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Hello Stay: from page 3 of Google to page 1

Hello Stay is our whole-house guesthouse in Yancheng, Kaohsiung. Its average Google position climbed from 28.3 in December 2025 to 7.8 in September 2026. Monthly impressions for www.hello-stay.com went from 3,713 in March 2026 to 77,877 in September, and clicks from 316 to 2,147. Rankings, impressions and clicks come from Google Search Console, booking clicks from GA4, and page speed from a lab test.

Client
Hello Stay (our own business)
Practice
SEO & AI Search
Scope
Search check-up · page rewrites · site speed · AI search · Google Business Profile · monthly reports
Status
257,017

impressions in Google search, www.hello-stay.com, 2026/3/7 – 2026/10/18

8,140

clicks over the same period

Times shown in Google search per month

Search Console · www.hello-stay.com · 2026/3/7 – 2026/9

020K40K60K80K3,713Mar*AprMayJunJulAug77,877Sep
020K40K60K80K3,713Mar*MayJul77,877Sep
From 3,713 a month to 77,877, about 21 times as many.

Google clicks per month

Search Console · www.hello-stay.com · 2026/3/7 – 2026/9

05001K1.5K2K2.5K316Mar*AprMayJunJulAug2,147Sep
05001K1.5K2K2.5K316Mar*MayJul2,147Sep
From 316 a month to 2,147.

Average Google position

Search Console · whole hello-stay.com domain · 2025/12 – 2026/9

Page 1Page 2Page 3DecMarJun#7.8Sep
Page 1Page 2Page 3DecMarJun#7.8Sep
From page 3 to page 1. Since May 2026 the average has stayed inside the top 10.

* Impressions and clicks are for www.hello-stay.com, whose data starts on 2026/3/7, so March counts 25 days. The ranking covers the whole domain (including our bar and booking subdomains), from December 2025.

See the monthly figures
www.hello-stay.comImpressionsClicksWhole-house clicks
Mar 2026 (from the 7th)3,71331626
Apr 202613,59257446
May 202624,93289463
Jun 202619,87766364
Jul 202622,46678683
Aug 202647,5021,13977
Sep 202677,8772,147122
Whole domainAverage position
Dec 202528.3
Jan 202625.6
Feb 202617.2
Mar 202613.2
Apr 202610.1
May 20269.3
Jun 20269.5
Jul 20269.1
Aug 20268.6
Sep 20267.8

The challenge挑戰

At first,
guests couldn't find us.

  • On page three

    In December 2025 the site averaged position 28.3, so guests had to reach page three to see it.

  • Few clicks where it mattered

    Whole-house searches brought 26 clicks in March 2026 (from the 7th) and 122 in September.

A closer look細看

More whole-house searchers,
more visitors from AI.

Whole-house searches: clicks per month

"Kaohsiung whole-house" and similar · www.hello-stay.com · 2026/3/7 – 2026/9

025507510012526Mar*MayJul122Sep
26 clicks a month at the start (from 2026/3/7), 122 by the end.

Visitors from AI assistants

ChatGPT, Gemini and others · GA4

Earlier 28 days (20 Aug – 16 Sep 2026)Latest 28 days (17 Sep – 14 Oct 2026)

Visits5069+38%Booking-button clicks3761+65%
Still few, but in 28 days their booking-button clicks went from 37 to 61.
See the figures
EarlierLatestChange
Visits5069+38%
Booking-button clicks3761+65%

Home page load time

10 Oct 2026 · lab test on a throttled phone (4× CPU, Fast 4G)

From 1.34 s to 0.96 s

Nearly 30% faster (28%). Google's field data, measured on real visitors, went from "needs improvement" in August 2026 to "good" on every page, phone and desktop, by October.

Results數字

Where it stands

28.3 → 7.8

average Google position (whole domain, 2025/12 → 2026/9)

21×

monthly impressions (3,713 → 77,877, 2026/3 → 2026/9)

6.8×

monthly clicks (316 → 2,147, same period)

+65%

booking clicks from AI assistants (28 days on 28, to 14 Oct 2026)

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