SEO agency Melbourne

Rank higher, win more customers, and the AI answers too.

SEO Soar is the specialist SEO agency Melbourne businesses come to for real growth in organic traffic, leads and revenue. Reported in plain English every month, with no lock-in contract. You work directly with Andy, not an account manager.

No lock-in contracts Reported every month Work directly with Andy Melbourne-based, Australia-wide
The SEO Soar guarantee

No lock-in contracts. Just results worth staying for.

Most agencies lock you into 6 or 12 months and coast once the ink is dry. We do the opposite. Real work ships every month and you get a clear, plain-English report on exactly what moved, so you stay because your rankings and revenue are climbing, not because a contract says you have to.

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How your customers search

We win the whole buyer's journey

The same person searches differently as they move from first question to ready-to-buy. We map your keywords to every stage. Here is how it looks for a mortgage broker.

Stage 1 · top of funnel

Awareness

Just realised they might need a mortgage. Learning, not ready to buy.

InformationalLong-tail
"how much deposit do I need to buy a house?"
Stage 2 · middle

Consideration

Weighing up brokers, banks and loan options before choosing.

CommercialNavigational
"best mortgage broker in Melbourne"
Stage 3 · bottom of funnel

Decision

Ready to pick up the phone and book a broker now.

TransactionalShort-tail
"mortgage broker near me"

Miss a stage and a competitor wins that customer. We target informational, commercial and transactional keywords together, so you show up whether they are still learning or ready to buy.

Proof, not promises

Real results from real campaigns.

Client names kept private. The numbers are exactly as reported.

Fashion & Apparel · AU e-commerce
+$2.01M
extra organic revenue, year on year
Organic sales +120%Non-branded traffic +177%Page-1 KWs +55%
Over $2 million in additional revenue from organic search in twelve months.
Bulk Household & Catering · AU
$425,786
organic revenue
92,600 organic users5.0M impressionsDR 13 → 22
Hundreds of #1 rankings on high-volume head terms in their category.
Lighting & Home · AU e-commerce
3.2×
organic traffic in 6 months
Page-1 KWs 40 → 3781,148 → 3,723 visits/mo
From 40 to 378 page-one keywords in six months.
+250%leads in 2 months
HR software / B2B
#1 in AUfor core category terms
Children's toys e-commerce
#63 → #6rankings in under a month
outranked far bigger competitors
+80%organic traffic in 5 months
Hair & Beauty, Melbourne
See all results → Read the case studies →
The frontier · AI search

Be the answer AI gives, not just a blue link.

Your buyers now ask ChatGPT, Gemini and Google's AI Overviews. If you're not cited there, you're invisible to them. We track your AI visibility and engineer your site to be the source they quote.

ChatGPT Google AI Overviews Gemini Perplexity Claude Copilot
AI answer · example
"Who are the best mortgage brokers in Melbourne?"

Source: the cited business
AI share of voice · illustrative
0%
An example of the visibility we build, not live data
Your brand
62%
Competitor A
48%
Competitor B
31%

An illustrative example. Our free AI-visibility checker (Gemini and Google-Search grounded) shows your real position across the AI engines. Run yours free →

Why SEO Soar

You get a senior specialist. Not a junior and a monthly invoice.

Andy has worked at award-winning agencies and ran one of Australia's largest SEO departments. With SEO Soar, that experience works on your account directly.

 

 
Who does your work
Contract
Reporting
SEO + AI / GEO
Web + design under one roof
Core Web Vitals included

SEO Soar

Specialist, direct
Andy, directly
No lock-in
Plain-English, monthly
Both, tracked
Yes
Yes

Typical agency

Generalist
Account mgr + juniors
6 to 12 month lock-in
Dashboard you can't read
SEO only (if that)
Outsourced
Often skipped
Andy Merritt, founder of SEO Soar, at work
Meet your specialist

You work with me. Not an account manager.

I'm Andy Merritt. I've worked at award-winning agencies and run one of Australia's largest SEO departments, and I work on your campaign directly. No juniors learning on your account, no runaround, no lock-in. Just senior SEO and reporting you can actually read.

Worked at award-winning agencies Ran one of Australia's largest SEO departments Melbourne-based
Andy Merritt
Andy MerrittFounder, SEO Soar
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What happens next

Your first 90 days, mapped out.

No black box. Here's exactly what we do, and when, so you can see momentum building from week one.

01
MONTH 1 · FOUNDATIONS

Audit & quick wins

  • Full technical + content audit
  • Fix what's holding rankings back
  • Keyword + competitor map
  • Your plan, shared before we build
02
MONTH 2 · MOMENTUM

Content & authority

  • Money pages optimised
  • Content programme live
  • Link building + guest posts begin
  • AI / GEO visibility tracked
03
MONTH 3 · GROWTH

Results & reporting

  • Rankings & traffic climbing
  • Plain-English monthly report
  • Double down on what's working
  • No lock-in, you stay by choice
Free · live · 30 seconds

Check your SEO & AI visibility

Enter your site. We run a real speed/SEO check and an AI-visibility test, then show you where you stand.

Real backend: PageSpeed/CWV + Gemini-grounded AI-visibility, both live-tested
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SEO health
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Largest Contentful Paint
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AI visibility
Want the full report + fix list?
We'll email the complete audit.

Prefer the full tool? Open the free SEO & AI visibility checker →

Questions

The things people ask first.

Do you lock me into a contract? +

No. We work month to month with no lock-in. You stay because your rankings and revenue are growing, not because a contract traps you.

What does SEO cost? +

Every business is different, so we price to your goals, your market and how competitive your keywords are. Start with a free audit and we'll come back with a clear, no-obligation quote.

How long until I see results? +

You'll usually see early movement within the first few weeks and meaningful gains around the three to six month mark. Either way, you get a plain-English report every month so progress is always visible.

Who actually does the work? +

You work directly with Andy, a senior specialist who has run one of Australia's largest SEO departments. No juniors learning on your account, no account-manager middleman.

Do you optimise for AI search and ChatGPT? +

Yes. We track your visibility across AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity, and engineer your site to be the source they cite. Most agencies aren't even measuring this yet.

Do I need a new website to work with you? +

Usually not. We work with your current site and only suggest a rebuild if it's genuinely holding you back, in which case we can design a fast, SEO-built one for you.

Ready when you are

Ready to climb the ranks?

Get a free, no-obligation SEO audit and we'll show you exactly where the opportunities are.

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Andy Merritt · andy@seosoar.com · 0401 201 096