Matthew KelloggReputation · AI · SEOReserve a consultation

Twelve-year practice

It takes years to build a reputation and one search to test it. I’ve spent twelve years working on that search.

I run reputation management, search engine optimization, and answer engine optimization for established professionals and the organizations behind them. Twelve years ranking commercial keywords in competitive verticals, applied to the search results that carry weight for a name or a brand.

Twelve years applied SEO disciplineReputation is applied SEOFive-plus years average client retentionFour-layer reputation architectureThe discipline behind AI citationsRanking mechanics, both directions
Years ranking commercial keywords
12
Year average client retention
5+
Clients at nine-year retention
5+
Largest client contract generated by a single lead
$2M+

How I approach reputation management, SEO, and AEO differently

Reputation architecture — building search authority that holds

A four-layer architecture built across controlled properties, verified platform presences, authority distribution, and supporting positive content. I specialize in suppressing unwanted search results, for a personal name or a company brand, then building the depth that keeps holding as search shifts.

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SEO architecture — ranking commercial keywords in competitive industries

Twelve years of applied search across financial, legal, medical, and professional service verticals. The work targets the queries that carry buyer intent, not the ones that only move a traffic number.

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AEO architecture — presence in AI-mediated search, including Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)

Two modes, addressed together: what AI says when your name is queried directly, and whether AI cites you when someone asks a category question without naming you. Same underlying discipline, different strategic outcome.

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Where the practice has held rankings for years

Court reporting — national SEO

Position
1–3
Held
3 years
Search volume
22,200 / mo
Ads equivalent
$155,400 / mo

After-hours answering service — national SEO

Position
1–3
Held
4+ years
Search volume
1,900 / mo
Ads equivalent
$49,400 / mo

Financial firm rebrand — brand-name recovery

Position
100+ → 1
Time to position
3 months
Held
12 months
Impressions
+5,477%

Longest-running engagements

Clients
5+
Retention
9 years
Practice average
5+ years
Status
Ongoing

Reputation, SEO, and AI search are the same discipline applied to different objectives — one I’ve built for twelve years.

Matthew KelloggOn the practice

Common questions before we talk

Who do you work with?

Established professionals and the organizations behind them. Law firms, financial firms, medical and surgical practices, call centers, national associations, and adjacent professional service providers.

The common thread is that a name carries commercial weight, and what search returns for that name affects whether business happens.

Do you do the work yourself, or does it get handed to a team?

I execute the work directly. You talk to the person doing it, not to an account manager relaying questions to someone else.

That is also why the practice takes on a limited number of engagements at a time.

How does an engagement start?

With a discovery consultation. It is a structured conversation about what triggered the inquiry, what the search results currently show, and whether the work matches the situation.

If it does not fit, I will say so and point you toward something more appropriate. The fit-check protects both sides.

How is pricing structured?

Reputation work is project-based, scoped to the situation. SEO and answer engine optimization run monthly, because commercial ranking compounds rather than finishing.

Scope depends on how many results need to move, how competitive the query is, and how much has already been built. Numbers come after the consultation, once the situation is clear enough to scope honestly.

Are engagements confidential?

Yes. Most of the work is covered by client agreement, which is why several case studies appear here anonymized rather than named.

Where a case can be shown publicly, it is. Where it cannot, the methodology is documented without identifying the client.

If a search decides whether the conversation happens, that search is worth building on purpose.