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Why does a trades website need a page for each service?
Because one Services page has to compete for every search at once, and a page for each service can answer one search well. When someone types "water heater replacement Dartmouth", Google looks for the page that best answers that one job. A page built for it, with the job in its title, its heading and its questions, gives Google a clear match and gives the customer the answer they came for.
· Why the Growth website has a page for each service.
What does Google look for when someone searches for one job?
It looks for one page that is clearly about that job. The title, the main heading and the questions on the page are how it tells what a page is about. A page about panel upgrades says "panel upgrade" in all three places. A page about ten services says a little about each and is clearly about none of them, so it has a hard time winning any one search.
Why doesn't one Services page do the same job?
A page only gets one title and one main heading. If yours says "Our Services", it can't also say "drain cleaning", "sump pumps" and "water heaters" the way a page for each one can. And the customer who did find it lands on a list, not an answer. They wanted to know if you do their job, roughly what it involves and how fast you can come. A list makes them hunt, and on a phone, people who have to hunt go back and tap the next shop.
What goes on a page for one service?
What the job is, in the words customers use. The signs that they need it. What changes the price, even if you don't print one. The towns you do it in. The questions people ask about it, answered in the first line, not three paragraphs down. And a call button that's always one tap away. That last part matters as much as the ranking: the page has to turn the visit into a call. AI assistants that answer questions for homeowners also quote pages that answer one question directly, so the same page does both jobs.
How many service pages does a trades business need?
One for each job people search for on its own and that you want more of. Not one for every small task: if two services get searched the same way, they share a page. For most trades that lands somewhere between three and five, which is why the Growth website includes a page for each service, up to five.
Isn't that just more pages for the sake of it?
Only if they're copies. Ten pages with the service name swapped and the same paragraphs underneath don't help, and Google treats them as filler that can drag the whole site down. Each page has to say something the others don't: different questions, different signs, different photos of that kind of job. Town pages work the same way, which is why a town only gets a page when there's something true to say about it.
Straight answers
Questions I actually get on the phone
- Do service pages replace my Google Business Profile?
- No, they work together. Your profile is what shows on the map. Your service pages are where Google, your profile and AI answers send people who want to know more about one job. A profile with a strong page behind each service has something to point to.
- Do I need town pages as well?
- Only if you work several towns and have something true to say about each one: the jobs you do there, the kind of homes, what's different about working there. A town page that just swaps the name doesn't help.
- Can I write the service pages myself?
- You can, and you know the jobs better than anyone. The parts people miss are the title, the heading and answering the question in the first line. That's the bit I handle when I build them.