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About Adam SEO

ROI-focused SEO since 2011.

We are a small, senior team in Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur. Our work ties every keyword and every backlink to revenue, then proves it on a monthly report. No vanity rankings, no rented traffic, no AI-search blind spots.

Our Story

Why we built the 4-Stage framework

Adam Yong founded Adam SEO in 2011 after six years of in-house and consulting work that started in 2005. The pattern he kept seeing was the same: agencies reported on rankings and traffic, but client revenue did not move. Sometimes traffic went up while quote requests went down.

That gap, between rankings and revenue, is what the 4-Stage, 9-Step framework solves. Stage 1 (Analysis) finds the profitable keywords using the 80/20 rule. Stage 2 (Conversion Rate Optimization) rebuilds the funnel before traffic spend ramps. Stage 3 (SEO Optimization) handles on-page and off-page work against a priority list, not a content-mill template. Stage 4 (Re-engagement) recovers the 5-10% of past visitors who did not convert with remarketing.

In September 2025 we expanded the framework to include AEO and GEO (Answer Engine Optimization and Generative Engine Optimization). Buyers had begun their research in ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. SEO without entity-completeness, schema gaps, and citation patterns was leaving brand visibility on the table.

Today the documented case studies show what the framework can do: 300 percent organic traffic growth and 283 percent revenue growth (RM 80K to RM 307K per month) over ten months for a single KL e-commerce client. That is the standard we hold every retainer to, not whether a keyword cracked position one.

The Team

Senior strategists, not account managers

Three people own every retainer. Strategy, execution, and design. No three-layer hierarchy between you and the work.

Adam Yong

Adam Yong

Founder & Lead SEO Consultant

Adam founded Adam SEO in 2011 after spending six years navigating Google algorithm updates as an in-house and consulting SEO since 2005. He developed the agency's signature 4-Stage, 9-Step framework and now leads strategic engagements for Malaysian SMEs and regional e-commerce brands from the Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur office.

  • 14+ years of SEO experience since 2005
  • Architect of the 4-Stage, 9-Step SEO Marketing Framework
  • AEO/GEO methodology lead (since September 2025)
Mat

Mat

SEO Specialist

Mat handles day-to-day on-page and off-page SEO execution for Adam SEO clients across the Klang Valley, Penang, and Johor Bahru, covering technical audits, content optimisation, and link-acquisition campaigns. Based in Kuala Lumpur.

  • On-page and technical SEO execution specialist
  • Content optimisation and topical-cluster build-out
Cindy

Cindy

Graphic & Web Design Specialist

Cindy leads conversion-focused web design and graphic execution at Adam SEO. She translates user-research and CRO insights into wireframes, page rebuilds, and brand visuals that ship fast, score well on Core Web Vitals, and convert. Based in Kuala Lumpur.

  • Conversion-focused web and graphic design lead
  • Information-architecture and copy-led page rebuild specialist
How We Work

What you get on every retainer

Transparent monthly reports

Every keyword, every backlink, every ranking change, every revenue dollar mapped. No black-box deliverables.

Direct senior contact

Premium and Elite tiers get direct access to Adam. No three-tier escalation.

No ranking guarantees

Google explicitly disallows them. We guarantee process and revenue tracking instead.

Long-term thinking

SEO is an asset. We engineer it to compound for years, not to spike for a quarter.

Want to work with us?

Book a free discovery audit and we will tell you, honestly, whether SEO is the right channel for your business right now.