Search Solved

Search Solved is a one-person SEO consultancy based in Brighton, England, run by Mike Escott, who has worked in search since 2013 across agencies, in-house teams and independent consulting. The consultancy works directly with established businesses that already have an organic presence and prior SEO investment but have not seen the growth or commercial return they expected. Rather than volume-led tactics aimed at increasing traffic, the focus is on identifying what is blocking performance and connecting recommendations to commercial outcomes, working with businesses that want the right customers rather than simply more sessions. Engagements typically begin with a fixed-fee audit, starting from £4,500, covering areas such as technical SEO, Google update recovery, and SEO content. From there, work extends into content marketing, PPC, conversion optimisation and digital strategy. Escott positions the approach around finding what is actually limiting performance, prioritising the changes likely to make the biggest difference, justifying the resource needed, and making sure the client's team can act on the findings. Part of the stated rationale is that many SEO recommendations stall between report and implementation because no one owns them internally; Escott stays involved from strategy through to implementation to help build the internal support needed to act. The practice also addresses visibility within AI-driven search results, including large language models and AI Overviews, alongside traditional organic search.