AI searchGEOSEOJakarta · Singapore · Startups & SMEs, SEA

Ridho Putradi S’Gara,AI Search & SEOConsultant for SEAOne practice, not two projects.

Based in
Jakarta · Singapore
Working with
Startups & SMEs, SEA
15+ years
Search & performance

I help startups and SMEs across Southeast Asia get found in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, and classic Google Search. Most teams still run AI visibility and SEO as two separate projects. I treat them as one practice, so the same content and structure that earns citations from answer engines also earns rankings on Google.

Trusted with work for

DiscoverASR
Ascott
Somerset
Citadines
Prenagen
Morinaga
Taman Safari
Highfive Global
DOKU
Kompas
Morinaga Soya
Morigro
Morinaga Chil*Go!
DFSK
POST
Qasir
Wahana Visi Indonesia
17// brands_served

Why this, now

Your customers stopped only googling. They started asking.

ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google’s AI Overviews already answer most early-stage research questions before a user ever clicks. If you’re not visible in those answers, you’re invisible to a growing share of demand, even if your Google rankings are fine.

60%
of Google searches now end with zero clicks
1B+
weekly ChatGPT users globally
3×
faster adoption than mobile
0
of this is showing on most sites' dashboards

Free check, 60 seconds

Curious how your page reads to AI?

Paste a URL. The AI Visibility Check renders your page, compares what humans see versus what AI crawlers extract, and returns a named list of what’s blocking you from being cited in ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini. Headline finding is free, no signup.

What it checks

  • AI crawler access (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended)
  • JavaScript dependence (raw vs rendered HTML)
  • Extractable main-content ratio
  • Heading hierarchy and semantic landmarks
  • JSON-LD structured data sanity
  • Title, meta description, canonical, Open Graph

Who this is for

Startups and SMEs who want senior search work, not a big-agency retainer.

The enterprise logos above are work history, not a hint about price.

If you're a founder

You wear too many hats and need a senior outside brain to set direction. You converted on a no-pitch call once you saw this could move a real number.

If you lead marketing at an SME

You have budget and a team. You want a credible expert to point the team at the right work and upskill them along the way.

If you're past Series A

You want an embedded search function, either run by an experienced team or built and trained as your own.

Recommendations

“A rare SEO leader — a technologist with a strong business mind, always a step ahead.”

Joe Handaya · Group Web & SEO Manager, Ruangguru

“If you want to take your business to the next level, Ridho is one of the best people to contact.”

Adi Rian · Digital Performance Marketing, ex-Grab

“Innovative mind, critical thinking, beyond-compare work ethic. Given a chance, I would not hesitate to work with him again.”

Jemm Cellan · Data Solutions, TRKKN

“He learns as he goes, shares what he knows, and helps when he can.”

Nat IP · Innovation & Ecosystem Building
Read all recommendations on LinkedIn

How I work

A simple four-step process. No dashboards no one reads.

01

Discovery

Diagnose where you stand today across AI answer engines and classic search. Identify the gap that’s costing you the most.

02

Roadmap

A prioritized AI search and SEO plan with the topics, technical fixes, and entity signals that matter for your market.

03

Execution or Enablement

I run it with you, embed in your team, or train your team to run it. Whichever route fits your stage.

04

Sustainable growth

Measure, refine, and compound, both for traditional rankings and for citations inside AI answer engines.

About

15 years in search. Now focused on the AI shift.

Ridho has spent 15 years inside search and performance, with client work for brands like Unilever, Indosat, Telkomsel, and Garuda Indonesia, and founded the agencies behind several of those programmes.

Today the work is focused: helping smaller teams be found in AI answer engines and classic search, without the overhead of a large agency. The conviction is simple. AI visibility and SEO are now one practice, and most companies are sleeping on the shift.

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Ready to be found in AI search?

A free 30-minute strategy call. You’ll leave with one concrete next step you can act on this quarter. No pitch.

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