Slingshot SEO exists because we love search — and we’re endlessly fascinated by how it keeps changing the world.

First it was ten blue links. Then maps, mobile and voice. Now AI engines answer before anyone clicks. Every shift rewrites the rules of visibility — and our job, since 2006, has been to know the new rules before anyone else.

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Our story

Two decades of knowing the rules first

2006

Founded in Indianapolis

A team of search scientists sets out to understand ranking better than anyone — and builds a practice on research, not folklore.

2011-2013

Three time Inc. 500 Honoree

Named one of America’s fastest-growing private companies — on the strength of client results, not promises.

2018

Acquired by Interact Marketing

Interact Marketing, a division of Ecommerge, Inc takes the wheel.

2025

Search Changes Forever

AI answers arrive above the results. We launch our GEO practice — engineering the entities, answers and authority that generative engines cite.

Today

The Internet Marketing Machine™

Foundational SEO™, GEO, advanced PPC and Retargeting delivered as one rapid-deployment system — with automation at the core and industry flavors built in.

What we believe

The good guys still win. The arena just got bigger.

Search done well has always been altruistic — a service that lives or dies on how well it serves people. That was true when results were ten blue links, and it’s even more true now that an AI decides which three brands are worth mentioning at all.

Generative engines reward exactly what honest search has always rewarded: genuine authority, real expertise, provable trust. Search remains the ultimate proving ground where the good guys win — the arena just got bigger. We work exclusively with deserving brands, and we help them win. Every time.

Obsessed with the Science

Search is physics, not folklore. We test, measure and prove — we never guess.

Good Guys Only

We work exclusively with deserving brands — and help them win, every time.

Accountable to Revenue

Rankings and citations are means. Pipeline and sales are the ends we answer for.

Learn Loudly

We share what we discover with the world. It keeps us sharp — and honest.

Our Mission

To know more about search — human and machine — and to deliver greater business impact from it than anybody in the world.

Our Vision

To lead deserving brands to dominance across every place answers happen — search engines, AI engines, maps and paid media — and to share what we learn with the world.

Slingshot SEO strategists at work

One team. Every channel that matters.

The full-service mix behind every engagement — tuned to your market by The Internet Marketing Machine™.

Foundational SEO™

The technical and authority bedrock.

GEO

Cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity & AI Overviews.

Advanced PPC

High-intent demand, captured today.

Retargeting

The 97% who leave, brought back.

887+

Clients

751

Optimized Websites

98%

Client Satisfaction

20

Years of Service

Leading the charge since 2006

Awards & Recognition

Slingshot SEO awards and recognition

FAQ

Questions we hear about Slingshot

Since 2006. We were founded in Indianapolis as a team of search scientists, became a three-time Inc. 500 honoree, and have spent nearly two decades staying ahead of every shift in search — including the AI one.
Generative Engine Optimization is how brands get cited by AI engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews. As more answers happen without a click, GEO decides whether you’re part of the answer or invisible.
Science over folklore. We test, measure and prove — and we’re accountable to revenue, not vanity metrics. Every engagement is serviced by US-based strategists.
Our rapid-deployment delivery system: Foundational SEO™, GEO, advanced PPC and retargeting engineered as one system, with automation at the core and industry flavors built in.
Deserving brands across Legal, Healthcare, Home Services, E-Commerce, Insurance Services and Franchise — companies with real expertise that buyers and AI engines can trust.

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