DotComSecrets Birmingham helps businesses in Halesowen get found in Google search results and AI-powered answers from ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. Our SEO packages start at £300 per month and include technical audits, content production, Google Business Profile management, and AI visibility testing. Call 07866 493197 or email [email protected] for a free audit.
How much does SEO cost for a Halesowen business?
Our SEO packages for Halesowen businesses range from £300 to £1,500 per month depending on the scope of work and how competitive your market is.
At the lower end, £300 to £500 per month covers Google Business Profile optimisation, monthly content updates, basic schema markup, and review strategy guidance. This suits businesses that already have a decent website and need consistent visibility maintenance.
Mid-range packages at £500 to £900 per month add technical SEO audits, service area page creation, AI visibility testing across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini, structured data deployment, and citation management across key platforms. This is where most Halesowen businesses get the biggest return.
At £900 to £1,500 per month, you get the full programme: content production for AI citation, multi-platform entity stack building, competitor displacement strategy, ongoing AI visibility monitoring, and monthly reporting with actual call and conversion tracking rather than just ranking positions.
We don’t lock anyone into long contracts. Month to month. If the work isn’t delivering, you shouldn’t be paying for it.
What’s included in our SEO and AI visibility service?
A full technical audit, Google Business Profile management, AI-optimised content, structured data, and monthly visibility testing across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini.
From there, the work typically includes Google Business Profile management (weekly posts, photo updates, review response strategy, category and attribute optimisation), on-site content built to answer the questions your customers are actually asking, technical markup that lets AI engines read and cite your website, and building your business presence across the platforms that AI tools pull recommendations from.
We also test what we do. Every month, we run your target queries across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google’s AI answers and document whether you’re being recommended, what position you’re in, and what competitors are showing up instead. This is the part most agencies skip because they don’t know how to do it.
Why do Halesowen businesses need AI search visibility in 2026?
Forty-five percent of consumers now use AI tools to find local services, but ChatGPT only recommends 1.2 percent of local businesses. Most Halesowen businesses are invisible.
Those figures come from BrightLocal’s 2026 Local Consumer Review Survey and SOCi’s analysis of 350,000 business locations. The gap between “invisible” and “recommended” is the biggest competitive advantage in local marketing right now.
For Halesowen specifically, the opportunity is wide open. We audited the local SEO competition in April 2026 and found every agency targeting this area is running pre-2025 tactics. No AI visibility work. No structured data beyond the basics. No mention of ChatGPT, AI Overviews, or how search has actually changed. Businesses that move now have a genuine first-mover advantage in a town of 60,000 people where the competition hasn’t caught up.
Google’s AI Overviews now sit above the organic results on 25 to 48 percent of all searches. The traditional map pack is being compressed by ads (appearing in 22 percent of local packs, up from 1 percent in early 2025) and AI summaries that show fewer businesses than the old three-pack. Pure organic SEO is still essential, but it’s no longer the whole picture. You need both tracks working.
What areas do we serve near Halesowen?
We cover Halesowen town centre, Hagley Road, Queensway, Coombs Wood, Mucklow Hill, and surrounding Black Country towns including Stourbridge, Dudley, and Oldbury.
Our local SEO and AI visibility services cover the Cornbow Shopping Centre area, the business parks, and the full Dudley Metropolitan Borough.
We also serve businesses in Stourbridge, Dudley, Oldbury, Blackheath, Cradley Heath, Rowley Regis, Quinton, and across the wider Dudley Metropolitan Borough. If your customers search for services “near me” in any of these areas, our work puts you in front of them in both traditional Google results and AI-powered answers.
For businesses with a wider service area covering Birmingham and the West Midlands, we build service area pages targeting each loc
ation with genuinely unique content, not template pages with the town name swapped in. Google’s December 2025 core update specifically targeted that thin location page pattern and penalised sites using it.
FAQ
What’s the difference between your SEO service and a standard SEO agency? We optimise for both Google’s traditional results and AI-powered search. Most agencies only cover the first. We test your visibility across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews every month and build your presence across the platforms those tools pull from. That’s not standard yet.
Do I need a new website to benefit from SEO? Usually not. Most Halesowen businesses have a website that works fine for humans but needs technical adjustments for AI engines. Schema markup, static HTML rendering, and content restructuring can typically be done on your existing site without a redesign.
How quickly will I see results? Technical fixes and Google Business Profile improvements show impact within two to four weeks. Content and citation work takes 60 to 90 days. Full AI visibility across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini typically takes three to six months of consistent work.
Can you show me whether ChatGPT recommends my business? Yes. We run your target queries across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini as part of every audit and monthly report. You’ll see exactly which businesses get recommended for your service in your area and where you stand.
Do you work with businesses outside Halesowen? Yes. We serve businesses across the Black Country, Birmingham, and the wider West Midlands. We also work with local businesses nationally through seowebgeek.com. The methodology is the same regardless of location.
What happens if I stop after a few months? The technical work (schema, site structure, Google Business Profile optimisation) stays in place. Content and citations continue working. Review velocity and content freshness are the signals that need ongoing attention. We give you a clear handover if you decide to pause or manage in-house.
Ready to find out where you stand? Call 07866 493197 or email [email protected] for a free SEO and AI visibility audit of your Halesowen business. We’ll show you exactly where you’re visible, where you’re not, and what it’ll take to fix it.
Sources
- BrightLocal 2026 Local Consumer Review Survey — 45% AI usage stat
- SOCi 2026 Local Visibility Index — 1.2% recommendation stat
- Whitespark 2026 Local Search Ranking Factors — GBP ranking signals
- Google Business Profile Help Centre — official GBP documentation
