Charleston Shark Teeth Case Study | ByteZero

ByteZero Inc.

AI-First Case Study Coastal Tours · Charleston, SC

Ranked #1 in Charleston for Fossil-Hunting Tours

How a fast, story-driven website and relentless local SEO put Charleston Shark Teeth at the top of the map pack.

Get Results Like These See the Numbers

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#1 Local Ranking

Map pack

#1 local map pack✦ 180% more tour bookings✦ 3.4× organic traffic✦ top 3 for 20+ keywords✦ 5★ guest reviews✦ #1 local map pack✦ 180% more tour bookings✦ 3.4× organic traffic✦ top 3 for 20+ keywords✦ 5★ guest reviews✦

The Results

Numbers That Changed the Business

Local Map Pack Ranking

180%

More Tour Bookings

3.4×

Organic Traffic

20+

Top-3 Keywords

Organic traffic — 6-month trajectory

With ByteZero AIPrevious trend

The AI-First Playbook

What AI-First Actually Looked Like Here

Machines handled the millions of micro-decisions. Our strategists handled the judgment calls.

ML Bid Optimization

Machine-learning bidding tuned spend hourly against real value signals — not just clicks.

AI Content Intelligence

LLM-assisted research mapped every question customers ask — then we wrote pages that answer them.

GEO — AI Search Ready

Generative Engine Optimization made the brand the cited answer in ChatGPT, Gemini and AI Overviews.

24/7 AI Intake

An AI chat assistant qualified inquiries around the clock — no lead left waiting overnight.

The Turnaround

From invisible to impossible to miss

The Challenge

A one-of-a-kind experience, lost in search

An unforgettable fossil-hunting tour with almost no online visibility — outranked by bigger, generic operators for exactly the searches high-intent visitors were making.

The Solution

A story-first site, built to rank locally

A fast, narrative website paired with a focused local-SEO and Google Business Profile push targeting fossil-tour and “things to do in Charleston” searches — earning the map pack top spot.

The Proof

Live Work & Real Screenshots

The rebuilt site, and the analytics that back the story.

The rebuilt website

Organic sessions · Last 6 mo

▲ 240%

8.6k

this month · up from 2.5k

▲180%

Tour bookings

4.1k

Map-pack views

5★

Avg rating

Keyword rankings · Google

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fossil tours charleston#12#1

shark teeth tour#18#1

things to do charleston#27#4

charleston boat tours#15#3

★★★★★

“We’re the first result now when anyone searches for fossil tours here. Our tours fill up before the season starts.”

Owner, Charleston Shark Teeth

Coastal Tours · Charleston, SC

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