Our Story
Eighteen years in. We know what works.
Our journey started in 2007, long before local SEO was mainstream. We built one of the first performance-driven SEO agencies, then launched Foottraffik, the first cannabis-focused SEO company, scaling it across dozens of markets before exiting in 2021.
One thing became clear through all of it: businesses in regulated industries needed a system built specifically for them. One that understood compliance restrictions, platform suppression, and how to drive revenue anyway.
Nearfront was built to solve that problem. We operate out of downtown San Diego and serve clients across the US, UK, Canada, and Australia, all with the same outcome-first methodology we've refined over nearly two decades.
Timeline
07
2007
Performance SEO agency founded
One of the first agencies built around measurable outcomes rather than rankings and traffic vanity metrics.
17
2017
Foottraffik launched
The first cannabis-focused SEO company. Scaled across dispensary markets nationwide before the vertical went mainstream.
21
2021
Foottraffik exit
Successful exit after proving the regulated-industry SEO model at scale across dozens of markets.
23
2023
Nearfront founded
A new methodology, outcome-based local SEO tracking every tactic back to revenue, calls, pre-orders, and direction requests.
26
2026
200+ locations, 38+ brands
Serving cannabis, peptides, THC-A, hemp, mushrooms, ketamine clinics, crypto, and tobacco across four countries.
