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

A clean foundation only becomes visible once content fills it. So content comes next.

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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

Whoever holds topic authority gets cited by AI models too. That is the next lever.

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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

But Google and AI only trust what others confirm. Authority comes from backlinks.

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Authority & backlinks

Trust you can’t buy, only earn.

Backlinks are the No. 1 trust signal, for Google as for AI. We build it through real editorial placements and our own publishing network. No dubious link farms, but authority that lasts.

Backlink profile audit & disavow
Editorial placements in leading media
Digital PR & topic pitching
Our own publishing network & leading-media access
Systematic domain-rating build-up
Competitor & gap analysis

100,000+press contacts in our own publishing network (DE, AT, CH)

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
Founder & CEO Holding
Alex Schindler
Founder & CPO
Max Bogdan
Co-Founder & CMO
Nikita Yatsun
Co-Founder & CEO
Philip Mettmann
Head of Customer Success
Gökhan Gül
VP of Service
Andreas Malkow
Senior SEO Manager
Ines Neufeld
SEO Manager
Jonas Klör
Senior SEO Manager
Annabel Hauguth
Head of Content
Cornelius Berentzen
Founder & CEO Holding
Alex Schindler
Founder & CPO
Max Bogdan
Co-Founder & CMO
Nikita Yatsun
Co-Founder & CEO
Philip Mettmann
Head of Customer Success
Gökhan Gül
VP of Service
Andreas Malkow
Senior SEO Manager
Ines Neufeld
SEO Manager
Jonas Klör
Senior SEO Manager
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.

Original reviews

Real words, unedited.

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

Patrick H.Verified review · ProvenExpert

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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×

Ready for market dominance?

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

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The Trustfactory team in Mannheim, your points of contact