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SEO Agency Melbourne Ready to soar
the ranks on

Organic traffic, leads and revenue for Melbourne businesses.
Plain-English reporting, no lock-in, and you work directly
with a Senior SEO Specialist.

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No lock-in contracts Reported every month Work directly with a Senior SEO Specialist Melbourne-based, Australia-wide

Clients we work with

Miniblox Joondalup Heating & Cooling Provista Plumbing Star Glass CAI Appliance Services Living Health Group
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.

Anonymised results, labelled by industry. 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 →
Recent client results

Numbers from this year's client reports.

Taken from the same GA4, Search Console and Semrush data our clients see each month. Described by industry and city, because we only name clients with their permission.

2.4×

Google organic visits in five months for a Perth appliance repair business

GA4, organic search, Apr to Sep 2026
2.4×

Google organic visits in five months for an Australian online toy store

GA4, organic search, Apr to Sep 2026
#50 → #13

for "ducted aircon installation" for a Perth heating and cooling business

Rank check, Sep 2026
49 → 62

keywords on page one of Google for a Perth plumbing and gas business

Semrush, Aug to Oct 2026
What clients say on Google

In their own words.

SEO Soar has been a game changer for our small business!

Andy has helped us to rank right up the top of Google for a number of search terms, helped to more than double our organic Google sales, and is really great to work with. I can't recommend SEO Soar highly enough!

Guy CGoogle review

The results are starting to translate into genuine business activity. Our Google keyword rankings have grown from around 600 keywords in June to over 1,100 in August, our organic “Call Now” clicks nearly doubled from July to August, and we’re now ranking #2 for “Microwave Repair Perth”. […]

What I particularly appreciate is that we’re being given clear reporting and actual numbers so we can see what the work is achieving rather than just being told that SEO is improving.

Christopher InskipGoogle review
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
SEO SoarTypical agency
Who does your work
Andy, directly
Account mgr + juniors
Contract
No lock-in
6 to 12 month lock-in
Reporting
Plain-English, monthly
Dashboard you can't read
SEO + AI / GEO
Both, tracked
SEO only (if that)
Web + design under one roof
Yes
Outsourced
Core Web Vitals included
Yes
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 check

Check your SEO & AI readiness

Enter your site. We load your page live, run 15 on-page and AI-readiness checks, and test your mobile speed with Google PageSpeed.

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On-page SEO
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Mobile speed (testing, up to a minute)
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AI readiness checks passed
    Want the full report and fix list?
    Including whether ChatGPT, Gemini and Google's AI Overviews cite you, checked by a person.

    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

    Competitors showing up first on Google, Maps or in AI answers?

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

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