About JHF Research

Based in San Francisco, Built Around How People Actually Search

We're a small, senior team that goes deep on one thing, helping growing companies show up everywhere their buyers are looking for answers: search engines, AI assistants, and the paid channels in between.

Why JHF

Search Changed. Our Approach Changed With It.

Search used to mean a list of blue links. Today it means AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and a growing set of answer engines that summarize the web before anyone clicks through. We help clients earn visibility in both worlds (classic organic rankings and the AI answers replacing them) with one strategy across all four disciplines: SEO & AEO, SEM, AI strategy, and the analytics to prove it's working.

What we believe

A Few Things We Hold To

Data first

No Guesswork

Every recommendation traces back to search performance, analytics, or campaign data, not hunches or industry folklore.

Plain language

No Jargon Walls

You should understand exactly what we're doing and why, in terms that connect to your business goals.

Partnership

We Work Inside Your Team

We integrate with your marketing team and share what we know, rather than working behind a black box.

Who we work with

Growing, Mid-Sized Companies

We work best with companies past the startup stage but well short of enterprise: big enough to have a real sales cycle and a brand worth protecting, lean enough that marketing still has to prove itself.

Complex B2B Sales

Technical and regulated categories with a real buying committee, where trust has to be earned in search and content long before a form ever gets filled out.

Considered-Purchase Retail

Consumer and trade brands with a showroom-to-online journey, where the research phase online decides where the sale actually happens.

Across Industries

Medical device manufacturers, AI and deep-tech companies, cybersecurity platforms, and home goods retailers, among others: expertise adapted to each industry's buyer and search landscape.

Let's Talk About Your Search Strategy

A free consultation to see where you stand on SEO, AEO, SEM, and analytics, and what's worth doing next.

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