Local SEO services for businesses that need the phone to ring.

Our Local Traffic System retainer starts at $1,999 per month plus GST, month-to-month with no lock-in. Standalone citation cleanup is a flat $599 per location plus GST. The retainer price moves with market competition, geographic scope, your existing SEO foundation, and how much content the campaign needs. Below roughly $2,000 a month, the work needed to compete in a contested category generally cannot be done properly, whoever you hire.

In practice the labels overlap. A local SEO agency or company usually means a team where a junior account manager fronts the work and an offshore team delivers it. A local SEO consultant or specialist usually means the person you speak to is the person doing the work. What matters more than the label is who actually touches your account and how many other clients they carry. Search Scope is founder-led: Dorian does the work on every account.

Australia-wide, plus selected international clients. We are based in Perth and that is where we deliver the fastest results, but the methodology is the same wherever you are. We run single-location, city-wide, and multi-location campaigns. If you are specifically a Perth business, our Local SEO Perth page is built for that local market.

Ask who does the work by name and how many accounts they carry, make them report leads and calls rather than ranking screenshots, confirm they optimise for AI search and not just classic Google, and refuse anyone offering guaranteed rankings or a lock-in contract. A provider confident in the work bills month-to-month and earns the renewal.

60 to 90 days for measurable movement, and 4 to 6 months for significant revenue impact. Established domains with existing authority move faster than brand-new sites, and a contested metro category takes longer than a niche regional one. Anyone guaranteeing specific rankings inside 30 days is either misrepresenting how Google works or using tactics that will eventually penalise you.

Yes. Reinstatement is one of our core specialisms. Search Scope has reinstated 230 of 234 suspended profiles since early 2025, a 98% success rate. A suspended profile can cut your Maps enquiries to zero overnight. The cause is almost always identifiable and fixable, but the reinstatement process is unforgiving and most DIY attempts make things worse. Book a call and we will look at your specific case.

No. Anyone guaranteeing specific positions is either misrepresenting how Google works or using tactics that will eventually penalise you. What we do commit to is transparent execution of proven strategies, real performance reporting on leads and calls, measurable improvement when the foundations are in place, and the freedom to leave on 30 days notice if we are not moving the needle.

SEO optimises your site for Google's traditional results, the blue links and the Map Pack. GEO, or Generative Engine Optimisation, optimises for AI answer engines: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, and Grok. AI now answers many local queries before a searcher sees a single organic result, so optimising only for classic SEO leaves a growing share of buyers off the table. Every retainer covers both.

Paid ads are not our primary focus. We work with clients who want a hybrid approach, paid ads for immediate volume while organic SEO and Maps build momentum, but we will refer you to a paid specialist we trust rather than running it ourselves. If paid is the smarter first step for your situation, we will say so on the call.