6 Best SEO Agencies in Australia (2026)
We reviewed SEO agencies in Australia and ranked them on search engine optimisation, published review scores and evidence of real client work. Melbourne and Sydney dominate, with strong independents in Perth and on the Queensland coast. Every agency below shows this service on its own site.
Reviewed by Davis Paipa, Founder, Shoptank. Agency data verified 2026-09-17.
| # | Agency | Best for | Location | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | StudioHawk | Specialist SEO at enterprise scale | Melbourne, Australia | Not published |
| 2 | Prosperity Media | SEO and digital PR authority | Sydney, Australia | Not published |
| 3 | Online Marketing Gurus | AI search plus paid media | Sydney, Australia | Not published |
| 4 | Optimising | Long established values-led SEO | Melbourne, Australia | Not published |
| 5 | Ignite Search | Perth based generative search work | Perth, Australia | Not published |
| 6 | Digital Nomads HQ | AI citations backed by research | Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia | Not published |
StudioHawk
StudioHawk is a specialist agency founded by Harry Sanders in 2015 that works only on search engine optimisation and AI search, with Australian offices in Melbourne and Sydney. Its site states a team of more than 120 SEO specialists and lists dedicated pages for AI SEO, ChatGPT optimisation and Gemini SEO alongside technical, ecommerce, enterprise and local SEO.
Its AI SEO service page defines generative engine optimisation and sets out prompt and intent research, entity and topic clusters, schema work and AI visibility tracking, so generative search is a named service rather than an add-on. The about page states it is a four-time regional search award winner for best large SEO agency.
You want an SEO-only specialist with deep AI search coverage and do not need paid media in the same contract.
- Founded in 2015 and states a team of more than 120 SEO specialists
- Publishes separate AI SEO, ChatGPT optimisation and Gemini SEO service pages
- Australian offices in both Melbourne and Sydney
- SEO and AI search only, so paid media, web build and conversion work need another supplier
- No pricing or minimum retainer is published on the site
Prosperity Media
Prosperity Media is a search agency founded by James Norquay in 2012, based in Surry Hills in Sydney with a second office in Melbourne and a stated team of 31. It concentrates on SEO, digital PR and link building, and runs the Sydney SEO Conference.
It publishes a generative engine optimisation service page covering brand and strategy audits, technical GEO and retrieval optimisation, authority acceleration through digital PR, and LLM visibility and sentiment reporting. Its about page states regional agency of the year recognition for 2025.
Your AI visibility gap is really an authority gap that digital PR and citations need to close.
- Founded in 2012 with a stated team of 31 across Sydney and Melbourne
- GEO offering includes LLM visibility and sentiment reporting, not only content changes
- Hosts an industry conference and publishes its own growth studies
- Organic search and PR only, with no paid media or web development listed
- No pricing is published, and the GEO page says results typically appear within three to six months
Online Marketing Gurus
Online Marketing Gurus is a performance marketing agency started in Sydney in 2012 by Andrew Raso, with a Melbourne office opened in 2015 and further offices in Dallas, Dubai and Singapore. Its site states more than 200 specialists and covers SEO, generative engine optimisation, paid search, paid social, programmatic and web design.
It runs a standalone generative engine optimisation page covering AI SEO audits, technical optimisation for AI crawlers, entity and schema implementation and AI search tracking through its own reporting dashboard. Its about page states it was named top SEO agency at a 2025 global awards programme and is a Google Premier Partner.
You want AI search visibility handled inside the same retainer as paid search and paid social.
- Founded in 2012 and states more than 200 specialists across six offices
- Reporting runs on its own platform, including AI search performance
- One of the few Australian agencies covering both GEO and paid channels in house
- Large agency with a stated 1,000 or more clients, so confirm team seniority on your account
- No pricing is published, and the GEO offer is fronted by a free audit
Optimising
Optimising is a Melbourne SEO agency founded in 2008 that works on organic and AI search rather than paid media. Its site states it is a certified B Corporation, and its service tree covers ongoing SEO, technical audits, ecommerce and Shopify SEO, local SEO, migrations, digital PR and AI search optimisation.
AI search is built out as its own service branch with three named sub-services: AI visibility audits, GEO campaigns and AI visibility reporting. Its GEO page defines a campaign as making a brand visible, citable and recommended within AI-generated results.
You want a long established SEO partner with clear separation between AI visibility audits, campaigns and reporting.
- Founded in 2008, among the longer running SEO specialists in Melbourne
- States it is a certified B Corporation on its own about section
- AI search work is split into distinct audit, campaign and reporting services
- SEO and AI search only, with no paid media or web build services listed
- No pricing or minimum retainer is published
Ignite Search
Ignite Search is a digital agency headquartered in East Victoria Park in Perth with a second Australian office in Sydney, founded by Cheech Foo. It describes itself as a full service branding and digital marketing agency covering SEO, generative SEO, digital advertising, web design, content marketing and conversion rate optimisation.
Its generative SEO page defines the discipline as shaping content so AI-powered engines can find, interpret and trust it enough to use in generated responses, and sets out a five phase process covering AI readiness audits, prompt research and mapping, content optimisation, direct testing and monthly reporting.
You are in Western Australia and want generative search work alongside web and advertising from one team.
- Perth headquarters plus a Sydney office, useful for Western Australian clients
- Generative SEO is a standalone service page with a defined five phase process
- States it tests visibility directly across ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity
- Full service remit means SEO and GEO sit alongside branding, web and advertising
- No founding year or pricing is published on the site
Digital Nomads HQ
Digital Nomads HQ is a Queensland digital agency based at Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast. It offers SEO and AI SEO alongside Google Ads, social media marketing, web and ecommerce design, email marketing and conversion rate optimisation.
Its AI SEO page states plainly that generative engine optimisation is another name for AI SEO, and details AI citation building, query fan-out strategy, prompt and intent research and technical SEO for AI crawlers. The agency also publishes a state of AI search research series with separate reports by sector.
You want AI search work grounded in the agency's own published sector research.
- Dedicated AI SEO service page covering AI citation building and query fan-out strategy
- Publishes state of AI search research broken down by industry vertical
- Lists international directory placement and awards recognition
- Based on the Sunshine Coast rather than a capital city, although it states it serves clients nationally
- No founding year or pricing is published, and the AI offer is fronted by a free audit
How we ranked these agencies
- Depth of SEO experience, not general marketing
- Third-party review score on Clutch, GoodFirms or G2 where published
- Named services and a clear, public description of the offer
- Company longevity and team size
- Fit for enterprise versus small and mid-size brands
- Pricing transparency
- Evidence of real, named client work
Every agency listed is real and operating. Founding years, ratings and services come from the agency website or a third-party review platform, verified 2026-09-17. Where a figure is not published, the page says so rather than estimating.
Why work with a SEO agency in Australia
Australia has the highest concentration of search-only specialists in this directory. Three of the six below do organic and AI search and nothing else, turning away paid media work entirely.
The market has standardised on GEO rather than AEO. Every agency here publishes generative engine work, and none sells answer engine optimisation as a separate service, so expect GEO language in proposals.
None of the six publish pricing. Several front their AI offer with a free audit instead, so expect to establish budget on a call.
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