NewSEO + AI search visibility in one retainer

The SEO agency for US businesses that want to rank everywhere

Complete Ranking is an SEO agency that gets you to the top of Google — and into the answers ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews give your customers. Technical SEO, content, digital PR, local SEO and AEO, run by one team against one number: qualified pipeline.

  • Google, Maps & AI search in one plan
  • Reporting tied to leads, not vanity metrics
  • Free audit before you commit
Google SearchPosition tracked
YByourbrand.com › commercial-hvac
Commercial HVAC Services in Dallas | YourBrand
24/7 commercial HVAC repair, maintenance and installation across Dallas–Fort Worth…
#1
AI answerChatGPTPerplexityAI Overviews
Who's the best commercial HVAC company in Dallas?

Highly rated options include YourBrand, known for 24/7 commercial service, preventive maintenance contracts and strong reviews across Google and Yelp…

yourbrand.comyelp.combbb.org
Organic traffic · CSSI
340x
9 → 3,065 monthly visits in 18 months

Trusted by US teamsin healthcare AI, fintech, AI/ML and B2B software

RapidClaims logoAkridata logoViewTrade logoGaia Dynamics logo
What we do

What does an SEO agency actually do?

An SEO agency grows the traffic and leads you earn from search without paying per click. It fixes the technical issues that stop Google from crawling and trusting your site, publishes content that answers what buyers search for, earns links and mentions from reputable sites, and — in 2026 — makes sure AI assistants describe and recommend your brand accurately.

At Complete Ranking that means one integrated program instead of a menu of disconnected deliverables. We decide what to fix first by asking one question: which change gets the most qualified buyers to you fastest? Sometimes it's a site migration that lost half your rankings. Sometimes it's a Google Business Profile with the wrong primary category. Sometimes it's that ChatGPT has never heard of you.

Complete ranking

Your customers search in four places now. We rank you in all of them.

A blue-link #1 used to be the whole game. Today the same buyer might check the map pack, skim an AI Overview and ask ChatGPT before they ever click. We plan for every surface at once.

01

Google organic

Classic rankings for the commercial and research queries that drive your pipeline.

Technical SEOContentLinks
02

Maps & local pack

The three-pack and Google Maps results that win "near me" and city-level searches.

Business ProfileReviewsCitations
03

AI Overviews & AI Mode

Google's AI summaries, which cite a handful of pages above the organic results.

Answer-first contentSchemaFan-out
04

ChatGPT, Perplexity & Gemini

Assistants that answer "who's the best…" with a short list — and either name you or don't.

AEOGEOBrand mentions
Services

Full-service SEO, built for how search works now

Every engagement starts with an audit and a prioritized roadmap. Then we do the work — not just recommend it.

Core retainer

SEO that compounds

Most SEO stalls because it's a list of tasks with no strategy behind it. We build a ranking plan around your revenue: the services and products with the best margins, the searches your buyers actually run, and the competitors you need to pass. Then we execute it month after month.

  • Keyword and competitor mapping by revenue
  • Site architecture and internal linking
  • Service, product and comparison pages
  • Editorial content and topic clusters
  • Digital PR and link earning
  • Monthly reporting on leads and revenue

Technical SEO

Crawlability, indexation, Core Web Vitals, JavaScript rendering, structured data and migrations — fixed in your codebase, not left in a PDF.

Technical SEO services

AEO agency

Answer Engine Optimization so ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and AI Overviews mention and cite your brand for the prompts buyers ask.

Explore AEO

GEO agency

Generative Engine Optimization: content structured for synthesis, with the statistics, sources and entities generative models prefer.

Explore GEO

Local SEO

Google Business Profile, reviews, citations and location pages that win the map pack in every market you serve.

Explore local SEO

Content & topical authority

Content planned as clusters, written by specialists and reviewed by subject-matter experts in regulated categories like healthcare, finance and legal. Built to rank, convert and be quoted by AI.

AI SEO agency

Digital PR & link building

Links earned from journalists, industry publications and partners with data stories, expert commentary and genuinely useful resources. No link packages, no private blog networks.

Link building services
Results

Numbers from real US client engagements

No made-up averages. These are outcomes from technical, competitive categories where generic SEO doesn't work.

340xorganic traffic growth for CSSI, a US tax-engineering firm18 months
18.7xorganic traffic growth for RapidClaims, a healthcare-AI platform24 months
$669Kmonthly organic traffic value built for RapidClaimsest. ad-equivalent
45%of Akridata's ranking keywords sit in Google's top 3AI / ML category
Case studies

From invisible to page one

Read the full case studies

CSSITax engineering · B2B
340x
organic traffic growth in 18 months

A US cost-segregation firm with 9 organic visits a month. We rebuilt the site architecture around cost segregation, depreciation and R&D tax-credit silos, then published the explainers CPAs and property owners actually search for.

9 → 3,065monthly organic visits
$364Kmonthly traffic value
Healthcare AI
18.7x
organic traffic growth in 24 months

An AI medical-coding and claims platform starting at DR 15. We built a clinically precise ICD-10 resource hub that now ranks for high-volume diagnosis-code searches revenue-cycle teams run every day.

“Healthcare content has to be clinically precise, not just keyword-optimized.”
292 → 5,460monthly organic visits
$669Kmonthly traffic value
AI / ML infrastructure
45%
of ranking keywords in Google's top 3

A computer-vision data platform competing with Towards Data Science and university research pages. We out-depthed them: topic clusters and visual explainers that made Akridata the definitive answer for core ML concepts.

“They built us into the go-to technical resource that ML engineers actually bookmark and share.”
DR 53domain rating
5xpeak traffic growth
How we work

A plan in weeks. Compounding growth for years.

You'll always know what we're working on, why it's first and what it's expected to move.

01 Weeks 1–2

Audit

Technical crawl, content and backlink gap analysis, local profile review and an AI visibility baseline across ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Overviews.

02 Weeks 2–4

Strategy

A prioritized roadmap ranked by impact and effort, keyword targets tied to revenue, and clear 90-day goals you can hold us to.

03 Months 2–6

Build

We ship the fixes, publish the pages, earn the links and optimize your Business Profile — reporting progress every month.

04 Month 6+

Compound

Double down on what's converting, expand into adjacent topics and markets, and defend the rankings and citations you've won.

Why Complete Ranking

How we compare

Traditional SEO agencies optimize for ten blue links. AI visibility tools tell you there's a problem. We do the work across both.

What you needComplete RankingTraditional SEO agencyAI visibility tool
Google rankings & organic trafficCore serviceCore serviceNot included
Local pack & Google MapsIncludedOften a separate add-onNot included
Citations in ChatGPT, Perplexity & AI OverviewsTracked and improvedRarely measuredMeasured, not fixed
Technical fixes shipped in your codebaseWe implementUsually a recommendations deckNo
Reporting on leads and revenueEvery monthRankings and trafficMentions only
Free tools and open methodology35 free toolsVariesPaid platform
Industries

SEO for categories where generic content fails

Our best results come from markets that are technical, regulated or crowded — where a page has to be genuinely expert to rank, and where one new client is worth thousands of dollars.

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FAQ

SEO agency questions, answered

Still deciding? Read how to choose an SEO agency or ask us directly at hello@completeranking.com.

How much does an SEO agency cost in the US?
Typical US agency retainers run from roughly $2,000 to $10,000+ a month, depending on how competitive your market is, the size of your site and how much content and link building the plan needs. Local businesses usually sit at the lower end; national and multi-location programs at the upper end. We scope after a free audit — see our SEO pricing guide for what each budget level should buy.
How long does SEO take to show results?
It depends on where you start and how competitive your market is. Technical fixes and Google Business Profile work often move numbers within 60–90 days; content and authority usually compound from month four onward, with the biggest gains in months six to twelve. We set keyword-level expectations in the audit so you know what to expect, and when.
Can an SEO agency guarantee a #1 ranking on Google?
No — and you should walk away from any agency that says it can. Google states plainly that no one can guarantee a #1 ranking. What a good agency can commit to is the work: a clear plan, shipped fixes, published content, earned links and transparent reporting on rankings, traffic, leads and AI visibility.
What is the difference between SEO, AEO and GEO?
SEO earns rankings in search results. AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) gets your brand cited and recommended inside AI answers from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews. GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) focuses on how generative models synthesize and attribute sources. The work overlaps heavily, so we run all three as one program — see our AEO and GEO pages.
Do you work with small businesses or only large companies?
Both. We work with local service businesses that need to win the map pack, venture-backed startups building a category, and established B2B companies with technical, regulated or niche markets. The common thread is a business that sells something people search for and wants search to become a reliable source of leads.
Do you only work with businesses in major US cities?
No. We have market pages for 46 major metros, but we work with businesses anywhere in the United States, including service-area businesses that cover several counties and multi-location brands that span states. Local rankings depend on your profile, reviews, citations and pages — not on where your agency sits.
What do you need from us to get started?
Access to Google Search Console, Google Analytics 4, your Google Business Profile (if you have one) and your CMS or developer, plus a 45-minute kickoff call about your customers, margins and best leads. Everything else — audits, keyword research, roadmaps — we handle.
How do you report on SEO results?
You get a live dashboard and a monthly written report covering rankings for priority keywords, organic traffic and conversions, Google Business Profile actions, and AI visibility — how often ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Overviews mention or cite you for the prompts that matter. Every report ends with what we did, what moved and what's next.
Free audit

See where you rank — on Google and in AI answers.

Send us your site and we'll come back with a prioritized audit: technical issues, content gaps, local visibility, and how ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews describe your brand today. No cost, no obligation.