July was a step-change month for Blount Concrete, and every number moved the right way. Top 3 rankings jumped to 37 from 21 in June. First page rankings climbed to 178 from 101, and top 20 rankings reached 260 from 161. That growth showed up in traffic immediately: 63 clicks in July against 51 in June, drawn from 5,542 impressions. The quality of those positions is what makes the difference here. The top 3 spots alone delivered 81 percent of all clicks and the first page delivered 95 percent, so nearly every visit is coming from a position the work put there.
The single biggest new win is "concrete driveways," a 1,600 search per month commercial term that is now ranking at position 2. This is a direct result of the driveway planning guide we published to the site, which is now the ranking page for that term. "Concrete delivery" (5,400 per month) also moved up into position 2 in the Buffalo metro. On the excavation side, the entire cluster continues to hold position 1: "concrete excavation," "excavating concrete," "excavation concrete," and "excavation and concrete" are all still first.
Brand terms remain locked at position 1 across the board. Next month's focus is turning the striking-distance page 2 rankings into page 1 wins on "concrete companies near me," "concrete services near me," "concrete contractors," and the sidewalk contractor terms, all of which are already sitting in positions 12 through 20.
We pull from several sources so no single tool tells the whole story. The headline counts above come from Google's own reporting, which covers every search Blount appeared for. The city-by-city and map pack numbers further down come from a daily rank tracker checking each market separately on desktop and mobile. AI citations come from the platforms themselves. Each number comes from whichever source measures it best, and stays with that source month to month.
Queries where Blount currently appears on the first page of Google. Brand is fully owned, the excavation cluster is holding position 1, and the driveway planning guide has vaulted a real commercial term ("concrete driveways") into the top 3.
| Keyword | Position | Monthly Impressions |
|---|---|---|
| blount concrete | 1 | 247 |
| concrete excavation | 1 | 113 |
| blount construction | 2 | 95 |
| excavation and concrete | 1 | 92 |
| excavation concrete | 1 | 90 |
| blount contracting | 10 | 87 |
| concrete excavation removal | 3 | 83 |
| blount construction buffalo ny | 1 | 82 |
| excavating concrete | 1 | 80 |
| blount construction tonawanda ny | 1 | 80 |
| blount general contractors | 11 | 72 |
| blount construction company | 4 | 70 |
| commercial foundation services | 1 | 67 |
| blount contractors | 3 | 67 |
| excavation companies near me | 11 | 65 |
| short load concrete delivery near me | 3 | 75 |
| small concrete truck delivery near me | 2 | 80 |
| concrete delivery service near me | 4 | 79 |
| concrete delivery | 2 | 78 |
| blount construction company tonawanda reviews | 1 | 26 |
Queries already ranking on page 2 where a small content or on-page push moves them onto page 1. These are the next wave of winsStriking distance keywords are search terms ranking close to page 1 (positions 11 to 20). They typically take less work to push onto page 1 than starting a brand new keyword from scratch., and they include several of the highest volume concrete searches in the tracked footprint.
| Keyword | Position | Monthly Search Volume |
|---|---|---|
| concrete contractors | 15 | 74,000 |
| concrete contractors near me | 20 | 74,000 |
| concrete companies near me | 12 | 40,500 |
| concrete services near me | 13 | 920 |
| sidewalk contractors near me | 18 | 480 |
| concrete maintenance | 14 | 210 |
| buffalo ready mix concrete | 18 | 90 |
| ready mix concrete buffalo ny | 15 | 90 |
| premix concrete delivery | 14 | 50 |
These specific pages are the foundation for everything ranking. Each one drives traffic across many related search terms. The number of ranking queriesA "ranking query" is a unique search term that this specific page shows up for on Google during the reporting month. One page often ranks for many related searches at once. shown next to each page is how many different Google searches each page is showing up for.
Beyond the brand and excavation cluster, the site continues to hold strong positions on the generic, high-volume concrete search terms that matter most across the Buffalo metro. These are the queries where a Tonawanda concrete company competes for real work.
| Keyword | Search Volume | Position | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| concrete delivery | 5,400 | 2 | Buffalo metro |
| concrete driveways | 1,600 | 2 | Buffalo metro |
| concrete services near me | 920 | 13 | Buffalo metro |
| sidewalk contractors near me | 480 | 18 | Buffalo metro |
| excavation concrete | 320 | 1 | Buffalo metro |
| concrete excavation | 320 | 1 | Buffalo metro |
| excavating concrete | 320 | 1 | Buffalo metro |
| excavation and concrete | 210 | 1 | Buffalo metro |
| concrete maintenance | 210 | 14 | Buffalo metro |
| concrete mix delivery near me | 140 | 3 | Buffalo metro |
| short load concrete delivery near me | 140 | 3 | Buffalo metro |
We track AI search visibility two ways. A cross-platform snapshot samples citations across the seven-engine AI answer set (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overview, Copilot, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek). Microsoft's own reporting confirms verified citations inside the Microsoft ecosystem (Bing search and Copilot). Both trackers are live for Blount and will surface the first pickups as on-page and content work compound in the Buffalo metro concrete market.
The concrete driveway planning guide we published is now ranking at position 2 for a real commercial term. That is the same depth pattern that earns AI citations: substantive guides that AI engines cite as sources. The next content pieces on stamped concrete, patios, and concrete delivery cost topics are built to keep pushing that flywheel across both AI tracking lenses.
The foundation is holding and the trajectory is accelerating. Brand terms are locked, the excavation cluster is at position 1, the driveway guide has already earned a top 3 position on a real commercial term, and page 2 is now stacked with high-volume queries that are within reach. The next phase is turning that page 2 momentum into page 1 wins across the Buffalo metro.
Sharpening internal linking, on-page copy, and supporting content on the highest volume page 2 terms: "concrete companies near me," "concrete services near me," "concrete contractors," and "sidewalk contractors near me." These are the biggest jumps available.
Publishing the next pillar guides and supporting articles on stamped concrete, patios, and concrete delivery cost topics with a Tonawanda and Buffalo focus, building the depth needed to keep earning driveway-guide style wins and start pulling AI Overview citations.