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Solutions — Online Marketing

Get found where your
customers are actually looking.

Search has splintered. Your customers find businesses through Google Search, Google Maps, AI assistants like ChatGPT and Perplexity, and increasingly through AI-generated answers that don't show a single link. We cover every channel — with Ahrefs driving the SEO intelligence and AI running through everything we do.

Hyper-local — Google Maps & Business Profile 01
Traditional SEO — Google & Bing 02
Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO) 03 — Emerging
Measurement — Search Console & Analytics 04
SEO intelligence platform Ahrefs
AI across everything ✦ Built in
Tools we use Ahrefs Google Business Profile

01
Hyper-Local Marketing

Google Business Profile & Google Maps.

For most local businesses, Google Business Profile is the single most valuable piece of online real estate they have — and most businesses have barely touched it. When someone searches for what you do near them, a well-optimised GBP profile puts you at the top of Maps, drives calls directly, and builds trust before anyone visits your website.

  • Profile setup, verification, and category optimisation
  • AI-generated posts, offers, and updates published consistently
  • Photo and video strategy to lift profile engagement
  • Review management — responding promptly, building volume over time
  • Q&A and attribute optimisation for local search terms
  • Google Maps ranking tracking across your target suburbs
  • Monthly reporting — calls, directions, profile views, and clicks
✦ AI Advantage

AI writes your weekly GBP posts, responds to reviews in your voice, drafts Q&A answers, and monitors competitor profile changes — keeping your profile active without it becoming a weekly task.

Platform Google Business Profile
G Bayside Plumbing Co. Plumber · Melbourne, VIC ★★★★★ 4.9 (84) RESULTS NEAR YOU 1 Bayside Plumbing ★★★★★ 4.9 Open · Closes 6pm 2 Metro Plumbers ★★★★ 4.3 Closes 5pm 3 City Plumbing Co. ★★★★ 4.1 Open now
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Bayside Plumbing Co.
Plumber · Melbourne, VIC
★★★★★ 4.9 · 84 reviews
📞 Call
🗺 Directions
🌐 Website
📍 Open · Closes 6pm · 0.8 km away ✦ AI managed
02
Traditional SEO — Google & Bing

Data-led SEO powered by Ahrefs.

Ranking in Google and Bing takes consistent, fundamentals-first work — and the right intelligence to know where to focus. We use Ahrefs, one of the world's leading SEO platforms, to analyse your site, research the right keywords, audit your technical health, and track competitor gaps. Then AI helps us act on that data faster than any manual process could.

  • Keyword research — buyer intent focus, not just search volume
  • Competitor gap analysis using Ahrefs Site Explorer
  • Technical SEO audit — 170+ issue checks via Ahrefs Site Audit
  • Backlink profile analysis and link building opportunities
  • On-page optimisation — structure, headings, schema, metadata
  • AI-assisted content creation targeting priority keywords
  • Rank tracking across Google AU and Bing, reported monthly
Powered by Ahrefs
✦ AI Advantage

Ahrefs surfaces the data. AI acts on it — drafting optimised content, generating metadata across every page, identifying content gaps, and producing monthly ranking summaries without manual report building.

Ahrefs — Keyword Rankings · Google AU
[Service] Melbourne Pos. 2 ↑ 6
[Service] near me Pos. 4 ↑ 3
Best [service] [suburb] Pos. 7
[Service] [suburb] Pos. 12 ↑ 5
Domain Rating
44
Organic traffic (30d)
2,140
Technical issues found 3 minor
✦ AI generates content briefs from Ahrefs keyword data
03
Generative Engine Optimisation

Get cited by AI — not just ranked by Google.

Search is changing fast. When someone asks ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google's AI Overviews, or Microsoft Copilot a question in your category, they get a direct answer — not a list of links. The businesses cited in those answers are winning customers without a single click. That's GEO, and it's still early.

  • Content structured for AI citation — direct answers, clear authority signals
  • FAQ and schema markup optimised for AI parsing
  • Brand entity building across Wikipedia, Wikidata, and authoritative sources
  • Citation monitoring across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews
  • Ahrefs Brand Radar — tracking how often your brand appears across AI platforms
  • Content refresh strategy aligned with AI training and index cycles
  • Monthly GEO visibility report with competitor benchmarking
✦ Why now

AI-referred web sessions grew over 500% year-on-year in 2025. GEO is still early — the businesses that move now secure citation share while competition is low. SEO alone won't be enough as AI-generated answers increasingly replace traditional search results.

Traditional SEO
GEO
TargetGoogle / Bing results
✓ Primary
Supporting
TargetAI-generated answers
Indirect
✓ Primary
SignalKeywords & backlinks
✓ Essential
✓ Foundation
SignalStructured answers & entity authority
Helpful
✓ Critical
Competition level (2026)
High
Still low
Replaces SEO?
No — additive
GEO builds on solid SEO — we run both together.
Ahrefs Brand Radar — AI citation tracking
ChatGPT mentions 14 this month
Perplexity citations 8 this month
Google AI Overview appearances 31 this month
Trend vs last month ↑ 28%
04 Measurement & Reporting

Google Search Console & Analytics 4.

Every channel we manage is tracked, reported on, and improved over time. Google Search Console tells you how Google sees your site. Google Analytics 4 tells you what visitors do when they get there. Together they give you the full picture — and we translate both into plain-language monthly reporting so you always know what's working.

  • Google Search Console setup, verification, and sitemap submission
  • Query, impression, and click-through reporting — keyword by keyword
  • Indexing and technical issue monitoring — flagged and acted on
  • GA4 configuration with goals, conversions, and event tracking
  • Traffic source analysis — organic, direct, referral, and AI-referred sessions
  • Core Web Vitals monitoring — page speed and user experience scoring
  • Monthly plain-language report — no dashboards, no logins required
✦ AI Advantage

Rather than sending you raw data, AI synthesises both Search Console and GA4 into a single monthly summary — what improved, what dropped, what to focus on next. Insight without the spreadsheet.

Google Search Console — Performance
Total clicks (28 days)
3,240
Total impressions
41,800
Average CTR 7.8%
Average position ↑ 4.2
Top queries
[service] melbournePos. 2
[service] near mePos. 4
best [service] [suburb]Pos. 7
Google Analytics 4 — Traffic Overview
Organic search
62%
Direct
18%
AI-referred sessions
↑ New
Contact form conversions ↑ 28%
Avg. session duration 2m 14s
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