We're SEO engineers, not marketers who learned SEO on the job.
Founded in 2018 by three ex-Google and ex-agency operators who were tired of watching great US brands get burned by outsourced, template-driven SEO.
Today we're a fully US-based team of 24 senior specialists — technical SEOs, in-house writers, PR pros, and data engineers — serving 250+ American businesses from Austin to Boston.
Why we started SEO Services Engine
In 2017, our founders were running growth at a Series-B SaaS company. They'd hired three "top" SEO agencies in 18 months. Every one of them promised the world, sent a monthly PDF full of "activity", and never moved a single revenue-tied number.
When they dug into the deliverables, the pattern was obvious: junior account managers in the US, actual work outsourced to overseas contractors, links from PBNs that got the site slapped by Google's February 2018 update. Sound familiar?
So they built the agency they wished existed: US-based, senior-only, engineering-first, revenue-tied. No juniors on your account. No offshoring. No PBNs. Live dashboards instead of PDFs. Month-to-month contracts instead of 12-month traps.
Seven years later, that same principle is why 89% of our clients renew past year one — and why our average engagement length is 34 months.
How we operate
Engineering-first
Every recommendation is grounded in data, log files, and controlled testing — not "best practice" folklore from a 2015 blog post.
Senior-only team
No juniors, no offshore contractors. The person auditing your site is the same person executing on it.
Radical transparency
Live dashboards, honest reporting, and we'll tell you when SEO is the wrong channel for you — even if it costs us a deal.
Bias for shipping
We'd rather ship 10 good fixes this week than debate the "optimal" one for a month.
Compounding wins
We don't chase quick tricks. Every deliverable is designed to compound for years — not spike for a quarter.
US-first, always
American writers, American editorial standards, American time zones. Your account manager answers Slack, not tickets.
The senior team on your account
Daniel Reeves
Co-founder & Head of Technical SEO
Ex-Google Search Quality. 12 years of technical SEO across SaaS, marketplaces, and international sites.
Alexis Moreno
Co-founder & Head of Strategy
Ex-agency VP. Built organic growth programs for 4 companies from Series-A to IPO.
Jordan Tanaka
Co-founder & Head of Content
Former editor at Wired. Leads a team of 8 senior US writers with deep vertical expertise.
Ready to work with a senior team?
Start with a free 48-hour audit. If we're not the right fit, we'll tell you — and recommend someone who is.
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