Maine SEO · York County · updated October 2026
Maine SEO and website design for southern Maine small businesses.
Seacoast Cited is a Maine SEO and web design partner for businesses from Kittery and York up to Wells and the Kennebunks. We’re a two-person studio just over the state line in Dover, NH: we build affordable websites, then get you found on Google, in ChatGPT answers and on social.
- Websites from $1,500
- Local SEO from $750/mo
- 20 minutes from Kittery
- Published prices
What makes SEO in southern Maine different?
Most southern Maine businesses live on a short, intense summer and a quiet winter. Visitors plan trips months ahead, search on their phones once they arrive, and lean on Google Maps and reviews to choose. Good Maine SEO is timed to that calendar and built around the towns visitors actually type, like York, Ogunquit and Kennebunkport.
Two audiences search for you: year-round locals, and visitors who don’t know the area. Locals search by service (“plumber near me”). Visitors search by town and experience (“breakfast in Ogunquit”, “things to do in York Maine”). Your site and Google Business Profile need to answer both.
Towns we work with in York County
- Kittery & Kittery Point: Route 1 retail, the Foreside, shipyard families
- York: York Village, York Harbor, Long Sands and Short Sands
- Eliot & South Berwick: year-round trades and service businesses
- Ogunquit & Wells: inns, restaurants and summer retail
- Kennebunk & Kennebunkport: hospitality, galleries and boutiques
What does a Maine SEO company do each month?
Each month we keep your Google Business Profile accurate and active, publish pages that answer what your customers search, fix what holds your site back, and make sure your name, address and phone match across the web. Then you get a short report on rankings, calls and inquiries, written in plain English.
For a southern Maine business that also means season-aware work: summer hours and menus updated before Memorial Day, event and holiday pages published before people search for them, and an off-season plan that keeps locals coming back. See everything our SEO plans include →
Do I need a new website before doing SEO?
Not always. If your site is fast on a phone, lists your services and towns clearly and is something we can edit, we start SEO on it. Many seasonal businesses have an old site, a Facebook page or a booking widget and nothing else. For those, a $1,500 Starter Site is usually cheaper than patching.
Our website design work is built for search from day one: one page per service, your towns named honestly, menus and hours as real text (not a photo or PDF), and a clear way to call or book on a phone.
How do AI answers like ChatGPT pick a Maine business?
AI tools recommend businesses they can describe with confidence: a clear website that says what you do and where, matching details across Google, Yelp and TripAdvisor, and real reviews that mention the town. When a visitor asks ChatGPT for “the best lobster roll in York,” it leans on those same signals.
That’s why our AI search optimization runs on the same foundation as SEO, plus a monthly ChatGPT check of the questions your customers ask.
Why work with a studio on the New Hampshire side?
Our studio in Dover is about twenty minutes from Kittery and half an hour from York, closer than most Maine agencies in Portland. The Piscataqua is a river, not a market boundary: your customers cross it every day, and so do we. We meet in person, and you deal with the two founders directly.
What to fix first
The southern Maine local SEO checklist
If you do nothing else before next season, do these five things in order. They cost little or nothing, and they are what Google, Google Maps and ChatGPT look at first when someone searches for a business in York County.
Seasonal hours
Set summer and winter hours in your Google Business Profile, plus holiday hours, so visitors never arrive to a locked door.
Right categories
Pick the most specific primary category and add every true secondary one. It’s the single biggest Maps ranking factor you control.
Real-text menus
Put menus, price lists and services on your site as text, not a PDF or photo. Google and AI tools can’t read a picture of a menu well.
Town-named reviews
Ask happy customers for a Google review. When they mention the town and what they bought, it helps you rank for both.
Matching details
Make your name, address and phone identical on Google, Yelp, TripAdvisor, Facebook and your site.
Pricing
What does website design and SEO cost in Maine?
A Starter Site is $1,500 one time for up to five pages, and a Custom Site starts at $2,500. Local SEO is $750 a month for SEO Essentials or $1,500 a month for SEO Growth, after a 3-month initial term. Packages that bundle a website, SEO, AI search and social start at $250 a month.
Full details: website design · SEO plans · social media · all-in-one packages. Running an inn or B&B? Read our guide to bed and breakfast website design. Running a restaurant? See restaurant SEO.
FAQ
Maine SEO questions
You’re in New Hampshire. Why hire you for Maine SEO?
Because our studio in Dover is closer to Kittery and York than most of Maine is. We can meet in person, we know the summer-heavy rhythm of a coastal York County business, and local SEO works on the towns and searches you serve, not on which side of the Piscataqua the studio sits.
How much does an SEO company in Maine cost?
Agencies commonly charge about $400 to $2,000 a month for local SEO. Seacoast Cited publishes its prices: SEO Essentials is $750 a month and SEO Growth is $1,500 a month, after a 3-month initial term, then month to month. A new Starter Site is $1,500 one time.
My business is seasonal. Is SEO still worth it?
Yes, if it is timed right. Summer visitors start searching in late winter and spring, so the pages and Google Business Profile work should be done before Memorial Day, not during it. In the off-season the focus shifts to year-round locals, gift cards, events and reviews.
Do you work with businesses in Portland, Maine?
Our focus is York County, from Kittery and York up through Wells and the Kennebunks, because that is close enough to meet in person easily. If you are further north and comfortable working mostly by phone and video, call Kyle and he will tell you honestly whether we are a good fit.
On the New Hampshire side? See local SEO for New Hampshire businesses and website design in NH.
Get ready for next season now.
Tell Kyle what you sell and which towns you serve. He’ll tell you what he’d fix first and what it costs. Free, with no obligation.