster framework, and Google Business strategy we deploy for every freight broker, 3PL, and drayage client. Lane-level specificity. No generic SEO advice.

340+ freight-specific keyword templates
Lane page structure for every freight mode
Google Business optimization for multi-location carriers
Content cluster map: broker vs. 3PL vs. drayage

No phone number. No sales calls. Just the playbook.

Chapter 02Regional 3PL
Southeast 3PL · 200+ active carriers · 8 warehouse locations · Branded keyword only

A 3PL with 8 warehouses, ranking for their own name — and nothing else in their market.

The Situation

Coastal Distribution Partners had built a legitimate Southeast 3PL over 9 years. Eight locations from Charlotte to Miami. Their SEO profile: 100% of their 2,100 annual organic sessions came from branded searches. Zero visibility for "3PL Southeast," "warehousing Charlotte," or any of the 180 lane-specific terms their shippers actually searched.

Architecture Built
Location Authority Pages
8 warehouse hubs with hyperlocal freight content
Service Mode Architecture
Separate silos: warehousing, cross-docking, last-mile, LTL consolidation
Competitor Gap Analysis
340 keywords competitors ranked for that CDP did not
Industry Vertical Content
Retail, automotive, perishables — freight modes by cargo type
ResultsVerified
+520%
Non-branded Traffic
12 months
68
RFQs/Month
from organic
#1
Ranked: "3PL Charlotte"
and 14 adjacent terms
Organic sessions — month over month↑ Growing
Month 1Month 12

We'd been in business nine years and didn't understand why companies half our size kept winning RFQs we never heard about. Now I understand — they were findable and we weren't.

MR
Marcus Rivera
COO, Coastal Distribution Partners
Chapter 03National Drayage Operation
National drayage · 6 port markets · 400+ owner-operators · Zero digital presence

A drayage operation working every major port — invisible in every port-city search.

The Situation

Pacific Rim Drayage ran 400+ owner-operators across LA/Long Beach, Seattle, Houston, Savannah, Baltimore, and Newark. Their website was a single-page HTML file from 2017. Not one page for drayage Los Angeles. Not one page for port trucking Long Beach. Their competitors — with a third of their capacity — owned every relevant SERP.

Architecture Built
Port-City Landing Architecture
6 port markets × 4 freight modes = 24 cornerstone pages
Container Type Content
Dry van, reefer, hazmat, overweight — per port per mode
Owner-Operator Recruitment SEO
Carrier acquisition pages targeting owner-operators searching for work
Port Authority Schema Markup
Structured data for port drayage, terminal access, container types
ResultsVerified
+890%
Organic Sessions
18 months
$340
Cost Per Lead
down from $2,100 paid
6/6
Port Markets Ranked
page 1 primary term
Organic sessions — month over month↑ Growing
Month 1Month 12

Our ops team thought SEO was for e-commerce. We had no idea shippers were searching by port and container type. Route showed us exactly what we were missing and built it in 90 days.

TK
Tom Kowalski
CEO, Pacific Rim Drayage
Free Visibility Audit

Find out exactly where you’re invisible.

Drop your domain and freight mode. We’ll map every keyword gap, every competitor position, and every lane your shippers are searching that you’re not appearing for. No pitch. Just the data.

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340+
Freight keywords per audit
24h
Audit delivery time
$0
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