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Top 100 Search Marketing Agencies in San Diego

June 2023

Looking for a top search engine marketing consultant in San Diego?

SEM is a valuable way to promote your service and grow your business.

To assist you in your search for a partner, we’ve compiled this list of the top search marketing agencies in San Diego. 

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List of the Best San Diego Search Engine Marketing Consultants

  • 1
    • $1,000+
    • 50 - 249 employees
    • San Diego, CA

    Ignite Visibility is one of the highest awarded digital marketing agency in the industry, specializing in digital marketing strategy, SEO, paid media, social media, email marketing, analytics, Amazon, and CRO. Ignite Visibility has used the same strategies they use for clients to become a four-time Inc. 5000 company (2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020). Ignite Visibility is led by leading industry expert John Lincoln, has over 110 full-time employees and offers a proprietary digital marketing forecasting system allowing clients to consistently hit quarterly goals.

    Clients

    • Tony Robbins
    • Sharp Healthcare
    • The Knot World Wide
    • National Funding

    Industries

    Notable Project

    Ignite Visibility provides branding and social media marketing services for an energy shots company. They've designed a new brand identity and managed the client's TikTok and Facebook organic and paid content.

    "The quality and attention to our brand has been second to none."

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  • 2
    • $5,000+
    • 250 - 999 employees
    • San Diego, CA

    Power Digital is a digital marketing agency based in San Diego with an office in New York. The agency, founded in 2012, has more than 300 employees and provides content marketing, email marketing, PPC, SEO, social media marketing, web design, and PR services. Power Digital serves mid-market and other-sized companies in the consumer products & services, advertising & marketing, business services, and retail industries. 

    Clients

    • TOMS
    • Dropbox
    • Airbnb
    • The Honest Company

    Industries

    Notable Project

    Power Digital provides various digital marketing services for a smart locker solutions company. The scope includes SEO, content strategy, social media marketing, and web development, among other tasks.

    "They are very engaged and do whatever they can to support our goals."

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  • 3
    • Scheduling

      4.9
    • Quality

      4.9
    • Cost

      4.8
    • NPS

      5.0
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    • $1,000+
    • 10 - 49 employees
    • San Diego, CA

    NextLeft, founded in 2016, is a digital content marketing and SEO agency. The company’s mission is to rid the world of digital clutter by creating the helpful, relevant content people are searching for online. Headquartered in sunny San Diego, NextLeft's team of 14 full-time SEO & Content Strategists amplify the world’s most loved brands.

    Clients

    • Hallmark Inc.
    • Fiskars Inc.
    • United Van Lines
    • Mayflower

    Industries

    Notable Project

    NextLeft provided SEO and PPC services to a nonprofit animal center. They used Google Ads to help boost the client’s online presence. 

    "They taught us a lot about the capabilities of our website and our Google Ads account."

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  • 4
    • $5,000+
    • 10 - 49 employees
    • San Diego, CA

    Inseev Interactive is a marketing firm located in San Diego, Calif. and founded in 2013. The firm has about 50 employees. Inseev Interactive specializes in search engine optimization, but also offers pay-per-click services. Many of the firm's clients are midmarket businesses in consumer products industries.

    Industries

    Notable Project

    Inseev Interactive helps a skincare brand with their SEO efforts. In addition to content creation and link building, they've assisted them in site migration, strategy shift, and past PPC campaigns.

    “They’re an extremely knowledgeable agency in everything SEO-related.”

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  • 5
    • $5,000+
    • 10 - 49 employees
    • San Diego, CA

    Elevated Internet Marketing is a SEO services firm. They offer search engine optimization, pay per click, web design, ux/ui design, and more and were founded in 2012. Their small team is Carlsbad, California-based.

    Industries

    Notable Project

    Elevated Internet Marketing is responsible for a mobility product retailer's paid, earned, social, and additional digital marketing. They expanded the client's social media to earn consumers' confidence.

    "Elevated has the broad breadth and depth of staff to manage all digital management functions."

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  • 6
    • $10,000+
    • 10 - 49 employees
    • San Diego, CA

    Wise Digital Partners is a San Diego, California-based SEO agency. The agency provides search engine optimization, pay per click, web design, ux/ui design, and more and is small.The agency was founded in 2016.

    Industries

    Notable Project

    An employee retention credit security company hired Wise Digital Partners to improve their website aesthetic and functionality. Their main responsibilities were website design and copywriting.

    "They operated this project at breakneck speed (per our requirements) and delivered an excellent, world-class design."

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  • 7
    • Scheduling

      4.9
    • Quality

      4.9
    • Cost

      4.9
    • NPS

      5.0
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    • $5,000+
    • 50 - 249 employees
    • San Diego, CA

    UPQODE is a website design and development agency based in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 2015, the team of 40+ specializes in web development, web design, and e-commerce development. They work with small businesses, focusing on information technology, e-commerce, and business services.

    Clients

    • Think Tank Team - Samsung Research America
    • SAA - Spondylitis Association of America
    • AmeriFreight Inc.
    • DOXO Inc.

    Industries

    Notable Project

    UPQODE helped an AI solutions provider redesign their website. This mainly involved front- and backend development efforts, website content creation and optimization, and comprehensive QA testing. 

    "They went above and beyond to ensure we were satisfied with the final product."

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  • 8
    • Scheduling

      4.7
    • Quality

      4.7
    • Cost

      4.3
    • NPS

      4.7
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    • $50,000+
    • 50 - 249 employees
    • San Diego, CA

    BusinessOnline is a digital marketing agency with offices in San Diego and Boston. The team of 80+ specializes in PPC, SEO, and digital strategy and mostly serves mid-market and enterprise businesses. They take a data-driven approach to all projects with clients.

    Clients

    • HP
    • Epicor
    • Milgard Windows and Doors
    • Honeywell

    Industries

    Notable Project

    BusinessOnline provides business prediction services for B2B telecommunications with the goal of improving marketing strategy. The team also works on SEO and Adwords.

    "[T]hey’re always generating new ideas and new approaches to our challenges."

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  • 9
    • Scheduling

      5.0
    • Quality

      5.0
    • Cost

      5.0
    • NPS

      5.0
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    • Undisclosed
    • 250 - 999 employees
    • San Diego, CA

    Tinuiti (formerly Elite SEM) is a digital and search marketing agency based in New York and founded in 2004. With over 400 employees, they have additional offices in Philadelphia, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Boston, San Francisco, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Chattanooga, Tenn., and San Rafael, Calif.  They specialize in conversion optimization, media planning and buying, and SEO. 

    Clients

    • Tommy Bahama
    • Jet.com
    • Etsy
    • Terminix

    Notable Project

    Elite SEM helped make the transition to direct B2C eCommerce sales. Their work includes multiple advertising strategies including paid search, product listing management, and conversion rate optimization.

    “They immediately doubled, if not tripled, our return on ad spend soon after the engagement started.”

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  • 10
    • Scheduling

      5.0
    • Quality

      4.9
    • Cost

      5.0
    • NPS

      5.0
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    • $1,000+
    • 10 - 49 employees
    • San Diego, CA

    SiO Digital is an inbound marketing agency that was founded in 2015. They are headquartered in San Diego and have an office in Los Angeles. They currently have 14 employees and specialize in content marketing, SEO, and advertising. 

    Clients

    • Cabrella Shipping Insurance

    Industries

    Notable Project

    smartboost developed a website that combined two existing sites. They now provide social media, SEO, and PPC services, along with robust tracking that influences future ad-spend decisions.

    "If I could go back, then I would start with them a lot sooner."

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  • 11
    • Scheduling

      5.0
    • Quality

      5.0
    • Cost

      4.9
    • NPS

      5.0
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    • $5,000+
    • 2 - 9 employees
    • San Diego, CA

    Socratik is an SEO agency founded in San Diego in 2018 with fewer than 10 people. They are experts in SEO and PPC solutions for clients ranging from small businesses to large firms in the fields of e-commerce, healthcare, and hospitality.

    Clients

    • PepsiCo
    • Celebrity Cruises
    • Davines
    • UCF Health

    Industries

    Notable Project

    Socratik provided organic search SEO recommendations and changes for a university health practice, focusing on-site optimizations, back-linking opportunities, and content creation.

    “One of Socratik’s main strengths is that they deliver fast results, but they do it by producing really strong content.”

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  • 12
    • Scheduling

      4.9
    • Quality

      5.0
    • Cost

      5.0
    • NPS

      5.0
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    • $1,000+
    • 10 - 49 employees
    • San Diego, CA

    The Ad Firm is an online marketing agency located in Carlsbad, Calif. Founded in 2008, the team of nearly 10 provides SEO, PPC, email marketing and web design services, with experience with WordPress, Drupal, and Joomia.

    Clients

    • Cosmopolitan
    • Stemcyte
    • Keller Products
    • Aura Fire Safety

    Industries

    Notable Project

    The Ad Firm provides SEO services for a law firm. They've optimized and redesigned the company's website, with the goal of improving traffic and landing more clients.

    "They have consistently performed well."

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  • 13
    • $5,000+
    • 10 - 49 employees
    • San Diego, CA

    Small digital strategy company Kanbar Digital, LLC, is based in San Diego, California and Las Vegas, Nevada. They offer digital strategy, search engine optimization, market research, marketing strategy, and more and were established in 2021.

    Clients

    • DOORDASH
    • Wawanesa Insurance
    • HBOMax
    • iBUYPOWER

    Industries

    Notable Project

    Kanbar Digital, LLC provides ongoing SEO services for a gaming PC manufacturer. The team is responsible for optimizing the client's website, creating content, and developing strategies.

    "They're a full-package agency."

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  • 14
    • Scheduling

      4.9
    • Quality

      5.0
    • Cost

      5.0
    • NPS

      5.0
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    • $10,000+
    • 10 - 49 employees
    • San Diego, CA

    Since 2014, Brandetize have worked with clients providing digital strategies, content marketing, SEO, social media marketing and conversion optimization services. Headquartered in San Diego, a team of 50 focus client efforts on Facebook Advertising, Google AdWords, Instagram advertising, and influencer marketing

    Clients

    • The Good Feet Store
    • Jack Canfield
    • Terasana Clinical
    • Brian Tracy

    Industries

    Notable Project

    An electric vehicle company hired Brandetize for website development. They’re cost-effectively migrating the existing website from Wix to WordPress, enhancing UX designs, and integrating several systems.

    "I highly recommend them based on their creativity, innovative solutions, resourcefulness, and technical expertise."

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  • 15
    • Scheduling

      5.0
    • Quality

      5.0
    • Cost

      5.0
    • NPS

      5.0
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    • $1,000+
    • 2 - 9 employees
    • San Diego, CA

    SEO services firm Local Blitz is located in San Diego, California; Encinitas, California and Indianapolis, Indiana. The small company was established in 2009. Their services include search engine optimization and pay per click.

    Industries

    Notable Project

    Local Blitz was hired by a marketing consulting agency to help develop an SEO and PPC strategy for an end client. They update and optimize ads, work on building backlinks, and assist with campaigns.

    "They are very down-to-earth and highly experienced in their craft."

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  • 16
    • Scheduling

      4.8
    • Quality

      4.8
    • Cost

      4.8
    • NPS

      5.0
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    • $50,000+
    • 250 - 999 employees
    • San Diego, CA

    3Q Digital is a digital marketing and strategic consulting agency headquartered in San Mateo, Calif. with additional offices in San Diego, San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Burlington, Vt., Austin, Texas, and Raleigh, N.C. Their staff consists of over 250 experts in SEO, social media marketing, and analytics.

    Clients

    • Eventbrite
    • SurveyMonkey
    • ModCloth
    • Square

    Notable Project

    3Q Digital provided SEO and SEM for an online hunting and outdoors retail store. In addition, they worked to get the company unbanned from Google in order to advertise on the search engine.

    "They go above and beyond to showcase the work they do ... They’re constantly innovating and moving their teams forward."

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  • 17
    • Undisclosed
    • 10 - 49 employees
    • San Diego, CA

    Doctor Multimedia is a medical web development and SEO agency headquartered in La Jolla, Calif. with a satellite office in Las Vegas, Nev. The agency has just over 30 employees and was founded in 2010. Doctor Multimedia also offers PPC, social media marketing, web design, and content marketing services. The majority of its clients are small businesses, though it works with some midmarket businesses.

    Industries

    Notable Project

    Doctor Multimedia was hired by a multi-practice healthcare company to manage their social media accounts and website.

    "We have been billed for several months of services, which were never rendered."

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  • 18
    • Scheduling

      4.8
    • Quality

      5.0
    • Cost

      4.3
    • NPS

      4.9
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    • $5,000+
    • 10 - 49 employees
    • San Diego, CA

    Digital marketing agency Digitopia was founded in 2004. With headquarters in Carlsbad, Calif., they have a team of 11. They specialize in digital strategy, content marketing, and conversion optimization. 

    Industries

    Notable Project

    Digitopia provides offers paid media marketing for an analytics platform across LinkedIn, Google, and 6sense. They tracked key KPIs such as view through rate, clickthrough rate, clicks, and more.

    "They are always willing to go the extra mile and have ensured that we are meeting our goals."

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  • 19
    • $10,000+
    • 2 - 9 employees
    • San Diego, CA

    Toporin Studio is a web agency based in San Diego with more than two members. Founded in 2016, they offer web design, web development, and SEO solutions for clients in the fields of business services, consumer products, and advertising.

    Clients

    • AirMaxx HVAC, (San Diego, CA)
    • WeFix Appliance Repair (Miami, FL)
    • Space Moving & Storage (San Diego, CA)
    • Big City HVAC & Appliance Repair (San Diego, CA)

    Industries

    Notable Project

    Toporin Studio has updated an HVAC company’s website. They’ve designed and developed a new site and offer web maintenance services too. Toporin Studio also manages the client’s SEO strategy.

    “I’m most impressed with Toporin Studio's professionalism and knowledge”

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  • 20
    • $5,000+
    • 2 - 9 employees
    • San Diego, CA

    Headquartered in San Diego, California, Cody Bollerman Digital is a SEO services firm. Established in 2014, the small team offers search engine optimization, digital strategy, pay per click, web design, and more.

    Industries

    Notable Project

    Cody Bollerman Digital collaborates with a freelance market company to optimize a website's search engine positioning. This involves backlinking, on-page SEO, and writing meta descriptions and titles.

    "Overall, I'm really pleased with Cody, and his team's dedication and work ethic."

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  • 21
    • $1,000+
    • 2 - 9 employees
    • San Diego, CA

    Web Reputation Builders is a boutique web design, web development, SEO and online reputation management firm based in San Diego. Founded in 2009, the small team of five employees provides specialized SEO and web design services.

    Industries

    Notable Project

    Web Reputation Builders designed a website and conducted SEO to increase online visibility and find new customers. They arranged social media channels and continue to monitor online marketing.

    "I have seen my business increase its traffic and find new clients in a competitive market."

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  • 22
    • $1,000+
    • 10 - 49 employees
    • San Diego, CA

    Headquartered in San Diego, California, Client Catch is a PPC agency. Launched in 2021, the small team focuses on pay per click, social media marketing, and search engine optimization.

    Industries

    Notable Project

    Client Catch was hired by a healthcare company to handle their lead procurement and management efforts. They've conducted an analysis of the client's marketing efforts before developing a marketing strategy.

    "We are impressed with their strong project ownership and attention to our needs."

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  • 23
    • $1,000+
    • 2 - 9 employees
    • San Diego, CA

    SunCity Advising is a full-service marketing firm based in La Jolla, Calif. When SunCity Advising was founded in 2011 the team of 6 employees was committed to helping startups meet their growth goals. Since then, they've expanded their reach, consistently working with small and mid-market businesses to share expertise in SEO, PPC, email marketing, web design, social media, and content creation.

    Clients

    • Activbody
    • Strengthening Health Institute
    • Brunoro Law

    Industries

    Notable Project

    SunCity Advising provides ongoing SEO services for a boutique law firm to improve its ranking and bring in more leads. They also manage lead generation, social media, and content creation.

    "Besides all the hard work they put in every month, I can see how dedicated they are and that they truly care about us."

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  • 24
    • $1,000+
    • 10 - 49 employees
    • San Diego, CA

    Launched in 2015, Reveal Digital Marketing is a conversion optimization company. Their small team is located in San Diego, California and provides conversion optimization, digital strategy, pay per click, and search engine optimization.

    Industries

    Notable Project

    Reveal Digital Marketing has developed and designed a beauty salon's WordPress website. Additionally, they provide SEO and paid advertising services.

    "They've given us a professional website that's easy to update, including an effective marketing strategy."

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  • 25
    • $5,000+
    • 2 - 9 employees
    • San Diego, CA

    Nephila Marketing, Inc., a PPC agency, was established in 2004. In San Diego, California, their small team specializes in pay per click, social media marketing, digital strategy, and search engine optimization.

    Clients

    • Celona.io
    • Mist Systems, Juniper
    • Quantum, Inc.
    • Odaseva

    Industries

    Notable Project

    Nephila Marketing, Inc. provides digital marketing services for a healthcare SaaS company. They help with paid advertising, brand awareness, lead generation, and data integration into the client's CRM system.

    "They're well-rounded and versed in all things marketing."

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  • 26
    • $1,000+
    • 50 - 249 employees
    • San Diego, CA

    SEO company iLawyerMarketing was founded in 2006. Based in San Diego, California, their midsize team specializes in search engine optimization, pay per click, and web design.

    Industries

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  • 27
    • $1,000+
    • 2 - 9 employees
    • Chula Vista, CA

    Founded in 2017, RJS Media Consulting, LLC is a digital marketing agency in San Diego, Calif. They specialize in web design, digital strategy, content marketing, email marketing, PPC, SEO, social media marketing, and UX design. Their team primarily works with fellow small businesses. 

    Clients

    • Volvo Cars Ontario
    • FAA Transportation
    • Stella Alatzas
    • LCSW

    Industries

    Notable Project

    RJS Media Consulting, LLC developed and designed a website for a licensed psychotherapist. Additionally, the team provides branding services for the client.

    “They are able to translate my abstract ideas into tangible solutions.”

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    • $1,000+
    • 10 - 49 employees
    • San Diego, CA
    Approach SEO - Los Angeles SEO Agency is a SEO agency. The small team is based in San Diego, California. Their services include search engine optimization, pay per click, and conversion optimization.

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  • 29
    • $1,000+
    • 10 - 49 employees
    • San Diego, CA

    Digital strategy company DesignStudio was launched in 2010. The company offers digital strategy, email marketing, pay per click, search engine optimization, and more and has a small team.

    Industries

    Notable Project

    A food relief organization hired DesignStudio for their branding and web design services. They used Hotjar to track web analytics, and Blackbaud to serve as the site's backend CRM service.

    "It’s been four years since we worked together, but we still use the general framework they gave us."

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  • 30
    • $5,000+
    • 50 - 249 employees
    • San Diego, CA

    Seer Interactive is a digital marketing agency headquartered in Philadelphia, with an office in San Diego. Seer Interactive employs a team of more than 180 and specializes in SEO, PPC, social media marketing, digital strategy, and marketing strategy. The company primarily works with enterprise clients across a variety of industries.

    Industries

    Notable Project

    Seer Interactive provided digital marketing services to the client, focusing on search engine campaigns. 

    "The company has a strong reputation, which we, unfortunately, found to be ill-deserved."

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