Found on Google.
Found on YouTube.
Classic SEO gets you found on Google. Video SEO gets you found on YouTube — the world's second largest search engine. We combine both into one programme so your brand wins the moments that matter, in text-based and video search alike.
Why (v-) SEO
Two search engines. One organic strategy.
Most SEO programmes ignore YouTube entirely — treating video as social media rather than the search channel it actually is. We treat both Google and YouTube as search engines, because that's what they are.
Organic traffic is the most defensible asset in marketing
Paid campaigns stop the moment you stop paying. Organic rankings compound. A well-optimised article or video can generate consistent traffic for years — at near-zero marginal cost after the initial investment.
YouTube is a search engine your competitors ignore
2.7 billion users search YouTube every month — and most businesses treat it as a subscriber-growth platform rather than a search channel. Video SEO positions your content for the queries your buyers are actually asking, before they reach Google.
SEO content now feeds AI Overviews and LLM citations
Google's AI Overviews pull directly from well-structured, authoritative web content. ChatGPT and Perplexity cite the same pages that rank in organic search. SEO and GEO are converging — the investment serves both.
Technical foundation unlocks everything else
Content without technical SEO is a library with no index. Core Web Vitals, crawlability, structured data and site architecture determine whether Google can find, understand and rank what you publish — regardless of how good the content is.

"Most companies treat YouTube as a social media channel and measure it with views and subscribers. We treat it as a search engine and measure it with rankings and click-throughs. The moment you make that shift, your entire video strategy changes — and the results follow. The brands winning on YouTube right now aren't the ones with the biggest production budgets. They're the ones who understand search intent."
— Rob, Founder, SweetSpot Performance Marketing
Two channels
Website SEO meets Video SEO.
The "(v-)" prefix stands for video. Two distinct disciplines, one integrated programme — because the queries your buyers ask on Google and YouTube often overlap.
Website SEO
Classic SEO — making your website findable, trustworthy and rankable for the queries your buyers use when they're looking for what you offer.
- ✓Technical SEO: crawlability, Core Web Vitals, site architecture
- ✓On-page optimisation: title tags, meta, headings, internal linking
- ✓Content strategy: topical authority, keyword mapping, gap analysis
- ✓Schema markup and structured data for rich results
- ✓Digital PR and link acquisition from relevant publications
- ✓International and multilingual SEO
Video SEO (v-SEO)
YouTube optimisation — making your videos findable for the searches your audience is already performing on the world's second largest search engine.
- ✓Title optimisation: search intent, click-worthy phrasing, keyword placement
- ✓Thumbnail strategy: CTR-optimised design direction and A/B testing
- ✓Chapters and timestamps: improve watch time and appear in Google Video snippets
- ✓Transcripts and closed captions: indexability and accessibility
- ✓Description and tag strategy: secondary keyword coverage and context
- ✓End screen and card architecture: subscriber and engagement funnels
What's included
Everything you need to win in organic search.
Six disciplines, delivered as one integrated programme — because SEO without content is a skeleton, and content without SEO is invisible.
Technical SEO
The foundation everything else builds on. We audit and fix crawlability, site architecture, Core Web Vitals, indexing, mobile experience and page speed. Without a clean technical foundation, content and links have limited impact.
Content Strategy & Topical Authority
We map your topical landscape — the full cluster of queries your audience uses — and build a content programme that systematically covers them. Topical authority is how you signal expertise to Google and AI engines simultaneously.
Schema & Structured Data
Schema markup tells Google and AI engines exactly what your content means — enabling rich results, featured snippets, FAQ accordions and Knowledge Panel entries. It's also one of the strongest signals for AI citation and GEO visibility.
YouTube SEO (v-SEO)
Title, thumbnail, chapters, transcripts, end screens and playlists — we optimise every element that determines whether YouTube surfaces your video for the right search queries. Measured by rankings and click-throughs, not views.
Digital PR & Link Acquisition
Authority is built externally as well as on-site. We identify and pursue link opportunities from relevant publications, industry bodies and partner sites — building the external signals that confirm your expertise to search engines.
International & Multilingual SEO
Expanding into multiple markets or languages requires careful hreflang implementation, per-market keyword research and localised content strategy. We build international SEO programmes that scale cleanly without cannibalising each other.
SEO + GEO
SEO and GEO: stronger together.
The content you build for SEO — structured, authoritative, E-E-A-T optimised — is the same content that gets cited by ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Perplexity. Our GEO AI Visibility service adds the layer of AI-specific optimisation on top of a strong SEO foundation. Running both together is the most efficient organic strategy available today.
From audit to authority — in four phases.
Audit
Dual-Channel Audit
We audit your website (technical health, existing rankings, content gaps) and your YouTube channel (video performance, keyword coverage, optimisation status) simultaneously. Two audits, one integrated baseline — so we understand where you stand on both search engines before making recommendations.
Plan
Strategy & Content Map
We build a keyword and topic map that covers both channels — identifying where text content, video content or both serve the same query. Technical fixes are prioritised. The content programme is sequenced by traffic potential and competitive difficulty.
Build
Build & Optimise
Technical fixes are implemented, content is produced and published, YouTube metadata is optimised and schema markup is added. We work in sprint cycles — measurable deliverables every two to four weeks, with clear documentation of what changed and why.
Compound
Track & Compound
Monthly reporting on rankings, organic traffic, YouTube impressions and CTR, AI Overview appearances and content performance. SEO is a compound strategy — we track leading indicators (crawl health, keyword positions) before lagging indicators (traffic, conversions) confirm the direction.
The AI edge
AI accelerates SEO. Expertise makes it compound.
We use AI across every stage of our SEO workflow — and we're direct about what it's good for and where human judgment still matters. AI is genuinely transformative for keyword research at scale, content brief generation, competitive gap analysis and video metadata optimisation.
It's also genuinely inadequate for strategic decisions about which topics to own, how to build authority in a specific market or what your audience actually cares about. AI accelerates the work; expertise directs it.
- We define topical strategy and authority targetsWhich subjects you own, which queries matter most and which AI engines we prioritise — those decisions stay with you and us.
- AI handles scale: keywords, briefs, metadataKeyword clustering, content brief drafting, video metadata variants and competitive analysis run faster and more thoroughly with AI in the loop.
- We monitor, interpret and translateRankings, AI Overview appearances, YouTube CTR, content performance — we surface what matters and explain it in plain language.
- You stay fully in controlYou approve content, video direction and significant strategic shifts. Nothing material moves without your awareness — AI or otherwise.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about (v-) SEO.
Straightforward answers to what we hear most from marketers considering (v-) SEO.
How long before we see real SEO results?
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Honest answer: meaningful organic traffic growth typically takes 4–8 months, with the steepest curve usually appearing between months 6 and 12. Technical fixes can move the needle within weeks; new content takes 6–14 weeks to find its position. We track leading indicators (crawl health, keyword positions, indexed pages, YouTube impressions) from week one so you see momentum long before lagging indicators (traffic, conversions) catch up.
Why bundle Website SEO and YouTube SEO into one programme?
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Because buyer queries overlap. Someone researching a complex product searches Google AND YouTube — often for the same question. Treating them as one organic strategy means a single keyword and topic map informs both your articles and your videos, and your YouTube videos start appearing in Google's video rich results too. One investment, two channels, three surfaces (Google, YouTube, AI Overviews).
Is YouTube SEO really different from getting views?
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Yes — fundamentally. View-chasing optimises for the algorithm's recommendation feed: shock-value thumbnails, sensational titles, hooks engineered for retention. Video SEO optimises for search intent: titles match what people type into the search bar, thumbnails communicate the answer clearly, chapters help YouTube and Google understand structure. The metrics are different too — we measure rankings and CTR from search, not subscribers and average views.
What about AI Overviews and ChatGPT — does SEO still matter?
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SEO matters more than ever. Google's AI Overviews cite pages that already rank in positions 1–5 about 78% of the time. ChatGPT and Perplexity disproportionately surface pages with strong technical SEO, clear E-E-A-T signals and structured data. Building for SEO today is building for AI citation tomorrow — they share the same foundation: authority, structure and trust signals.
How important is technical SEO compared to content?
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Technical SEO is invisible when it's working and catastrophic when it isn't. In most audits we inherit, 20–30% of a site's pages have indexing issues that prevent them from ranking at all — regardless of content quality. Core Web Vitals are confirmed ranking signals. We fix the technical foundation first because content cannot rank what Google cannot crawl, understand or render quickly.
Do you produce the content and videos, or do you brief our team?
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Both, depending on what you need. We always own the SEO strategy: keyword mapping, topic clusters, content briefs, video title and metadata strategy. We can produce SEO-optimised articles in-house or write detailed briefs for your writers. For video, we typically brief your existing production team or YouTube editor — we own the strategy, titles, thumbnails, descriptions, chapters and tags; you own the camera.
What does a typical SEO engagement cost and how long does it run?
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SEO is a 12-month minimum commitment to do properly — anything shorter is unlikely to clear the runway. Programmes typically run from €3,500/month for focused single-channel SEO up to €8,000+/month for full (v-) SEO programmes with active content production, YouTube optimisation and digital PR. We're transparent about where the budget goes each month: hours on technical, content, video and reporting are itemised.
Where does AI fit into your SEO workflow?
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We use AI heavily in execution — keyword clustering at scale, content brief generation, competitive gap analysis, video metadata variants, transcript editing, schema markup generation. We don't use AI to write final content unedited: Google's helpful-content systems reliably detect low-effort AI output, and AI Overviews citations require genuine expertise and trust signals AI alone cannot fabricate. AI accelerates the work; human judgment directs it.
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Facts & Sources
Verified data behind this page
The #1 organic result earns ~27.6% of clicks, and the top 3 results capture 54.4% of all clicks.
Source: Backlinko — 4M results study
During 2025, AI Overviews cut the #1 organic CTR from ~28% to ~19% — making structured, citable content more important.
Source: First Page Sage (2025)
YouTube reaches over 2.7 billion monthly users and ~4.8 billion monthly visits, making video a major search and discovery channel.
FAQ and Article schema help search engines and AI systems interpret and surface content more accurately.
Last updated: 1 June 2026 · Reviewed quarterly.
