Our two cents · SEO agencies
Prosperity Media
Pick 1 of 9 in SEO agencies, Melbourne · Head office in Surry Hills NSW; Melbourne address at a South Yarra VIC coworking space
Our two cents
Best suited to larger brands wanting SEO and PR.
Prosperity Media is a Sydney-headquartered SEO, GEO and digital PR agency founded by James Norquay in 2012, with a team of about 30 and a listed Melbourne address at a South Yarra coworking space. It suits mid-size and enterprise brands that want SEO combined with content and digital PR. It won Best Large SEO Agency at the APAC Search Awards 2025 and holds 5.0 stars from 71 Google reviews. The caveat: its site says delivery is by its Sydney team, so confirm who would run a Melbourne account.
Worth considering for
- Won Best Large SEO Agency (26+ employees) at the APAC Search Awards 2025, plus six campaign category wins that year [apacsearchawards.com]
- Won two APAC Search Awards 2026 categories: Retail/eCommerce (SEO) with Somerzby and Health with Bondi Meal Prep [apacsearchawards.com]
- 5.0 stars from 71 Google reviews on its Surry Hills (Sydney) profile [google.com]
- States every contract includes a 30-day clause, although programs are usually planned over 12 months [prosperitymedia.com.au]
- Offers a dedicated GEO (AI search) service with a published four-step method: brand audit, technical GEO, digital PR and LLM visibility reporting [prosperitymedia.com.au]
Check before booking
- Head office and delivery team are in Sydney. The Melbourne address is a South Yarra coworking space (Yellow Desk) and the Melbourne Google profile shows no reviews, so confirm who would run your account and whether in-person meetings are offered.
- Team size and location claims differ across its own pages: 31 on the About page, 34 'Melbourne SEO specialists' on the Melbourne page and 16 in Sydney on the SEO agency page.
- Its enquiry form starts at a monthly SEO budget of $5,000 to $10,000 and it says it mostly serves mid-size to enterprise businesses, so smaller businesses may sit below its usual fit.
- SEO is billed hourly and no hourly rate is published on its site; get the rate and monthly hours in writing.
- All 15 Clutch reviews date from 2020 to 2023, so recent independent feedback is mainly on Google.
- Not verified: Whether any staff work from the South Yarra address, Semrush Search Awards Australia 2018 Best Agency (organiser page not found), Claim to be Australia's most awarded SEO agency, Average client retention of 5+ years, Runs 30+ SEO test websites, Sydney SEO Conference described as Australia's largest SEO event, Founding year (site says 2012, Clutch says 2013, current company ABN active from 2017), Client outcome figures in growth studies.
Where these facts come from.
Website, ABR, both Google Business Profiles (Sydney and Melbourne), Clutch and the APAC and Global Search Awards winners and shortlist pages loaded on 29 October 2026. Team size, staff locations and client outcome figures are self-reported.
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Google Business Profile rating 5 from 71 reviews (and 1 more)
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Clutch rating 4.9 from 15 reviews
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APAC Search Awards 2025 winner, Best Large SEO Agency (26+ employees), plus wins for Best Use of Search, Finance (SEO) (HALO Technologies), Best Local Campaign (SEO) (Enterprise Rent-A-Car NZ), Best Use of PR in a Search Campaign (Reckon), Best SEO Campaign (GO Rentals), Best Use of Content Marketing (ResDiary) and Best Use of Data (SEO) (Alliance Climate Control) (and 1 more)
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APAC Search Awards 2026 winner, Best Use of Search, Retail/eCommerce (SEO) (Somerzby) and Best Use of Search, Health (Bondi Meal Prep) (and 1 more)
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APAC Search Awards 2026 shortlist (not a win), Best Large SEO Agency (26+ employees); the category went to StudioHawk
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Global Search Awards 2026 winner, Best Use of Search, Retail/eCommerce (SEO): Large (Bondi Meal Prep)
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Global Search Awards 2025 winner, Best Use of Search, Travel/Leisure (SEO): Large (GO Rentals)
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APAC Search Awards 2024 winner, Best Use of Search, Travel/Leisure (SEO) (GO Rentals), Best Use of Search, B2C (SEO) (CPAP Direct) and Best Use of Content Marketing (ResDiary)
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Semrush AU Search Awards 2023 winner, Best Online Marketing Campaign, Healthcare (CPAP Direct)
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Semrush Search Awards Australia 2018 winner, Best Agency
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ABN 79 622 616 335 (Prosperity Media Group Pty Ltd), active from 2 Nov 2017, main business location NSW 2010
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Runs the Sydney SEO Conference and says it tests strategies on 30+ of its own websites before using them for clients
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Bondi Meal Prep (meal delivery ecommerce, engaged March 2025): growth study reports 47.75% more organic clicks and 54.46% more revenue after fixing 37,500+ redirect issues, adding schema to 100+ pages and building content clusters (self-reported); the campaign won APAC and Global Search Awards categories in 2026
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GO Rentals (New Zealand car rental): growth study reports 25 featured snippets across 6 countries and 19.6k visits from an eight-article content cluster (self-reported); won Best Use of Search, Travel/Leisure (SEO) at the APAC Search Awards 2024
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Alliance Climate Control (HVAC): growth study reports 359% more organic clicks year on year and $1.2 million growth in organic revenue year to date (self-reported)
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CPAP Direct (sleep therapy ecommerce): growth study reports 74% more clicks and 49.4% more conversions year on year from collection page optimisation, content and link acquisition (self-reported)
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Victorian Cosmetic Institute SEO campaign won Best Online Marketing Campaign, Healthcare at the Semrush AU Search Awards 2022
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States every contract includes a 30-day clause, although programs are usually planned over 12 months
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Offers a dedicated GEO (AI search) service with a published four-step method: brand audit, technical GEO, digital PR and LLM visibility reporting
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Pricing: SEO is billed hourly against a monthly hours plan (15 to 30 hours for small business, 30 to 50 for mid-size, 50 to 100+ for enterprise); no hourly rate is published. Entry-level local SEO starts at around $2,000 + GST a month. Separately, digital PR packages are listed at $5,000 to $15,000 a month.
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Research basis: desk research, checked 29 October 2026. No service was purchased or tested, and no first-hand experience is claimed.
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