Case study

Authors Breeze: #1 for “ebook writing services” and 3.7× organic traffic

A US self-publishing and ghostwriting company grew from 4.1K to 15.2K monthly organic visits, with 1.87M impressions and a first-place ranking.

The client

Authors Breeze sells ghostwriting, editing and self-publishing services to first-time authors. The brief required two things at once: rankings on commercial service terms, and enough top-of-funnel reach to build the site's authority.

Results

  • 15.2K monthly organic traffic (3.7×, up 11.1K)
  • 5,100 ranking keywords (+203)
  • 1.87M search impressions
  • 738 referring domains (+25)

Work delivered

  • Split the strategy into two: money pages targeting hiring intent, and a blog targeting reader-interest topics that earn links on their own and work as a lead magnet.
  • Cleared technical debt across 1,200 crawled pages and redesigned the navigation paths leading into the service pages.
  • Corrected indexation so that newly published content was discovered within days rather than weeks.
  • Grew referring domains to 738 through editorial outreach within the writing and publishing sector.
  • Expanded international coverage: the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, India and the Philippines all now contribute ranking keywords.

Ranking positions

  • #1 ebook writing services
  • #3 goth cartoon characters (blog)
  • #4 services for authors
  • #8 professional ebook writing services
  • #8 author website design services
  • #13 book publishers near me
  • #16 ebook ghostwriting services

The evidence

Google Search Console and Ahrefs data for authorsbreeze.com

Google Search Console and Ahrefs, authorsbreeze.com, October 2024 to March 2025: 7,350 clicks from 1.87 million impressions; 15,200 monthly organic traffic (+11,100) across 5,100 keywords and 738 referring domains.

Google results showing Authors Breeze ranking first for ebook writing services

Live search results, captured March 2025.

More Google results showing Authors Breeze rankings

Live search results, captured March 2025, showing first-position and page-one placements for ebook writing and ghostwriting queries.

Before and after in Search Console

The same 12-month Search Console report for authorsbreeze.com, before and after the work.

Authors Breeze Search Console report for 2023: 1.16K clicks, 427K impressions, average position 49

Before: January to December 2023. 1,160 clicks, 427,000 impressions, average position 49.

Authors Breeze Search Console report for March 2024 to March 2025: 6.07K clicks, 2.18M impressions, average position 26

After: March 2024 to March 2025. 6,070 clicks (5.2×), 2.18 million impressions (5.1×), average position 26.

Featured snippets and top positions

Authors Breeze in the featured snippet for a question about sharing reprints

Featured snippet for “which author is normally responsible for sharing reprints of a publication with readers?” (9,000 searches a month).

Authors Breeze ranking first for goth cartoon characters

Position 1 for “goth cartoon characters” (blog), January 2025.

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