CASE STUDY

Kaya Workwear

Kaya Workwear SEO Case Study

We helped Kaya Workwear expand its organic footprint across Google and AI-powered discovery by improving technical SEO, commercial page architecture, content depth, search intent coverage, and machine-readable brand signals.

The objective was to make Kaya discoverable for more of the searches that happen before customers already know the brand.

Kaya Workwear SEO Case Study

68%

Growth in Organic Clicks

87

Commercial Keywords Entered Top 20

33%

Increase in Organic Revenue

19

Priority Pages Rebuilt for Search

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About Kaya Workwear

Winning More Searches, One Category at a Time

Kaya Workwear is an Australian workwear and safety supplier serving individual buyers and businesses across trade, healthcare, hospitality, corporate, and industrial categories.

Its catalogue spans workwear, PPE, footwear, uniforms, safety products, and branded apparel.

That creates significant organic growth potential, but also a more complex SEO challenge.

Customers may search by product, brand, occupation, industry, safety requirement, use case, or buying intent.

The search strategy therefore needed to go beyond optimizing individual product pages.

THE CHALLENGE

The Challenge of Winning Competitive Search

Kaya was competing against established Australian workwear retailers, large marketplaces, manufacturers, and specialist safety suppliers.

The website had substantial commercial inventory, but search visibility was not fully reflecting the breadth of the catalogue.

Key challenges included:

01

Heavy competition across high-value product categories

02

Too much dependence on branded search

03

Collection pages with limited search depth

04

Product pages competing around similar terminology

05

Weak keyword-to-page mapping

The opportunity was not simply to publish more content.

It was to build a stronger search architecture around commercial intent.

Organic Search Performance

Winning More Searches, Driving More Revenue

A stronger search foundation helped Kaya reach more non-branded customers, improve visibility across commercial keywords, and turn relevant organic traffic into measurable revenue and conversions.

68%

Growth in Organic Clicks

More users reached Kaya through unpaid search after technical, content, and commercial page improvements.

54%

Increase in Non-Branded Impressions

A larger share of visibility came from users searching for products, categories, and solutions rather than Kaya by name.

87

Commercial Keywords Entered Top 20

Priority product and category queries gained stronger positions across Google.

33%

Increase in Organic Revenue

Commercial organic traffic contributed more directly to online sales.

19%

Priority Landing Pages Rebuilt

High-value collection, category, and industry pages were expanded around search intent and conversion.

14%

Higher Organic Conversion Rate

Better traffic relevance and page alignment helped organic visitors convert more efficiently.

WHAT WE DID

Optimising Every Layer of Organic Search

We strengthened Kaya’s technical foundation, mapped commercial search intent, expanded high-value collection pages, and optimized priority products to make the site more discoverable, relevant, and conversion-focused.

01

Technical SEO Cleanup

We reviewed indexing, crawlability, canonicals, duplicate content, metadata, page hierarchy, internal links, page performance, and technical signals affecting discoverability.

02

Commercial Keyword Mapping

Search demand was grouped around:

  • Product categories
  • Brands
  • Work environments
  • Industries
  • Safety requirements
  • Product features
  • Commercial intent
  • Comparison intent

Each important query group was mapped to the most appropriate page.

03

Collection Page Expansion

High-value collection pages were transformed from basic product grids into stronger commercial landing pages with clearer context, supporting copy, internal links, and search relevance.

04

Product Page Optimization

Priority product pages were improved around:

  • Product specifications
  • Use cases
  • Materials
  • Safety features
  • Suitable industries
  • Buying considerations
  • Related products

This improved both user understanding and semantic relevance.

05

Industry Search Architecture

Dedicated opportunities were built around customers searching from an industry perspective rather than a product perspective.

Examples included:

  • Construction workwear
  • Healthcare uniforms
  • Hospitality apparel
  • Corporate uniforms
  • Trade workwear
  • Safety and PPE

06

Internal Linking System

Blog content, industry pages, collections, brands, and products were connected more strategically to strengthen important commercial pages.

07

Answer Engine Optimization

Priority pages were improved with clearer:

  • Questions and answers
  • Definitions
  • Comparisons
  • Product use cases
  • Buying guidance
  • Structured information

This made important content easier for answer systems to interpret.

08

Generative Search Optimization

We strengthened entity and topical signals around:

  • Kaya Workwear
  • Australian workwear
  • PPE
  • Safety clothing
  • Uniform supply
  • Industry-specific workwear
  • Key product categories

The objective was to make the relationship between brand, products, industries, location, and expertise clearer to generative systems.

Performance Timeline

Fixing the Foundations, Unlocking Visibility

Months 1 to 2

Fix the Foundation

  • Technical SEO audit
  • Indexing review
  • Keyword mapping
  • Competitor gap analysis
  • Collection page prioritization
  • Internal linking plan

87% of critical technical issues addressed

Months 3 to 4

Expand Commercial Visibility

  • Priority collection pages optimized
  • Product content improved
  • Industry opportunities introduced
  • New keyword clusters targeted
  • Internal linking expanded

41 new commercial keywords entered the Top 20

Months 5 to 6

Build Search Authority

  • Supporting content published
  • AEO structure expanded
  • GEO signals strengthened
  • Existing content refreshed
  • Commercial pages connected to supporting topics

87 total priority keywords in the Top 20

Months 7+

Compound Organic Growth

Search performance was increasingly driven by a broader portfolio of product, industry, brand, and informational queries.

Organic Click Growth: +68%
Organic Revenue Growth: +33%

BEFORE VS AFTER

From Branded Visibility to Search-Led Growth

Kaya moved from limited commercial search coverage to a broader organic presence — strengthening key pages, expanding non-branded visibility, and building a modern SEO, AEO, and GEO foundation for sustainable growth.

BEFORE

AFTER

KEY METRICS WE TRACK

The Metrics Behind the Momentum

68%

Organic Click Growth

Greater search visibility translated into substantially more unpaid website visits.

87

Top 20 Commercial Keywords

More product and category searches gained meaningful Google visibility.

54%

Higher Non-Branded Impressions

Kaya became less dependent on people already knowing the brand.

33%

Organic Revenue Growth

Organic search contributed more commercial value rather than traffic alone.

19

High-Value Pages Rebuilt

Effort focused on pages with stronger commercial opportunity rather than optimizing every URL equally.

14%

Higher Organic Conversion Rate

Improved intent matching brought visitors more closely aligned with Kaya’s products.

BUSINESS IMPACT

How Organic Growth Changed the Business

Less Dependence on Paid Acquisition

More commercially relevant organic visibility created another source of customer acquisition alongside Meta and Google Ads.

Broader Product Discovery

Customers could find Kaya through more product, category, industry, and use-case searches.

Stronger Non-Branded Demand

Growth was no longer limited to customers already searching specifically for Kaya.

Higher Commercial Value From SEO

Organic growth was measured against purchases and revenue, not rankings alone.

Stronger AI Search Readiness

AEO and GEO improvements created clearer signals for answer engines and generative platforms as search behaviour continues to evolve.

Where Search Meets AI

Why SEO + GEO Worked Together

Traditional SEO answers:

“Can Google find and rank this page?”

GEO introduces another question:

“Can an AI system understand who Kaya is, what it sells, who it serves, and when it should be relevant?”

For a large eCommerce catalogue, both matter.

That is why the strategy combined technical SEO, commercial content, entity clarity, answer-focused structure, and generative search readiness instead of treating SEO as a list of keywords.

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