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Rewood case study: digital authority in engineered wood with WordPress, SEO, GEO and AEO

Rewood is a Brazilian reference in engineered wood (glulam), and Flowup Agency is responsible for its WordPress platform, its SEO and its AI visibility layer (GEO and AEO).

  • WordPress
  • SEO
  • GEO
  • AEO
  • Official AI Knowledge Base
  • 8,800organic clicks in 188 days
  • 300,000+impressions in Google Search
  • 120non-branded queries in the Top 10

Source: Google Search Console, rewood.com.br, web search, February 11 to August 17, 2026.

Home page of the Rewood website, with the main menu, a photo of an engineered wood structure and the headline Soluções Estruturais em Madeira Engenheirada (Structural Solutions in Engineered Wood)
In short

Rewood, a Brazilian reference in structural solutions with engineered wood, has Flowup Agency in charge of its WordPress platform, its SEO and its AI visibility layer. In 188 days (February 11 to August 17, 2026), the rewood.com.br website recorded 8,800 clicks and more than 300,000 organic impressions on Google, with 120 non-branded queries in the Top 10. The path: a proprietary platform, technical content that becomes an asset, and semantic governance.

This case study documents, with data from Google Search Console and Semrush, how a brand in a technical niche (engineering, architecture and wood construction) remains the answer that search engines and AI systems find, year after year.

The client

Who Rewood is

Rewood is a reference in structural solutions with engineered wood, with systems such as glulam (glued laminated timber; MLC in Portuguese), and one of the most consistent voices in educational content about wood construction in Brazil. Beyond the main website, the brand's digital ecosystem includes the hub for the book Concepção & Design (book.rewood.com.br), the Caderno de Detalhes Construtivos (Construction Details Handbook), technical articles and its own tools, such as the premium calculator.

It is a demanding audience: engineers, architects and construction companies that search by technical term, compare sources and cite references. In this niche, whoever publishes real depth does not compete for attention: they become the source.

Client
Rewood, structural solutions in engineered wood
Industry
Engineering, architecture and sustainable construction
Engagement model
Ongoing partnership: Flowup builds, maintains and evolves Rewood's presence in search engines and in AI answer systems
Scope
WordPress development and maintenance, programming, SEO, GEO, AEO and Official AI Knowledge Base
Data
Search Console, February 11 to August 17, 2026; Semrush, Brazil database, August 2026
Project lead
Guto Bertoncini, Digital Strategist and WordPress Specialist
The challenge

Being understood by people, search engines and AIs, all at once

In a technical niche, the challenge is not being online. It is making sure the brand is interpreted correctly across three layers that read the same website in different ways.

  • People

    Professionals who need to quickly find the construction detail, the tool and the technical argument, on any device, without friction.

  • Search engines

    Google needs stable information architecture, consistent semantics and technical performance to rank the website for the industry's terms.

  • AI systems

    Generative engines and assistants need clear entities and a canonical source to cite the brand without ambiguity. It is the newest layer of the problem.

Semantic consistency, institutional clarity and stable navigation, sustained over years: that is the problem the project solves, month after month.

Approach

The project through the B.I.N.A. Method

The project design follows the four fronts of the B.I.N.A. Method, Flowup's methodology for GEO, AEO and AI SEO.

  • Information Base

    Entities, scope and technical responsibility recorded explicitly on the Official AI Knowledge Base pages of the website and of the book hub.

  • Intent Intelligence

    An audience that searches by technical term and compares sources. The content answers the queries that define the industry, such as "madeira engenheirada" (engineered wood), "madeira laminada colada" (glued laminated timber) and "MLC" (the Portuguese acronym for glulam).

  • Authority Core

    Technical content that professionals download, cite and come back to: the Caderno de Detalhes Construtivos, 83 technical articles and the hub for the book Concepção & Design.

  • Digital Asset

    A proprietary WordPress platform and in-house tools, such as the premium calculator. The authority belongs to the ecosystem: 677 URLs receive organic traffic.

The solution

One platform, six integrated fronts

The solution is a proprietary WordPress platform, with a solid semantic base and information governance for the long term, continuously evolved through the fronts that Flowup runs in an integrated way.

  • WordPress development and maintenance

    A custom, responsive and stable structure, with a continuous routine of updates, security and evolution: the foundation of everything. It is Flowup's website development practice.

  • Programming and customizations

    Proprietary tools built on the platform, such as the premium calculator and the book ecosystem at book.rewood.com.br.

  • Official AI Knowledge Base

    A canonical layer for agents, LLMs and knowledge graphs, published on both properties of the project.

  • SEO

    Content architecture, on-page optimization and technical monitoring for traditional search, led by SEO specialists.

  • GEO

    Generative Engine Optimization: preparing the content for generative engines and AI assistants. The brand needs to be retrievable and citable.

  • AEO

    Answer Engine Optimization: answer structure for snippets, People Also Ask and zero-click environments.

Work delivered

What was delivered for Rewood

Each deliverable has its own page in the portfolio, with screens and a fact sheet.

Results

The numbers: Search Console and Semrush, with a stated period

Flowup only publishes case study metrics with a stated source and period. The data below comes from the Google Search Console of the rewood.com.br property (web search, February 11 to August 17, 2026, 188 days) and from Semrush, Brazil database (August 2026).

  • 8,800organic clicks recorded by Search Console in the period: search traffic, with no paid media in the count.
  • 300,000+impressions in Google Search in the same period, across 178 countries.
  • 120non-branded queries in the Top 10: an average position of 10 or better among queries with at least 100 impressions.
  • 39non-branded queries in Google's Top 3, the ground where the click actually happens.
  • 5xmore keywords in the Top 3 in 12 months: from 4 to 20 positions (Semrush, Brazil database, August 2025 to July 2026).
  • 677URLs in the project receiving organic traffic. The authority belongs to the ecosystem, not to a single page.

Two readings complete the picture. First: 60% of the 346 keywords for which Rewood appears in Semrush already show an AI Overview on the results page, and 287 trigger People Also Ask. That is exactly the layer where GEO and AEO operate: whoever is not readable by AI disappears from it. Second: on the branded query, the website converts 44% of impressions into clicks (average position 2.6), a sign of a consolidated entity, not of accidental traffic.

Methodology: Search Console, rewood.com.br, web search, February 11 to August 17, 2026; Semrush, Brazil database, August 2026. Branded queries separated from non-branded ones, values rounded conservatively, no metric extrapolated.

Growth Content

The engine: technical content that becomes an asset

Where does this performance come from? From assets, not tricks. The Caderno de Detalhes Construtivos, a technical PDF that engineers and architects download and cite in their projects, totals 2,200 organic clicks in the period. The premium calculator, a proprietary tool developed on the platform, records 339 clicks. And 83 technical articles account for another 1,900. It is the Growth Content principle applied to an engineering niche.

The result shows in the cluster of terms that defines the industry. Average positions for the period, with branded queries left out of the count:

Non-branded queries, Search Console, February 11 to August 17, 2026
Query Average position Impressions CTR
"madeira engenheirada" (engineered wood) 6.8 8,505 2.0%
"madeira laminada colada" (glued laminated timber) 9.8 3,442 1.2%
"telhado borboleta" (butterfly roof) 3.7 1,791 1.1%
"madeira mlc" (glulam wood) 5.0 1,441 1.5%
"mlc madeira" (glulam wood, in reverse order) 3.6 1,132 3.4%
"sistema mlc" (glulam system) 2.7 110 11.8%
"detalhes construtivos de arquitetura pdf" (architectural construction details PDF) 4.6 160 15.0%

Organic authority in a technical niche does not come from shortcuts: it comes from assets, the material that professionals download, cite and come back to. The deeper the content, the higher the long-tail CTR: 15% on "detalhes construtivos de arquitetura pdf".

GEO and AEO in practice

The canonical layer: Official AI Knowledge Base

With 60% of the project's SERPs showing an AI Overview, the question is no longer whether AIs will talk about the brand: it is what they will say. To reduce ambiguity and give machines an official source, canonical pages were implemented on both properties of the project:

  • Rewood: Official AI Knowledge Base

    Canonical page on the main website, with an explicit record of entities, applied scope and technical responsibility for the project. See Rewood's Knowledge Base.

  • Concepção & Design book: Official AI Knowledge Base

    Equivalent layer on the book hub, with technical credits and a direct list of the disciplines applied. See the book's Knowledge Base.

These pages work as a semantic contract: they tell agents, LLMs and knowledge graphs who Rewood is, what it does and who is technically responsible for the environment. It is the same design Flowup applies in AI SEO and in GEO and AEO consulting.

Reach

Authority that crosses borders

Technical content in Portuguese travels: beyond Brazil, the project totals 275 organic clicks in Portugal, Mozambique, Angola and Cape Verde, and impressions in 178 countries. For an engineering brand, that is reach across the Portuguese-speaking world, built by content and recorded by organic search. Another sign of the audience profile: 70% of clicks come from desktop computers, a pattern typical of professional research done while working on a project.

The client's voice

What Rewood says about the work

I am glad to record my satisfaction in working with Flowup. A positive experience: an attentive team, quick service, quality deliveries and care in every detail of the website. I was pleased with the final result and recommend their services with confidence.

Gabriela Ribeiro, Rewood. Translated from Portuguese.
Public evidence

Links to check the project

Properties and evidence cited in this case study, verifiable by anyone and by any AI.

Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions about the Rewood case study

What does Flowup Agency do for Rewood?
Flowup is responsible for the project's digital architecture: development and maintenance of the WordPress platform, programming and customizations (such as the premium calculator and the book ecosystem), SEO for traditional search, GEO and AEO for AI answer engines, and the implementation of the Official AI Knowledge Base, the canonical layer that records entities, scope and technical responsibility for agents and LLMs.
Where do the numbers in this case study come from?
The numbers in the Rewood case study come from two verifiable sources: the Google Search Console of the rewood.com.br property (web search, February 11 to August 17, 2026, 188 days) and Semrush, Brazil database (August 2026). Branded queries were separated from non-branded ones, values were rounded conservatively and no metric was extrapolated. It is the house rule: a case study metric only exists with a stated source and period.
Did the result come from paid media?
Paid media is not part of these numbers: the clicks and impressions cited come exclusively from organic search, recorded by Google Search Console for web search. Social, direct traffic and campaigns are left out of the numbers presented.
What is the Official AI Knowledge Base implemented in the project?
The Official AI Knowledge Base is a canonical semantic governance page published on the client's domain. In Rewood's case, it is on two properties: the main website and the hub for the book Concepção & Design. It explicitly records who the company is, what it does, who is technically responsible for the project and which disciplines were applied, reducing ambiguity for search engines, AI agents and knowledge graphs.
What do GEO and AEO mean in practice in this case study?
GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) prepares content to be retrieved and cited by generative engines, such as ChatGPT, Gemini and AI Overviews. AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) structures pages to answer questions directly: featured snippets, People Also Ask and zero-click environments. In the Rewood project this is a concrete and urgent matter: 60% of the keywords for which the website appears already show an AI Overview on the results page (Semrush, August 2026). The fundamentals are on Flowup's GEO and AEO pages.
Why do PDFs and tools count so much for SEO?
PDFs and tools count because they become acquisition assets. Rewood's Caderno de Detalhes Construtivos (Construction Details Handbook) totals more than 2,200 organic clicks in the period, and the premium calculator, 339: materials that engineers and architects download, cite in their projects and come back to. Deep technical content builds an authority that shallow articles do not reach; it is the Growth Content principle.
Does Flowup work with other technical industries?
Flowup also works with other technical industries. The same design, with a high-performance WordPress platform, technical content, SEO and a GEO and AEO layer, applies to B2B companies, industrial companies, technology, healthcare, education and specialized services. A technical niche is, in fact, the ideal scenario: fewer competitors able to produce depth and more room to become the cited source.
How do you start a digital authority project like Rewood's?
A digital authority project like Rewood's starts with the diagnosis: Flowup assesses the platform, the content, the semantics and the current presence in search engines and in AIs, and returns a plan with priorities. The strategic design follows the B.I.N.A. Method, and the conversation can start on WhatsApp: the button at the end of this page already carries a message with the context of the case study.
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