Performance PR · SEO Campaign Report · Sep 2025 — Apr 2026

From nowhere
to page one.

Seven months of data-led PR has moved troocost.com from near-zero organic visibility to a growing, measurable presence on the terms that matter most to the business.

210
Live links
Oct 2025 – Apr 2026
285
Referring domains
up from 117 in Sep '25
+144%
Ref domain growth
Sep 2025 → Apr 2026
49.2m
Est. total readership
across all placements

SEO performance at a glance

All metrics pulled live from Ahrefs. The campaign launched October 2025 — the uplift from September 2025 to today is direct and measurable.

Domain Rating
25
— stabilising as link profile matures
GB Keywords Ranking
11
↑ 7 new since Sep 2025
Top 3 Positions
3
↑ from 2 in Sep 2025
Est. Monthly Traffic
284
organic GB visits
Live Backlinks
5,887
from 285 referring domains
Avg Link DR
56.3
across 210 live placements
Organic Pages
14
— stable since Oct 2025
pages with any GB ranking
Referring domains
Sep 2025 — Apr 2026
Ref domains
GB keyword positions
Sep 2025 — Apr 2026
Top 3
11–20
21–50
Organic pages indexed
Sep 2025 — Apr 2026
Pages with rankings
Note on organic pages

The chart shows 37 organic pages in September 2025, dropping to a stable 14–15 from October onwards. This reflects the site restructure carried out around that time, which consolidated and cleaned up the URL architecture. Ahrefs had been tracking a number of legacy URLs from the old site that were still returning historical ranking data in September — once the restructure went live and those pages were removed or redirected, only the active, indexed pages remained. The consistent 14–15 from October through to April is the accurate baseline for the new site. Importantly, this consolidation is a positive signal: fewer, stronger pages concentrating authority is the right foundation for the keyword gains now being seen.

Keyword Vol / mo Now (Apr '26) Sep '25 Change Intent
troo 350 1 2 ▲ 1 Brand
business energy consultants 250 11 68 ▲ 57 Commercial
energy procurement services 500 19 not ranking ★ NEW Commercial
what does mop stand for 60 12 not ranking ★ NEW Informational
business energy procurement 500 26 not ranking ★ NEW Commercial
commercial renewable energy 300 29 not ranking ★ NEW Informational
energy procurement companies 200 40 not ranking ★ NEW Commercial

Four campaigns.
210 links.
49.2m readers.

Estimated readership is calculated from publisher-reported audience data and per-title averages across Newsquest (54m monthly unique visitors across 205 brands), Reach PLC and MSN UK. Figures represent total potential audience across all placements, not page-level views.

October 2025
The thermostat mistake making your home colder
63
Live links
57
Avg DR
9.7m
Est. readers
Wide regional press pickup across England, Scotland and Wales. Top placements: EDP24 (DR77), Herald Scotland (DR82), Oxford Mail (DR76), Northern Echo (DR76), The Argus (DR75).
December 2025
Troo strengthens leadership and secures growth investment
3
Live links
65
Avg DR
790k
Est. readers
Business news tier. Bdaily (DR74), Business Up North (DR50), Sunderland Echo (DR70). Strong for credibility and local business visibility.
January 2026
Trump's Venezuela actions will ease UK energy bills
3
Live links
69
Avg DR
17m
Est. readers
Three links but extraordinary reach. MSN.com (DR91, ~15m UK readers), Birmingham Mail (DR79), Newspage. Expert reactive commentary at the highest tier.
January 2026
The silent heat leaks adding to your energy bills
141
Live links
56
Avg DR
21.7m
Est. readers
Biggest campaign. 141 regional placements nationwide — Herald Scotland (DR82), Oxford Mail (DR76), Northern Echo (DR76), Glasgow Times (DR73), Lancashire Telegraph (DR73).

Readership methodology

Estimated readership figures are based on: Newsquest's published audience data (54m monthly unique visitors across 205 UK brands in 2025, ~263k average per title); Reach PLC regional figures for Birmingham Mail (~2m) and Herald Scotland (~1.5m); MSN UK (~15m monthly unique visitors based on global traffic data proportioned to UK share). Per-title estimates are tiered by Domain Rating as a proxy for publication size. All figures represent potential audience exposure across the campaign period, not guaranteed reads of the specific article.


Where we've placed

The highest-authority placements secured across all campaigns. DR verified in Ahrefs.


PR that opens doors,
not just search results.

The SEO numbers tell one story. But earned media has always done something else — it puts you in rooms you wouldn't otherwise be in. The December 2025 investment announcement is a direct example.

February 2026

Andrew invited to the "Why Sunderland?" Roundtable

The December 2025 press release announcing Troo's investment and leadership expansion was picked up by Alice Bird at Insider Media — one of the North East's most respected business publishers. As a direct result, she reached out to invite Andrew Richardson to participate in Insider Media's exclusive "Why Sunderland?" Roundtable at the Maker Building, Sunderland.

The roundtable brought together senior leaders from some of the city's most influential organisations to explore Sunderland's growth story, investment opportunities and future priorities. Andrew joined the table alongside representatives from:

Sunderland City Council
North East BIC
Sunderland AFC
University of Sunderland
igloo Regeneration
Building Design Northern
Northstar Ventures
Hays Travel

The session was photographed and recorded for the Q1 edition of North East Business Insider as part of an Invest Sunderland feature — giving Troo an additional layer of high-quality editorial coverage as a direct downstream benefit of the original campaign.

Event details
The "Why Sunderland?" Roundtable
Hosted by Insider Media
Thursday 19 February 2026
08:30 – 10:30am
Floor 1, Maker Building
Plater Way, Sunderland SR1 3AD
Sponsors
Sunderland City Council, L&G, Sweeney Miller Law
Discussion topics
◦ What Sunderland has to offer as a location for business
◦ New initiatives and investments driving further growth
◦ Assets driving regeneration: Riverside Sunderland, British Esports Federation
◦ Challenges and priorities shaping Sunderland's next phase
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Troo's post about the roundtable
“This is what performance PR actually looks like. The press release built credibility. The coverage got noticed. The invitation followed. The roundtable placed Andrew alongside the most influential business voices in the region — and put Troo into a print feature in North East Business Insider. One campaign, multiple returns.”
— One March

Next six months

The authority is built, the keywords are moving, and the commercial terms are within one step of page one.

11 → 1
'Business energy consultants'
Currently position 11 against DR 5 and DR 2 competitors. One dedicated landing page away from page one.
1,500+
Monthly traffic target by Apr 2027
Getting the top 3 commercial terms onto page one delivers an estimated 5x organic traffic increase.
Ongoing
Data campaigns
1,500-word studies built from original data research around topics the press want to cover — for example, the best cities in the UK for energy bills.
AI
AI search visibility
Structured content to be cited in Perplexity, ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews — the next frontier for B2B search.