Technical SEO & Site Architecture Case Study

A clearer site structure helped increase organic sessions by 127.09%.

EagleView had a sophisticated geospatial software, aerial imagery, and analytics platform—but its website hierarchy did not clearly show search engines or users which pages mattered most. Cadence SEO reorganized the architecture to create cleaner pathways, stronger topical relationships, and a more scalable foundation for growth.

  • Geospatial Software
  • Site Architecture & Technical SEO
  • Partnership Began August 2021
Cadence SEO Architecture Plan Hierarchy Clarified
From Complexity to Clear Search Paths
The engagement transformed a difficult-to-interpret URL structure into a cleaner hierarchy designed around priority solutions, industries, and user journeys.
01 Audit the StructureIdentify taxonomy, hierarchy, and page-priority gaps Reviewed
02 Map the PortfolioConnect products, industries, and customer needs Organized
03 Rebuild the HierarchyGive important pages stronger structural signals Implemented
04 Expand VisibilitySupport organic growth and stronger authority Growing
Organic Growth 127.09% more sessions

Organic sessions increased after the new structural strategy created clearer pathways for discovery.

Site Architecture Priority pages clarified

The hierarchy better communicated which solution and industry pages deserved the strongest emphasis.

User Experience Cleaner navigation paths

Visitors gained a more understandable route through a complex portfolio of imagery, software, and analytics solutions.

Authority Referring domains expanded

The original case study also documented growth in the website’s referring-domain profile.

The Client

A sophisticated platform serving many industries needed a website structure to match.

EagleView provides geospatial software, aerial imagery, analytics, and property intelligence that help organizations make better decisions around planning, construction, insurance, infrastructure, and operations.

The business had a broad range of products and use cases. The website needed to organize that complexity in a way that was intuitive for users and understandable to search engines.

B2B Software Aerial Imagery Property Analytics Multi-Industry Platform
The Core Opportunity

Make the website hierarchy reflect the way the business actually works.

  • Clarify the relationship between solutions, industries, and supporting resources
  • Give priority commercial pages stronger structural prominence
  • Reduce ambiguity created by an inconsistent URL taxonomy
  • Create a cleaner journey for both users and search crawlers
  • Build a scalable foundation for future products and markets
The Challenge

The website contained valuable pages, but the structure did not clearly communicate their importance.

When taxonomy and hierarchy are unclear, search engines may struggle to understand which URLs are central, how topics relate, and which page should represent a product, industry, or solution. Users can experience the same confusion while trying to find the right path.

01

Complex Service Portfolio

Multiple industries, data products, software tools, and use cases created a large information-architecture challenge.

02

Weak URL Taxonomy

The existing structure did not consistently group related pages or establish a clear hierarchy.

03

Unclear Page Priority

Important solution pages were not receiving the strongest possible structural signals from the website.

04

Navigation Friction

Visitors needed simpler pathways from broad needs to the specific product or insight most relevant to them.

The Architecture Strategy

Organize the website around clear relationships and deliberate priority.

The new structure was designed to help search engines recognize the most important pages while giving users a cleaner route through the company’s products, markets, and resources.

  • Establish a logical hierarchy from core platform pages to detailed use cases
  • Group related solutions and industries under understandable parent categories
  • Use URL structure and internal links to reinforce topical relationships
  • Reduce competing or disconnected pathways to the same subject
  • Leave room for future products, markets, and supporting resources
Geospatial Intelligence Platform One clear central category connecting solutions, industries, and expertise
SolutionsImagery, analytics, software, and property intelligence
IndustriesInsurance, construction, government, utilities, and more
Use CasesPlanning, measurement, assessment, and operational decisions
ResourcesSupporting education, proof, insights, and customer guidance
The SEO Strategy

Turn the structure into a stronger search and customer-experience foundation.

Site architecture is not simply a design exercise. The strategy connected technical organization, page relevance, internal pathways, and future scalability so each part of the website could reinforce the others.

AUDIT

Technical & Structural Audit

Review URLs, navigation, taxonomy, internal links, priority pages, indexation, duplication, and the existing relationship between content areas.

MAP

Information Architecture Map

Define a logical structure that connects the platform, individual solutions, target industries, use cases, and supporting resources.

LINK

Internal Pathways

Strengthen connections between related pages so authority, relevance, and user journeys move through the site intentionally.

SCALE

Scalable Taxonomy

Create naming and organizational conventions capable of supporting new products, markets, and content without recreating the same confusion.

Why Structure Matters

A strong hierarchy helps every important page explain its role.

Search engines evaluate pages individually, but they also interpret the relationships created through navigation, URL patterns, internal links, category structure, and supporting content. A clearer architecture makes those relationships more explicit.

  • Priority pages receive stronger contextual support
  • Related subjects reinforce one another instead of competing
  • Crawlers can discover and revisit key content more efficiently
  • Users can move from broad needs to specific solutions faster
  • Future content has a logical place inside the website
URL
TaxonomyConsistent paths indicate how information is grouped and prioritized.
Clear
NAV
NavigationPrimary journeys highlight the pages and categories users need most.
Focused
LINK
Internal RelationshipsContextual links connect products, markets, proof, and education.
Connected
UX
User JourneysVisitors can reach the right solution without navigating unnecessary complexity.
Simplified
The Results

A more organized website created a stronger platform for organic growth.

The original case study documented meaningful gains after the structural work, including a 127.09% increase in organic sessions and continued expansion of the website’s referring-domain profile.

127.09%

Organic sessions increased

The redesigned hierarchy supported more search discovery and stronger traffic growth after the engagement began.

Structure

Important pages became easier to interpret

The new taxonomy gave search engines and users clearer signals about the role and priority of each content area.

Authority

The referring-domain profile grew

The original results section also showed continued growth in external websites linking to EagleView.

Results shown are based on the original public Cadence SEO case study. Search performance varies based on website condition, implementation, competition, market demand, authority, content, technical health, and the length of the engagement. Past results do not guarantee future performance.
The Growth Sequence

Audit the complexity. Establish the hierarchy. Let every page support the next.

The work began with a structural diagnosis and developed into a cleaner architecture capable of supporting users, search engines, and future business expansion.

August 2021

The partnership begins

Cadence SEO audits the website and identifies URL taxonomy and structural organization as major opportunities.

Architecture

The portfolio is mapped

Solutions, industries, use cases, and resources are reorganized into a more intentional hierarchy.

Implementation

Priority signals become clearer

URLs, navigation, and internal relationships help establish which pages should carry the greatest importance.

Growth

Organic sessions rise 127.09%

The cleaner foundation supports stronger discovery, usability, and sustained search growth.

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