Our approach is focused entirely on transparency. We take great pride in educating our partners regarding the benefits of SEO– something this is often wrongly shrouded in mystery. From the first day, we want our partners to understand our processs and also exactly how this will have a long-lasting effect on their businesses.
A1 SEO Edinburgh has extremely humble roots. Initially, the company (formerly GMS Digital) was founded by Graham Grieve in 2014, assisting bands, artists, as well as not-for-profits with marketing.
After some success, small businesses created a demand for time on more complex (and paid) marketing activities. Because of require, the business changed into another generic digital marketing agency providing everything from SEO to social media management as well as web design.
It became pretty clear to us that we was just one of many various other jack of all trades kind digital agencies offering a wide range of services with only average understanding in everything.
Throughout these early years the team became more and more fixated with SEO over all various other digital marketing channels.
Late in 2016, the company moved all non-SEO work over to relied on niche specialists to focus purely on SEO. This is where the team’s passion lies.
It so happened that this pivot happened throughout an exciting time of adjustment for the SEO industry. Google released a handful of exciting updates that altered the SEO industry completely. With our newfound focus, the team continued to deliver results and developed processes for consistently influencing website’s rankings with Google as well as various other search engines.
In 2019, the business rebranded from GMS Digital to A1 SEO Edinburgh to reflect our concentrate on search engine marketing. At this stage, 94% of our business was SEO and PPC, the various other 6% being development projects that shared close synergy with SEO projects.
We are entirely committed to championing SEO within Edinburgh’s business community. With understanding passed on from experienced industry experts come solid, integrated marketing strategies that help businesses dominate their niche.