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The Search Sherpa

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The Search Sherpa (thesearchsherpa.com) is a Mokena, Illinois local-SEO practice trading under the self-identified name The Search Sherpa LLC. Founder Jeremy Bengtson says he founded the LLC in 2024; Alyssa Ferree separately says she co-owns the business and leads content strategy and creative execution. The homepage speaks to small and mid-sized service businesses, including med spas, contractors, law firms, real estate and healthcare practices, across Will County and the southwest Chicago suburbs from a single Mokena location.

Its dedicated link service is Local Link Building and Digital PR: custom-scoped earned outreach built on competitor and backlink review, local prospecting by authority, organic traffic and hyperlocal relevance, and original assets such as local surveys and data, city guides and newsworthy stories pitched to journalists, bloggers, webmasters and editors. The page says it earns rather than buys links, while also describing charity sponsorships and alumni directories as dofollow opportunities; earned placements arrive as a dofollow and nofollow mix with no fixed monthly count.

Every engagement starts with a Custom SEO Roadmap at a displayed $2,000 one-time fee, delivered in four weeks with a free extension if late and credited in full toward later implementation. Engagements run month-to-month with no annual minimum; timelines, deliverables and fees are set in the written proposal, paid fees are nonrefundable once work begins unless otherwise agreed, and governing law is Illinois. Published contact is [email protected] and (217) 579-8791; the Terms body also prints (708) 620-6922.

Stated link-building services

Link-building services the company names on its own site, checked 2026-09-05. Catalogues change, so treat the list as dated.

Local Link Building and Digital PR
Local SEO
Google Business Profile Management
Reputation and Review Management
Content Strategy
SEO Analytics and CRM Integration

SourceThe Search Sherpa homepage The Search Sherpa Local Link Building and Digital PR Services page The Search Sherpa Work With Me page The Search Sherpa SEO Analytics and CRM Integration page

Provider Buyer Score

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Score

59.7 of 100

Methodology version: M1.3
Evidence cutoff: 2026-09-05
Sources shown: 11

Last scored 5 September 2026

ID	Criterion	Weight	Score
B1	Deliverable quality and buyer fit	25%	69.5
B2	Value for money	20%	50.0
B3	Delivery reliability and buyer protection	15%	50.0
B4	Customer reviews	15%	50.0
B5	Managed service, support, and buyer control	10%	70.8
B6	Commercial terms and flexibility	7%	76.2
B7	Reporting and transparency	5%	63.0
B8	Continuity and capacity	3%	59.8
Weighted total			59.7

Latest scoring review

The Search Sherpa scored 59.7 of 100 under M1.3. The scoring run date is 5 September 2026. Evidence was admitted through 2026-09-05. This page shows 11 sources.

Where they do well

The Search Sherpa is a Mokena, Illinois practice selling founder-led local link building and digital PR to small and mid-sized service businesses across Will County and southwest Chicago suburbs. Campaigns are built on original local assets — surveys and local data, city guides, newsworthy stories — pitched through personalized human outreach to journalists, bloggers and editors, with prospects screened for authority, traffic and hyperlocal relevance. The buyer approves the strategy map, the founder owns strategy with a named content lead behind delivery, and every engagement runs month-to-month with the website, content, data and roadmap findings staying buyer-owned.

Where they can improve

Campaign cost is custom-quoted: every engagement first requires a $2,000 one-time roadmap (dollar figure as displayed; billing currency, taxes unconfirmed), credited toward implementation and delivered in four weeks or extended free. No fixed earned-link count, placement deadline or reporting sample is published — outreach effort is promised, yield is not — and paid fees are nonrefundable once work begins unless otherwise agreed in writing. Confirm outreach volume, report fields, payment schedule and cancellation notice. The LLC name, 2024 founding account and co-owner claim are the company's own statements; confirm the contracting details in the proposal.

Ranking appearances

Published rankings on this site that include The Search Sherpa, with the position and scores as published.

Relative SFS position: 75.0 of 100, from one eligible published ranking.

Best Local Link Building Services (2026)

Rank 3 of 10 rated providers

Listed on /services/local-link-building/

Service Fit Score (SFS)

70.3

Overall Score (OS)

64.8

Score date

2026-09-05

Methodology version

M1.3

Evidence cutoff

2026-09-05

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Company facts

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Named operators
The About page names Jeremy Bengtson as founder, and a separate team page says Alyssa Ferree co-owns the business with Bengtson and leads content strategy and creative execution.
SourceThe Search Sherpa About the founder page The Search Sherpa About Alyssa Ferree page
Published base
The company publishes a single Mokena, Illinois location at 18750 Ruth Dr, Mokena, IL 60448, serving Will County and the southwest Chicago suburbs; no branch offices are implied. This is the address as published.
SourceThe Search Sherpa homepage The Search Sherpa About the founder page
Establishment year
Bengtson says he founded The Search Sherpa LLC in 2024 and the homepage says it has served clients since 2024. That year is the company's own claim.
SourceThe Search Sherpa About the founder page The Search Sherpa homepage
Operating model
The company's own description of its model: custom-scoped Local Link Building and Digital PR combining backlink and competitor review, local prospect research, original local assets and personalized human outreach to journalists, bloggers, webmasters and editors. Campaign execution fees, outreach counts and placement yields are set in the written quote, and the free audit and optional done-with-you coaching are separate routes, not link units.
SourceThe Search Sherpa Local Link Building and Digital PR Services page The Search Sherpa Work With Me page
Roadmap price
The pricing and roadmap pages display a $2,000 one-time Custom SEO Roadmap that precedes every engagement: intake workbook, 30-minute Direction Call, audits, keyword database and site map, local-link and citation strategy, competitor gaps, strategy deck and a recorded 60-minute founder Strategy Call, delivered in four weeks or extended at no charge. The dollar figure is as displayed; billing currency and tax treatment are unconfirmed, and the fee is planning work, not a price per link.
SourceThe Search Sherpa SEO pricing page The Search Sherpa Custom Local SEO Roadmap page
In the company's terms
The About page says every engagement is month-to-month with no annual minimum, early termination fee or first-quarter lock-in, and the pricing and roadmap pages say the buyer keeps the website, content, data and roadmap findings, with the full roadmap fee credited toward future implementation. The Terms, effective December 25, 2025, set timelines, deliverables and fees in the proposal and say paid fees are nonrefundable once work begins unless otherwise agreed in writing, under Illinois law.
SourceThe Search Sherpa About the founder page The Search Sherpa SEO pricing page The Search Sherpa Custom Local SEO Roadmap page The Search Sherpa Terms and Conditions
Contact routes
Published contact is [email protected] and (217) 579-8791, with a Work With Me form and calendar for inquiries; the Privacy Policy additionally names [email protected]. The Terms body prints (708) 620-6922 while the same page footer shows the primary number, so confirm the current number before calling.
SourceThe Search Sherpa homepage The Search Sherpa Terms and Conditions The Search Sherpa Privacy Policy The Search Sherpa Work With Me page
Inquiry data
The Privacy Policy, updated December 5, 2025, describes inquiry and contact data, service communications and consent-based marketing, no sale, rental or trade of personal information, operational vendors under confidentiality, reasonable security and update or deletion requests. These are stated controls, not an audited practice.
SourceThe Search Sherpa Privacy Policy

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