Arabic SEO for GCC Car Marketplace

# SEO Specialist Needed for AI Car Valuation & Used Car Marketplace – Saudi Arabia and GCC

## Project Overview

We are looking for an experienced SEO specialist to improve the organic search visibility and growth of **Thmn (ثمن)**, an AI-powered car valuation platform and used car marketplace.

**Website:** https://thmn.si/

Our platform allows users to estimate car prices using AI and browse or list used cars for sale.

### Target Markets

Our primary target market is **Saudi Arabia**, followed by the wider **GCC region**, including the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman.

We are looking for someone with a strong understanding of the Saudi and GCC automotive markets, local search behavior, and Arabic search intent.

Arabic SEO is our primary focus, with English SEO considered where it offers clear business value.

## Main Objectives

Our goal is to attract relevant organic traffic and convert visitors into active users by increasing:

- Completed AI car valuations.
- Users searching for used car prices and vehicle valuations.
- New car listings published on our platform.
- Organic visibility for car models, prices, and automotive-related searches in Saudi Arabia and the GCC.

We prioritize qualified traffic and measurable business results over vanity metrics such as backlink counts or rankings alone.

## Scope of Work

### 1. Technical SEO Audit
- Conduct a comprehensive technical SEO audit of our React/Vite website.
- Review crawlability, indexability, canonical tags, XML sitemap, robots.txt, redirects, page speed, and mobile performance.
- Audit multilingual SEO, including hreflang tags and language-specific pages.
- Identify duplicate content, broken links, metadata issues, and structured data opportunities.
- Provide prioritized recommendations based on impact and implementation effort.

### 2. Keyword Research – Saudi Arabia & GCC
- Research high-intent Arabic keywords used in Saudi Arabia and GCC countries.
- Identify keywords related to car valuation, used car prices, vehicle models, buying and selling cars, and car marketplaces.
- Consider local terminology and search behavior, including Saudi Arabic search queries.
- Identify relevant English keywords where appropriate.
- Map primary and secondary keywords to existing pages and recommend new pages based on search demand and business potential.
- Analyze competitors ranking in the Saudi and GCC automotive markets.

### 3. On-Page SEO
- Optimize page titles, meta descriptions, headings, internal links, URLs, and image alt text.
- Improve existing car price and valuation pages.
- Recommend new landing pages for relevant car models and search queries.
- Implement changes directly where access and technical capabilities allow.

### 4. Content Strategy
- Develop a content plan focused on the Saudi and GCC automotive markets.
- Create original, useful Arabic content based on search intent and verified automotive information.
- Recommend and prioritize car model price pages, buying and selling guides, and relevant blog articles.
- Avoid generic, duplicated, or AI-generated content that lacks useful information.

Please specify how many articles or pages you can write and publish within your proposed budget.

### 5. Link Building & Off-Page SEO
- Develop a sustainable backlink strategy focused on automotive, technology, business, and relevant regional websites.
- Prioritize websites with genuine organic traffic, relevant audiences, and editorial quality.
- Provide a list of proposed websites for approval before publishing links.
- Avoid spammy links, automated link schemes, private blog networks (PBNs), and irrelevant placements.
- Provide transparent backlink reports showing the source URL, target URL, anchor text, link type, and referring domain.

We value relevance and quality over backlink quantity.

### 6. Conversion Tracking & Reporting
- Review Google Search Console and GA4 setup.
- Help establish or verify tracking for completed AI valuations and new car listings.
- Report on organic clicks, impressions, relevant landing pages, keyword performance, and measurable conversions.
- Provide a monthly report explaining completed work, results, and next steps.

### 7. First 30-Day Plan
Please include a clear first-month action plan covering:
- Technical SEO audit and prioritized fixes.
- Saudi and GCC keyword research.
- Competitor analysis.
- Keyword-to-page mapping.
- Initial on-page SEO improvements.
- Content recommendations and agreed content deliverables.
- Backlink strategy and approved placements.
- Conversion tracking recommendations.

## Technical Requirements

Our website is built using **React/Vite**. Please clearly state your experience with JavaScript-based websites and whether you can implement technical SEO fixes directly or will only provide recommendations.

## When Applying, Please Answer

1. What SEO experience do you have with automotive websites, car marketplaces, or vehicle valuation platforms?
2. Can you share verifiable examples of SEO results in Saudi Arabia or other GCC markets?
3. Have you worked on React/Vite or other JavaScript-based websites?
4. How will you research Arabic keywords specifically for Saudi Arabia and the GCC?
5. What exactly will you deliver in the first 30 days?
6. Will you implement SEO changes directly, or provide recommendations for our developer?
7. How many original Arabic articles can you write and publish within your proposed budget?
8. How do you select backlink websites, and can we approve each website before publication?
9. What is your monthly fee, and which services or third-party costs are excluded?

## Budget & Engagement

We are open to proposals for an initial 30-day engagement, with the possibility of ongoing monthly work based on the quality of execution and measurable progress.

Please provide a clear breakdown of deliverables, timelines, pricing, and any additional costs.

**Important:** We are looking for a long-term SEO partner focused on sustainable organic growth in Saudi Arabia and the GCC, not a service that simply promises large numbers of backlinks or guaranteed rankings.