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Case Study 02 — FinEdge Portal

280% More
Organic
Traffic

How MadTech Solution's SEO and content strategy transformed FinEdge from an unknown fintech portal to a dominant industry voice in 9 months.

280%
Organic Traffic
#1
Rankings Earned
9mo
Timeline

Turning a Fintech Brand Into an SEO Powerhouse

FinEdge Portal, a personal finance comparison and advisory platform, had a strong product but was practically invisible on search engines. With a Domain Rating of just 12 and no structured content strategy, they were losing leads to competitors every single day.

The goal was clear: make FinEdge the most trusted and most discoverable fintech resource in their niche — and do it with sustainable, white-hat SEO that compounds over time.

Client
FinEdge Portal
Industry
Financial Services / FinTech
Services
Technical SEO · Content Strategy · Link Building · CRO
Timeline
9 Months (Mar – Nov 2023)
Tools Used
Ahrefs · SEMrush · Screaming Frog · Surfer SEO

The Challenge

FinEdge was buried on page 4+ for their most valuable keywords. Technical debt and thin content were actively harming their rankings.

  • Domain Rating of 12 with 94 referring domains
  • 487 crawl errors including broken internal links
  • No keyword strategy — 60% of pages had duplicate title tags
  • Average content length of 320 words per article
  • Zero featured snippets despite high-intent queries

Our Solution

We built a three-pillar SEO strategy: fix the technical foundation, build topical authority through expert-led content, and earn high-quality backlinks from finance publications.

  • Full technical audit and remediation sprint
  • Content cluster strategy targeting 120 keywords
  • 48 long-form articles averaging 2,400 words
  • Digital PR campaign earning 340+ backlinks
  • Schema markup for FAQs, reviews, and how-tos

The Outcome

Organic Growth That Compounds

0
Organic Traffic
month 1 vs month 9
0
Page-1 Rankings
from 3 at project start
0
Backlinks Earned
Domain Rating: 12 → 54
0
Featured Snippets
including #1 money topics
Monthly Organic Sessions
2.1K
Mar
3.4K
Apr
5.2K
May
7.8K
Jun
10.1K
Jul
13.4K
Aug
16.2K
Sep
18.9K
Oct
22.1K
Nov

How We Did It

The SEO Strategy Breakdown

01

Technical SEO Foundation

Fixed 487 crawl errors, implemented proper canonical tags, restructured site architecture into topic clusters, and improved Core Web Vitals scores from "Poor" to "Good" across all pages.

Screaming FrogCore Web VitalsSchema Markup
02

Keyword & Content Strategy

Mapped 120 target keywords across 8 content clusters — from "best savings accounts India" to "how to invest in mutual funds". Prioritised low-competition, high-intent terms for quick wins.

AhrefsKeyword MappingTopical Authority
03

Expert Content Production

Published 48 long-form guides averaging 2,400 words, written by certified financial experts and optimised with Surfer SEO. Every article built with E-E-A-T principles front of mind.

Surfer SEOE-E-A-TLong-Form Content
04

Digital PR & Link Building

Pitched original financial data studies to 60+ publications. Earned 340+ backlinks from Economic Times, Moneycontrol, and 12 DA70+ finance blogs — pushing Domain Rating from 12 to 54.

Digital PRLink BuildingData Studies
Analytics Dashboard
FinEdge Portal
Data Analytics
Content Creation

"We'd tried SEO agencies before and got nowhere. MadTech was different — they understood finance, they understood search, and they delivered results that our investors noticed. Our organic channel went from an afterthought to our biggest acquisition channel."

FE
Priya Nair
Head of Growth, FinEdge Portal
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