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Struggling to decide between in-house vs. outsourcing SEO? We analyze the costs, risks, and technical requirements for recruitment agencies under £2M revenue.

Kaizen SEO explains Advocate, Elevate, and Dominate retainers for recruitment agencies, helping you pick the right SEO package for growth and AI visibility.

Stop using generic SEO strategies that kill recruitment websites. The 2026 guide to SEO for recruitment agencies: Google for Jobs schema, indexing APIs, and revenue-focused ranking.

You are likely searching for "low cost SEO" because you know you need organic visibility, but you cannot justify a £2,000+ monthly retainer when your deal flow is unpredictable. The market is full of providers offering "cheap" packages for £200-£300, promising #1 rankings. These are dangerous. They usually rely on automated spam links that risk getting your domain penalized.

You need visibility to compete for candidates and clients, but you likely don't have a £2,000 monthly retainer budget. This is the reality for many boutique staffing firms, independent headhunters, and startup agencies. The market is flooded with providers offering "cheap SEO" for under £500, promising the world. But for a recruitment business, where authority and trust are your currency, these low-cost shortcuts often destroy more value than they create.

You're likely paying monthly subscriptions for software you barely open. Or worse, you're relying on a "green light" from a Yoast plugin to tell you your SEO is working while your job pages de-index and competitors steal your candidates. You don't need a massive toolkit filled with redundant features; you need a lean, industrial-grade stack that handles the specific volatility of recruitment websites, particularly the issue of thousands of expired job URLs and complex schema requirements.