About findseo

findseo is a directory of SEO agencies, and only SEO agencies. We built it because comparing agencies is hard: most directories mix in generalists, and it's rarely clear which reviews are real or which placements are paid.

Who runs findseo

findseo.net is operated by Design Box Digital Pty Ltd (ABN 51 657 551 169), an Australian digital agency based in Victoria. Our own agency, Design Box Digital, has a listing on findseo.

We promote that listing in Featured slots, including on the homepage. It is labelled “Featured” and “Paid placement” like every other Featured listing, and it also carries the note “findseo is operated by Design Box Digital”. We don't charge ourselves for it, so it is our own promotion rather than a placement bought from findseo.

Being Featured doesn't change how Design Box Digital is judged. It only gets a rating it has earned through verified reviews, it's judged on the same published award criteria, and outside the labelled Featured spots it's ordered like every other agency. Like any Featured agency, it can be introduced to buyers through Get matched; every such introduction is logged.

Where listings come from

Unclaimed listings are built from information agencies publish themselves, such as their website, contact page and Google Business Profile. Each profile shows where its facts came from and when we last checked them. Agencies can claim their listing for free to correct or add details. If something's wrong, tell us.

Country, region and city names, coordinates and populations come from GeoNames, used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. We've selected countries and cities with a population of about 50,000 or more, plus each country's capital and largest towns.

Review guidelines

• Only clients who worked with an agency can review it. Employees, relatives, competitors and anyone offered something in return can't.
• Every review is confirmed by email and checked by a person before it's published. We may ask for proof that you were a client.
• We publish negative reviews that follow these guidelines. Agencies can't pay to remove, edit or hide a review.
• We remove reviews that are fake, abusive, discriminatory, defamatory, about a different business, or that include private information.
• findseo ratings come only from approved findseo reviews. Google ratings are shown live from Google with attribution and are never stored or mixed into our scores.

How results are ordered

On browse and search pages, Featured agencies (a paid placement) appear first and are always labelled “Featured” or “Paid placement”. After that, agencies are ordered by their verified findseo rating, then number of verified reviews, then verification status. Agencies without reviews are shown after reviewed agencies. You can always change the sort order.

Paying never changes an agency's rating, reviews or awards. Awards follow the published criteria.

How findseo makes money

Claimed listings are free. Agencies can pay $99 USD a month (including GST/VAT where applicable) to be Featured. Featured agencies get labelled placement and are the only agencies we introduce to buyers through Get matched, so they pay for those introductions.