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SEO, GEO and AEO for Google, AI Search and Real Leads

We help local and service-based businesses improve visibility across Google, maps and AI-powered platforms — so more of the right customers can find, trust and contact you.

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Full-Service Search Optimisation: From SEO Strategy to AI Visibility

At Method Marketing, we help small businesses grow their visibility across the places customers now search — from Google and Google Maps to voice assistants and AI-powered answer engines. Our approach combines traditional SEO, Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO) and Answer Engine Optimisation (AEO) so your website is easier for both people and search systems to understand.
 
We build a practical, long-term strategy around your services, locations, audience, competitors and commercial goals. That means improving your technical foundations, strengthening your content, building authority and tracking the metrics that actually matter: visibility, traffic, enquiries and growth.
 
Whether you are starting from scratch, moving away from an existing SEO provider or ready to scale, we create a strategy that is clear, measurable and built around how your customers search today.

Our Proven SEO Approach

Search Visibility Audit

Before we optimise anything, we run a deep diagnostic across your website, search presence and competitive landscape. We look at how your business appears in Google, local search, voice search and AI-influenced discovery, then identify the highest-impact opportunities first.

We assess:

  • Technical issues affecting speed, crawlability & UX

  • Keyword gaps & search intent opportunities

  • Competitor performance & positioning

  • Mobile, local, and voice search visibility

  • Structured data, FAQs and content clarity for rich results, answer engines and AI search readiness.

You will receive a practical roadmap showing what to fix first, which pages to strengthen, which topics to build and how we will improve your visibility across both traditional and AI-assisted search.

Optimise, Build and Strengthen Authority

SEO is not a set-and-forget tactic. It is a long-term visibility strategy that needs technical improvement, useful content, clear answers and trusted authority signals. Each month, we prioritise the work that will have the greatest impact, rather than simply ticking off a generic checklist.

We:

  • Fix technical issues and optimise the pages most likely to drive enquiries.

  • Create and improve service pages, location pages, blogs, FAQs and resources based on real search intent.

  • Build ethical authority through relevant citations, partner mentions, local listings and quality backlinks.

  • Expand your local SEO and topic clusters

  • Add schema markup, FAQ structure and answer-led formatting to support rich results, voice search and AI understanding.

Our SEO is designed for how people actually search now: short keywords, detailed questions, local searches, mobile searches, voice searches and AI-assisted research.

Track, Report and Re-Optimise

We track what matters and explain it clearly. You will not get a confusing report full of vanity metrics. You will get practical insight into what is improving, what needs attention and what we recommend next.

You’ll receive:

  • Priority keyword, topic and local visibility tracking.

  • Organic traffic, engagement and enquiry trends.

  • Google Business Profile and local search insights.

  • New content, technical, authority and AI-search opportunities based on real data.

Each month, we review performance, refine the strategy and re-optimise your content so your website continues to compete as search behaviour changes.

SEO Pricing Made Simple

We have designed three core search optimisation packages for small and growing businesses. Each package combines the essentials of SEO with modern content, local visibility and AI-search readiness. The right package depends on how competitive your market is, how much content you need and how quickly you want to build authority.

$850

PER MONTH

Essentials

Great for: Local businesses that need stronger Google, local and AI-search foundations.

  • Keyword research + page mapping (up to 20 keywords)
  • On-page optimisation + basic technical fixes
  • Google Analytics + Search Console setup
  • Google Business Profile optimisation for stronger local visibility
  • Ethical citation and authority-building activity
  • Dedicated SEO manager based in Newcastle, NSW
  • Monthly SEO dashboard, visibility report and next-step recommendations

$1,750

PER MONTH

Growth

Great for: Service businesses ready to grow content, authority and visibility across traditional and AI-assisted search.

  • Everything in Essentials, plus:
  • Keyword tracking for up to 35 keywords
  • Competitor SEO audit
  • 1 x blog post, FAQ section or landing page per month, built around search intent and answer-led content
  • Custom content strategy, topic clusters and GEO/AEO opportunities
  • Deeper technical optimisation and structured data recommendations

$3,500

PER MONTH

Market Leader

Great for: Businesses ready to lead their category with stronger content depth, authority and multi-channel search visibility.

  • Everything in Growth, plus:
  • Track up to 50 keywords
  • 4 x blog posts, lead generators or landing pages/month
  • Schema markup recommendations for services, reviews, FAQs and key business information
  • Voice search and natural-language query optimisation
  • Quarterly strategy reviews to refine priorities and identify new growth opportunities
  • Topic cluster planning to build topical authority and AI-search readiness

SEO Insights

Find Out Where Your Customers Are Searching — and What They Need to Know

We will review your website, priority services and current search visibility to uncover the keywords, questions, topics and AI-search opportunities that could drive more traffic, trust and enquiries.

SEO FAQs

SEO is a long-term investment. You may see early improvements within 3–6 months, especially from technical fixes, local optimisation and content improvements. More competitive results usually take 6–12 months because authority, content depth and trust signals build over time.

We recommend a 6-month commitment because meaningful SEO, GEO and AEO work takes time to plan, implement, measure and refine. However, there is no lock-in. You can cancel with at least 30 days’ notice.

The main differences are the depth of strategy, the amount of content, the level of technical optimisation, the breadth of visibility tracking and the authority-building activity included. Essentials covers the foundations, Growth supports more active expansion and Market Leader is designed for businesses that want to build stronger visibility and authority in competitive markets.

Yes. Every package includes a simple monthly report showing visibility, rankings, traffic, local search performance and completed work. We also provide recommendations for what should happen next, so the report is useful rather than just automated.

Yes. Depending on your package, we can write or improve blogs, landing pages, FAQs, service pages and lead-generation content. Our content is written for people first, while also being structured for Google, answer engines and AI-assisted search.

We make your content clearer, more complete and easier for search systems to understand. That includes answering real customer questions directly, improving page structure, building topic clusters, adding schema where appropriate, strengthening trust signals and making sure your content reflects genuine expertise.

No worries. We can run a transition audit, review what has been done, identify risks or gaps and create a smooth handover plan. From there, we prioritise the work that will have the greatest impact rather than simply repeating the same monthly checklist.

Yes, although we do not recommend thinking about SEO only as a fixed keyword list. We track priority keywords, but we also look at topics, services, locations, questions and visibility across search results. If your business expands or you want to target new areas, we can adjust your strategy and tracking accordingly.

Yes. Your website is still the foundation of your digital visibility. AI tools, search engines and customers need clear, trustworthy information about who you are, what you do, where you operate and why you are credible. Strong SEO makes that information easier to find and understand.

Yes. You will have a dedicated SEO manager you can actually talk to, not a ticketing system. They will guide the strategy, explain the priorities and keep you updated each month. Our team is based in Newcastle, NSW.

We use a combination of data, tools and real-world business insight. We look at what your customers search for, how competitive the terms are, what the search results show, which pages need support and which services or locations matter most commercially.

Yes. We go beyond search volume and look closely at intent. That means understanding whether people want to learn, compare, find a local provider or make an enquiry. We also review search results, People Also Ask questions, featured snippets and related topics so your content aligns with what your audience actually needs.

Our SEO packages start from $850/month AUD. The price depends on how many keywords you want to track, how much content you need, and how advanced your strategy is. We’ll help you choose the right fit for your goals and budget.

Yes. Voice search optimisation involves natural-language queries, clear answers, local intent and structured content. We use FAQs, schema recommendations and conversational search insights to help your content perform better for how people speak, not just how they type.

We measure SEO ROI by looking at the commercial indicators that matter most: organic traffic, visibility, keyword and topic growth, local search performance, enquiries and conversions from organic channels. We also review whether your website is becoming more useful, more authoritative and more visible across traditional and AI-assisted search.

Definitely. Existing content is often one of the quickest opportunities. We can improve readability, update outdated information, align the content with search intent, add clearer answers, strengthen internal links and recommend schema where appropriate.

GEO stands for Generative Engine Optimisation. It focuses on making your business, website and content easier for AI-powered search systems to understand, summarise and reference. GEO does not replace SEO; it builds on strong SEO foundations.

AEO stands for Answer Engine Optimisation. It is the process of structuring content so it answers customer questions clearly and directly. This can support featured snippets, voice search, FAQs, AI answers and better user experience.