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SEO that ranks - and holds after we leave.

Technical audits, keyword research and content built to earn links - optimised for Google and the answer engines quietly rewriting search.

From £1,000/moLeeds & London · UK & US
Search engine optimisation work at BlackFire

SEO has a bad reputation, and often it's earned: thin content churned out for algorithms, backlinks bought in bulk, rankings that evaporate the moment the invoices stop. We do the opposite - the slow, boring, durable version that keeps working long after the retainer ends.

We build search visibility that lasts for UK and US businesses - fixing the technical foundations, targeting the keywords your customers actually search, and publishing content genuinely worth ranking. And because search itself is changing, we optimise for the answer engines - ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google's AI overviews - not just the classic blue links.

If your rankings vanish the day you stop paying, that wasn't SEO. It was rented traffic.

Built for the patient, high-value play.

Businesses with high-value customers and a longer time horizon - SEO is the patient channel, not the quick one.
Companies competing on keywords with steady, predictable demand.
Owners who've been burned by “SEO” that was really link-buying or content-spinning.
Anyone who wants to own their lead source instead of renting it from ad platforms.

If that's the position you're in, a call is the fastest way forward.

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The full stack, not just a monthly report.

Technical SEO audit

Crawl, speed, indexing and structure - find and fix what’s quietly holding you back.

Keyword & intent research

The terms your buyers actually use, mapped to where they are in the journey.

On-page optimisation

Titles, structure, internal links and content tuned to rank and convert.

Content & SEO copywriting

Genuinely useful content built to earn rankings and links, not fill a quota.

Link building & digital PR

Earned authority from real sites - never bought, never spammy.

Local SEO

Google Business Profile, citations and reviews for businesses that serve an area.

AEO & GEO

Optimising to be cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI overviews - where a growing share of search now happens.

Want to see where you could rank?

Book a call and we'll walk through the gaps worth chasing and roughly what it would take to climb - no jargon, no obligation.

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We're straight about the timeline.

Months 1-2

Foundations

Technical audit and fixes, keyword strategy, and the first content and on-page work. Little visible movement yet - this is the groundwork.

Months 3-5

Momentum

Consistent content, on-page work and link building start to compound. Rankings and traffic begin to move.

Month 6+

Compounding

The graph inflects. Leads arrive month after month, at a falling cost, without paying per click.

Anyone promising you page one by Friday is either lucky or lying.

No vanity numbers - just how we think.

SEO results take months, so instead of a vanity metric, judge us on our thinking. We write in depth about exactly this, because an agency that can't explain the strategy clearly usually can't execute it either. We're also early on the shift most agencies are ignoring - answer-engine optimisation - so as more people search inside ChatGPT and Perplexity, your business is built to be the source they cite.

From £1,000/mo

Scaling with competition and scope. Because SEO compounds, we work on rolling retainers with a realistic horizon - most clients see the inflection between months four and six.

On the first call we'll give you an honest read of how competitive your keywords are, how long it's likely to take, and whether SEO or paid search is the smarter first move.

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SEO questions.

How long does SEO take?

Honestly, months. Early signals in 8-12 weeks; meaningful leads usually from month four to six. Anyone promising faster is either lucky or lying.

Do you guarantee first-page rankings?

No - and be wary of anyone who does. Google’s results aren’t ours to guarantee. We guarantee the work and the method, and we’re straight about the odds.

What is AEO/GEO?

Answer and generative engine optimisation - getting your business cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google’s AI overviews, where a growing share of searches now end.

What’s included in a retainer?

Technical fixes, keyword strategy, on-page work, content and link building - the full stack, not just a monthly report.

Do you do local or national SEO?

Both. Local (e.g. “accountant Leeds”) is faster to win; national is a longer play. We’ll tell you which fits your goals.

If I stop, do I lose my rankings?

Not overnight - unlike ads, the asset persists. But rankings do fade over months without maintenance as competitors push.

Want to own your search traffic?

Book a call and we'll look at where you rank now, what's winnable, and how long it would realistically take - no guarantees we can't keep, just a straight answer.

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