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Why the price is low
Cheap because AI cut the hours. Not because we cut corners.
Traditional SEO is priced by the hour, because people do the work by hand. Page One uses AI to do the repetitive daily work, with Edwin in charge of the strategy. Fewer hours means a lower price. The quality is in the results, and you can check them yourself.
S$20/month · Introductory price · no setup fee · no contract
The short answer
Price follows labour. AI made the labour cheap.
Most of what you pay for in SEO is people's time: checking pages, fixing problems, writing articles, updating listings and writing reports, every week. When AI does that routine work, far fewer hours are needed, so the price can fall a long way while the work still gets done, and done every day.
Cheap doesn't have to mean bad, and good doesn't have to be expensive. A price tells you how much labour went in. It doesn't tell you how good the result is. That's why we publish our results, with dates, straight from Google Search Console.
Side by side
Traditional SEO vs Page One's AI system
| Traditional, labour-based SEO | Page One (AI + a person in charge) | |
|---|---|---|
| Where your money goes | Mostly people's hours, billed as a retainer or by the hour | A system that does the routine work, with a person setting the strategy |
| How often your site gets attention | Often weekly or monthly, when someone has time | Every day, on a schedule, weekends and public holidays included |
| How new content is chosen | Keyword research done by hand, often at the start of a campaign | Picked from the searches Google already shows your site for, using your Search Console data |
| Learning from results | A monthly report, then the next round of work | A feedback loop: measure, decide, publish, measure again |
| AI search (ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity) | Often an add-on, or not covered | Built in: structured data, llms.txt, Bing setup and clear answers |
| Adapting when search changes | Each account is updated by hand | The system is updated once, and every site on it gets the change |
| Consistency | Depends on who is doing it and how busy they are | The same checks, the same way, every time |
| Who's in charge | An account manager or SEO executive | Edwin, the founder, who you can WhatsApp directly |
| Price | Usually priced as a professional service, often hundreds of dollars a month or more | S$20 a month (introductory price), no setup fee, no contract |
The traditional column describes common ways SEO is sold and delivered, not any particular provider. Good agencies do excellent work; it just takes more hours, so it costs more. Agency, in-house hire or Page One: full comparison →
How it works
A feedback loop that never clocks off
- 1
Measure
Google Search Console data, Google's own report of how your site performs, is pulled in automatically every day.
- 2
Decide
The system looks for the searches Google already shows your site for, and the pages that need work.
- 3
Publish
New articles and fixes go live, and Google and Bing are told about the changes.
Then it measures again, and the next round is based on what actually happened, not on guesswork. Edwin sets the strategy, the site structure and the design, and reviews the results. The system does the legwork.
Edwin's method
The EDGE Loop: traditional SEO craft, run by AI that never stops
Traditional agencies study Google's top 10 for your keyword, find where those pages are weak, and build something better. It works, but people do it once a month. Edwin designed the EDGE Loop to keep that craft and remove the wait: every keyword we target is studied against the pages Google already ranks, and our AI checks your Search Console data every day, adjusting whenever the numbers move.
We study who you have to beat
For each keyword we break down the current top 10: what they answer, what they miss, where they contradict themselves.
We build the better answer
Your page covers everything they do, plus the questions they skip, with real prices, real proof and Singapore detail.
Our AI never clocks off
Daily Search Console checks, every change measured, and what doesn't work is dropped while wins are repeated across your site.
Early signs, from Google Search Console in October 2026:
- A sofa-cleaning client's problem guides already sit on Google's first page, at average positions 6.6 to 10 for pet and urine questions (7 to 13 Oct 2026).
- A financial consultant's guide reaches page one for "ILP meaning", at an average position of 9.8 (7 to 13 Oct 2026).
No copied content, no fake reviews, no bought links. Just a better page and a loop that keeps improving it. We don't share the full method, and we don't guarantee rankings. We show the results and the work.
GEO: generative engine optimisation
Built for AI answers, not just blue links
More people now ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Perplexity instead of scrolling through Google. Those assistants can only recommend a business they can read and trust. Every site on Page One is set up for that from day one.
Structured data
Your name, services, area, hours and prices labelled in Schema.org, so machines read them correctly.
llms.txt
A plain summary of your business and pages, written for AI tools.
Bing Webmaster Tools
Bing powers ChatGPT search, so your site is submitted there as well as to Google.
Clear answers
Articles that answer real customer questions directly, the way AI assistants quote them.
Facts, not fluff
Claims backed by details people can check, like your registered business name and real service areas.
Kept current
When AI search changes, the system is updated once and every site gets the change.
A new way of thinking about price
"If it's cheap, it can't be good." Is that still true?
| What people say | What's true now |
|---|---|
| Cheap means low quality. | Cheap used to mean fewer hours, and fewer hours meant less work done. When AI does the hours, a low price and thorough work can go together. |
| Automated means nobody is watching. | The system flags problems the day they appear, and Edwin reviews the results. It is watched more often than a site that gets a look once a month. |
| AI content is spam. | Google's guidance is that it rewards helpful, accurate content however it's produced. We write useful answers to real customer questions, based on facts about the business and real Search Console data. |
| Big agencies must be better because they're big. | Size tells you how many people are billing hours. Results tell you whether it works. Ask any provider for dated Search Console data. |
| Something this cheap must be a trick. | There's no setup fee and no contract, so you can judge it month by month. Your domain stays in your name. |
The same thing has happened before: online banking didn't make banking worse, it made a bank visit unnecessary. AI is doing the same to the routine work in SEO.
Proof, not promises
Tested on real Singapore businesses first
The system was built and tested on Edwin's own car workshop before it was offered to anyone. It now runs five live websites across five industries: Edwin Garage (car workshop), Cleanic Detailing (car detailing), SofaCare SG (sofa cleaning), Alicia Ong Property (property) and Danny Chua Financial (financial planning).
Edwin Garage is Edwin's own car workshop in Ang Mo Kio, where this system was first built and tested. See the full case study →
Cleanic Detailing is a Singapore car grooming business we run the website and SEO for. See the full case study →
Want to check any of this yourself? Here's how to verify Page One →
Questions
AI SEO vs traditional SEO: your questions, answered
What is the difference between AI SEO and traditional SEO?
The goal is the same: help a business show up when customers search. The difference is how the work gets done. Traditional SEO is mostly done by hand, so it's priced by the hours people spend on it. Page One uses AI and automation for the repetitive daily work, such as checking pages, reading Search Console data, writing articles and telling Google and Bing about changes. Edwin designs the strategy and the system and reviews the results.
Why is Page One so cheap?
Because most of the cost of SEO has always been people's time, and AI now does most of the routine work. The Get Found plan is S$20 a month (introductory price) because fewer hours are needed, not because steps are skipped. The same system runs Edwin Garage, Edwin's own workshop, which got 2,280 clicks from Google in the 28 days to 5 October 2026, according to Google Search Console.
Is automated SEO low quality?
Quality comes from the strategy, the site structure and what gets published, not from how many hours were billed. The results are measurable: in the 28 days to 5 October 2026, Edwin Garage appeared on page one of Google for more than 4,290 different searches and Cleanic Detailing for 1,181, according to Google Search Console. We follow Google's guidelines: no bought links, no fake reviews and no keyword stuffing.
Is AI SEO weaker than an expensive agency?
No. An agency's edge is its analysis of the competition: studying the pages Google already ranks and building something better. Page One's EDGE Loop does the same analysis, then keeps watching your Search Console data every day instead of once a month. The cost is lower because the repetitive work is automated, not because steps are skipped.
What is GEO (generative engine optimisation)?
GEO means making a business easy for AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity to read, understand and mention. Page One does this with structured data (Schema.org), an llms.txt summary, Bing Webmaster Tools (Bing powers ChatGPT search) and content that answers customers' questions clearly. No one can guarantee an AI assistant will recommend a business, but these steps make it possible.
Does the system really work around the clock?
It runs on a schedule, every day, including weekends and public holidays. Google Search Console data is pulled in automatically, and new articles are picked from the searches Google already shows a site for. When something needs a person, it is flagged to Edwin.
Does a person still look after my site?
Yes. Edwin designs the strategy and the system, reviews the results and replies on WhatsApp personally. Automation does the legwork. It doesn't replace judgement.
Can you guarantee page one rankings?
No, and no honest provider can, because Google decides rankings. What we can show you is the same system working on real Singapore businesses, with dated Google Search Console data, and a report for every SEO Boost.
When is traditional SEO the better choice?
When you need more than search groundwork: paid ads managed for you, a large online shop with thousands of products, several countries, or a big link-building and PR campaign. An agency or an in-house team is the better fit there.
More on price: Cheap SEO doesn't have to mean bad SEO →
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