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Search marketing company · Kuala Lumpur · since 2003

Search Has Evolved.
So Have We.

Malaysia's search marketing company for organic search, Google Ads, and AI visibility. SEO, SEM, and GEO under one accountable practitioner — powered by SaaS we build ourselves.

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Engagements
From RM3,500/mo
Coverage
Nationwide MY
Adam Yong reviewing Google Search Console and proprietary ADE Marketing dashboards in the Solaris Dutamas office
22+ Years
In Search Since 2003
5,000+
SaaS Users Worldwide
4 Proprietary
Internal SaaS Tools
International
Searchathon 2020 Winner
Sound familiar?

Why Malaysian businesses keep switching search agencies

We hear the same five frustrations on every discovery call. If any of these fit, read on.

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Rankings reports with no leads to show

You have been paying a retainer for months. Traffic is up. But the phone still does not ring, and the agency cannot explain why.

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Worried SEO is dying because of AI search

ChatGPT and Gemini are answering queries that used to send buyers to your site. Nobody at your agency knows what to do about it.

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Google Ads spend bleeding without ROI clarity

Your ad spend keeps climbing. The agency sends a dashboard full of clicks. You cannot trace a single ringgit back to a closed deal.

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Brand invisible inside AI platforms

Someone asks ChatGPT or Perplexity for a recommendation in your category. Your competitors come up. You do not.

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Talking to account managers, not practitioners

Every call is handled by a different person reading from a slide deck. The person who actually does the work is invisible to you.

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Need a partner who understands code and content

Your site has technical issues an agency writer cannot fix. Schema is broken, Core Web Vitals are failing, and no one on their team can touch the codebase.

Why ADE Marketing

We don't just consult.
We build the tools.

Most Malaysian agencies stop at recommending the same three SaaS subscriptions. We use our own — Agility Writer for content with live SERP analysis, EMDStriker for SERP opportunity, BrandPeek for AI visibility across 14+ models, and LocusPilot for local web at scale.

Close-up of ADE Marketing proprietary SaaS dashboard showing SERP entity coverage and AI visibility metrics
history

22+ years in search, since 2003

Through Florida, Panda, Penguin, Hummingbird, RankBrain, BERT, Helpful Content, and AI Overviews. We have seen what survives algorithm cycles.

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We build the tools we use

Agility Writer, BrandPeek, LocusPilot, and EMDStriker. Proprietary SaaS gives us data and execution speed that consultants alone cannot deliver.

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Computer-science founder

Adam Yong leads every engagement personally. Real technical SEO depth — schema, rendering, Core Web Vitals — not just content and links.

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One company, three pillars

SEO, SEM, and GEO under one accountable practitioner. Insights from organic feed the paid strategy; paid data sharpens the SEO roadmap.

How an engagement runs

How a search marketing engagement runs here.

Four phases. One accountable practitioner. No pitch decks pretending to be strategy.

ADE Marketing practitioner at whiteboard sketching the four-step search engagement methodology
01

Discovery audit

We open Search Console, Google Ads, and your analytics together. Within one call you see exactly where the leaks and the upside are.

02

Strategy + roadmap

A written 90-day plan with measurable milestones. No PDF-only deliverables — every action ties to a tracked outcome.

03

Execution with our SaaS

Agility Writer drives content. EMDStriker finds opportunity gaps. BrandPeek tracks AI visibility. LocusPilot ships local web presence at scale.

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Monthly review tied to revenue

Reporting against leads, qualified pipeline, and pipeline-to-revenue — not vanity metrics. Adjust the roadmap monthly.

Not sure whether to start with SEO, SEM, or GEO?

One discovery call. We will tell you straight where your budget should go first.

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Why not just any agency?

ADE Marketing vs the typical digital agency

Most agencies use the same tools and the same reporting. We are built differently.

Factor ADE Marketing Typical Agency
Tools used check_circle 4 proprietary SaaS — Agility Writer, BrandPeek, LocusPilot, EMDStriker Third-party subscriptions shared with every other client
Who runs your account check_circle Founder Adam Yong, personally — no account-manager filter Account manager passes work to a junior execution layer
Search coverage check_circle SEO + SEM + GEO — organic, paid, and AI visibility as one strategy Usually one or two channels, rarely coordinated
Reporting tied to check_circle Leads, qualified pipeline, and revenue — adjusted monthly Rankings, traffic, and impressions
Track record check_circle 22+ years since 2003 — through every major Google algorithm change Variable — often 3–8 years with high staff turnover
The ADE Marketing team collaborating on a search strategy roadmap in the Solaris Dutamas meeting room

Our SaaS portfolio + media coverage

Agility Writer BrandPeek LocusPilot EMDStriker Product Nation Digital Journal
Practitioner-led work

What clients say about working with us

star star star star star 4.9 average from 20 client and product reviews
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"We had been through three agencies before ADE Marketing. Adam was the first one who actually opened Search Console with us and showed where the technical bottlenecks were. Six months in, our organic leads have more than doubled."
Marketing Director
KL-based SaaS
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"Adam's team rebuilt our Google Ads account from the ground up — proper conversion tracking, real keyword strategy, no fluff. CPA dropped 38% in the first quarter and we are finally able to scale paid search with confidence."
E-commerce Founder
Petaling Jaya
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"What sets ADE apart is the technology. They are not just using Ahrefs and Semrush — they showed us their own tools, walked us through how the data was generated, and used those insights to build our content roadmap."
Head of Growth
Regional Travel Brand
The track record

22+ years. 4 SaaS products. 100+ search engagements delivered.

22+
Years in search
XPIOS Marketing → adam-seo.com → ADE Marketing
100+
Engagements delivered
Across SMEs, e-commerce, and B2B SaaS
5,000+
Users on our SaaS
Across Agility Writer, BrandPeek, LocusPilot, EMDStriker
283%
Travel client growth
RM307K monthly inside 10 months — documented case
Got Questions?

Frequently Asked Questions

Honest answers from a 22-year search practitioner.

What makes ADE Marketing different from other Malaysian SEO and SEM agencies?
We build the tools we use. Agility Writer, BrandPeek, LocusPilot, and EMDStriker are all proprietary SaaS products created from real client problems — they power every engagement, give us data competitors do not have, and let our 22+ years of search experience scale across organic, paid, and AI search.
What is the difference between SEO, SEM, and GEO?
SEO earns organic visibility on Google. SEM is paid Google Ads for immediate visibility. GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) makes your brand discoverable inside ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. We deliver all three — GEO through our specialized division ADE GenCite.
How much do your SEO services cost in Malaysia?
SEO engagements typically range RM3,500–RM9,500 per month depending on competitive landscape, technical scope, and content velocity. Pricing is reviewed during the discovery call after we audit your current site and search footprint.
What is a realistic monthly Google Ads budget for a Malaysian SME?
Management fees start at RM3,500/month on top of ad spend. We typically recommend a minimum ad budget of RM3,000–RM5,000/month for B2C lead generation and RM5,000+/month for B2B or e-commerce — enough to give campaigns the data volume needed to optimise.
Is SEO still worth it now that AI is answering search queries?
Yes — but the playing field has shifted. On-page authority still feeds AI citations, structured data and llms.txt matter more than ever, and zero-click search rewards entity-rich content. SEO is not dying; it is converging with GEO. We do both.
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Ready to talk search?

A 30-minute discovery call, no slide decks. We will look at your Search Console, your Google Ads account, and your AI visibility — and tell you where the next 90 days of effort should go.

Or call 016-699 9355 during business hours (Mon–Fri 9am–6pm MYT).