Case studySolar softwareFeb–Sep 2026

How we grew SurgePV's Google clicks from 252 to 4,499 a month

SurgePV sells solar design software to installers. We wrote the pages installers search for before quoting a job: local permits, grid rules and subsidies. By September, SurgePV was logging 46 leads a week, up from 5.

Solar design and proposal software · Managed by theStacc from 2 Feb 2026

Monthly Google clicks Google Search Console
4,499
September 2026 252 in Sep 2025 18x
Jul 2025Oct 2026

What changed in eight months

4,499Google clicks in September 2026 (252 a year earlier)
46 a weekLeads in September, from all sources (5 in February)
~30 a weekOf those, leads from search engines
709Demo requests from 91 countries, Feb–Sep 2026

Google clicks are visits to SurgePV's site from Google search results.

We expected results faster. March and April looked flat, and theStacc told us upfront that would happen while Google indexed the new pages. From May the numbers moved, and by September we were getting 46 leads a week.

Keyur Rakholiya Keyur RakholiyaFounder & CEO, SurgePV

SurgePV's blog wasn't reaching installers with a job to quote

SurgePV already had paying customers on four continents. But its blog covered general solar topics that its competitors also covered. By February 2026, monthly Google clicks had dropped to 496.

Installers search for the exact local rule

In February, SurgePV had no page for searches like these. Now it does.

What we did for SurgePV

We ran the research, writing and publishing. SurgePV's team joined a kickoff call, approved the brand rules and reviewed progress once a month.

1. A compliance hub

One page per local rule: permits, grid connection, subsidies and codes. Each page is written from the official regulation, tariff order or utility form. Installers find the answer they need, and SurgePV gets found by the people who buy its software.

2. Blog articles for installers

Articles for installers getting ready to quote a job. The blog brought 29.0% of Google clicks from February to September, the largest share of any part of the site.

3. Three new languages

Turkish, Portuguese and Arabic pages went live on 22–23 March. The site now runs in 9 languages. Compliance pages are written per market, in that market's language, because a Turkish installer searches for the Turkish permit.

Clicks grew from May and peaked in August

New pages take a few weeks to appear on Google. Ours first showed up on 19 April. Clicks rose from May and reached 4,986 in August.

Monthly Google clicks, surgepv.comJul 2025 – Oct 2026 · Google Search Console
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MonthPeriodClicks
Jul 2025Before we started92
Aug 2025Before we started137
Sep 2025Before we started252
Oct 2025Before we started651
Nov 2025Before we started842
Dec 2025Before we started788
Jan 2026Before we started530
Feb 2026Our work496
Mar 2026Our work867
Apr 2026Our work850
May 2026Our work1,586
Jun 2026Our work2,553
Jul 2026Our work4,263
Aug 2026Our work4,986
Sep 2026Our work4,499
Oct 2026After this report3,104

Why compare September with September?

February is solar's slowest month, so starting there would overstate growth. Comparing the same month a year apart removes the season. September went from 252 to 4,499. August went from 137 to 4,986.

Leads rose from 5 to 46 a week

SurgePV logged 878 leads in 35 weeks. In September, about 30 a week came from search engines.

Leads per weekWeeks of 2 Feb – 28 Sep 2026 · SurgePV's lead sheet

All sources. Leads by source are tracked from 13 July. Source: SurgePV's lead sheet.

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Week ofAll sourcesFrom search engines
2 Feb5–
9 Feb3–
16 Feb4–
23 Feb8–
2 Mar6–
9 Mar4–
16 Mar11–
23 Mar14–
30 Mar18–
6 Apr13–
13 Apr18–
20 Apr15–
27 Apr24–
4 May11–
11 May20–
18 May12–
25 May18–
1 Jun15–
8 Jun21–
15 Jun17–
22 Jun36–
29 Jun17–
6 Jul28–
13 Jul5336
20 Jul6536
27 Jul3534
3 Aug2524
10 Aug2929
17 Aug8443
24 Aug3128
31 Aug3425
7 Sep6231
14 Sep4225
21 Sep3630
28 Sep4432

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The compliance hub and blog brought in 58% of clicks

Specific, useful pages did most of the work. All other pages together made up the rest.

Share of Google clicks, 2 Feb – 30 Sep 2026. Source: Google Search Console.

One page for each local rule

Solar rules are set at different levels in each country. The hub follows that structure, so installers land on the page for their exact location.

  1. CountryAS 4777.2 grid connection, Australia
  2. StateCalifornia solar compliance, USA
  3. CityTshwane registration, South Africa
  4. Power companyMeralco net metering, Philippines

Hub clicks went from 0 to 1,686 a month

The first hub pages appeared on Google on 19 April. Hub pages in all languages brought in 6,217 clicks by 30 September.

Hub clicks per month, 2026, all languages. Source: Google Search Console.

Built for markets on five continents

The hub covers solar rules across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania.

  • Australia
  • Canada
  • India
  • Kenya
  • Malaysia
  • Nigeria
  • Philippines
  • Singapore
  • South Africa
  • Turkey
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United Kingdom
  • United States

A sample of the pages we created

Written from the source

"What I value most is that every page is written from the actual regulation, so our team can check it and stand behind it."

Keyur Rakholiya Keyur RakholiyaFounder & CEO, SurgePV

60 countries sent 50+ clicks in eight months, up from 9

Installers found SurgePV's pages from far more markets than before.

960Countries sending 50+ Google clicks
137192Countries sending any Google clicks

The seven months before we started vs Feb–Sep 2026. Source: Google Search Console.

709 demo requests from 91 countries

That's up from 104 in the five months before we started.

Counts demo requests from every source, not only Google. 357 came from search engines and 22 from AI assistants.

709demo requests
from 91 countries
0.642.94demo requests a day, before vs during our work

2 Feb – 30 Sep 2026. Source: Google Analytics.

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Nine languages, one site

English brought in 93% of clicks. Turkish, Portuguese and Arabic pages went live in March 2026.

  • English
  • Italian
  • German
  • French
  • Spanish
  • Polish
  • TurkishNew
  • PortugueseNew
  • ArabicNew

What we'd do differently, and what's next

What we learned

  • Launch the hub first. We added the new languages a month before the hub. The hub brought far more clicks.
  • English reaches further than you'd expect. Installers in South Africa, the Philippines and India search in English. Those markets grew fastest.
  • Not every page wins yet. 293 of the 883 hub pages that appear in Google have had a click so far. The rest need work.
  • Track lead sources from day one. Source tracking started in mid-July, so our headline counts all sources.
  • Phones matter. A third of clicks come from phones, and installers read permit pages on site. Mobile speed is next.

What's next

  • Connect demo requests to closed deals, to show revenue per lead by country.
  • Check each month which SurgePV pages ChatGPT and Perplexity cite.
  • Update this page at 12 months, including the October dip (3,104 clicks) and the spring recovery.
How we measured these numbers
  • Google clicks: Google Search Console for surgepv.com. Our work: 2 Feb – 30 Sep 2026. Before: 1 Jul 2025 – 1 Feb 2026.
  • Per-day averages: the two periods differ in length, so we compare clicks per day: 15 before, 83 during.
  • Leads: SurgePV's weekly lead sheet, all sources. September weeks: 62, 42, 36 and 44. The 878 total includes 166 referrals from Heaven Designs, logged separately and never counted as search leads.
  • Demo requests: people who reached the demo thank-you page, tracked since 23 Aug 2025.

Data to 30 Sep 2026 · Published 9 Nov 2026 · Updated 10 Nov 2026

Questions buyers ask us

Was the growth just seasonal?

Partly, which is why we compare the same month a year apart. September went from 252 to 4,499 clicks, and August from 137 to 4,986.

What exactly did theStacc do?

We researched what installers search for, then wrote and published compliance hub pages and blog articles. We also launched Turkish, Portuguese and Arabic pages.

How many leads came from search engines?

About 30 a week in September, out of 46 from all sources. Referrals from partners are logged separately and not counted as search leads.

Who checks the content is accurate?

We write each compliance page from the official regulation, tariff order or utility form, and check it before it goes live. SurgePV's team reviews a sample of pages. No accuracy issues have been raised so far.

What does it cost, and how much time does my team need?

Current plans are on the pricing page. SurgePV's team joined a kickoff call, approved the brand rules and reviews progress once a month. We did the research, writing and publishing.

What do we keep if we stop working together?

Everything. The site lives in a Git repository that SurgePV owns, so the pages and the data stay with SurgePV.

Your buyers are already searching. Are they finding you?

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