From government websites to search.

Gatineau SEO is a one-person SEO practice built for the Outaouais. The person who does the audit is the person who does the work.

Most of my career has been spent on Government of Canada websites: Statistics Canada, Justice Canada, the Canada Gazette, Environment Canada and National Defence, then 2015 to 2024 as a senior web developer on federal contracts. SEO was part of the work the whole way through.

Government work builds habits commercial SEO often skips. Every page goes out in French and English, works with a screen reader, and passes validation before it goes live. That is exactly what today's web asks for: pages that are easy to read for people, for Google and for AI models.

Why a brand for Gatineau

Businesses in the Outaouais get sold SEO built for Toronto, sometimes for Ottawa, almost always in English. It doesn't work. Google's local results depend on distance and relevance, and the Charter of the French Language makes French the language of your site. Gatineau SEO exists to do this work French first, with the English version built to the same standard.

How I work

Every recommendation I make is labelled: what Google has confirmed, what studies show, what I've tested myself, and what is only my view. I don't promise page one. Nobody honestly can. Here is the full editorial policy.

History

Gatineau SEO, CapitalSEO and CapitalAI

All three are owned by the same person. CapitalSEO.ca is the English-language learning site for Ottawa–Gatineau, with its guides. CapitalAI.ca helps businesses automate their workflows. Gatineau SEO serves the Outaouais in French. We say so because you should know who's behind what you read.

Contact

Email capitalseo.ottawa@gmail.com. Serving Gatineau, Hull, Aylmer, Buckingham, Masson-Angers, the Outaouais and Ottawa, in French and English.

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