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Distinctly

distinctly.co · Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, UK

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Category
AI-SEO / technical search agencies — independent search agency doing original AI-search research — digital PR and SEO engineered for AI/LLM visibility
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Services
SEO, PPC, digital PR, content; AI-search research arm: analysed robots.txt of 452 UK publications across 19 news verticals and 6,780 publication x AI-crawler data crossover points to steer which outlets still feed LLMs; published study on influencing brand visibility in AI search via digital PR
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Pricing
Pricing was not publicly available when we checked.
NOT VERIFIED
Founded
2009 (Tom Shurville)
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Team signal
not publicly available this pass (SEO strategists, technical SEOs, PPC, copywriters, digital PR specialists, analysts; 96% client retention provider-claimed)
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Named practitioners
  • Tom Shurville — Founder & Managing Director
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Case-study claims
  • 'How can we influence brand visibility in AI search?' digital PR study (provider-published research)
  • Robots.txt/AI-crawler access study across 452 publications (provider-published research)
PROVIDER REPORTEDnumbers are the provider’s own; not independently verified
Lab note
Own site blocks direct fetch (403); facts verified via search snippets of own pages + directories. Research-led counter to US AI-SEO shops: quantifying which earned-media placements AI engines can actually crawl
LAB VERIFIED

Source register

All sources accessed 2026-08-31. Spot an error? Submit a correction — reviewed by a human, logged publicly.

  1. https://distinctly.co/blog/influence-brand-visibility-in-ai-study/ (accessed 2026-08-31)
  2. https://distinctly.co/about-us/tom-shurville/ (accessed 2026-08-31)
  3. https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/distinctly-digital (accessed 2026-08-31)