Business assessment · SEO agencies

Aperitif

SEO agencies · Office in South Yarra VIC (by appointment)

Evidence confidence: High
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Our two cents

Best suited to boutique, senior-led search engagements.

Aperitif is a small South Yarra search agency founded in 2020 by Joe Romeo, an SEO consultant with over 10 years' experience. It suits Melbourne businesses that want a boutique team covering SEO and paid search with senior involvement. It won Best Global Small SEO Agency at the Global Search Awards 2025 and holds 4.9 stars from 44 Google reviews. The caveat: it is a young, seven-person business with no published pricing, so check capacity before committing.

Worth considering for

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  • Small team of about seven named people, so capacity and key-person reliance are worth checking.
  • Trading only since 2020.
  • No pricing published; South Yarra office is by appointment only.
  • Not verified: Pricing, Contract terms, Founder's prior employment, Full case study figures.

How the score adds up.

Method v1 · SEO agencies
Expertise and capability 20 / 25 Specialist search agency led by a founder with 10+ years in SEO, but the business itself has traded only since 2020.
Evidence of work 20 / 25 Named case studies with headline outcomes and many independently judged campaign wins in 2025 and 2026. Full case study detail was not reviewed for every client.
Customer experience 16 / 20 Google 4.9 from 44 reviews. No Clutch rating found in the Melbourne listing loaded. 4.5+ with 30+ reviews.
Transparency 10.5 / 15 ABN, address, named team and a terms of service page are published. No pricing; office is by appointment only.
Professional standards 13.5 / 15 Numerous 2025 and 2026 APAC and Global Search Awards wins verified on the organisers' sites, including two agency-of-the-year style titles.

Total: 80/100 (method v1). Points are rounded for display; the total is rounded once from exact values. Compare scores only within the same category. This is an editorial assessment, not a customer rating.

What the assessment is based on.

Website, ABR, Google Business Profile and four awards organiser pages loaded on 28 October 2026. Smaller review base than larger agencies.

Research basis: desk research, checked 28 October 2026. No service was purchased or tested, and no first-hand experience is claimed.

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