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SEO agency in Reading that grows enquiries, not just rankings.

Your customers in Reading and across Berkshire are searching for what you do every day. We make sure they find you — on Google, in the map pack, and in AI answers — then turn that traffic into real enquiries you can measure.

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SEO Agency in Reading — Get Found & Get Enquiries

A Reading-based SEO agency helping local businesses rank on Google and show up in AI search. Clear reporting on the leads that matter.

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SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMISATION

What an SEO agency in Reading should actually do for you

no jargon, no vanity metrics — just enquiries

Search Engine Optimisation is the work of making your website easy for both Google and your customers to understand — so that when someone in Reading searches for the service you provide, your business is the one they find, trust, and contact.

Most businesses don’t have a traffic problem. They have a visibility and relevance problem. The right people are searching, but a competitor with a clearer, better-optimised website is catching them first. Good SEO closes that gap: it puts you in front of buyers at the exact moment they’re looking, and gives them a reason to choose you over everyone else on the page.

We focus on the search terms that bring genuine commercial intent — phrases like “SEO agency in Reading”, “web designer Berkshire” or whatever your customers actually type. Then we make sure that when AI assistants like ChatGPT and Perplexity get asked for a recommendation, your name is on the list.

93%

of online experiences begin with a search engine

68%

of all clicks go to the top three organic results

46%

of Google searches are looking for something local

8.5bn

searches happen on Google every single day

WHAT’S INCLUDED

A complete, no-gaps approach to getting you found

SEO isn’t one job — it’s six working together. Skip one and the others underperform. Here’s the full picture of what we do, every month.

Technical SEO audit

We find and fix what’s holding you back — site speed, crawl errors, broken links, mobile issues and indexing problems Google quietly penalises.

Keyword research & strategy

We map the exact phrases your Reading customers search — by intent, volume and difficulty — and build a plan to win the ones that convert.

On-page optimisation

Titles, headings, meta, internal links and copy rewritten so each page clearly tells Google what it’s for — and gives buyers a reason to enquire.

Authority & backlinks

We earn quality links and citations from relevant, trusted sources — the signal Google uses to decide who deserves to outrank whom.

Content that ranks

Helpful, genuinely useful pages and articles that answer the questions your buyers ask — the kind Google and AI assistants love to surface.

Reporting on leads

Every month, a plain-English report on rankings, traffic and — the only number that matters — how many enquiries you actually received.

LOCAL SEO IN READING & BERKSHIRE

When someone nearby is ready to buy, you want to be the obvious choice.

Nearly half of all Google searches have local intent. For a business serving Reading, Wokingham, Bracknell or anywhere across Berkshire, ranking in the local map pack and “near me” results is often where the best, most ready-to-buy enquiries come from.

Google Business Profile

We optimise and actively manage your profile — categories, services, posts, photos and reviews — so you show up in the map pack with the detail that wins the click.

Local landing pages

Dedicated, genuinely useful pages for the areas you serve — so a search for your service in Reading, Caversham or Earley finds a page built for exactly that.

Citations & reviews

Consistent listings across the directories Google trusts, plus a simple system for earning the steady stream of reviews that builds local rankings and trust.

PRICING

Simple monthly plans. No lock-in. No surprises.

Every plan is a rolling monthly agreement — stay because it’s working, not because you’re tied in. Prices exclude VAT.

Foothold

For local businesses getting properly found for the first time.

£600/ month

+ VAT · rolling monthly

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✓Full technical SEO audit & fixes

✓Up to 10 target keywords

✓Google Business Profile setup & optimisation

✓On-page optimisation, 3 pages / month

✓Monthly rankings & traffic report

Good rankings aren’t luck.
They’re a system.

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Audit

We pull apart your site and your competitors’ to see exactly why they’re outranking you.

Technical health, keyword gaps, content and backlink comparison — turned into a clear, prioritised plan.

Fix & optimise

We clear the technical blockers and rework your key pages so Google and buyers both understand them.

Speed, structure, on-page copy and your Google Business Profile — the foundations that make everything else work.

Build authority

Content and links that earn the trust signals you need to climb past stubborn competitors.

Useful articles, local citations and quality backlinks — plus the structure AI assistants need to recommend you.

Measure & grow

We report on the leads, double down on what’s working, and keep compounding it month after month.

A plain-English monthly report focused on enquiries — not vanity metrics — and a clear plan for next month.

FREQUENTLY ASKED

SEO questions, answered plainly

How long does SEO take to work?+

SEO is a compounding investment, not a switch. You’ll usually see early movement — technical fixes, local visibility, quick-win keywords — within the first 4–8 weeks. Meaningful, durable gains in competitive terms typically build over 3–6 months and keep strengthening from there. We’re upfront about this at the start so the timeline never feels like a surprise.

Do I have to sign a long contract?+

No. Every plan is a rolling monthly agreement. We’d rather earn your business each month by delivering results than lock you into a 12-month tie-in. If it’s not working, you’re free to leave — though most clients stay because the enquiries keep coming.

Can you guarantee a number-one ranking?+

Anyone who guarantees a specific position is either misleading you or about to use tactics that’ll get you penalised. Nobody controls Google’s algorithm. What we can promise is a proven, white-hat methodology, complete transparency, and a relentless focus on the thing that actually pays your bills — enquiries, not rankings for their own sake.

What makes a local SEO agency in Reading worth it?+

Being local means we understand the Reading and Berkshire market, the competitors you’re up against, and the search behaviour of customers nearby. But more than location, what matters is that you get a small, accountable team who treats your growth like their own — not an account lost in the queue of a faceless national agency.

Do you do SEO for AI search like ChatGPT?+

Yes — it’s increasingly central to what we do. More buyers now ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google’s AI overviews for a recommendation before they ever click a traditional result. We structure your content, entity data and authority signals so that when AI assistants answer those questions, your business is on the shortlist. It’s included from our Market Leader plan.

Let’s get your business found in Reading.

Book a free, no-pressure SEO review. We’ll show you where you’re losing visibility — and exactly how we’d fix it.

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