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Best digital marketing and SEO agencies in the Illawarra, according to AI (October 2026)

We asked ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode 60 questions a buyer in the Illawarra types when looking for digital marketing and SEO agencies. The engines named 112 companies in the Illawarra. MaturEdge is named most often, in 20% of answers, followed by Adcraft Studio (16%) and Beans Marketing (15%). 23 are named by all three engines.

The full list is below, ranked by how consistently each company is named.

  • 60 buyer questions
  • 180 answers read
  • 3 engines

All 112 companies AI names in the Illawarra

Click a company to open its full report: every answer that names it, where it stands in each one, and the sites behind every rival. Mentioned is the share of answers that name the company: all 180, one engine’s 60 in the engine columns. Green marks that engine’s 3 most recommended. A crossed circle means it never named the company. Click a heading to sort.

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1MaturEdgematuredge.com.au20%12%20%Most recommended28%Most recommendedSee full report
2Adcraft Studioadcraftstudio.com.au16%18%15%15%Most recommendedSee full report
3Beans Marketingbeansmarketing.com.au15%10%18%Most recommended17%Most recommendedSee full report
4CantyDigitalcantydigital.com.au13%25%Most recommended7%8%See full report
5Creative Orbit Illawarracreativeorbit.com.au12%25%Most recommended2%10%See full report
6Pro Marketing Wollongongpromarketingwollongong.com.au12%12%10%15%See full report
7Aesthetic Digital Marketingaestudio.au12%23%Most recommended3%8%See full report
8Unknown Groupunknowngroup.com.au11%5%22%Most recommended5%See full report
9Craft Marketingcraftmarketing.au9%12%3%13%See full report
10Love My Online Marketinglovemyonlinemarketing.com9%12%8%7%See full report

102 more companies below

11Let's Get Visible Wollongongletsgetvisible.com.au8%18%5%See full report
12Skyrocket Marketingskyrocketmarketing.com.au8%10%5%8%See full report
13Madwebmadweb.com.au7%12%8%2%See full report
14Marketing Movementmarketingmovement.net7%10%5%7%See full report
15Raven Digital Coravendigitalco.com.au7%12%3%7%See full report
16SuccessWithMark.Rockssuccesswithmark.rocks7%17%3%2%See full report
17Ecology Digitalecologydigital.com.au7%12%8%See full report
18South Coast Digitalsouthcoastdigitalmarketing.com.au7%15%5%See full report
19Top Gong Digital Marketingtopgongdigitalmarketing.com.au6%7%3%7%See full report
20Webicswebics.com.au6%8%5%3%See full report
21WISDOMwisdom.com.au6%2%12%3%See full report
22Studio Fridaystudiofriday.com.au5%10%5%See full report
23Capstone Marketingcapstonemarketing.com.au4%7%5%See full report
24MacBain Agencythemacbainagency.com4%3%7%2%See full report
25SIXGUNsixgun.com.au4%2%10%See full report
26Digital Marketing Tribedigitalmarketingtribe.com.au3%5%5%See full report
27Localsearchlocalsearch.com.au3%2%3%5%See full report
28Uprise Digitaluprisedigital.com.au3%7%3%See full report
29YBR Marketingybrmarketing.com.au3%3%7%See full report
30Eureka Creativeeurekacreative.com.au3%3%3%2%See full report
31Loopli Marketingloopli.com.au3%5%3%See full report
32núcleonucleo.com.au3%8%See full report
33The Social Editthesocialedit.com.au3%7%2%See full report
34ViVO Digitalvivo.digital3%2%5%2%See full report
35Digital Edge Studiodigitaledgestudio.com2%5%2%See full report
36MAAD Creativemaadcreative.com.au2%5%2%See full report
37AdVisibleadvisible.com.au2%5%See full report
38Baxoptimizedbaxoptimized.com.au2%3%2%See full report
39Disrupta Marine Marketingdisruptamarinemarketing.com.au2%2%2%2%See full report
40Jordan James Mediajordanjamesmedia.com2%5%See full report
41Local Clickslocalclicks.com.au2%5%See full report
42natiive Digitalnatiive.com.au2%3%2%See full report
43Search Scopesearchscope.com.au2%3%2%See full report
44Webomazewebomaze.com.au2%5%See full report
45Wollongong Web Designwollongongwebdesign.com.au2%3%2%See full report
46Capital Leadscapitalleads.com.au1%2%2%See full report
47Farm Table SEO Servicesfarmtable.com.au1%2%2%See full report
48FocusedGrowthfocusedgrowth.com.au1%2%2%See full report
49Marketixmarketixdigital.com.au1%3%See full report
50MONOCROWmonocrow.net1%2%2%See full report
51North Socialnorthsocialaustralia.com1%3%See full report
52Safari Digitalsafaridigital.com.au1%2%2%See full report
53Sarah Clark Marketingsarahclarkmarketing.com.au1%3%See full report
54Sea Salt Marketingseasaltmarketing.com.au1%3%See full report
55Sitework Cositeworkco.com.au1%3%See full report
56Sunday Lane Studiosundaylanestudio.com.au1%2%2%See full report
57Volt Digitalvoltdigital.com.au1%2%2%See full report
58Warren Digitalwarrendigital.com.au1%3%See full report
59WP Creativewpcreative.com.au1%3%See full report
60Zylo Digitalzylodigital.com.au1%3%See full report
61AJ Digital Leadsno website found1%2%See full report
62Andrea Maree Creativeandreamareecreative.com1%2%See full report
63Blackforge Studioblackforgestudio.com.au1%2%See full report
64Build-IT Marketingbuilditmarketing.com.au1%2%See full report
65Building Boom Servicesbuildingboom.com.au1%2%See full report
66CleverWebcleverweb.com.au1%2%See full report
67CollabClubcollabclub.com.au1%2%See full report
68Constructiv Digitalconstructivdigital.com.au1%2%See full report
69Creative Deskcreativedesk.net.au1%2%See full report
70Dalligatordalligator.com.au1%2%See full report
71Digital Grace Marketingdigitalgracemarketing.com.au1%2%See full report
72Digital Hitmendigitalhitmen.com.au1%2%See full report
73DSIGNS Australiadsigns.com.au1%2%See full report
74First Pagefirstpage.com.au1%2%See full report
75Five by Fivefivebyfive.com.au1%2%See full report
76GBP Doctor / Search Scopegbpsuspended.com.au1%2%See full report
77GBP Recovery Australiagbprecovery.com1%2%See full report
78Google Ads Pro Australiagoogleadspro.au1%2%See full report
79GWM SEOno website found1%2%See full report
80Hayley G Creativehayleygcreative.com.au1%2%See full report
81IT Wollongongitwollongong.com.au1%2%See full report
82Karma Mediakarmamedia.com.au1%2%See full report
83Kings of Searchkingsofsearch.com.au1%2%See full report
84Lift SEOliftseo.com.au1%2%See full report
85Livet Online Marketingno website found1%2%See full report
86Marisa Robinson Digitalmarisarobinsondigital.com.au1%2%See full report
87Marketing Senseno website found1%2%See full report
88Marketing Station Australiano website found1%2%See full report
89Merge Marketingmerge.com.au1%2%See full report
90Move Ahead Mediamoveaheadmedia.com.au1%2%See full report
91Mystics Website Designno website found1%2%See full report
92OBTAIN SOCIALobtainsocial.com.au1%2%See full report
93Odin Digitalodindigital.com.au1%2%See full report
94PhillipJanephillipjane.com.au1%2%See full report
95PK SEOno website found1%2%See full report
96Revena Mediarevenamedia.com1%2%See full report
97RIPSSIXripssix.com1%2%See full report
98RubyPink Designrubypink.com.au1%2%See full report
99Seamless Socialsseamlesssocials.com.au1%2%See full report
100SEO Agency for Tradiesseoagencyfortradies.au1%2%See full report
101SEO Centreseocentre.au1%2%See full report
102Shopa Marketingshopamarketing.com.au1%2%See full report
103Show Pony Creativeshowponycreative.com.au1%2%See full report
104Sites n Stores Digital Solutionssitesnstores.com.au1%2%See full report
105Skyward Digitalskywarddigital.com.au1%2%See full report
106StudioHawkstudiohawk.com.au1%2%See full report
107Taffy Designtaffydesign.com1%2%See full report
108The Social Equestriansocialequestrian.com.au1%2%See full report
109Think Tank Digital Marketingno website found1%2%See full report
110TPR Mediatpr.media1%2%See full report
111UR Digitalurdigital.com.au1%2%See full report
112VeloWebveloweb.com.au1%2%See full report

Every company AI named in the Illawarra, ranked by how consistently it is named.

7 most recommended. 105 named. The rest not cited.

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Where AI gets its answers

Before an engine names a company, it reads the web. These are the sites each engine cited most in its 60 answers for the Illawarra, by the share of answers citing them.

ChatGPT

114 domains · 790 links overall

SourceShareLinks
creativeorbit.com.au25%
aestudio.au20%
adcraftstudio.com.au15%
successwithmark.rocks13%
madweb.com.au12%
maturedge.com.au12%
digitalmarketingtribe.com.au8%
cantydigital.com.au8%
letsgetvisible.com.au8%
beansmarketing.com.au8%
Gemini

44 domains · 213 links overall

SourceShareLinks
maturedge.com.au15%
ecologydigital.com.au7%
madweb.com.au7%
unknowngroup.com.au7%
uprisedigital.com.au5%
seowollongong.com5%
adcraftstudio.com.au5%
beansmarketing.com.au5%
ybrmarketing.com.au5%
cantydigital.com.au3%
Google AI Mode

86 domains · 529 links overall

SourceShareLinks
maturedge.com.au32%
boltblue.com.au12%
adcraftstudio.com.au12%
business.localsearch.com.au10%
sixgun.com.au10%
ecologydigital.com.au8%
seowollongong.com8%
aestudio.au8%
craftmarketing.au8%
kiamabusinessnetwork.com.au7%

One thing stands out. ChatGPT cites company sites directly: creativeorbit.com.au tops its list, so a company’s own pages decide whether it is named.

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What “Top 3 in AI answers” means

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A company gets the badge when it is in the top 3 on any single engine, by how many of that engine’s answers recommend it, not just name it. The badge names the engine, so a company can hold it on Gemini and not on ChatGPT. In the Illawarra that is CantyDigital, Creative Orbit Illawarra and Aesthetic Digital Marketing on ChatGPT. MaturEdge, Beans Marketing and Unknown Group on Gemini. MaturEdge, Adcraft Studio and Beans Marketing on Google AI Mode. 9 badges, 7 companies. A badge holder confirms its website inside the report and puts the badge on its site, and it links back to this page.

The 60 questions we asked

Every company was measured against the same 60 questions, asked the way a buyer types them, with no company name in the question. Grouped by how the question is asked: four kinds.

Use case (the job is named)

2 questions
  • Our holiday park's map listing got suspended in peak season, which SEO and digital marketing agencies in Kiama can get it reinstated quickly?
  • The map listing for our tyre shop was suspended and we can't work out why, can you recommend a search engine optimiser in Dapto who fixes that?

Alternatives (excluding the well-known)

the question asks for options outside the market leaders10 questions
  • We run a small guesthouse and want more direct phone bookings instead of paying commission to booking sites, which digital marketing agencies in Kiama could help?
  • We install solar and can handle plenty of jobs, so which marketing firm in Dapto bills by the lead instead of a monthly fee?
  • Who is a good marketing firm for fashion boutiques in the Illawarra?

+ 7 more questions in this group.

Criterion (price, reviews, support, integration)

a plain category question with one qualifier6 questions
  • We can only put about $600 a month into marketing, which digital marketing agency in Dapto would work within that?
  • Who is the best SEO company in Port Kembla for marketing to industrial buyers?
  • Who are the best reviewed digital marketing consultants in Kiama according to local shop and cafe owners?

+ 3 more questions in this group.

Other phrasing

42 questions
  • Our locksmith business has dropped off the map results lately, which local SEO experts in the Illawarra can get us back near the top?
  • Our takeaway shop keeps sliding down the map listings, I need an SEO company in Shellharbour that knows how to fix that.
  • Our engineering firm's web enquiries halved after the site was rebuilt, which SEO agency in Port Kembla can find out what broke?

+ 39 more questions in this group.

How we measure

Each of the 60 questions was asked once to ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode in October 2026: 180 answers. We read every answer and record which companies it names. A company’s share is the part of answers that name it. Different spellings of one company are merged into one row.

Left out: companies outside the Illawarra, and names that aren’t digital marketing and seo agencies. A name AI gave without a website we could find is listed without a profile.

One run per question means a single answer moves a company at the bottom of the table by a point. Treat differences of 1 to 2% as noise and the top 20 as stable.

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Questions about this ranking

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Either no engine named it in the 180 answers we read, or it was named and we could not match it to a website. Search the list above. If it was named, its full report is ready and you can add the website from there. If it was never named, Findrix shows what AI says when buyers ask about digital marketing and SEO agencies, which rivals it names instead, and a ranked list of fixes: the page, the edit, and the next scan ticks it off. It starts with the 7-day trial.

What is in the full report?

Everything we collected about the company: its position on each of ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode, recommended or only mentioned, its average position in the answer and what AI says about it word for word. It opens after a quick login, free, for anyone. The “Top 3 in AI answers” badge goes on the company’s site when any engine puts it in its top 3.

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This page is one snapshot. Findrix is where you control and grow your AI visibility over time: your own question set, 60 to 180 questions by plan, tracked for you and your rivals. On every answer you see recommended, only mentioned, or a rival, and which sites earned that rival the spot. Wrong facts come with the correction email written for you. Your site becomes a numbered plan: which page, what to change, confirmed by the next scan. A PDF report for you and your team. It starts with the 7-day trial.

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