Supply Force
SEO Proposal
New Zealand & Australia

Growing Supply Force across two markets

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.

01  /  Where you stand

Domain Authority Comparison

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
Supply Force (NZ)
NZ 12 105 54
Supply Force (AU)
AU 8 60 38
Echo Barrier
NZ / noise 27 8,361 621
Hydro Response
NZ / flood 18 592 300
Dutch Water Prevention
NZ / flood 6 81 37
Flow Defence
AU / flood 13 399 217
Flood Free
AU / flood 9 214 83
Flooding Solutions
AU / flood 8 528 114
Flood Control Intl
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.

02  /  Technical foundation

Website Health

SEMrush Site Audit across both domains. These are strong scores. The work here is fine-tuning and content, not repair.

96% Site Health
supplyforce.co.nz (NZ)
94% Site Health
supplyforce.com.au (AU)

New Zealand site: priority items

ItemSeverityPagesWhat 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.

Australian site: priority items

ItemSeverityPagesWhat 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.

The key opportunity

Strong rankings on the key terms, with room to grow

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.

123
organic keywords per site today
18+
terms sitting on page 2 to 3
2
markets, one coordinated plan
03  /  New Zealand market

New Zealand rankings

supplyforce.co.nz - current positions and the clearest next gains.

Already ranking well

KeywordSupply ForceCompetitors 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

Page 2 to 3 opportunities

KeywordSupply ForceCompetitors ranking (SEMrush)Searches/moPriority
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

NZ market insight

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.

Key competitors (NZ)

Echo Barrier
Echo Barrier
echobarrier.com

Global construction-noise brand and the strongest authority in the NZ noise space. Supply Force competes directly on acoustic barrier and echo barrier terms.

~33 organic visits/mo 15 keywords Authority Score 27
Hydro Response
Hydro Response
hydroresponse.com

Flood response and barrier specialist with a sizeable backlink profile. A key benchmark for lifting the AU and NZ flood authority.

~14 organic visits/mo 29 keywords Authority Score 18
04  /  Australian market

Australian rankings

supplyforce.com.au - current flood positions and the clearest next gains.

Already ranking well

KeywordSupply ForceCompetitors 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

Page 2 to 3 opportunities

KeywordSupply ForceCompetitors ranking (SEMrush)Searches/moPriority
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

AU market insight

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.

Key competitors (AU)

Flow Defence
Flow Defence
flowdefence.com.au

The most visible AU flood-barrier competitor and the current authority leader in the segment. Direct overlap on flood barrier and flood gate terms.

~154 organic visits/mo 109 keywords Authority Score 13
Flood Free
Flood Free
floodfree.com.au

Highly relevant flood-protection competitor sharing 21 keywords with Supply Force. Comparable authority, so beatable with focused content.

~178 organic visits/mo 223 keywords Authority Score 9
05  /  The plan

Action Plan

A coordinated programme across both sites, sequenced so quick technical wins run first while the content and authority work builds.

Now (First 30 Days)

  1. Technical SEO audit and fixes across both sites: work through the issues found in the site audit, improve page speed, and tighten crawlability and mobile performance.
  2. On-page optimisation of the priority pages: stronger titles, meta descriptions, headings and content depth so the pages are set up to rank.
  3. Keyword and content mapping: map the target keywords to the right pages and lock the optimisation priority list for both markets.

Month 2 and Beyond

  1. Monthly performance report showing ranking and traffic results from the previous month, tracking progress against the priority keywords and surfacing new opportunities.
  2. Authority building through quality backlinks, unlinked-mention reclamation, and industry and directory citations to lift domain authority across both markets.
  3. Content expansion into the next set of priority pages based on traffic potential, plus supporting content that answers the questions buyers actually search.

Other Optimisation Opportunities

Competitor research and gap analysis
Strategic blogging and supporting content
Internal linking strategy
Strategic backlinking and digital PR
Structured data and schema markup
Keyword cannibalisation fixes

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.

06  /  The AI question

What About AI?

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.

The basics we cover

  • Add llms.txt to both sites (currently missing on each)
  • Clean, complete structured data so AI can read your products
  • Clear, factual content that answers real buyer questions
  • Consistent brand and product naming across every page

Extra steps for Supply Force

  • Build authoritative flood and noise guides AI engines can cite
  • Strengthen entity signals so "Supply Force" is understood as the specialist
  • Earn mentions on trusted industry and news sites
  • Keep product spec and availability data current for AI answers
07  /  Investment

Pricing

One engagement covering both the New Zealand and Australian sites.

Initial Month
$3,000 + GST
25 hours
  • Technical fixes across both sites
  • Full keyword mapping, NZ and AU
  • Priority content plan
  • llms.txt and structured data setup
Ongoing Monthly
$2,000 + GST
16.5 hours
  • Ongoing content across both markets
  • On-page optimisation and internal linking
  • Authority building and digital PR
  • Monthly reporting and re-prioritising
08  /  Why us

Why Choose Fabric Digital

Every recommendation here is built on real SEMrush data, not guesswork
Genuine experience across both NZ and AU search markets
A team that handles technical, content and authority work in-house
Clear monthly reporting so you always know what is moving and why
Honest, direct communication with no jargon and no fluff
Ready for how search is changing, including AI-driven results
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Joe
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Let's grow Supply Force across both markets.