Search marketing service
SEO measured against enquiries, not impressions.
Ranking in the places you actually sell, for the work you actually want. Technical SEO, local search and content, reported against enquiries so you can tell whether it is working.
Trusted by Australian businesses and industry bodies
From people who’ve already paid us
What our clients say about working with us
Six years, 300-odd websites, and a habit of telling clients when they don’t need the thing they came in asking for.
Loved by businesses in 5+ countries
“Sarthak was amazing. He is certainly experienced and knows his stuff. He also considered my budget and stage of business and was honest about my options. You won't regret going with Sarthak. I couldn't be happier.”
“Really great experience working with Sarthak and his team. Work was delivered on time and to budget, despite numerous design requests and changes from our side. Sarthak went above and beyond to be available across multiple timezones to accommodate our team's locations and make sure we kept the project moving.”
“I hired this freelancer to conduct a full SEO audit and optimization of my website, and I am very satisfied with the results. The audit was detailed, clearly explained, and included specific recommendations covering technical aspects, content improvements, and site structure.”
Every review is public on our Freelancer profile.
What the retainer covers
Four parts of the SEO service
Technical SEO
Crawlability, indexation, structured data and Core Web Vitals. We fix what stops Google reading the site before anyone writes a word for it, because a page that cannot be crawled will not rank however good the writing is.
Local search
Ranking in the towns you service, not just the suburb your office is registered in. A page per location written about that place, plus the Google Business Profile, citation and review work that decides who appears in the map pack.
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Content writing
Pages that answer one question properly, with the answer in the first sentence and the detail under it. That is what Google ranks and what AI search quotes, and it is also what a buyer reads before they pick up the phone.
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Enquiry reporting
Calls and form fills, not impressions. A Looker Studio dashboard you can open any day of the month, a short written note on what moved and why, and a call if you would rather talk it through than read it.
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Pricing for seo and local search
Retainer pricing, published
Local
From A$1,200/mo
Inc GST
One location, one service area. Suited to a business that wants to own its own town before it takes on anything wider.
- Technical audit and fixes
- One location page
- Google Business Profile management
- Review generation prompts
- Monthly reporting on enquiries
- Quarterly strategy call
Growth
From A$2,000/mo
Inc GST
Several locations or service lines, where the work is to build out coverage rather than defend one page.
Everything in Local and
- Up to five location or service pages
- Two content pieces a month
- Internal linking programme
- Structured data for services and FAQs
- Competitor tracking
- Monthly call
Scale
From A$3,500/mo
Inc GST
For businesses where search is the main channel and the site is large enough to need continuous technical attention.
Everything in Growth and
- Unlimited location and service pages
- Four content pieces a month
- Digital PR and link acquisition
- Conversion rate testing
- Log file and crawl monitoring
- Fortnightly call
Prices are in Australian dollars and include GST. Month to month, with no lock-in period and no exit fee. New pages built outside the plan, paid directory listings and ad spend are quoted separately.
Top-rated for three good reasons
Businesses looking for seo and local search in Australia choose us for reasons we can put a number against.
300+ websites, six years
Enough builds behind us to know what breaks, and enough of them still running to know what lasts. Trade, industrial, ecommerce and B2B.
One team, three disciplines
Design, development and search marketing under one roof. Most businesses this size pay three suppliers who have never spoken to each other, and nobody owns the result.
Published pricing, no lock-in
The price list is on the site before you call, builds are fixed price, and the monthly plans are month to month. You own the domain, hosting and code throughout.
Local SEO
Winning a town is easier than winning a country
National terms are held by agencies with ten-year-old domains and budgets to match. Regional terms are usually held by a local competitor with a slow site and one thin page about the whole state. That is a fight worth picking, and it is where the enquiries are anyway, because the buyer wants someone who can be on site by Thursday.
- Location pages written about the actual place, never a template with the town name swapped in
- Named local precincts, industries and landmarks
- Review generation, because the map pack weights it heavily
- Realistic timelines: six to twelve months for a competitive regional term
AI search
Getting quoted, not just ranked
A growing share of research now ends in an AI summary rather than a click. Being the source that gets quoted is a different job from ranking first, and it rewards the same things a good page always rewarded: a plain answer near the top, a specific claim, and markup that says what the page is. We write for both at once because it is the same page.
- Question-shaped headings with the answer in the first sentence
- Clean static HTML with nothing hidden behind JavaScript
- FAQ, service and organisation structured data
- Content specific enough to be worth citing
Offices & locations
Web design for Melbourne South-East, Newcastle, Geelong and Western Sydney
Search marketing service
Frequently asked questions
How much does SEO cost per month in Australia?
Most Australian agencies charge A$1,000 to A$5,000 a month. We start at A$1,200 for one location and publish all three plans in full. Below about A$800 a month you are usually buying a report generated by software, with nobody doing the work the report asks for.
How long before SEO works?
Six to twelve months for a competitive regional term, and often three to six for a suburb term where nobody has bothered to build a proper page. Technical fixes can move things inside a month. Anyone promising faster than that on a hard term is either guessing or lying.
Do you guarantee rankings?
No, and be careful of anyone who does. Nobody controls the results page. We report on enquiries and rankings every month, and if it is not working after six months we will tell you that rather than quietly renew you.
Do I have to move off WordPress?
No. We build on WordPress, Shopify, WooCommerce or Next.js depending on what the site needs to do. If your current site works and only needs one part fixed, we will say so.
Are we locked into a contract?
No. Builds are fixed price, and the monthly plans are month to month. You own the domain, hosting and code in your own accounts throughout.
Response time
One business day
What happens next
- 01Tell us what you need using the form.
- 02Book a 30-minute call straight after.
- 03We send back a scope and a fixed price.
Six years and 300-odd websites. We do the design, the build and the search marketing, so one team is accountable for whether the site actually brings you work.
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