Both Supply Force sites are already in great technical shape. This proposal maps out how we turn that healthy foundation into more rankings, more traffic, and more enquiries across New Zealand and Australia.
Authority Score, backlinks and referring domains from SEMrush. Both Supply Force sites are competitive in their markets, with the clearest headroom in Australia.
| Site | Market | Authority Score | Backlinks | Referring Domains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NZ | 12 | 105 | 54 | |
| AU | 8 | 60 | 38 | |
| NZ / noise | 27 | 8,361 | 621 | |
| NZ / flood | 18 | 592 | 300 | |
| NZ / flood | 6 | 81 | 37 | |
| AU / flood | 13 | 399 | 217 | |
| AU / flood | 9 | 214 | 83 | |
| AU / flood | 8 | 528 | 114 | |
| AU / flood | 8 | 157 | 108 |
Supply Force NZ (Authority Score 12) already sits ahead of several direct flood competitors. The AU site (Authority Score 8) is where a focused link and content push will move the needle fastest, closing the gap on Flow Defence and Flood Free.
SEMrush Site Audit across both domains. These are strong scores. The work here is fine-tuning and content, not repair.
| Item | Severity | Pages | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low text to HTML ratio | Warning | 58 | Thin on-page copy across the site. Biggest single content lever. |
| Title element is too long | Warning | 5 | A handful of titles get truncated in search results. |
| Broken external links | Warning | 5 | Outbound links pointing at dead URLs. |
| Content not optimized | Notice | 5 | Priority pages that would benefit from a content refresh. |
| Orphaned sitemap pages | Notice | 3 | Pages in the sitemap with no internal links pointing to them. |
| Pages with only one internal link | Notice | 4 | Under-linked pages that pass little internal authority. |
| Permanent redirects | Notice | 23 | Internal links that hop through a 301 instead of going direct. |
| Llms.txt not found | Notice | 1 | No llms.txt file to guide AI crawlers. |
| Item | Severity | Pages | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low text to HTML ratio | Warning | 59 | Thin on-page copy across the site. Biggest single content lever. |
| Unminified JavaScript and CSS files | Warning | 59 | Page assets are not minified, adding load time. |
| Title element is too long | Warning | 3 | A few titles get truncated in search results. |
| Duplicate content in h1 and title | Warning | 2 | H1 and title tag are identical on two pages. |
| Missing meta description | Warning | 2 | Two pages have no meta description set. |
| Content not optimized | Notice | 5 | Priority pages that would benefit from a content refresh. |
| Pages with only one internal link | Notice | 6 | Under-linked pages that pass little internal authority. |
| Permanent redirects | Notice | 23 | Internal links that hop through a 301 instead of going direct. |
| No HSTS support | Notice | 2 | HSTS security header not set. |
| Llms.txt not found | Notice | 1 | No llms.txt file to guide AI crawlers. |
There are no 4xx or 5xx errors, no broken internal links, no crawl blocks and no HTTPS problems on either site. The recurring theme across both is thin on-page content (low text-to-HTML on every page), which is exactly where the growth work starts.
Both sites already hold page-one positions for the highest-intent searches, "flood barrier", "flood gates", "construction sound barrier", "flood barriers australia". But each site only ranks for around 123 keywords and pulls a fraction of the traffic those rankings could. Dozens of valuable terms are stuck on page two and three, one push away from real clicks.
supplyforce.co.nz - current positions and the clearest next gains.
| Keyword | Supply Force | Competitors ranking (SEMrush) | Searches/mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| construction sound barrier | 1 | SoftdB #2Echo Barrier #3EPD Acoustics #4 | 30 |
| flood barrier nz | 2 | Watersmart #2Bluemont #4NZ Safety Blackwoods #5 | 50 |
| flood protection nz | 2 | Bluemont #4Watersmart #5Dutch Water Prevention #20 | 30 |
| echo barrier | 2 | Echo Barrier #1Acoustical Surfaces #3 | 30 |
| soundproof generator box for sale | 8 | MS Noise #2 | 40 |
| noise buffer | 10 | Gabion1 #7Jaybro #14Acoustical Surfaces #26 | 30 |
| Keyword | Supply Force | Competitors ranking (SEMrush) | Searches/mo | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| paeroa flood gates | 36 | Flood Control Intl #1Valley Profile #3Watersmart #26 | 140 | High |
| sand barrier | 13 | Spill Control #2Geofabrics #5Bluemont #6 | 40 | High |
| noise blocking fence | 17 | Rockwool Noistop #3Gabion1 #4Soundproof Warehouse #15 | 30 | Medium |
| sandbags for flooding | 25 | Sandbag Store #3Bluemont #13Jaybro #29 | 30 | Medium |
| water filled barriers | 76 | Kennards Hire #3Jaybro #4Spill Control #38 | 40 | Medium |
| acoustic barrier panels | 72 | NCS Acoustics #1Acupanel #2 | 40 | Medium |
Supply Force already owns page-one positions on its core flood products ("flood barrier nz" #2, "flood protection nz" #2) and construction-noise range ("construction sound barrier" #1, "echo barrier" #2). The next gains sit just off page one: "paeroa flood gates", "sand barrier" and "noise blocking fence" all rank behind flood and noise specialists such as Watersmart, Bluemont and Flood Control Intl. Deeper content on those product pages plus internal linking is what closes the gap.
Global construction-noise brand and the strongest authority in the NZ noise space. Supply Force competes directly on acoustic barrier and echo barrier terms.
Flood response and barrier specialist with a sizeable backlink profile. A key benchmark for lifting the AU and NZ flood authority.
supplyforce.com.au - current flood positions and the clearest next gains.
| Keyword | Supply Force | Competitors ranking (SEMrush) | Searches/mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| flood barriers australia | 3 | Flow Defence #1Flood Free #2Flood Control Intl #4 | 90 |
| flood barrier australia | 3 | Flow Defence #1Flood Free #2Bluemont #4 | 50 |
| flood barriers for homes | 3 | Geodesign Barriers #1Flood Free #2Bluemont #4 | 50 |
| flood barrier | 4 | Bluemont #2Flood Free #3Silverback #4 | 480 |
| flood gates | 7 | AWMA Water Control #1Flow Defence #4Humes #5 | 260 |
| flood gates australia | 8 | AWMA Water Control #1Flow Defence #2Flood Free #3 | 90 |
| garage flood protection | 9 | eGarage Systems #1Lakeside Flood Solutions #3Flood Free #4 | 50 |
| Keyword | Supply Force | Competitors ranking (SEMrush) | Searches/mo | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| flood barriers | 12 | Bluemont #1Flow Defence #2Flood Free #3 | 390 | Very High |
| barriers for flooding | 12 | AWMA Water Control #1Flood Free #2Bluemont #3 | 390 | Very High |
| flood gate | 13 | AWMA Water Control #1Flow Defence #2Flood Free #6 | 170 | High |
| flood mitigation specialists | 15 | AWMA Water Control #1Flood Control Intl #3Flood Free #4 | 140 | High |
| noise barriers | 17 | Protecta Screen #1Soundproof Warehouse #2Control Hire #4 | 110 | High |
| flood wall | 22 | Bluemont #2Flood Free #3Flood Control Intl #4 | 110 | High |
| temporary construction sound barriers | 14 | Control Hire #1Kennards Hire #2Protecta Screen #3 | 70 | High |
| water diversion | 17 | Dutch Water Prevention #19AWMA Water Control #55Aussie Environmental #84 | 70 | Medium |
Supply Force ranks #4 for "flood barrier" (480 searches/mo) and #3 for "flood barriers australia", but the broad-match terms "flood barriers" and "barriers for flooding" (390 searches/mo each) are stuck at position 12, right on the edge of page one. There is also an untapped noise-barrier angle in AU ("noise barriers" #17, behind Protecta Screen and Soundproof Warehouse) to mirror the NZ noise range.
The most visible AU flood-barrier competitor and the current authority leader in the segment. Direct overlap on flood barrier and flood gate terms.
Highly relevant flood-protection competitor sharing 21 keywords with Supply Force. Comparable authority, so beatable with focused content.
A coordinated programme across both sites, sequenced so quick technical wins run first while the content and authority work builds.
These are examples of the kinds of things we do to improve your SEO. As we work on both sites, the exact approach may shift depending on what we find.
More people are searching through ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Perplexity. Around 70% of what we do for SEO carries straight over to AI search. Here is how we make sure Supply Force gets recommended across both markets, not skipped.
One engagement covering both the New Zealand and Australian sites.





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