Local Seo + Ai Search · Wellness
From unranked to the top of Atlanta massage search
The Art of Touch is a leading therapeutic massage studio in Midtown Atlanta. M16 built an SEO program that took dozens of high-intent keywords from unranked to the front page of Google, captured the number one spot across the brand and its core services, and established the studio in AI-powered search from a standing start.
Client
The Art of Touch
Industry
Massage Therapy & Wellness
Service
Local & Organic SEO
Footprint
Atlanta, Georgia
49
Keywords now ranking #1 on Google
82
Tracked keywords, all on page 1
0 → 96
AI mentions across AI Overviews, ChatGPT & Gemini
12,900+
Monthly searches captured in the top 3
The Challenge
A standout studio that search could not find
In a city the size of Atlanta, people looking for a massage search, compare, and book within minutes. The Art of Touch had the reputation and the range of services to win that moment, but it was not showing up for it. Many of its most valuable terms, the deep tissue, lymphatic, and neighborhood searches that fill a schedule, were unranked, sitting well beyond the first page where no one looks. The demand was there. The visibility was not.
How We Did It
An SEO program built for how Atlanta searches
Built the local foundation
Optimized the site around how Atlanta actually searches for massage, from the brand name to specific services to individual neighborhoods.
Targeted high-intent services
Went after the searches that turn into booked appointments: deep tissue, Swedish, lymphatic drainage, cupping, prenatal, and more.
Won the neighborhoods
Claimed Midtown, downtown, and Atlanta-wide terms to own the local map where nearby clients are searching.
Optimized for AI search
Structured the content and entity signals so the studio surfaces in AI-powered answers, not just classic search results.
The Results
Incredible growth, where it converts
The program did not nudge rankings, it transformed them. High-intent terms moved from invisible to the front page, the brand and its core services took the number one spot, and the studio established a presence in AI search from nothing.
0 → 96
AI search mentions
Now cited 96 times across AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Gemini, up from a standing start of zero.
25
Keywords climbed 90+ positions
Dozens of high-intent terms went from unranked to the front page of Google, with 12 climbing straight to #1.
12,900+
Monthly searches in the top 3
The studio now captures the overwhelming majority of high-intent local search demand.
The footprint spans the brand, the studio's services, and the Atlanta neighborhoods it serves. Service searches like Swedish massage, deep tissue, lymphatic drainage, and cupping in Atlanta, many of them unranked at the start, now sit on page one, several at the very top.
82
Keywords ranking on page 1 of Google
49
At the #1 position
64
In the top 3 results
15,000+
Total monthly searches now ranked
The Bottom Line
In same-day search, page one is the whole game
When someone searches for a massage in Atlanta, they choose from what they see first. The Art of Touch now owns that moment: the number one spot across its brand and core services, a top-three presence for the searches that drive bookings, and a foothold in AI search that most local competitors have not even started to build.
Methodology & Data Source
Keyword positions reflect Google organic search results (United States) for theartoftouchmassage.com, tracked in SEMrush. Monthly search-volume figures are from SEMrush's U.S. keyword database and are rounded. AI visibility reflects the studio's mentions across AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Gemini, up from a baseline of zero. Position gains reflect movement during the engagement. Results cover a tracked set of priority keywords and are a subset of the full universe for which the site ranks; individual keywords are withheld for confidentiality.
Source: SEMrush Position Tracking & Keyword Database (United States, Google), plus AI mention tracking across AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Gemini.