Most Melbourne businesses are losing visibility and don’t know it. Between AI overviews, zero-click searches, and shifting algorithms, the gap between you and your competitors is growing. Let’s find out where.
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Guy Rintoul
Head Of Growth
20 Years Experience
Trusted by Australia’s most recognised brands
Search is changing. Has your strategy?
Shifting search behaviour
Customers are researching and buying differently, splitting attention across platforms beyond traditional search.
The AI visibility gap
AI Overviews and chat-based tools are answering customer questions directly, often before they ever reach your website.
Rising local competition
More Melbourne businesses are investing in SEO, making it harder to appear high in search results.
Lack of strategy
Without a clear plan tied to business goals, you can get distracted by the next shiny thing, bouncing from one trend to the next with little results.
Your SEO X-Chart will guarantee your growth before you spend a cent
Stop guessing where your growth is hiding and see it mapped, for free.
Before you invest in any SEO strategy, you need to know exactly where you stand. The X-Chart is Shout’s proprietary visibility audit that maps your current rankings, traffic, and search performance against your highest-value competitors. It’s the same data-led process our senior SEO specialists Sydney ,Melbourne or Brisbane use to build every growth forecast we guarantee, giving you a clear, commercial view of where you’re winning, where you’re losing customers, and exactly what it’ll take to grow.
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What your Melbourne SEO X-Chart includes
Leverage proprietary tools to map your position in the market and exactly what your customer wants.
We combine data and decades of experience to identify what’s working, what’s not, and where growth is waiting to be unlocked.
Identifying keywords with the highest probability of immediate conversion.
What makes Shout special is that we give you a baseline we guarantee we can hit, giving you certainty of real results.
Every client reviews the X-Chart with Michael, our Founder and CEO, to ensure the plan is rock-solid and ready to start growing to the power of X.
A 90-day execution plan focused on the lowest-hanging revenue opportunities.
SEO experts in Melbourne, trusted by global brands
Most SEO agencies sell you traffic. We guarantee growth.
Shout Digital is a Melbourne SEO agency built differently. Every SEO strategy is led by a team of senior SEO specialists who’ve done it before, backed by AI-assisted systems and proprietary tools that find growth your competitors are missing. We’re so confident in our ability to grow your business that we guarantee it, and you only pay once the results are in. Enjoy transparent reporting that tracks revenue, leads, and the real commercial outcomes that matter to your business.
As a 100% Australian digital marketing agency, we build SEO for how Melbourne customers search today, across Google, AI Overviews, TikTok, and Maps, not just the blue link. While other agencies chase rankings, we’re engineering visibility across every channel your ready-to-buy customers are using.
We’re business people too,
and we understand how busy you are.
So here’s our pitch in 30 seconds.
We’re in the top 3% of Google Partners in Australia, with 15 years of experience turning ad spend into measurable results. That track record is backed by multiple 5-star Google reviews, built on knowing how to get Display Ads noticed and remembered. It’s this combination of platform access, hands-on experience and a genuine understanding of what makes people stop scrolling that sets our campaigns apart. Ready to see where your campaigns stand? It starts with a 30-minute call.
Michael Jenkins
Melbourne SEO, built to win
SEO isn’t one-size-fits-all, and neither is our approach. Whether you’re a local business chasing nearby customers or a national brand competing across every state, our Melbourne SEO specialists build strategies matched to exactly how your customers search.
We were referred to Shout by Bed Bath N Table who highly recommended them. Shout has increased our organic search by 36% in 9 months and it’s climbing steadily. They are also handling our international campaigns.
Helping a do-it-yourself business do it themselves globally.
Shout helped create an international search strategy to drive brand awareness and demand generation and helped launch several new products successfully.
Senior expertise
Every Melbourne account is run by senior specialists with real, hands-on experience.
Guaranteed results
We back every strategy with a guaranteed sales forecast, so you know exactly what to expect before you spend a cent.
Decades of proven growth
With 15 years of experience and clients who've generated over $100 million in new revenue, we know what actually drives results.
A fully local team
Nothing outsourced, nothing offshored. Every Melbourne account is handled by people who actually understand this market.
Multi-channel expertise
From SEO to paid media, PR and beyond, we build strategies that work across channels, not in isolation.
Don’t take our word for it. Take theirs.
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We’ve been working with Shout for our SEO after trying a few other agencies, and the difference has been excellent. The team is knowledgeable, professional and easy to deal with, and they keep us informed with clear updates on our progress each month. We’ve been really happy with the service and results so far.
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Gregory Levett
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We've used Shout for our SEO after trying several other agencies, and couldn't be happier with the team. They're all highly experienced and keep us well updated on our monthly progress.
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Rodney Norris
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Excellent customer service!
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Thomas Morgan
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These guys have done great work for my small service-based business. Highly recommend them - It's worth the investment and much, much more :)
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Ash Cherrett
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Michael and the team are the best in the business - professional, passionate and a pleasure to work with.
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matt alpass
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Great experience working with Michael and Sangeeta from Shout. The Shout team has supported our digital marketing by building and optimising our SEO strategy from the ground up. Their approach has been thorough, transparent, and consistently results-driven.
A big shout out to Sangeeta in particular as she has been incredible with her dedication quality of work and follow up.
Highly recommend Shout for anyone looking to strengthen their online presence through SEO.
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Michael Harvey
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I've worked with Michael and his team at Shout Digital on several long term projects over the past 8 years, and I've always been impressed by the professionalism, accountability and frankly honest approach to simplifying digital marketing and providing great, reliable results for our projects time and time again.
We have worked on several Magento and Shopify migrations both domestically and global brands and the technical expertise in replatforming ecommerce sites without losing search equity first class.
Shout Digital is setting a better standard for the whole industry and I would definitely recommend them to brands starting out all the way to established complex marketing operations.
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Nigel Ewart
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We’ve had a fantastic experience working with Michael, Sangeeta, and the team at Shout. They supported us in building and optimising our SEO strategy from the ground up, taking a thoughtful, data-driven approach that delivered consistent results.
Their process has been transparent and well-structured, with reporting that is clear, easy to understand, and genuinely useful. Sangeeta's communication has been excellent throughout, and we’ve always felt informed and supported.
We highly recommend Shout to any organisation looking to strengthen their online presence through SEO.
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Michael Gammon
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We've been working with Shout for a little over a year now - moving to external support from an agency was a big transition for us, but one that the Shout team, specifically Matilda & Megan M have supported us with tremendously. Willing and eager to understand our requirements and how to best deliver on that each and every week. We look forward to continuing to work together in the future.
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Jessica Townley
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Our experience with Michael and the team has been excellent. Their interest and ability to understand our business has been crucial in developing strategies that have improved both the growth and reach of our brand. In addition they have been able to bring in professional creative support to further develop and update our website.
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Michelle Skinner
The best SEO team in Melbourne, guaranteed
Every Melbourne business deserves a team that’s genuinely invested in their business growth. Shout is led by senior operators with backgrounds at Google, Apple, and some of Australia’s biggest brands, bringing deep, hands-on experience to every strategy we build.
Michael is a pioneer of the Australian digital marketing landscape. Since opening Shout in 2010, he’s driven growth for businesses of every shape and size. There isn’t a digital challenge he hasn’t seen or a platform he’s not experienced in.
Guy Rintoul
HEAD OF GROWTH
Guy brings a postgraduate qualification and 10+ years’ experience across SEO, Google Ads, social and web development. He sits at the intersection of strategy and delivery — building client partnerships and cutting through jargon to deliver clear, measurable growth.
Gabriela Serrano Ruiz
Head of Paid Media
Gabriela has 14 years in performance marketing, including Head of Biddable Media at B&T’s 2023 Performance Agency of the Year, and 10 years in executive leadership. She develops data-driven strategy across all paid media and leads teams towards excellence.
Chamal Alahakoon
Head of SEO
With 10+ years across enterprise and technical SEO, CRO and analytics, Chamal specialises in turning complex websites into high-converting customer journeys — especially where SEO, journey optimisation and emerging AEO/GEO opportunities intersect.
Parmiss Kia
SENIOR SEO LEAD
Parmiss brings 15+ years of senior in-house and agency SEO leadership, having driven organic and paid search growth at Kmart Australia ($450M incremental revenue), Country Road Group ($35M) and REA Group ($375M). She now specialises in AI Search and Answer Engine Optimisation,.
Eric Shaikh
DIRECTOR OF CLIENT SERVICES
Eric leads client services at Shout, bringing extensive digital marketing experience and a consultative approach to bridging strategy and business outcomes. He’s built a career on customer advocacy, turning complex challenges into clear, accountable growth plans.
Anna Martin
SEO CONTENT MANAGER
Anna spent years as a TV editor for networks including Warner Bros., ITV Studios, Fremantle and BBC Studios, cutting shows like My Kitchen Rules and The Great Australian Bakeoff. She now brings that storytelling instinct to Shout’s content strategy.
Laura Ridley
PAID MEDIA SPECIALIST
15+ years running paid social and performance media for major brands — Nestlé, Nespresso, Lion and Spotify as Performance Director at Reprise Australia (APAC Agency of the Year, 2021). Deep, hands-on paid social expertise at real scale.
SEO pricing in Melbourne varies depending on your business size, industry competitiveness, and the scope of work required. A local service business competing in one suburb needs a very different strategy from a national ecommerce brand targeting thousands of keywords across multiple categories. No generic packages, no hidden fees.
Yes, and increasingly so. SEO is evolving, not dying. AI Overviews and chat tools have changed how results appear, but Google still dominates Australian search, and organic visibility remains one of the highest-ROI channels available. As of June 2026, Google held 88.04% of Australia’s search engine market (Statcounter Global Stats), meaning being findable in search, and in the AI answers now built on top of it, matters more than ever. The businesses winning in 2026 are the ones optimising for both traditional rankings and AI-driven discovery.
Most businesses start seeing meaningful movement within 3 to 6 months, with stronger compounding results beyond that. The timeline depends on factors such as your current domain authority, the competitiveness of your industry, and how much foundational work is required before rankings begin to move. SEO is a long-term growth channel, not an overnight fix, but the compounding nature of organic search means the results continue building long after the work is done.
Yes, and the two work better together than either does alone. Google Ads puts you in front of buyers immediately, but the moment you stop spending, the visibility stops too. SEO builds a lasting organic presence that compounds over time, capturing demand at every stage of the buying journey, not just the moment someone is ready to click an ad. Businesses that integrate SEO and paid media consistently outperform those running them as separate, disconnected campaigns.
Significantly. AI tools are now answering customer questions directly, often before users ever reach a website. This is where Answer Engine Optimisation (AEO) comes in. AEO is about structuring your content so that AI tools cite, reference, and recommend your business when customers ask questions in ChatGPT, Gemini, and AI Overviews. If your strategy isn’t built for both traditional search rankings and AI-driven discovery, you’re invisible in the fastest-growing part of search.
SEO works for virtually every industry and business size, from local service businesses and professional firms to national ecommerce brands and multi-location operators. The strategy looks different depending on your goals, competition, target market, and the stage your business is at.
Local SEO is the process of optimising your online presence to attract customers searching for products or services in a specific location. If your business serves customers in one suburb or across an entire city, local SEO ensures you appear in the searches most likely to drive foot traffic, phone calls, and enquiries. This includes Google Business Profile optimisation, local citations, suburb-specific content, and review management.
The metrics that actually matter are revenue, leads, and customer acquisition, not just rankings and traffic. Ranking #1 for a keyword that doesn’t convert is a vanity metric, not a growth strategy. Transparent reporting tied to commercial outcomes gives a clear, unambiguous picture of what an SEO investment is actually delivering.
Senior specialists only, an omnichannel approach, and a growth guarantee. You won’t be handed off to a junior team or receive bloated reports full of vanity metrics. You’ll work directly with experienced operators, backed by AI-assisted systems and proprietary tools, who are accountable for the commercial results they forecast. As a top 3% Google Premier Partner with $100 million+ in revenue generated for clients, we have the track record to back it up.
Yes. Shout is a 100% Australian agency with a senior team based locally. You’ll always know who is working on your account, what they’re doing, and how it’s tracking, with no outsourcing, no freelancers, and no runaround. Every strategy is built and executed by the same senior specialists from day one, so nothing gets lost in handovers.
Shout builds SEO strategies that cover both traditional rankings and AI-driven discovery, structuring content so AI tools cite, reference, and recommend your business when customers ask questions in ChatGPT, Gemini, and AI Overviews. This means your business gets found wherever your customers are looking, not just in the traditional blue link.
Whether you’re trying to dominate a single Melbourne suburb or compete across the entire country, Shout builds strategies matched to exactly how your customers search and buy. The X-Chart is designed to map this out before any work begins, so strategy is tailored to your specific goals, competition and stage of growth.
Yes. Shout Digital works with large, complex organisations that need SEO built for scale, governance and multiple stakeholders. Every enterprise account is handled by a dedicated, senior team who understand both the technical realities of large-scale sites and the commercial pressure that comes with reporting to leadership, so nothing falls through the cracks as your organisation grows.
Shout Digital works with businesses across Australia, including Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and more, as well as internationally. Wherever your customers are searching, we can build a strategy to reach them.
Reach out, and we’ll set up an initial conversation to understand your business, your goals, and where the biggest opportunities are hiding. From there, our senior specialists move quickly, and most clients have a clear, commercially grounded strategy within weeks, not months. The sooner you start building authority, the sooner it begins to compound.