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STM Canna

National top-three visibility in the industrial machine searches where procurement happens.

CANNABIS EQUIPMENTMULTI-YEAR ENGAGEMENT
LIVE VERIFICATION · AUGUST 11, 2026

674

SEARCHES THEY RANK FOR

~752

VISITS PER MONTH

VISITS A MONTH AT PEAK
722 → 2,285
TRAFFIC LIFT
~3.2×
SEARCHES IN THE TOP THREE
20 → 31
SEARCHES ON PAGE ONE
102
VISITS A MONTH FROM GOOGLE722 → 2,285
Organic sessions over the period.
PeriodOrganic sessions
Dec 22722
Jan 23864
Feb 23879
Mar 23892
Apr 231,023
May 231,521
Jun 23914
Jul 23722
Aug 23945
Sep 23563
Oct 23539
Nov 23555
Dec 23539
Jan 24606
Feb 24582
Mar 24733
Apr 24631
May 24619
Jun 24487
Jul 24545
Aug 241,176
Sep 24820
Oct 242,087
Peak2,285

Every point is a real monthly reading from SEMrush — dips included.

Cannabis equipment SEO usually chases consumer-curiosity volume — “how to roll a joint,” “best weed strain,” “pre roll vs joint.” STM Canna sells commercial pre-roll machines to facility operators with capital budgets, not curious smokers. The category that mattered wasn't the one with the most traffic. It was the one where the buyer already knew what they were looking for.

The strategy was built around that distinction. Commercial and industrial searches — the kind a production manager runs when they've been told to evaluate machines this quarter — became the target. Consumer curiosity traffic was left alone on purpose. Depth of content, the RocketBox product names written consistently everywhere they appear, and a carefully kept mix of educational and sales pages supported the climb.

From 929 searches it ranked for and roughly 722 visits a month, the site reached 1,103 searches and 2,285 visits at its peak — about 3.2× the traffic. One page did an outsized share of that: the “How Much Should a Pre-Roll Cost?” guide ranks for 101 searches on its own and, at peak, brought in more than half of everything arriving from Google. That's what a single well-aimed page can be worth when it answers the question buyers are actually asking.

In commercial cannabis procurement, nobody scrolls past the first three results for a machine that costs as much as a car. STM Canna is the #2 organic result in the country for “industrial joint rolling machine” and #3 for “commercial joint rolling machine,” against every competitor selling into the same buyers. Across the category it holds thirty-one searches in the top three and a hundred and two on the first page — a footprint most equipment makers never build.

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And if you're wondering what working together looks like: it's month to month, with no contract. You can leave whenever the work stops earning its keep, and the site and accounts stay yours. Call or text (509) 309-0900 if you'd rather just ask a question than fill anything out.

FROM: K. AUGUST · PRINCIPAL, AUGUST SEO

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Kevin

K. AUGUST · SEO SPECIALIST · SPOKANE VALLEY, WA

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