SEO Agency Brighton
Circulate Digital, Floor 5 & 6, Tower Point, 44 North Rd, Brighton, BN1 1YR
Search Marketing That Makes Waves
Search marketing in Brighton, built by people who live and breathe it and judge the work on the enquiries it brings in, not the rankings report.
Why Circulate
Why work with Circulate on your SEO
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Content SEO Specialists
At Circulate, we craft SEO strategies specifically designed around your business. Our comprehensive approach includes everything from local keyword research and on-page optimisation to technical SEO enhancements.
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Local to Brighton
As your dedicated Brighton SEO agency, we focus on driving high-quality traffic and improving your rankings, ensuring that your business stands out in local search results. Whether you need help with on-site SEO or building local backlinks, we’ve got you covered.
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Technical SEO specialists
Within our Brighton SEO team, we have dedicated technical SEO experts who can offer a helping hand for anything technical on your site. Looking to do a migration or expand internationally? We have you covered with our technical SEO offering and can factor this into our bespoke strategies.
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Supporting local businesses
We’re passionate about supporting Brighton local business and putting Brighton on the map.
Trusted by leading brands
The Brighton SEO agency with global reach
A search and social agency in Brighton
Circulate Digital is a creative search and social marketing agency based in Brighton, Sussex.
Services built around results
Committed to delivering the very best results for our clients, we offer SEO services across a range of different platforms and placements. Driven by growth and powered by data, our team of digital marketing specialists will be dedicated to increasing your brand awareness online.
Premium standards, no fluff
As a digital marketing agency in Brighton with premium standards, we don’t do fluffy figures. We offer you real results in real time that help your business grow. We’ve even won awards for it. Work with us to unlock a whole new level of website traffic and, most importantly, tangible results.
Case studyNory
Read the case study Nory. 76% increase in success story users in one month.
Nory, a restaurant and hospitality operations platform, partnered with us to build an SEO strategy across traditional and generative search, lifting success story users by 76% inside a month.
- 76%Customer story users
- 35%Blog sessions
- 21%Product page users
Reporting
We show you what’s working, and what isn’t
Our own industry-leading reporting suite tracks the whole strategy across Google and every major AI platform. You see where you’re moving, what’s driving it, and what we’re changing.
AI searchAI referral traffic
1,284visits from AI platforms in October▲213% year on year
ChatGPT61%
Perplexity18%
Gemini12%
Copilot6%
Claude3%
Nov410Dec455Jan520Feb498Mar610Apr690May742Jun815Jul930Aug1,010Sep1,150Oct1,284 visits
1,284 visitsNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct
Circulate × Your brand · October report22 / 34
ConversionsOctober conversions1–31 Oct, compared with October 2025
Conversion rate12.4%+1.6 pts
October 2025912conversions
1,435▲57% year on year
Where they came from
Form submissions612
Phone clicks391
Strategy calls booked248
Demo requests184
October 2025 · 912Growth this year · +523
Across every assistant trackedVisibility
Brand mentionsAI search
214
▲18%from 181 in September
Answers naming youAI search
31%
▲9 ptsfrom 22% in September
Times your site was citedAI search
118
▲24%from 95 in September
Prompts trackedAI search
240
▲40 addedfrom 200 in September
Competitors trackedAI search
6
▲2 addedfrom 4 in September
Answers analysedAI search
640
▲7%from 600 in September
Average position in answersAI search
3.4
●Holdingfrom 3.3 in September
AI Overview citationsGoogle
12
▼3from 15 in September
Circulate × Your brand · October report24 / 34
Assistants and competitorsWho named you
Assistants
Gemini96
36% of 266 answersChatGPT71
27% of 263 answersPerplexity47
18% of 261 answersShare of answers across competitors
Competitor A268
37% of mentionsYour brand (you)214
29% of mentionsCompetitor B112
15% of mentionsCompetitor C58
8% of mentionsCompetitor D44
6% of mentionsCompetitor E38
5% of mentionsCirculate × Your brand · October report29 / 34
Visibility by assistantPrompts you appeared in
PromptVisible onSentimentCheckedChange
Best [your service] provider in the UKGPTGEMPPXPositive6New
[Your brand] vs [competitor]GPTGEMPPXPositive6+1 answer
Top alternatives to [competitor]GPTGEMPPXNeutral6+2 answers
Is [your brand] worth it?GPTGEMPPXPositive6No change
Which [your service] provider is best for [use case]?GPTGEMPPXNot named6−1 answer
What does [your service] cost in the UK?GPTGEMPPXNeutral6No prior scan
[Your service] agency near meGPTGEMPPXPositive6+1 answer
Who are the leading [your service] companies?GPTGEMPPXNeutral6New
Is [competitor] better than [your brand]?GPTGEMPPXNeutral6No change
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AudienceWhere your audience is
41%of visits came from the United Kingdom, out of 32 countries sending traffic.
Sessions by countryUnited Kingdom41%
United States18%
Ireland7%
Germany6%
Netherlands5%
Australia4%
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Site healthTechnical SEO
Mobile PageSpeedPageSpeed
82/100Needs work+11 month on monthDesktop PageSpeedPageSpeed
97/100Good+4 month on monthCrawl healthSite audit
94/100Good+6 month on monthLargest contentful paintMobile
2.9sNeeds work−0.8s month on monthInteraction to next paintMobile
140msGoodCumulative layout shiftMobile
0.02GoodPages with errorsSite audit
3GoodDown from 41Circulate × Your brand · October report18 / 34
Demo data. Your report uses your prompts, your competitors and your numbers.
SEO in Brighton: your questions answered
What does an SEO agency in Brighton do?
Technical SEO, content, digital PR and AI search, run as one plan. Brighton has a dense cluster of digital, creative and ecommerce businesses, so the competition for the obvious terms is sharper than the city size suggests. We audit first, fix what is stopping pages from ranking, then build content and authority around the terms that actually convert for you. Reporting is tied to enquiries rather than impressions.
How much does SEO in Brighton cost?
We scope every retainer to your site, so there’s no price list. Where you sit above that depends on how competitive your category is and how much needs fixing before content can perform. We scope after an audit and hold a fixed monthly figure. Brighton service businesses competing locally usually sit near the starting point, while ecommerce and national briefs run higher.
How quickly does Brighton SEO work?
Technical fixes often show inside four to six weeks. Competitive Brighton terms usually take three to six months of consistent work, and national terms take longer. Because content and digital PR compound, the second and third quarters normally deliver more than the first, which is why we plan and report in quarters.
Do you work with businesses outside Brighton?
Yes. We work with businesses across the UK and internationally from our Sheffield office, and Brighton clients are part of a much wider book. The team and the process are the same wherever you are based.
Start with a free strategy session
We’ll look at what you rank for, where competitors are winning instead, and what is worth fixing first. No charge, and the findings are yours either way.
Latest insights
What is AI search?
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What is AI search?
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What are Google AI Overviews?Fave songDeadmanKarnivool · Sound Awake, 2009
What are Google AI Overviews?
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What is content gap analysis?
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