SEO — Real estate agencies
SEO for real estate agencies in the Dutch market.
When Dutch customers look for a real estate agency, they open google.nl or ask ChatGPT — and choose from what appears there. Ovolum builds that visibility for international real estate agencies serving the Netherlands: Dutch-language pages that rank on the terms that count, and get cited in the AI answers.
The short answer
SEO for real estate agencies in the Dutch market means, at Ovolum: being found on the Dutch terms your customers actually use — from makelaar huis verkopen haarlem to the question sentences they ask AI assistants — with a Dutch-language layer built for google.nl, which handles over nine in ten Dutch searches. We build technology, content and authority as one system, with a page per service and per city, and a monthly report that puts the growth in writing.
How the Dutch market searches
The Dutch search in Dutch — on google.nl, which carries over nine in ten searches here, and increasingly through AI assistants that answer directly. Sellers compare agents per neighbourhood; buyers search purchase guidance per city — both start on google.nl. Whoever appears there with a Dutch-language page that answers the question wins the customer before the comparison starts.
Neighbourhood knowledge as ranking factor
International real estate agencies often arrive with an English site and a strong reputation at home. The Dutch layer is what converts that into local clients: pages per service and per city in natural Dutch, the trust signals this market expects — reviews, a .nl presence, clear terms — and the citable structure that makes AI assistants use you as the source.
How Ovolum works for real estate agencies
Every engagement opens with a baseline measurement: where you stand on google.nl, where the Dutch competition stands, where the openings are. Then we build in fixed order — technology first, then a Dutch page per service and per city, then the authority around it. You speak with the makers, everything runs in writing, and the monthly report shows exactly what has been won.
Frequently asked questions
Does my site need to be in Dutch?
For Dutch customers: yes — the search happens in Dutch and the trust follows the language. We build the Dutch layer alongside your English site, with clean hreflang between them.
What does SEO for the Dutch market cost?
The market classes are laid out in our SEO cost guide; your own proposal carries one number, fixed in writing upfront on a single page.
Will this also make us visible in AI answers?
Yes — the same foundation carries both. The structure that ranks on google.nl makes your pages citable when someone asks ChatGPT: which estate agent in the Netherlands serves international buyers well. We build them together as standard.
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