Maximum results in minimum time.
Maxinium is an SEO company in Sri Lanka that gets businesses found on Google — and now inside ChatGPT, Copilot and AI Overviews too. Led by Alston Antony, an SEO expert with 15+ years in search who publishes the raw Search Console exports behind every number on this site.
Tell us your website and the competitors outranking you. We will tell you honestly whether we can really help you with SEO — and say so plainly if we cannot.
Founded by Alston Antony · SEO Expert in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan, Colombo-based, and Senior Digital Marketing Manager at Brainstorm Force, whose software powers 7M+ websites. Builder of MatchMaker.lk, MakeMoneyOnline.lk and WebHostingSriLanka — 16 properties in total. We run the same playbook we sell, and publish the exports to prove it.
302K+
AI citations earned
6
Documented case studies
Sites we’ve built
& ranked
MatchMaker.lk 
MakeMoneyOnline.lk 
WebHostingSriLanka 
DigitalMarketingCourse.lk 
SEOTamil.com 
DigitalMarketingTamil 
DigitalMarketingMind 
SaaSPirate 
ZPlatform.ai 
EveryAny.one 
AIToolsMarketer 
SaaSAffiliate 
CoimbatoreJunction 
ChennaiCentral 
VelankanniShrine 
AlstonAntony.com MatchMaker.lk MakeMoneyOnline.lk WebHostingSriLanka DigitalMarketingCourse.lk SEOTamil.com DigitalMarketingTamil DigitalMarketingMind SaaSPirate ZPlatform.ai EveryAny.one AIToolsMarketer SaaSAffiliate CoimbatoreJunction ChennaiCentral VelankanniShrine AlstonAntony.com 302,037
Times Bing Copilot cited an owned property in an AI answer
Bing AI Performance · 6-month windows
147,783
Appearances inside Google AI features across the same properties
Search Console · since May 2026
803
Queries averaging a top-3 position across six owned properties
Search Console exports · Aug 2026
4
Sri Lankan properties we own, rank and publish the exports for
Two documented in full as case studies
Every one of these is recomputed from raw platform exports, and the working is published. See the case studies
SEO services in Sri Lanka
Most agencies here sell the same six-item checklist to a clinic in Colombo and an apparel exporter shipping to Manchester. Those need almost nothing in common. Our SEO services in Sri Lanka start from which search results you actually need to win, then work backwards.
See all SEO services in detail
How engagements start
Every engagement begins with a conversation, not a proposal. Send your website and the competitors beating you, and you will get an honest read on whether we can really help — including when the answer is that SEO is the wrong spend for you.
24h
Honest answer
1:1
Founder access
A full technical audit of your site — crawling, indexing, speed, mobile and structure — then the fixes, shipped in the order that moves rankings fastest.
We map what Sri Lankan buyers actually type — in English, Sinhala and Tamil — then rebuild your pages around those queries instead of around your org chart.
Local SEO in Sri Lanka for businesses that need to show up in the map pack when someone in Colombo searches on their phone.
Editorial links, local PR and content that earns citations, because in a market this size authority is what separates page one from page two.
Ecommerce SEO for Sri Lankan online stores: category pages that rank, product pages that convert, and a technical layer that does not fight the platform.
Getting recommended by ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity and Copilot — the shortlist your customer now sees before they see any website.
Who we serve
A dental clinic in Nugegoda, a fashion store shipping island-wide and an apparel exporter selling to Europe are three completely different search problems. The process adapts. The sequencing does not.
Clinics, law firms, dentists, contractors, schools and repair services. You do not need national rankings — you need to be the first result when someone within 10km reaches for their phone.
Online stores selling into Sri Lanka, and Sri Lankan brands shipping abroad. Ecommerce SEO where category pages carry the revenue and the platform fights you at every turn.
Apparel exporters, BPOs, tourism operators and software companies based here but selling to the UK, US, EU or Australia. Sri Lankan cost base, international-standard search competition.
Fit comes first
Maxinium runs a deliberately small roster, because founder-led work does not scale by adding headcount. Before any proposal we check whether the search demand exists in Sri Lanka, whether your site converts the visitors it already gets, and whether the timeline is realistic against the competitors you named. If the answer is no, we say so on the first call and point you somewhere more useful — sometimes that is paid ads, not SEO. Saying no to the wrong fit is what lets us give the right fit real attention.
What we look for
Where we work
The work is done remotely wherever you are. Your location only changes the strategy when you are competing for map-pack rankings — and then it changes it a lot, because citations, reviews and proximity all count. That is what local SEO covers.
Our blueprint process
Every engagement runs the same SEO strategy: a repeatable system that removes guesswork, makes progress measurable, and compounds month after month. It is the same process we run on our own 16 properties, where we carry the downside ourselves when something does not work.
01
We crawl the site, pull your Search Console history and find what is actually holding the rankings back.
SEO audit02
Keyword and SERP mapping against the competitors who are beating you today, not a generic volume list.
Keyword research03
Technical repairs and on-page rebuilds shipped in priority order, starting with the pages closest to page one.
On-page & technical04
Content, local citations, links and the entity signals that get you cited by AI assistants as well as ranked.
Authority & AI05
Monthly: which queries moved, which pages earned clicks, what enquiries came in, and what happens next.
Monthly reportingCompounding organic growth
AI SEO · GEO · LLMO in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan buyers increasingly ask an AI assistant to recommend a supplier before they open Google at all. Our own properties have earned 302,037 Bing Copilot citations and 147,783 appearances inside Google AI features, with the exports published. If you are not the source the answer cites, the click never happens. See how AI SEO works in Sri Lanka.
Google AI Overviews
Cited-source optimisation and SERP feature capture
ChatGPT & ChatGPT Search
Brand mention share on “recommend an SEO company” prompts
Perplexity
Citation frequency and comparison-answer presence
Gemini & Claude
Entity accuracy and competitive positioning
Traditional organic
Rankings, clicks and enquiries, still the compounding base
SEO packages
Three tiers, itemised, no lock-in contract. Agencies in Colombo commonly quote LKR 100,000 to 250,000 a month for this work — we keep our prices deliberately low so Sri Lankan business owners can actually afford it. No sales team on commission, no account managers between you and the work. The full packages page explains exactly where the difference comes from.
Get found in your city
LKR 20,000
per month · no lock-in
Single-location service businesses, clinics and shops competing inside Colombo or one district.
Compete across Sri Lanka
LKR 40,000
per month · no lock-in
Established businesses and online stores competing nationally rather than locally.
Own the category
LKR 60,000
per month · no lock-in
Exporters, multi-location groups and companies competing for buyers in overseas markets.
Included at every tier
SEO ROI calculator
Move the sliders. This models organic growth the way we report it — visitors to enquiries to rupees — so you can weigh it against what an SEO package costs before you talk to anyone.
Extra revenue from organic search, year one
LKR 8.1M
Directional model, not a forecast. It assumes the traffic lift is reached at month 12 and then holds for a year, and it ignores seasonality, repeat purchases and anything your sales team closes without search. We rebuild it against your own Search Console and GA4 numbers together, which is the only version worth making a decision on.
SEO case studies
An AI tools directory that Microsoft Copilot cites roughly a hundred times for every organic click it sends — across 1,640 grounding queries, in five languages, with 52% of those citations on commercial-intent searches. One page alone has been cited 108,546 times. This is what it looks like when the answer engine becomes the audience.
ZPlatform.ai · 16 months · Apr 2025 – Aug 2026 Headline results
241,500
Copilot citations in 6 months
~97:1
citations per organic Bing click, at minimum
1,640
grounding queries cited
52%
of citations on commercial intent
This site earns 1,952 clicks — a fraction of the others — and yet 8.1% of its search impressions come from Google AI features, five times the rate of the largest property. It also holds 200 of 1,000 queries in the top three. Specificity, not scale, is what gets a site cited.
MakeMoneyOnline.lk · 8.1% of impressions from ai features — portfolio best 87% of this platform’s AI appearances land on one URL, and Copilot cites an average of 2 pages against 35 on our city-guide property. Because the question is “recommend me a site”, not “what is the answer”. It also takes 20% of its Bing impressions from queries aimed at newspaper classified sections that were the category default for generations.
MatchMaker.lk · 87% of ai appearances on one url A pilgrim guide that is the only source Bing Copilot cites for “velankanni flag hoisting date 2026”, and 84% of citations for the feast itself. It also earns 42,901 clicks at a 3.2% CTR while averaging position 9.1 — the clearest proof we have that intent quality, not position, decides what a ranking is worth.
VelankanniShrine.in · 100% copilot citation share on one query A city guide with 3.9M Google impressions, 60,500 generative-AI appearances and 40,101 Bing Copilot citations — and one page pulling 396,968 impressions at a 0.09% click rate while being the single most-quoted page on the site. The clearest evidence we have that page format decides which channel you win.
CoimbatoreJunction.in · 3.9M google search impressions How a deliberately small 26-page Tamil-language site took #1 in Google for “SEO Tamil”, got Alston Antony named inside the AI Overview, and earned 336 Bing Copilot citations — the personal-branding play behind Search Everywhere Optimization.
SEOTamil.com · #1 google for “seo tamil” Search Console and Bing screenshots with the property, filter and window visible, plus a written methodology and the thresholds we chose.
ChatGPT and Gemini have no per-answer export, so they are labelled “not audited” rather than implied. That boundary is the point.
Why 6 case studies and not forty
Because the bar is the raw export, a dated screenshot and a stated methodology — and client work under NDA cannot clear it. Maxinium publishes results from owned properties first, where every number can be checked by anyone. Two of them, MatchMaker.lk and MakeMoneyOnline.lk, were built for and ranked in the Sri Lankan market. Client results are shared directly, with the client’s permission, on request. Ask for them.
SEO tools and platforms we operate daily
Your SEO consultant in Sri Lanka
You do not get handed to an account manager or an offshore team. Maxinium is deliberately founder-led: the person who audits your site is the person who does the work and sits on your monthly call.
15+ years in search, since 2010
Colombo, Sri Lanka · Serving all of Sri Lanka
Founder, Maxinium · SEO Expert in Sri Lanka
Alston started in search in 2010 from Sri Lanka, cashing a $15 cheque at a bank branch that had never processed one. He now serves as Senior Digital Marketing Manager at Brainstorm Force, running full-funnel marketing for AI and WordPress products inside a company whose software powers more than 7 million websites — while running Maxinium from Colombo.
That combination is the point. Sri Lankan agencies rarely get to see how search works at global scale; global agencies rarely understand a market where the buyer researches in English, asks their cousin in Sinhala and converts over WhatsApp. Alston works in both every week.
He has taught more than 30,000 students across 6 courses, published 617 videos in English and Tamil, and operates 16 web properties of his own — including MatchMaker.lk, which outranks the newspaper classified brands that owned its category for generations, and SEOTamil.com, which holds #1 in Google for its category term and is named inside its AI Overview.
Read the full story and career timeline
Credentials and recognition
Professional Member, DMASL
Digital Marketing Association of Sri Lanka
MSc Computer Software Engineering
Distinction · University of Greenwich
BSc Information Technology
ESOFT Metro Campus, Sri Lanka
Professional Member, BCS
The Chartered Institute for IT, UK
Ahrefs SEO Certified
Plus Semrush and HubSpot certifications
617 videos published
643K+ views · SEO taught in English and Tamil
Web properties Alston built and ranks
MatchMaker.lk Sri Lankan matrimony platform. Ranks for the newspaper classified brands that were the category default for generations. MakeMoneyOnline.lk 63+ verified online income methods for Sri Lankans, with realistic LKR projections and scam warnings. WebHostingSriLanka Independent comparison of 15 hosting providers on renewal pricing, data-centre location and support. DigitalMarketingCourse.lk 150+ curated courses, certifications, tools and communities, filtered for the Sri Lankan market. SEOTamil.com Free Tamil-language SEO course. Ranks #1 in Google for “SEO Tamil” and is cited by name in its AI Overview. DigitalMarketingTamil Tamil-language guide to thirteen marketing channels, written for beginners and small business owners. DigitalMarketingMind Free marketing template and checklist library with no signup and no email wall. SaaSPirate 2,513+ verified SaaS & AI lifetime deals since 2019, with a 100K+ community and 30K+ subscribers. ZPlatform.ai Independent AI tools directory where every tool is hand-tested for 3 to 10 hours before it is ranked. EveryAny.one Software discovery and intelligence platform: verified profiles, comparisons and pricing across 13 categories. AIToolsMarketer Independent reviews of AI marketing tools, scored against a published methodology. SaaSAffiliate 62 verified SaaS affiliate programs compared on commission, recurring payouts, cookie duration and payout terms. CoimbatoreJunction Hyperlocal Coimbatore guide across 8 topic pillars, at 423K+ monthly impressions and 55+ in-depth guides. ChennaiCentral City guide to Chennai: events, attractions, food, transport and heritage for a city of 8.9M people. VelankanniShrine Independent pilgrim guide to the Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health, one of Asia’s largest Marian pilgrimages. AlstonAntony.com Alston’s home base for SEO, AI search and growth writing, courses and case studies. On camera
Unscripted video testimonials published on Alston’s channel, where you can see who is speaking rather than read a name under a quote. Sky Yap, founder of Sky SaaS Review, has also recorded one.
Venkatesh Balasubramanian
CEO, Compunet Connections
A software services CEO on working with Alston.
Kaushal Sheth
Founder, XENRION
A SaaS founder on Alston’s work in the software community.
Videos load from YouTube only when you press play. More on alstonantony.com
Testimonials
Named, verifiable testimonials published on alstonantony.com. They cover Alston’s consulting, software reviews and community work — not a Maxinium retainer, which is why there is no star-rating markup attached to them. Sri Lankan client references are shared directly, with the client’s permission, on request.
“Alston is more than just one of the best influencers in the software space, he is an energizing force that helps companies extend their reach. Working with Alston has helped me increase revenues by over $15,000 on just a single product.”
Abdul Mukati
Founder · SalesMix
“Alston is the best in terms of giving value to his audience and knowledgeable in terms of marketing, SEO specifically. He is the best marketer with a humble heart.”
Benjie Malinao
Chief Technology Officer · Channel Automation
“Alston is knowledgeable and resourceful. He answers everyone’s questions with patience and detail. He is honest and will even tell you if a product is right for you.”
Aristotle Malichetty
Founder · Freeclusters
“Alston’s comments and suggestions have always been helpful, sincere and honest. Whenever I need advice, all it takes is a quick message, and he always gets back immediately.”
Timur Burganov
SaaS Founder
“I still remember it was Alston’s video review that helped me decide on one of my early software lifetime deals. Alston helped me and countless others navigate the software minefield with honest and actionable reviews.”
Ken Moo
Founder · Kenmoo.me
“Alston needs no introduction in the SaaS community. He has always been helping SaaS users and agency owners with his detailed and authentic reviews. I found him a very welcoming person and a man of integrity.”
Sarita Owens
Product Manager
SEO Sri Lanka FAQ
Tell us about your website
Drop Alston a message with your website and the two competitors who keep outranking you. You will get a straight answer on whether we can move your numbers — and if we cannot, or if SEO is the wrong spend for you right now, you will get that answer just as fast.
An honest read before you spend
Whether we can really help you, which competitors are ahead, and what would have to change.
Prices Sri Lankan businesses can afford
From LKR 20,000 a month, itemised, with no lock-in contract and no hidden setup fee.
You work with Alston, not a junior
The person who audits your site is the person who does the work and sits on your calls.
Reported against enquiries
Calls, forms and walk-ins — not impressions, and not a rankings screenshot.
An honest yes or no
If SEO is the wrong spend for your business right now, we will tell you on the first call.