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95+
Lighthouse Target
Every site we optimize
+340%
Avg Ranking Lift
Organic traffic in 6 months
5-10x
Client ROI
Revenue vs SEO spend
<24hrs
Response Time
Audit results delivered
What a Development-First SEO Agency Actually Does Differently

Your site ships with broken canonicals. Google's crawler hits a redirect chain and stops following links three hops deep. Your competitor ranks first for "physiotherapy Bondi" because their Google Business Profile has 140 verified citations and yours has nine. Most SEO agencies find these issues, write them in a spreadsheet, and email your developer. We are your developer. When we audit your site and discover a JavaScript rendering bug hiding your H1s from Googlebot, we open your codebase and fix it that afternoon. One team handles technical SEO, local citation work, schema markup, and Core Web Vitals optimization. No handoff friction. No monthly PDFs with zero ranking movement. If your phone isn't ringing differently in 90 days, we failed.

What is holding your current website back?

Common gaps we find in nearly every audit.

You're paying for SEO and nothing's moving
Risk: Sound familiar? Here's the thing -- most agencies send you a monthly PDF full of "activities completed" and call it a day. Impressions went up 3%. Great. But your phone isn't ringing any differently. We don't work that way. Every single action we take gets tied to actual ranking changes and revenue impact, tracked through monthly attribution reports that show you what moved, what didn't, and why. No fluff. We've built enough sites -- honestly, well over 50 -- to know that activity without outcome is just expensive busywork. And you deserve better than that.
Here's a problem we hear constantly: your SEO agency found 47 technical issues, handed you a spreadsheet, and then..
Risk: left. Because they can't touch your code. That's genuinely maddening. We're a web development agency that also does SEO -- not the other way around. So when we find a broken canonical tag or a redirect chain that's bleeding PageRank, we fix it ourselves. In your actual codebase. One team, one invoice, no awkward emails between your developer and some agency account manager in another timezone.
Your competitors are showing up first for "[your city] + [your service]" and you're not
Risk: That's high-intent traffic -- people who've already decided they want what you sell and just need to find someone local. So we go after it hard. That means optimizing your Google Business Profile properly, building local citations that actually have consistent NAP data, and creating city-specific content that search engines can't ignore. Not generic. Targeted.

What Your Website Could Look Like

Custom-designed for your industry. No templates. No stock photos.

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What We Build

Purpose-built features for your industry.

Crawl your entire site architecture and surface every indexation blocker

Your pages load under 2.5 seconds and pass all Core Web Vitals thresholds

Optimize Core Web Vitals directly in your Next.js or Astro codebase

Google's crawler indexes your key pages within 48 hours of publishing

Deploy schema markup that communicates entity context to search engines

Your product schema triggers rich results in Sydney local search

Run JavaScript rendering audits to catch content hidden from Googlebot

Your site renders identical content for users and search engine bots

Built on a Modern, Secure Stack

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Working with Sydney clients

Sydney-specific delivery

Sydney market context

Sydney's tech scene clusters around the CBD, Surry Hills, and North Sydney, with a strong mix of fintech startups, e-commerce brands, and professional services firms. Local SEO competition is intense for hospitality and retail in suburbs like Newtown, Bondi, and Parramatta. Australian search behaviour skews heavily Google (95%+ market share), with local pack visibility critical for service businesses. GDPR doesn't apply, but Australian Privacy Principles (APP) affect how you handle customer data and tracking. Most Sydney businesses need SEO that balances national reach with suburb-level local targeting -- ranking for 'accountant Sydney' is different from 'accountant Mosman'.

How we work with Sydney

We work with Sydney clients from our London and LA studios, with AEST-friendly communication windows. Aryan typically handles Australian client calls between 6-9am UK time (4-7pm AEST), which overlaps your business day. We use Slack for async updates, Loom for walkthroughs, and Linear for transparent project tracking. Most kickoffs and reviews happen over Zoom. We've worked with Australian businesses since 2015 and understand local search nuances -- especially how Google treats .com.au domains and suburb-level intent. No Sydney office, but we've shipped 80+ projects for Australian clients remotely.

Recent Sydney project

Harbourside Physio Group

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Multi-location physiotherapy practice with clinics in Neutral Bay, Manly, and Chatswood. Their WordPress site was slow (Lighthouse mobile 38) and they weren't ranking for high-intent suburb searches like 'sports physio Manly' or 'dry needling Neutral Bay'. We rebuilt on Next.js with location-specific landing pages, schema markup for each clinic, and a headless Sanity CMS so their team could update service pages without developer help. Migrated 400+ blog posts, set up proper canonical structure, and integrated their existing Cliniko booking system via API.

Lighthouse mobile score hit 94. Organic traffic from local searches grew 140% over six months. 'Sports physio Manly' moved from page 3 to position 2. The Sanity CMS saved their marketing coordinator roughly 6 hours per week compared to the old WordPress editor. Booking widget load time dropped from 4.2s to 0.8s.

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Budget context for Sydney projects

Sydney SEO projects typically range AUD $8,000–$25,000 for an initial build with technical SEO foundation, content migration, and schema implementation. Ongoing retainers for content production and link building run AUD $2,500–$6,500/month depending on market competitiveness. Sydney's a premium market -- CBD professional services and Bondi hospitality pay top-tier rates because customer LTV justifies it. Smaller suburban businesses (Marrickville cafes, Parramatta tradespeople) usually start with a $10k–$15k site rebuild and $3k/month ongoing. Currency fluctuates, but we invoice in AUD for Australian clients to avoid FX headaches.

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Frequently Asked Questions

No, we don't have a Sydney office -- our studios are in London and Los Angeles. We've worked with Australian clients remotely since 2015, typically scheduling calls in the 4-7pm AEST window when London's online. Most projects run through Slack, Linear, and Loom, with fortnightly Zoom check-ins. We're set up to invoice in AUD and understand local search behaviour, APP compliance, and how Google treats .com.au domains differently from .com.
London is 9-11 hours behind AEST depending on daylight saving. Aryan and the core team handle Sydney client calls between 6-9am UK time, which lands in your late afternoon. We use async tools heavily -- Slack for quick questions, Loom for screen recordings, Linear for task visibility. Most Sydney clients prefer this rhythm: they send requests in the morning, we work UK daytime, and updates are waiting when they check in the next day. Urgent issues get handled in overlap hours or via our LA team if it's truly time-sensitive.
We've shipped 80+ projects for Australian clients since 2015, with about half based in Sydney. Industries include allied health (physio, dental), professional services (accounting, legal), e-commerce (homewares, supplements), and hospitality. We understand Sydney's suburb-level search behaviour -- someone searching 'cafe Newtown' has different intent than 'cafe Sydney CBD'. We're familiar with local platforms like Cliniko, Xero, Australia Post shipping APIs, and how to structure schema for multi-location businesses across Greater Sydney.
Initial build: AUD $8,000–$25,000 depending on site size, content migration volume, and technical complexity. That includes Next.js or Astro build, headless CMS setup, schema markup, Core Web Vitals optimization, and content migration. Ongoing SEO retainers run $2,500–$6,500/month for content production, technical audits, and link building. Sydney's a premium market -- CBD law firms and Eastern Suburbs e-commerce brands pay higher rates because their customer LTV justifies it. Smaller suburban businesses usually start around $10k build + $3k/month ongoing.
Yes. Google has 95%+ market share in Australia, so we focus there. Australian Privacy Principles (APP) affect cookie consent and tracking -- less strict than GDPR but still important. We structure SEO for both national and suburb-level intent, handle .com.au domain migration properly, and understand how local pack rankings work across Greater Sydney. We've integrated Australian platforms like Cliniko, MYOB, Xero, and Australia Post APIs. Currency invoicing in AUD, and we're set up for Australian ABN invoicing if your finance team needs it.
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