SEO AGENCY GERMANY

Become the first answer.On Google and in ChatGPT.

Rankings are only half the truth. As an SEO company in Germany we build search authority that puts you in position 1 and makes ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews recommend your brand as the answer. Depth instead of tricks.

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4.9·300+ business owners trust us

WHAT WE DO

Four levers that turn visibility into authority.

SEO has long stopped being a keyword list. It is technical excellence, real topic authority, targeted AI visibility and backlinks that carry trust.Four levers that interlock instead of sitting side by side.

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Technical foundation

So Google finds, understands and loves every page.

No ranking without a clean foundation. We fix what slows down crawlers, Core Web Vitals and indexing, and we speak Google’s language: structured data, clean architecture, lightning-fast load times.

  • Technical audit & crawl analysis
  • Core Web Vitals & load-time optimization
  • Information architecture & internal linking
  • Schema & entity markup
  • Indexing & crawl-budget control
  • Monthly ranking reporting
2,400+top-10 rankings we have won for our clients
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Content & topic authority

Not more text. The standard reference of your industry.

Google and AI reward depth, not volume. We build topic clusters that cover a field completely, with real E-E-A-T, author profiles and content that hits both the search and the AI intent. On request we bundle them into your own media portal: a controlled ad space that belongs to you and ranks as a second traffic source.

  • Topic clusters & content strategy
  • Your own media portal as a second traffic source
  • Search & AI intent mapping
  • E-E-A-T build-up & author profiles
  • Editing by subject-matter authors
  • Content audits & refresh cycles
  • Conversion-oriented copywriting
486,427monthly visitors on the strongest client portal
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AI visibility · GEO

When ChatGPT gives a recommendation, make it yours.

More and more searches end without a click; they end in an AI answer. Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) makes sure ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews cite your brand as the source. Position zero, rethought.

  • AI visibility monitoring (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini)
  • Citable content & answer formats
  • Entity & knowledge-graph build-up
  • Structured data for AI crawlers
  • Prompt tests & competitor benchmark
  • Monthly AI-mention reporting
60%of Google searches in 2025 end without a click on a result

Our process

From the first crawl to topic leadership.

Top rankings are no accident. They are the result of a clearly structured process. Four phases that build on each other. Results you can measure.

01Week 1–2

Audit & diagnosis

We dissect your visibility on every level: technical, content, competitive.

  • Technical SEO audit
  • AI visibility check
  • Competitor analysis
  • Keyword & intent map
02Week 3–4

Strategy & plan

The diagnosis becomes a 12-month plan with quarterly milestones per discipline.

  • Strategy brief
  • Roadmap with KPIs
  • Budget allocation
  • Reporting setup
03Week 5–12

Execution

Parallel sprints across all four SEO levers, with weekly reviews and a fixed point of contact.

  • Technical fixes
  • Content production
  • Backlink build-up
  • AI optimization
04From month 4

Scaling

What works gets doubled. What doesn’t gets stopped. Recalibrated every quarter.

  • Performance reviews
  • Budget scaling
  • Content scaling
  • Roadmap update
Strategy meeting at the Trustfactory office
Strategy meeting
Collaboration at the Trustfactory office
Team sparring
Consulting session at Trustfactory
Advice at eye level

Your team in Mannheim

The team behind your SEO success.

Strategy, SEO, ads and design under one roof in Mannheim, Germany, since 2018. A tight-knit team with every lever in-house. You get dedicated points of contact who truly know your project, from kickoff to quarterly review.

  • Cornelius Berentzen

    Cornelius Berentzen

    Founder & CEO Holding

  • Alex Schindler

    Alex Schindler

    Founder & CPO

  • Max Bogdan

    Max Bogdan

    Co-Founder & CMO

  • Nikita Yatsun

    Nikita Yatsun

    Co-Founder & CEO

  • Philip Mettmann

    Philip Mettmann

    Head of Customer Success

  • Gökhan Gül

    Gökhan Gül

    VP of Service

  • Andreas Malkow

    Andreas Malkow

    Senior SEO Manager

  • Ines Neufeld

    Ines Neufeld

    SEO Manager

  • Jonas Klör

    Jonas Klör

    Senior SEO Manager

  • Annabel Hauguth

    Annabel Hauguth

    Head of Content

  • Since 2018in the market, no newcomer
  • Mannheimoffice & team under one roof
  • 300+managing directors trust us
  • 30+specialists on the team

And that's just the start: more than 30 specialists work at Trustfactory. Meet the whole team

Before we start

We’d rather say an honest no.

Exclusive per industry means: if we work with you, we don’t work with your competitor. For that to add up, we have to be a good fit for each other.

You’re in the right place if …

If all four points are true, the conversation is worth it.

  • You are the market leader, or want to become it.We build visibility systems for the number 1 in your industry, not for number 8.
  • You think in years, not months.Real authority needs 6 to 12 months to compound. From then on it works for you.
  • You measure marketing by revenue, not by activity.Reports show revenue and ROAS, not “touchpoints” and “engagement rates”.
  • Your market is still open, and you want to secure it.We work exclusively per industry and region. If nobody is here before you, the position is yours.

You’re not in the right place if …

Sometimes no is the right answer.

  • You are looking for the cheapest agency.We are not cheap. Premium visibility costs, and it pays off too. Whoever wants the cheapest agency finds it elsewhere.
  • You want top 1 in 30 days.Visibility that lasts takes months. Whoever promises you miracles either doesn’t know better, or wants your contract, not your growth.
  • You want activity reports, not revenue accountability.We report what drives revenue, not what looks busy. If clicks and impressions are enough of a result for you, there are better-suited providers.
  • Your competitor is already our client.Exclusivity is non-negotiable, that is part of our promise to your competitor. It stays fair.

Real results

Visibility that pays off.

A few examples of what deep SEO work achieves over months.

More than 40 documented success stories.

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Original reviews

Real words, unedited.

Original reviews from Google, Reviews.io and ProvenExpert. Taken word for word, nothing sugar-coated.

Reviews.io
„Die Jungs von Trustfactory sind wahre Experten in ihrem Bereich. Das merkt man immer wieder in jedem Meeting. Zudem sind sie immer pünktlich und liefern zuverlässig.“
MartinVerified review · Reviews.io
Reviews.io
„Seit der Zusammenarbeit haben sich unsere Traffic- und SEO-Zahlen signifikant verbessert.“
Die Fußexperten GmbHVerified review · Reviews.io
ProvenExpert
„Absolut zu empfehlen! Sehr kompetentes Team, das versteht, was es tut. Sehr angenehme und gute Zusammenarbeit.“
Patrick H.Verified review · ProvenExpert
ProvenExpert
„Alles bestens – super Agentur, kann ich nur empfehlen.“
Ayse P.Verified review · ProvenExpert
Google
„Wir hatten gestern einen Termin mit Herrn Gül zum Thema SEO, und ich kann ihn absolut weiterempfehlen. Er ist ein absoluter Experte auf seinem Gebiet und hat mit seinem fundierten Wissen und klaren Strategien überzeugt. Wer eine kompetente SEO-Beratung sucht, ist bei Trustfactory und Herrn Gül genau richtig.“
Dennis GoeVerified review · Google
Reviews.io
„Super SEO-Agentur – empfehlenswert für alle, die SEO in der Tiefe betreiben möchten. Hohes Know-how und netter Service :-)“
Nikolai AdeVerified review · Reviews.io
Reviews.io
„Ich arbeite bereits seit mehreren Jahren mit Trustfactory zusammen und bin sehr zufrieden!“
Kira ZywietzVerified review · Reviews.io
ProvenExpert
„Sehr gute SEO-Agentur mit enormer Erfahrung und sehr guten Dienstleistungen.“
Fabian P.Verified review · ProvenExpert
ProvenExpert
„Top Beratung! Sehr zu empfehlen.“
Andreas O.Verified review · ProvenExpert
Google
„Bin absolut zufrieden mit dem Service. Wir haben regelmäßige Calls, meine SEO-Werte werden monatlich besser. Ich empfinde Trustfactory als absolut transparente und seriöse SEO-Agentur – und jeder weiß, wie viele unseriöse Unternehmen im SEO-Bereich es sonst so da draußen gibt. Wenn ich Fragen habe oder etwas unklar ist, sind sie sofort bemüht, das zu klären. Habe Trustfactory auch schon an Kollegen empfohlen.“
Florian Sami SalmanVerified review · Google
Reviews.io
„Absolute Empfehlung. Tolles Team und sehr angenehme Zusammenarbeit. Ausgesprochen engagiert und kompetent. Bitte weiter so.“
Anil P. PolatVerified review · Reviews.io
Reviews.io
„Absolut empfehlenswert. Die Jungs wissen, was sie machen.“
Verifizierter KundeVerified review · Reviews.io
ProvenExpert
„Ich danke Max für ein kompetentes Gespräch zum Thema SEO-Optimierung. Max hat umfassend auf meine Fragen geantwortet.“
N.Verified review · ProvenExpert
Google
„Wir arbeiten jetzt seit einem Jahr mit Trustfactory. Mir gefällt neben der eigentlichen Arbeit auch der feste Ansprechpartner und die Einhaltung von Zusagen. Verbindlichkeit ist in unserer Branche sehr wichtig — mit Trustfactory haben wir einen guten Partner gefunden!“
itrium .datentechnikVerified review · Google
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Common questions

Honest answers, before you ask.

The questions business owners ask us most often before starting with SEO.

  • Serious SEO can't be priced as a flat rate, because the effort is highly individual: in some industries competition is manageable and you pull ahead with relatively little work, in others real visibility takes significantly more investment. We don't sell a standard package; we put your budget where it brings the fastest measurable return for you. What search engine optimization really costs depends on your starting point, your industry and the competition, and it's analyzed individually in the free strategy call, including a concrete estimate of investment and expected return.

  • First technical improvements are usually visible after 4 to 8 weeks, stable ranking gains develop over 3 to 6 months, and substantial revenue effects typically show after 6 to 12 months. SEO is not a sprint but a compounding build-up of authority. But every step is measurable, and you see month by month how your visibility develops.

  • SEO gets you to Google position 1; GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) additionally makes your brand appear as a recommendation in the answers of ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews. The basis is the same: AI systems learn above all from content Google already rates as relevant. Whoever is visible organically automatically becomes the answer, complemented by structured data and AI-ready content formats.

  • Yes, more than ever. More and more searches end without a click, directly in an AI answer, and those very answers draw on organically strong, trustworthy sources. Whoever isn't visible on Google doesn't appear in ChatGPT or the AI Overviews either. SEO is therefore not outdated but the entry ticket into AI visibility.

  • No serious provider can guarantee a specific position, because Google controls the algorithm, not the agency. Instead we guarantee clean, data-driven work based on more than 10 years of Google experience, plus full transparency over every step. Anyone who promises you position 1 is selling you a risk. We sell measurable progress.

  • No. We work exclusively with only one company per industry and region. If we take you on as a client, we lock out your direct competitors in the same market, so our know-how and our backlinks benefit only you. Before every engagement we check whether your industry and region are still free.

READY TO START?

Here’s what you get in the strategy call.

In the strategy call we check what you really need: the full system or individual disciplines. A concrete competitor analysis, a clear action plan, a revenue forecast. Free. In 30 minutes.

01 · Status quo

Where your competition stands. And you.

We analyze where your competitors stand organically, in paid, and in the AI answers of ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews. You see at a glance where your gaps are and which disciplines your competition occupies.

02 · Target state

A concrete action plan with measurable milestones.

From the analysis we build a clear 12-month plan with quarterly targets, KPIs and a budget recommendation. After the call you know what to do, even if you decide against us.

03 · Forecast

What you invest and what comes back.

We run the concrete numbers: at which budget which traffic, which conversion rate, which revenue. Clear figures. A realistic forecast.

Sample calculation

Traffic18,000 / mo
Conversion rate2.5%
Avg. order value€220
Monthly cost€13,000
Possible monthly revenue€99,000
ROAS7.6×

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30 minutes. You leave with a plan, whether or not you book.

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