The quotable page checklist
Use this for every service page and town page you write or rewrite. Pages that pass it are easy for customers to read, for Google to rank, and for AI to quote.
1. Before you write
- One page for each service you want customers to find, and one for each town you really serve.
- Write down the question the page answers, the way a customer would ask it (“how much does a new furnace cost in Des Moines?”).
- Write down the search it's for (“furnace replacement Des Moines”).
2. The top of the page
- The title and the main heading name the service and the town.
- The first two sentences answer the question: what you do, where, and the one fact that matters most (how fast, how much, what's guaranteed).
For example
We replace furnaces across Des Moines, Ankeny and West Des Moines, usually within two days, with the price agreed in writing before we start. Most replacements cost between $4,500 and $8,000, depending on the size of the home and the system you choose.
3. The specifics
- The towns and neighbourhoods you serve, by name.
- What's included, and how long it takes.
- Prices, price ranges, or what affects the price.
- Licences, certifications, insurance, guarantees and years in business: only what's true.
- Who you're best for, in a sentence.
- A real example: a recent job, with the town and what you did.
- No empty claims (“best in town”, “top quality”): replace each one with a fact.
4. Questions and answers
Add three to five questions customers really ask, each answered in two to four sentences. To find them, use this filter in Google Search Console (Performance → Search results → Add filter → Query → Custom (regex)):
Search Console question filter
^(who|what|when|where|why|how|which|can|does|is|should)\s
5. Town pages
- Real proof from that town: jobs you've done there, photos, and reviews from customers there.
- Local details only someone who works there knows: the neighbourhoods, the older homes, the permits.
- Never just swap the town name on the same page. Google treats near-identical town pages as spam.
6. Behind the page
- LocalBusiness structured data with your name, address, phone, hours and links to your profiles.
- Links between each service page, its town pages and your homepage.
- Nothing blocks AI crawlers from reading it (the free AI crawler checker tells you).
7. Every three months
- Re-read your most important pages and update prices, timings and anything that changed.
- Ask AI your main questions and note which of your pages it quotes.
Also on its own page: The quotable page checklist
Put this to work on your business
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