Search marketing · Mauritius & international

Be found.
Be first.

SEO and Google Ads, run by specialists. We help brands earn visibility on search engines — and turn that visibility into qualified leads, demos, bookings, and revenue.

100+Brands trusted
4 marketsMU · UK · FR · AU
Since 2019First SEO/SEM agency in Mauritius
Authority

Numbers we'd defend in a board meeting.

Specialist SEO and SEM since 2019. Tracked outcomes, not portfolio-position theatre.

100+
Brands trusted across SEO and Google Ads
4
Active markets · Mauritius, UK, France, Australia
2019
First dedicated SEM agency in Mauritius
Turbine
Incubated · Google-connected · senior-led
Two surfaces, one specialism

Search is what we do. Nothing else.

SEO compounds. Google Ads converts. We run both on the same data spine — so each channel sharpens the other.

Why Lean Search

Not a digital agency. A search agency.

Generalist agencies fan out across nine services and master none. We do two — and run them with the same operating system.

Specialist focus

One craft, run by people who chose it. SEO and SEM only — no web-design retainer disguised as growth.

Strategic execution

Every engagement starts with a written strategy. Roadmap before output. Scope you can defend in a board meeting.

Measurable thinking

Bidding optimisation, attribution, server-side tracking. If we can't measure it, we don't claim it.

Lean methodology

AI and machine learning paired with senior human judgement. Less retainer drag, more compounding wins.

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The Lean Search methodology

AI and machine learning, paired with human judgement.

Four steps. Same on every engagement, whether you're a Mauritian SME or a hotel group running across three continents.

01

Audit

Technical, on-page and competitive analysis. We look at where you actually rank, what's leaking traffic, and which queries are worth fighting for.

Week 1–2
02

Strategy

Search-volume mapping, segmentation by intent, and a roadmap built around the queries that drive your revenue — not vanity rankings.

Week 2–3
03

Execution

Content, technical fixes, link equity, ad campaigns, conversion tracking — built and shipped in cycles, with every change measured.

Month 1 onward
04

Optimisation

Monthly review against the roadmap. We double down on what's working, prune what isn't, and reinvest in compounding wins.

Ongoing
Who we work with

Built for serious operators.

Whether you're defending a category or carving one out, we shape engagements to your stage, understanding your audience and how they search, not the other way around.

Growth-stage

Past product–market fit, ready to compound.

You have traction. You need search demand to scale. Not another generalist agency.

Established brand

Defending a contested category.

Your category is being eroded by faster-moving competitors. We help you hold page one and the AI-Overview citation.

Local & regional

Operating across markets and languages.

Mauritius, the UK, France, Australia. English and French. Hreflang done right, native review on every page.

In-house teams scaling

Senior partner, not a junior AM.

You have a marketing lead. You need a specialist counterpart who'll tell you straight when the channel isn't the issue.

Sectors we operate in
Real EstateHospitalityHotelsSaaSFintech & BankingeCommerceMalls & RetailLeisureBeautyAutomobileTech
Said by clients

Three sectors. One operating system.

Real engagements. Quotes lightly fictionalised until clients sign off — labelled accordingly.

Ads
Consistent, qualified enquiries from South Africa, France, the UK and the Middle East — month after month. We stopped tuning our forecast to seasonality and started tuning it to Lean Search's pipeline.
Head of SalesReal estate group · multi-market
Ads & SEO
Direct bookings and prepaid reservations lined up three months out. Boat Trip Booking Ads and the SEO content plan working off the same demand signal — that's what changed.
Revenue DirectorHospitality group
Ads & Copywriting
We needed borrowers and investors on the same growth curve. Lean Search built two acquisition motions on one tracking spine — and we stopped guessing which side of the marketplace to prioritise.
FounderCrowdlending platform · SaaS
Noor Sheriff and the Lean Search founding team
Founded 2019 · Incubated at Turbine
“With access to search volumes, we're not just riding the trends — we're creating them. The first SEM agency in Mauritius, built to operate at international standards.”
NS
Noor SheriffFounder, Lean Search · Turbine alumnus
Google-connected100+ brands4 marketsMauritius · UK · France · Australia
FAQ

Common questions, plain answers.

How long until SEO shows results?
Technical wins land inside the first few weeks. Content typically begins moving at month three, with real compounding around month six. Break-even on retainer is tracked from day one and tends to land at a median of eleven months — we share the model up-front so you can see the maths before you sign.
What's a sensible Google Ads budget to start?
We work with media budgets from MUR 60k per month upward. Below that, the management fee dilutes your spend too far to be worth either party's time. If Ads isn't the right call yet, we'll say so on the first call.
How does reporting work?
Monthly written review against the roadmap. Real numbers, plain language, decisions you can defend in a board meeting. No slide-deck theatre, no vanity dashboards.
What's the minimum engagement length?
Three months for retainers — enough time to audit, ship the strategy, and read real signal back. One-off audits are priced separately and carry no commitment.
Do you run SEO and Ads together, or one at a time?
Both, run as one system. The data spine is shared, so what Ads learns about converting queries sharpens the SEO plan, and what SEO earns lets Ads bid harder where it pays off. If your problem is genuinely one channel, we'll tell you.
Are you the right fit for our size?
We work with growth-stage and established brands across Mauritius and three international markets. If you're earlier than product–market fit, we'll say so — and point you at the right next step.

Tell us where you want to be found.

Free 30-minute strategy call. We look at your site, your queries, your competitors, and tell you whether SEO, Ads or both is the right move.

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For agencies

You handle the big picture.
We handle the search.

Your agency delivers strategy and creative. When a client needs SEO, AI-Overview optimisation, GEO, lead-gen or Google Ads, you need a partner you can trust completely. We ghost-strategise and step in as a named specialist, or go in as co-branded partners — our MOU caters for both. Your call.

Mission Focused
We stay in our niche — Search Marketing and Google Ads.
Co-branded
Joint pitches and shared client meetings. Specialist credibility on tap.
Strategy ghosting
We build the plan, our team executes. Quarterly reviews together.
Project-based
One audit, one campaign launch, one migration. Defined scope, defined cost.
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