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# Automotive SEO Two structural facts govern this vertical. Classified portals own vehicle search comprehensively, and dealership stock turns over constantly, which means the indexable surface changes weekly. What a dealer or garage can win is service intent, local intent, and the model-specific research queries the portals handle generically. ## What ranking here actually looks like - **Vehicle search** ("used Golf for sale") — portals, completely. Not winnable. - **Model research** ("is the Golf reliable", "Golf common problems") — winnable, genuinely useful, and where buyers actually start. - **Service and repair intent** ("MOT near me", "clutch replacement cost") — local pack plus local organic. The commercially reliable segment. - **Dealer and garage name searches** — brand terms, frequently outranked by portals and directories. - **Cost queries** ("how much is a cambelt change") — high volume, high intent, and almost nobody publishes numbers. **Service is the reliable revenue and the winnable search.** Sales traffic comes from portals whatever you do. Service traffic comes from local search, and it's less contested. ## The pages that matter | Page | Intent | Why it matters here | |---|---|---| | **Google Business Profile** | Buy | Primary asset for service intent | | **Service pages** | Buy | One per service — MOT, servicing, diagnostics, bodywork | | **Service cost pages** | Compare | Under-served, high intent | | **Model research content** | Know | Winnable, an