SEO DevonportBe the first name
Devonport finds.

Local SEO for Devonport businesses, run from Campbells Bay by the person who does the work. Flat fee from $597 a month. 3 months, then month to month.

5.0 from 22 real Google reviews One person on every account

30-day deliverables guarantee. If we do not ship what we agreed in writing, your next invoice does not go out until we do.

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Run from Campbells Bay, on the ShoreFrom $597 a month3-month start, then month to monthReporting in plain English30-day deliverables guarantee

Devonport searches local. Google does not always answer local.

Nobody in Devonport wants to drive up Lake Road for something they can get in the village. So they search with the suburb in it. The question is whose name comes up.

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Outranked from up the road

Google weighs how well known a business looks, not only how close it is. A busier Takapuna or Belmont business can show for a Devonport search ahead of the one on Victoria Road.

A profile set up for nobody

Locals search by what they need. Visitors search by where they are standing. Old photos, missing services and the wrong category answer neither.

Wrong hours on the busy days

Long weekends and sunny Saturdays are when the village fills up. If your profile says closed, or says nothing, they walk past.

The numbers, from accounts I can open.

None of these are Devonport businesses, and I will not pretend they are. They are what this work did for a shop, a clinic and a car detailer elsewhere, straight from Google Search Console.

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1,628Clicks a brand new site pulled in its first eight weeksA brand new coffee roastery
11.6%Of people who see one client for “car detailing near me” click itFrom position six, where two percent is normal
19.5 → 4.9An Auckland clinic’s average position in Google, in seven monthsBest quarter. Sitting at 6.3 today
18,817Clicks delivered to client sites from Google in twelve monthsFrom 2.69 million appearances in search results

Every figure here comes out of an account I can open on the call.

What other owners say.

Reviews · 5.0 from 22 Google reviews
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Karl Simpson
Auckland · Verified Google review
★★★★★

"Absolutely fantastic service that helped me with all the online aspects of my business. Jakob was very friendly and knowledgeable with any queries I had about my website build and helped give me the confidence to join the online marketplace."

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John (Jack) Atkinson
Auckland · Verified Google review
★★★★★

"Jakob goes out of his way to understand personal needs and provide a service that is just right for the customer. Great chap, willing to help out and comes with a disarming personality with all the knowledge to boot."

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Tom Dignan
Auckland · Verified Google review
★★★★★

"Jakob was fantastic. Incredibly patient, professional service and tailored to perfectly align with my business's needs. Cannot recommend them enough."

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Jakob Leech, founder of SEO Monkey, in an SEO Monkey cap with the mascot on his shoulder

I’m Jakob. I do the work myself.

I run SEO Monkey from Beach Road in Campbells Bay, at the other end of the Shore from Devonport. There is no account manager and no offshore team. The person you talk to is the person working on your rankings.

Devonport is its own market. One road in, a ferry, and locals who would rather not leave the village for a haircut. Your pages and your profile get written for that, not copied from a Takapuna page with the name swapped.

JL
Jakob LeechFounder, SEO Monkey · Campbells Bay, North Shore

Here is what happens when you get in touch.

Three steps. You can stop after the first one and keep the plan.

01

A free 18-minute call

I run your main Devonport searches before we speak, so the call starts with the actual map and who is on it instead of you.

02

A one-page plan, in writing

The work, the timeline, the flat monthly fee and what success looks like in 30 days. No deck and no surprises.

03

A plain-English report, every month

Where you rank, what moved, what I did and what is next. If the numbers are not moving, I tell you before you have to ask.

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Want to see who Devonport finds instead of you?

Eighteen minutes, no pitch deck. I bring the map for your searches.

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What it costs.

Two plans. Start with the village and add the rest of the peninsula when the first one is paying. Prices are plus GST.

Local SEO, single suburb

Devonport on its own. Up to 5 priority keywords.

$597/mo
  • Google Business Profile fully optimised
  • 15+ NZ citations live in month one
  • 3 service-area pages on your site
  • Review request flow set up
  • Monthly plain-English ranking report
Devonport and the peninsula

Local SEO, multi-suburb

Up to 5 suburbs and up to 12 priority keywords.

$997/mo
  • Everything in the single suburb plan
  • 5 dedicated suburb landing pages
  • 30+ NZ citations live in month one
  • One new article a month
  • Quarterly competitor map-pack audit

Three-month minimum, then month to month. No setup fees. See every price.

30 DAY
Deliverables guarantee, in writing

If we do not deliver what we agreed in the first 30 days, your next invoice does not go out.

Every engagement starts with a one-page list of deliverables. If we have not shipped that list in the first 30 days, the next invoice doesn't go out until we ship. Ad spend is paid direct to Google or Meta, that's separate.

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Devonport SEO questions, answered straight.

Is there enough search in Devonport to make SEO worth it?

Fewer people search for Devonport than for Takapuna, and fewer businesses are chasing them. The ones who do search are close by and ready to book. I look at your actual searches before the call, and if the numbers are too small for monthly SEO to pay, I will say so. Sometimes the right answer is a properly set up Google profile and nothing else.

Most of my customers are visitors. Does local SEO still work?

Yes, and it matters more. A visitor decides on their phone, usually after they have arrived. They search, they see a map with three names on it, and they pick from the photos, the hours and the reviews. That is your Google Business Profile doing the selling, so that is where the work starts.

Can a Devonport business rank in Takapuna too?

Sometimes. Distance is one of the three things Google weighs, so the map results lean toward whoever is closest to the searcher. A strong page for Takapuna and reviews that mention it can get you there, and the multi-suburb plan covers up to five suburbs. I will tell you on the call whether it is realistic for what you do.

Do you only work with trades?

No. I take on clinics, shops, hospitality and professional services as well. The method is the same. What changes is which searches matter and what your profile needs to show.

Is Google Ads faster?

Yes. Ads can put you at the top of a Devonport search this week, and you disappear the day you stop paying. SEO is slower and keeps working. Plenty of businesses run ads while the SEO builds, which is what the Get Leads bundle at $1,497 a month is for.

Be the first name Devonport finds.

Free 18-minute call. I show you who comes up for your Devonport searches, why they are there, and what it would take to get ahead of them. No pitch, no pressure.

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