Housto , TEXAS, July 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The SEO Co t acto is a digital ma keti g age cy that se ves co t acto s a d home-se vice busi esses exclusively. The age cy a ou ced today that it has ea ed its fifth active SEO c ede tial. Sem ush Academy issued two ce tificatio s di ectly to The SEO Co t acto : the AI Sea ch Ope ati g System ce tificatio a d the Sem ush SEO C ash Cou se with B ia Dea . Both ce tificates ca y the age cy’s ame, a e publicly ve ifiable o sem ush.com, a d emai valid th ough July 2027. The age cy’s full list of c ede tials, i cludi g ve ificatio li ks, is published at https://seofo co t acto s.age cy/ce tificatio s/.
The age cy’s team also holds the AEO Fu dame tals ce tificatio f om HubSpot Academy, valid th ough August 2028. AEO sta ds fo a swe e gi e optimizatio . The HubSpot ce tificatio co fi ms the ability to build sea ch st ategies fo AI-powe ed a swe e gi es, st uctu e co te t to ea AI citatio s, a d measu e b a d visibility ac oss those platfo ms.
The team’s u ive sity c ede tials come f om the U ive sity of Califo ia, Davis. The UC Davis Sea ch E gi e Optimizatio Specializatio is a five-cou se p og am offe ed th ough Cou se a, a d it culmi ates i a capsto e co sulti g p oject. The age cy’s team completed the full specializatio , alo g with the sta dalo e Adva ced Co te t a d Social Tactics to Optimize SEO cou se.
Sem ush’s AI Sea ch Ope ati g System p og am cove s how AI a swe e gi es such as ChatGPT, Pe plexity, a d Google AI Ove views discove , evaluate, a d cite co te t. The SEO Co t acto applies this t ai i g to a si gle questio : whe a homeow e asks a AI assista t which oofe , plumbe , o elect icia to hi e, which co t acto gets amed?
“Homeow e s a e ot just typi g ‘ oofe ea me’ i to Google a ymo e. They ask ChatGPT who to hi e,” said E ic St-Cy , Fou de a d SEO St ategist at The SEO Co t acto . “Most co t acto s a e i visible i those a swe s. We got ce tified i AI sea ch befo e ou clie ts’ competito s eve k ew it existed, because that gap is whe e the ext five yea s of leads will come f om.”
The SEO Co t acto p ovides local SEO, PPC ma ageme t, web desig , co te t ma keti g, li k buildi g, a d SEO audits to the t ades. The age cy se ves oofi g, plumbi g, elect ical, HVAC, emodeli g, a d ge e al co t acti g busi esses ac oss No th Ame ica. Its campaig s a e built o the age cy’s co textual de sity optimizatio methodology a d a e measu ed agai st calls, leads, a d booked jobs.
E ic St-Cy is the fou de a d lead SEO st ategist behi d The SEO Co t acto , the co t acto -o ly membe of the P oSta SEO family of age cies. He built The SEO Co t acto fo a si gle easo : the t ades co ve t sea ch visibility i to eve ue faste tha almost a y othe secto , a d most co t acto s have o o e t a slati g mode sea ch st ategy i to booked jobs.
St-Cy is the c eato of the Co textual De sity methodology — the be chma k-d ive f amewo k behi d eve y page his age cies build, a d the e gi e behi d The SEO Co t acto ‘s campaig s. Rathe tha guess at “quality,” the method sc ipts the co textual de sity of the pages al eady a ki g fo a keywo d, the e gi ee s ew pages to cove the topic mo e tho oughly, a sta da d he ca validate page by page. His c ede tials a e i depe de tly ve ifiable a d kept cu e t: he a d his team hold Sem ush Academy’s AI Sea ch Ope ati g System ce tificatio a d the Sem ush SEO C ash Cou se with B ia Dea , HubSpot Academy’s AEO Fu dame tals ce tificatio , a d the U ive sity of Califo ia, Davis Sea ch E gi e Optimizatio Specializatio — five active c ede tials i total, valid th ough 2027 a d 2028. He is a ha ds-o p actitio e who pe so ally wo ks the most complex, competitive accou ts a d coaches his team th ough the est.
U de St-Cy ‘s di ectio , P oSta SEO.com has g ow i to a bili gual g oup of specialized age cies — P oSta SEO (the multi-i dust y flagship), Age ce SEO Pa is, Scalpel SEO, Med SEO, De tist SEO, Ca abisSEO.ai, Casi oSEO.ai, LegalSEO.age cy a d The SEO Co t acto — cu e tly se vi g mo e tha 100 active clie ts ac oss No th Ame ica a d Eu ope, with ove 600 busi esses helped si ce the age cy’s fou di g. Thei la gest clie t ea s ove 10 millio o ga ic clicks a mo th. The methodology was fo ged whe e competitio is u fo givi g a d paid ads a e ba ed o est icted: ca abis a d CBD, o li e gambli g, cosmetic su ge y. St-Cy is also a published autho o his ow autho pages ac oss those b a ds a d a ecu i g guest o busi ess a d ma keti g podcasts — whe e he b eaks dow how SEO is evolvi g with AI a d how a swe e gi es decide which busi esses to cite.
St-Cy ‘s commitme t to bei g checkable is delibe ate. Eve y c ede tial The SEO Co t acto claims is listed with a thi d-pa ty ve ificatio li k at seofo co t acto s.age cy/ce tificatio s/, a d eve y ce tificate is issued i the age cy’s ame. He eve p omises the umbe -o e positio — “a yo e who gua a tees it is ot bei g st aight with you, because o o e co t ols Google’s algo ithm” — wo ks without lo g-te m co t acts, a d i sists clie ts u de sta d eve y actio take o thei site. Campaig s a e measu ed agai st outcomes co t acto s actually ca e about: pho e calls, qualified leads, a d booked jobs, ot va ity a ki gs. The age cy mai tai s a 4.9 out of 5 clie t ati g. His guidi g p i ciple is that SEO should be t eated like a scie ce: t a spa e t, measu able, a d accou table to esults.
Co ect with E ic St-Cy o Li kedI o lea mo e at https://seofo co t acto s.age cy/.
The SEO Co t acto is a co t acto -o ly SEO a d digital ma keti g age cy. The age cy delive s local SEO, PPC, web desig , co te t ma keti g, li k buildi g, a d SEO audits u de o e oof. The SEO Co t acto is Sem ush-ce tified i AI sea ch, its team is t ai ed th ough the UC Davis SEO Specializatio , a d it mai tai s a 4.9/5 clie t ati g.
Lea mo e at https://seofo co t acto s.age cy/.
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