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The Potter's House Stafford case study: 15.4 → 9.9 average Google position

The Potter’s House Stafford is a church in Stafford, Virginia. FoundRank rebuilt its website with pages for visiting, kids, events and sermons, connected Planning Center and set up tracking. Its average Google position moved from 15.4 to 9.9, comparing 23 July to 20 October 2026 with the 90 days before.

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The Potter's House Stafford homepage with the headline A Church in Stafford, VA.

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Real results

The numbers, with their windows

Pulled from The Potter's House Stafford’s own dashboards and CRM. Each figure names its source and its comparison window.

15.4 → 9.9

Average Google position, now inside page one

Google Search Console, 23 Jul 2026 to 20 Oct 2026 vs 24 Apr 2026 to 22 Jul 2026

74 → 135

Searches where the church ranks in Google's top 10 (+82%)

Google Search Console, 23 Jul 2026 to 20 Oct 2026 vs 24 Apr 2026 to 22 Jul 2026

27 → 63

Searches in Google's top 3

Google Search Console, 23 Jul 2026 to 20 Oct 2026 vs 24 Apr 2026 to 22 Jul 2026

+36%

Google impressions, 2,411 → 3,268 (clicks 252 → 294, +17%)

Google Search Console, 23 Jul 2026 to 20 Oct 2026 vs 24 Apr 2026 to 22 Jul 2026

10 → 24

Get directions taps (tracked GA4 event get_directions); phone_call 1 → 7

Google Analytics 4, 23 Jul 2026 to 20 Oct 2026 vs 24 Apr 2026 to 22 Jul 2026

Before and after

The old site, and the one we built

The Potter's House Stafford website before FoundRank
Before · archived copy
The Potter's House Stafford homepage with the headline A Church in Stafford, VA.
After
Pastor Gunkel and his wife smiling together against a dark blue background.
Pastor GunkelLead PastorThe Potter's House Stafford · Stafford, VA
“FoundRank built our church website and has helped more people in Stafford find The Potter's House online. We now show up in Google's top 10 for 135 searches, up from 74. Jerry has a heart for the church and truly understands ministry. We're grateful.”
Christopher Google review, October 2026 · The Potter's House Stafford
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The work

What we did

  • ✓Rebuilt the church website with pages for visiting, kids, events, sermons and Sunday School class recordings
  • ✓Connected Planning Center events and registrations
  • ✓Set up tracking for directions, calls, forms and giving clicks
  • ✓Published an llms.txt file so AI tools can read the church’s details
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