Web, SEO and automations for Chatham businesses.

Chatham sits at the centre of the Medway Towns, an urban area of the Medway Towns where local search competition is fiercer than many Kent businesses realise. When a Gillingham resident searches for a plumber, when a student near the Universities at Medway campus looks for a barber, or when a Rochester family searches for a restaurant, the businesses that appear in the top three Google Map Pack positions and the first page of organic results capture the vast majority of clicks and calls. The Medway market is large enough to sustain serious digital competition, yet many Chatham businesses have no SEO strategy whatsoever.

About Chatham

What we know about the area.

Chatham sits at the commercial centre of the Medway Towns, connected by the A2 and M2 to London and the wider Kent motorway network. The Historic Dockyard draws heritage tourists and event visitors year-round, while Chatham Maritime provides a modern dining, leisure, and residential destination. The Pentagon Shopping Centre anchors the town centre retail offering.

The Universities at Medway campus, shared between three universities, brings thousands of students who live and spend locally. Fort Amherst adds another heritage attraction. Chatham railway station provides direct services into London, and the wider Medway area encompasses Rochester, Gillingham, Strood, and Rainham, creating a substantial combined market.

Our approach for Chatham clients recognises that the real market extends across the entire Medway Towns. A website for a Chatham business needs to attract customers from Rochester, Gillingham, Rainham, and Strood, not just the immediate High Street area. We build sites with Medway-wide SEO architecture, mobile-first design for the student and young professional demographic, and conversion paths tailored to each customer segment within this diverse market.

Written by John Lally, who runs Business Sorted Kent and does the work on these projects. How we write and check what we publish.

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