Search & AI visibility built on journalistic credibility.

Citable content. Premium search authority. Zero programmatic slop.

Fohlin & Company is a boutique organic search and editorial consultancy. With roots in web development and top-market journalist, we combine technical SEO and GEO with high editorial standards to build online visibility without compromising reputation.

Chris and Kaitlin Fohlin
Founders

Serving Brands that Have to Be Believed

Fohlin & Company highly manual, senior-led strategic frameworks and human-centric conten, making us well-suited for:

Complex Products & Long-Cycle Buyers

Reach customers earlier in the journey, and reduce their need to look elsewhere. Build a website structure that covers the deep informational clusters buyers need to compare effortlessly and choose you confidently.

Relevant Sectors: Enterprise Platforms • B2B SaaS • Technical Manufacturing • Bespoke Product Studios

Expert & High-Stakes Services

Earn your place as the benchmark for your specialty. Convert specialized knowledge into a citable, permanent market advantage to attract high-value clients while protecting against algorithmic penalties and liability.

Relevant Sectors: Specialized Consultancies • Legal & Financial Advisory • Healthcare & Life Sciences • Specialized Education

Reputation-First Brands & Institutions

Create sustainable audience growth while protecting brand equity. Ensuring every digital touchpoint reflects your standards, building deep trust that compounds the dignity or prestige of your name.

Clients We Love: Independent & Specialized Schools • Mission-Driven Foundations • Heritage & Craft Brands • Boutique Shops & Studios

Zero Automated Slop

AI-generated content is cheap to produce but toxic to brand reputation. Volume doesn’t win if your audience is discerning.

We produce citable, evidence-backed editorial content crafted by experienced journalists. You get content AI engines want to source and humans actually appreciate.

No Black-Hat Shortcuts

Hacks that get short-term spikes lead to severe Google penalties. We prefer sustainable, long-term asset building over private blog networks, automated content scrapers, and low-rent outreach.

Growth happens through technical site health, sharper messaging, and original content that makes you a go-to.

No Junior Handoff

Most agencies pitch with the executive team then pass you to a junior staffer. At Fohlin & Co., you work directly with veteran founders from strategy through delivery.

That’s two senior staffers without the cost and complexity of adding headcount. You’ll be counseled by pros who’ve been in the digital game since early social media.

“This work makes us so professional and shiny. Whenever I’m shown something it feels like Christmas. It’s like getting new shoes or something. It’s really great. It’s better than gifts.”
— Polly Wales, founder of Polly Wales Fine Jewelery

How We Drive Growth

Fohlin & Co. Case Studies

  • Content Consolidation & AI-Search Optimization

    TLDR:+100% visibility, rising to first page search visibility within weeks

    A global web-based software provider had overlapping content on their website. The pages were competing against themselves, diluting authority on a core topic.

    We consolidated them into a single, richer piece, performing multiple rounds of testing to optimize the content’s relevance in AI-search.

    Within weeks, the page rose to the first page of Google search results. Despite having fewer pages, their expertise was earning twice the visibility.

  • Content Architecture & Site Rebuild Strategy

    TLDR: 95% reduction in crawlable URLs, triple-digit growth in traffic and visibility

    For an international engineering firm’s website rebuild, we provided strategic guidance on content architecture and index management.

    By reducing crawlable URLs by 95% and focusing on higher-value, indexable content, we created a leaner, more efficient site.

    Within nine months, the site reached all-time highs for visibility in search results. They tripled first page rankings to 3,238 for an estimated +200% growth in visibility.

  • Lead Quality & Value Framing

    TLDR: +65% page engagement, fewer unqualified inquiries

    We noticed a tuition-based service provider losing customers on a key conversion-supporting page. The client had been listing costs without context.

    Working from existing client material, we reframed the page to highlight the value delivered alongside investment, working closely with the client to move updates through internal review and approval.

    Engagement time on the page rose by 65%. The client reported a drop in unqualified inquiries that was freeing the team to focus on better-fit prospects.

  • Forensic SEO Recovery

    TLDR: Visibility restored within 4 weeks

    A highly regarded nonprofit faced a critical loss in search visibility after a site migration.

    We performed a forensic audit of their website. It revealed the root cause, and we led implementation of corrections across design and structural gaps.

    Within four weeks, visibility was back for key searches. The client was back in front of their target audience almost immediately.

  • Search Strategy for E-Comm Sustainability

    TLDR:+40% sales from organic search, 4x increase in top-20 rankings

    A popular retail artist needed to grow visibility. Their inventory was high-churn, with individual product pages constantly cycling in and out of stock.

    We designed a URL strategy that preserved long-term search value. We refined content and managed ongoing technical improvements, working closely with the development team to guide strategy implementation.

    Over two years, we more than doubled non-branded keyword visibility. They went from having 151 top-twenty search results to 585. The client saw a 40% increase in sales attributed to organic search traffic.

  • Domain Authority Through Content Discipline

    TL;DR: 4.6× lead in priority first-page search rankings over the category leader, one year after starting 2.4× behind

    A young booming e-comm brand leaning on paid ads and AI-generated content, was sinking in organic search.

    We scrapped and merged underperforming content and fortified core pages, adding original data and human-led writing.

    When we started, their primary competitor was 2.4x ahead in first-page organic keyword rankings. Within a year, the client was 4.6× ahead, enjoying the highest traffic-share among category competitors. The only brand in their set to grow.

Meet our leadership.

Chris Fohlin turns websites and staff into top performers.

With roots in web development, Chris founded Fohlin & Co in 2018 after over ten years of agency experience primarily at New York City firms. He specializes in search engine optimization and website analytics.

Chris’ many years in agency leadership build a deep network of top creative professionals his clients can leverage.

He oversees coordination and directly handles execution for strategies that turn organic search into a brand’s most engaged traffic source.

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Kaitlin Fohlin makes clients visible and future-proof for the AI-driven search era.

A former top-market journalist with deep roots in data analytics, Kaitlin joined Fohlin & Co in 2024 to help clients improve lead quality and build authority through content. She specializes in user experience and generative search optimization (GEO).

Kaitlin is an efficiency builder. Her background in engineering, consumer psychology, and search optimization helps clients maintain appeal with both humans and algorithms.

Kaitlin has been Emmy-nominated for her broadcast media work. Her experience spans local and national brand strategy. She has worked both in-house and as strategic counsel for clients across industries.

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How We Approach AI-Era Organic Visibility

Fohlin & Co. builds and fortifies a “digital vetting system” around your brand. This online footprint of proof is what humans and algorithms use to decide whether to trust you.

01. Map your trust architecture

Ensure your site is friction-free for crawlers, then uncover the psychological and algorithmic patterns that reveal what discerning buyers and AI engines need to verify before they award you their trust.

Technical SEO & Site Health Search Language & Query Fan-Out Analysis Competitive & Comparitive Analysis Search Intent & Organic Journeys Performance Benchmarking

02. Close gaps in authority and trust

Discover exactly where your digital footprint leaves doubt. Uncover what a prospect or algorithm cannot corroborate, eliminating the invisible friction and closing credibility gaps before an AI chatbot calls them out to a user.

Claim & Evidence Mapping Google E-E-A-T Information Gain & Freshness Gaps Citation Discrepencies Entity & Knowledge Graphing

03. Engineer citable credibility

Upgrade your organic footprint with original, journalistic content with advanced technical entity markup. You’ll earn topical authority with humans decision-makers and the algorithms that decide who to show, cite, or source.

Generative Search Engine Optimization (GEO) Evidence-Led Content Development Advanced Schema Information Gain Score (IGS) Expert Attribution & Authorship

04. Grow your share of digital market visibility

Capture algorithm-proof visibility that outperforms disposable content farming. You gain digital assets that compound with PR and marketing efforts to convert high-intent demand.

Watch your thought leadership grow as your brand becomes a trusted source and benchmark against which competitors get measured.

Performance & Reputation Reporting Branded Search Demand Share of Voice Monitoring & Growth Thought Leadership Engagement & Conversion Strategy

Capabilities we bring to the table.

Functional SEO

SEO audits & forensic strategy

Website optimization

Keyword research

Technical SEO

Competitive analysis

Website accessibility

User Experience & Design

UX strategy

Website redesign

Information architecture

Salience optimization

Content & Messaging

Content strategy

SEO copyediting

Copywriting

Content editing

Brand messaging

Content distribution

Thought leadership

Analytics & Reporting

Google Analytics 4

Google Search Console

Looker Studio (Google Data Studio)

SEMRush