A Google Ads and SEO Agency for Austin Businesses
Getting found in Austin means competing in one of the busiest local search markets in Texas. SEO et Ads manages Google Ads, SEO, and Google Business Profiles for one client per trade per area, with no long-term contract. The first step is a free visibility audit, delivered within 48 hours.
At a glance
SEO et Ads is a Google Ads and SEO agency working with businesses in Austin, Texas. The agency is based in Quimper, France, and operates remotely for North American clients. It manages three things: Google Ads campaigns, SEO including visibility in AI answers such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews, and Google Business Profiles. Clients own their Google Ads accounts and pay their ad budget directly to Google. There are no long-term contracts. Every engagement starts with a free visibility audit, delivered within 48 hours, with no obligation.
What we run for Austin businesses
SEO and AI visibility
Google Business Profile
Built for competition in Silicon Hills
Austin is a tech city. Tesla builds vehicles here, Apple operates a large campus in the north, Dell sits up the road in Round Rock, and the startup scene runs deep. That shapes the ad auction: software companies, funded startups, and national lead generators bid on Austin keywords every day. A roofer, dentist, or law firm here is not just competing with the shop across town. Our answer is discipline: tight match types, serious negative keyword lists, bids adjusted by area, and landing pages that answer the exact query. In a market this crowded, wasted clicks are the biggest cost. We go after them first.
From Round Rock to Buda, the metro keeps moving
Austin's growth is not just downtown. It runs along I-35 and the toll roads: Round Rock, Pflugerville, Georgetown, Cedar Park, and Leander to the north, Kyle, Buda, and San Marcos to the south. New residents arrive every week without a plumber, a dentist, an accountant, or a gym. They search for one. A business that targets only Austin misses them, and one that targets the whole metro pays for clicks it cannot serve. We build campaigns around your real service area, suburb by suburb, and manage your Google Business Profile so a nearby search finds a nearby answer.
SXSW week is not a normal week
Austin's calendar bends search demand. SXSW in March, Austin City Limits in October, Formula 1 at Circuit of the Americas, and every Longhorns home weekend fill the city with visitors who search like locals. For restaurants, bars, hotels, and tour operators, those searches are the whole point, and campaigns should lean into them. For a dentist, an HVAC company, or a family lawyer, a visitor's click is budget gone. We treat the two differently. Visitor intent gets captured or excluded on purpose, depending on what you sell, and budgets are planned around the weeks when the city is full.
Austin searches in English and in Spanish
A large share of Austin and Central Texas households speak Spanish at home. Customers search in Spanish, in English, or in both, depending on the service and the moment. Many local advertisers run English-only campaigns, which leaves Spanish queries with fewer good answers. If your team serves customers in Spanish, your marketing should say so. We build Spanish ad groups with their own keywords and their own copy, not translations of the English ones, and we set up your Google Business Profile to work for both audiences. It is a straightforward way to reach a part of the market many campaigns ignore.
A French team, on your clock
The ocean between us works for you
SEO et Ads is run from Quimper, on the western tip of France. That is not a detail we hide, it is how the service works: your campaigns are watched while your market sleeps.
Your account is tended before you wake up
France is 6 hours ahead of the East Coast and 9 ahead of the Pacific. Search term cleanups, bid adjustments and budget checks happen during our workday, which is your night. Problems are fixed before your morning coffee, not discovered after lunch.
Calls in your morning, every time
Your 8 to 11 am is our mid afternoon. Booking a call is easy, in English, and you get a written summary afterwards. No middle-of-the-night compromises on either side.
Everything measurable, nothing hidden
You own your Google Ads account and pay Google directly. We work inside it as a manager. Every dollar, every search term, every call is visible to you in real time, and summarized in plain English once a month.
Trained and certified by Google
The certifications, actually earned
The team completed the Google Skillshop training programs and passed the certifications. That guarantees no results. It guarantees something else: the people running your budget know exactly how the tool works, according to Google itself.
- Google Ads Searchsearch campaigns
- Google Ads Displaydisplay network campaigns
- Google Ads VideoYouTube campaigns
- Google Ads Measurementconversion tracking
- Google AnalyticsGA4 analytics
Individual certifications issued by Google through its Skillshop training platform, verifiable on request. We are not Google: we are certified by Google on Google's own tools.
Pricing
Flat monthly fees, in US dollars
No long-term contract. Cancel anytime from your client area, 30 days notice. Your ad budget is NEVER included: you pay Google directly, on your own account, with your own card.
Google Business Profile management
Your profile decides whether you appear in the map pack. We keep it alive every week instead of letting it sleep.
$149USD / month
Google Ads management
Most requestedThe fastest way to make the phone ring: an ad is live the day it is approved. Ad budget paid directly to Google, never through us.
$449USD / month
SEO + AI visibility
The long game: being found on Google and cited by AI answers. Scoped after the free audit, priced to your market.
custom quote
Free visibility audit, delivered within 48 hours, no obligation. We commit to the work delivered each month. No ranking, call volume or revenue can be guaranteed, by us or by anyone. Dedicated landing page available at $690 USD, one time. Start with the free audit.
Questions from Austin business owners
How does working with a team based in France work in practice?+
France is seven hours ahead of Austin. We use that. Campaign checks, bid adjustments, and cleanups are done before your workday starts, so issues are handled by the time you open your laptop. Calls are booked in your morning, which is our late afternoon. All work and communication is in English, and you receive a monthly report with real numbers: calls, form fills, and cost per lead.
Who owns the Google Ads account?+
You do. The account is in your name, and your ad budget is paid by you directly to Google, never through us. If you ever leave, you keep the account, the history, and the data. Nothing is held back.
Can you guarantee a first-page ranking or a set number of leads?+
No, and we would be careful with anyone who does. Google controls its rankings and its ad auctions, and no agency can promise a specific outcome. What we commit to is the work and the reporting: every month you see calls, form fills, and cost per lead, and you judge us on those numbers.
Will you work with my competitors in Austin?+
No. We take one client per trade per area, and that exclusivity is written into the contract. If we manage campaigns for a roofer in Cedar Park, we will not take on another roofer there.
What if it does not work out?+
There is no long-term contract. You can cancel at any time with 30 days notice, and because you own your Google Ads account, nothing needs to be migrated or rebuilt. Before any commitment, we start with a free visibility audit, delivered within 48 hours, with no obligation.
Also working with businesses in the United States
We start by looking at where you stand in Austin
The audit is free and carries no obligation. You get it within 48 hours: your profile, your site, your three best-placed competitors, and what AI assistants answer about your trade in Austin.