SEO & website rebuild case study

OZ Roller Shutters: 476% Organic Traffic Growth After a Full Website Rebuild

They spent 35 years earning a reputation in Melbourne. Online, you’d never have known. Here is what changed when the website caught up with the business.

Reporting period: February–August 2024 compared with February–August 2023.

↑476%Organic sessions
5,740 → 33,045
↑440%New users
4,508 → 24,352
↑206%Enquiries
127 → 389
↑657%Revenue
$8,337 → $63,120
Summary

Growth at a glance

OZ Roller Shutters is a Melbourne specialist in window roller shutters, security doors and outdoor blinds, trading for over 35 years. Optweb Digital rebuilt their website and ran a category-focused SEO campaign from January 2024. Comparing February–August 2024 with February–August 2023:

  • Organic sessions rose 476% (5,740 to 33,045)
  • New users rose 440% (4,508 to 24,352)
  • Enquiries rose 206% (127 to 389)
  • Revenue increased 657% ($8,337 to $63,120)
Project details

Client Profile

DetailInformation
ClientOZ Roller Shutters
IndustryHome Improvement - Window Roller Shutters, Security Doors & Outdoor Blinds
LocationMelbourne, Victoria
ServiceWebsite Rebuild & SEO
Reporting periodFebruary–August 2024 vs February–August 2023
The business behind the search

Business Overview

OZ Roller Shutters is a Melbourne specialist in window roller shutters, security doors and outdoor blinds, delivering custom-designed solutions that protect homes without compromising on style.

Australian-owned and operated, with over 35 years in the industry, the business is known for honest pricing, quality craftsmanship and a customer experience that keeps Melbourne homeowners coming back. In 2024, OZ Roller Shutters partnered with Optweb Digital to rebuild its website and turn that reputation into consistent enquiries from Melbourne homeowners searching online.

OZ Roller Shutters website and business overview
The SEO risks

Key Challenges

OZ Roller Shutters had 35 years of reputation and almost none of it visible online. Four specific problems:

A website built for a different era

The website needed a modern, conversion-first rebuild that worked for today’s mobile-first homeowners.

Poor category rankings

The site had poor rankings for the search terms that drive each product category.

Product lines competing

Roller shutters, security doors and outdoor blinds competed on the same handful of pages, making each page’s focus unclear to Google.

Word of mouth carrying the business

Referrals had carried the business for years, but a stronger search presence was needed to build a more consistent enquiry channel.

The strategy

Optweb’s SEO Strategy

We rebuilt the site around the way Melbourne homeowners search, giving each service its own clear structure and supporting the new pages with technical SEO and useful content.

Pillar 1: Technical Foundation

  • Full technical audit, with every crawl error, broken link and indexation gap resolved.
  • Complete website rebuild: conversion-first, mobile-optimised and Core Web Vitals compliant, so Google could properly understand, index and rank every page.

Pillar 2: Category Domination

  • Roller shutters, security doors and outdoor blinds each given their own section and pages, so every product line could rank for its own searches.
  • Keyword mapping across high-value Melbourne searches, with content and page architecture built around those searches.
  • Google Business Profile overhaul and systematic review strategy to strengthen local trust signals.

Pillar 3: Content Authority

  • A sustained content strategy positioning OZ Roller Shutters as Melbourne’s go-to expert in its categories.
  • Content structured to answer homeowners’ questions directly, built to win featured snippets and question-based searches.
Measured performance

Performance Outcomes

February–August 2024 vs February–August 2023

MetricFeb–Aug 2024Feb–Aug 2023Growth
Organic Search Sessions33,0455,740↑ 476%
New Users24,3524,508↑ 440%
Enquiries389127↑ 206%
Revenue$63,120$8,337↑ 657%

Source: Google Analytics 4

Organic sessions grew almost sixfold and enquiries more than tripled over the same seven-month window, a year apart. Because the site was rebuilt around how people actually search for each product separately, the extra traffic arrived on pages that matched what visitors were looking for, and enquiries followed.

Organic search performance for OZ Roller Shutters
Search visibility

Keyword Rankings by Category

Roller shutters, security doors and outdoor blinds are three different searches with three different buyers, so we tracked each separately.

CategoryKeywordSearch volumeRank
Roller shuttersroller shutters repairs210#1
Roller shuttersbest roller shutters melbourne140#2
Roller shuttersroller shutter installation melbourne210#2
Security doorssecurity door price melbourne140#1
Security doorsaluminum security doors70#1
Outdoor blindsoutdoor alfresco blinds390#1
Outdoor blindsoutdoor blinds for pergola260#2

Source: Google Search Console

$54,783 in additional revenue in seven monthsRevenue up 657%, from $8,337 to $63,120
Website transformation

Website Transformation

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Before: previous OZ Roller Shutters website
After: rebuilt OZ Roller Shutters website
BEFOREAFTER

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What the client says

Client Testimonial

“Great team with highly professional experience!”

— OZ Roller Shutters

Frequently asked questions

SEO, website rebuilds and category pages

Does rebuilding your website help or hurt SEO?

It helps if the SEO architecture is designed in from the start, and hurts badly if URLs change without redirects. OZ Roller Shutters grew organic traffic 476% after a full rebuild because the site structure was built around how people actually search for shutters, security doors and blinds separately.

How long does SEO take for a home improvement business?

OZ Roller Shutters’ results were measured twelve months after the engagement began. Home improvement is seasonal and considered, because people research for weeks before enquiring. Expect three to six months before rankings move meaningfully, and around twelve before enquiry volume changes shape.

Should separate product categories have separate pages?

Yes. Roller shutters, security doors and outdoor blinds are three different searches with three different buyers. Combining them onto one page means competing with specialists for all three and winning none. Splitting them was the single biggest structural change made for OZ Roller.

Do SEO results last, or do they disappear when you stop?

Rankings decay rather than vanish. Content and technical fixes keep working. What stops is new content, new links and any response to competitors. OZ Roller Shutters key positions have been held since 2024. Sites in competitive categories that stop entirely typically see meaningful decline within six to twelve months.

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