Anyone here tried hiring an SEO agency for a dev-focused site?

[johnnydigital]

Hey everyone,

Curious to hear if any devs here have worked with an SEO agency to grow traffic for either their personal projects or client sites?

I manage a couple of client websites and noticed that even well-coded sites don’t rank unless there's serious SEO work behind them — from technical audits to link-building and local targeting.

I recently started working with a SEO agency in Florida that focuses on businesses like mine — not huge companies, but ones that need results without fluff. They've helped optimize a few local business sites I manage, and it’s made a noticeable difference in local search visibility.

Would love to know if you’ve done SEO on your own or gone the agency route — what worked best for you?

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.