SEO · Recruitment

SEO for a recruitment agency website: 51% more Google clicks in 28 days

The agency's website had job pages Google was not allowed to read, setup errors, and a malicious script that sent visitors from Google to a casino site. I cleaned it up, opened the pages and grouped them into topic clusters.

Client
Recruitment agency in Poland
Platform
WordPress
Delivered
SEO audit, technical fixes, topic cluster, security
Period
July to October 2026
Google Search Console performance with more clicks after the SEO work
Illustration. Clicks, impressions and indexed pages come from the project report after 28 days, the curve is simplified.
In short

After technical SEO, 85 job pages opened to Google and 11 landing pages grouped into a topic cluster, the website got 373 clicks from Google in 28 days against about 247 the month before. That is 51% more clicks and 42% more impressions, and indexed pages grew from 245 to 332.

+51%Google clicks in 28 days: 373 vs about 247
+42%more search impressions
332indexed pages, up from 245
85job pages opened to Google

The starting point

Many job pages were blocked for Google, several pages had setup errors, and a script injected by an outsider redirected visitors from Google to a casino site. The agency was losing candidates and trust without knowing why.

What I did

  1. Security first. Found and removed the redirecting script, then updated WordPress on a staging copy before going live.
  2. A full SEO audit. Indexing, errors, redirects and structured data, checked in Search Console.
  3. Opened the job pages. 85 job pages that were blocked for Google were opened.
  4. A topic cluster. Jobs were grouped under 11 landing pages by role and city, with links both ways.
  5. Compliant job ads. Job ads were cleaned up under the labor market law, without age or gender requirements, and the Google Ads copy was rewritten.

The result

28 days after the fixes, Search Console showed 373 clicks against about 247 the month before, 51% more clicks, and 42% more impressions. Indexed pages went from 245 to 332, and the query «work in Bydgoszcz» (translated) ranked at position 5.2 on average.

Much of the gain came from opening pages that already existed. New content takes longer, but the technical base has to be right first.

Tools and tech stack

  • WordPress
  • Google Search Console
  • Teknisk SEO
  • Temaklynger
  • Strukturerte data
  • Staging

The client is anonymised. The numbers come from the project's own reports and measurements.

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Questions and answers

How fast does SEO work?

Technical fixes can show results in weeks, as here, because the pages already existed and were only blocked. New pages and new content usually take several months to climb in Google.

What is a topic cluster?

A pillar page for one topic, such as one job or one city, that links to every sub page about it. It helps Google and AI search understand which page answers best.

What do you do if a website is hacked?

Remove the malicious code, find how it got in, update the system on a staging copy and check in Search Console that Google has not flagged the site. Then keep monitoring it.

Is this a good SEO case study for staffing agencies?

Yes. Recruitment sites often have hundreds of job pages that expire, get blocked or duplicate each other. Cleaning that up is often the fastest SEO win for a staffing agency.

About the author

Vladyslav Lysechko
Vladyslav Lysechko, Performance marketer, Lysechko Digital, Rånåsfoss, Nes, Norway

I have worked with ads on Google, Meta and TikTok for more than seven years and personally managed ad budgets from $1,000 a day up to $50,000 a month. For the last two years I have built websites, automations and AI assistants with AI every day. I help local businesses in Oslo and on Romerike get more calls and bookings. LinkedIn

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