Your verdict
Your page is half shared.
About half of what your page says, Journey Further also says. You're less same than 5 of the 8 Marketing agencies sites scored (category avg 60).
Each named site is scored the same way, against the other 4 in this set, so its tick means the same as your marker. The dashed line is the frozen benchmark average.
Less same than average
The average Marketing agencies category leader scores 60; you scored 51.
You are 9 points less same than the average Marketing agencies category leader.
Closest overlap: Journey Further
Of the 4 sites you named, Journey Further echoes the most of what your page says: 64% of it, weighted by placement. Scored the same way you were, against the rest of the set, Journey Further's own Sameness Index is 54. Those are different measures: the first is overlap with your page, the second is how same Journey Further's whole page is.
Journey Further is the competitor you sound most like.
Room to own more
13% of your claim space is ownable: unique, relevant, and hard to copy.
13% is ownable, and every claim you own already leads.
Three changes worth testing first.
Chosen by rule from the comparison with Embryo, connective3, Impression and Journey Further: the shared claim taking your most prominent space, then the claims only you make that sit too low on the page to be read. Each one links to its claim card.
- “Search marketing trusted by the UKs best brands.”
Embryo, connective3, Impression and Journey Further all say it too. Buyers may still need it, but shared ground cannot carry your hero — move it lower and give that space to something only you can say.
Table stakesMost of the set says this too. - “We will present a clear, actionable Human-First strategy for profitable customer growth.”
Keep the fact, lose the position: embryo, connective3, Impression and Journey Further all say it too, and your section is spending its first impression on the same territory as theirs.
Table stakesMost of the set says this too.
Try these changes, then test them with real buyers.
This measures overlap. Whether buyers notice is a different question, and only they can answer it.
What you can own
Claims only you make, that buyers weigh, and that competitors can’t easily copy.
13% of your page’s claim space is yours to keep.
Why this is not 100 minus the Sameness Index
The index is a weighted composite across six categories, including page structure and visuals. This bar is measured on your claims alone, weighted by where each one sits on the page. Different denominators, so the two never add to 100 and are not meant to.
Already leading with · 2
- Content engineered for SEO and AI citations
“Content-engineered to dominate SEO and AI citations”
- Long track record turning challengers into leaders
“Since 2009, we have transformed challenger brands into dominant market leaders”
Buried in body copy · 0
Nothing buried. Every claim you own is already above body copy.
Where you blend in
Territory you spend prominent space on that the set also occupies. Not every line is one to delete — the question is whether it has earned the space, or whether something only you can say should be there instead.
- Commodity · 100%Table stakesHeronamed clients and case studies as proof
- “Search marketing trusted by the UKs best brands.”
Embryo, connective3, Impression and Journey Further all cover this territory. Buyers may need to hear it, but in your hero it spends the first impression on shared ground.
They say- Embryo“Trusted by top brands”
- connective3“Trusted by brands including Wren Kitchens, Avon, Compare the Market, Q Hotels, Lowell, thortful, Tapi, Sumup, Ocado, Loveholidays, Evri, Bloom & Wild, USN…”
- Impression“Winter strategy achieves 24% increase in off-peak revenue”
- Journey Further“Trusted by Samsung, Asos, Magnet, Virgin Money, Ubisoft, Noli, Weber”
- Commodity · 75%KeepHerosearch and AI discovery visibility capability
- “Human-first search marketing. Everywhere customers search, you sell.”
- “Content-engineered to dominate SEO and AI citations”
- “All of our search marketing expertise is available when it comes to hitting your ambitious performance targets.”
You say this 3 different ways.
Embryo, Impression and Journey Further say what they are and who they are for, as every page in a category must. Keep it — it is orientation, not differentiation. Nobody else uses your exact words, but everyone is on the ground. Nobody else makes this exact claim, but everyone occupies the territory — lead with the specific, not the generic.
They say- Embryo“Effective SEO covers every detail, and Embryo's holistic approach optimises every aspect of your website.”
- Impression“SEO: SEO Consultancy, Ecommerce SEO, International SEO, Technical SEO”
- Journey Further“Marketing has forever changed”
- Commodity · 100%Table stakesSectiondelivers growth, leads and revenue
- “We will present a clear, actionable Human-First strategy for profitable customer growth.”
- “We make your success unstoppable.”
You say this 2 different ways.
Common ground with Embryo, connective3, Impression and Journey Further. Say it if buyers need it — lower on the page, where it is not the thing they read first. Nobody else uses your exact words, but everyone is on the ground. Nobody else makes this exact claim, but everyone occupies the territory — lead with the specific, not the generic.
They say- Embryo“Transforming potential. Fuelling growth.”
- connective3“Connecting Brand and Performance to drive commercial advantage”
- Impression“With us, you overcome challenges and grow bigger, faster”
- Journey Further“Driving growth for our clients”
- Contested · 50%SharpenHeromakes your brand stand out
- “We make brands impossible to overlook.”
connective3 and Journey Further are on this territory too (50% of the set). It narrows the field without winning it — make it specific enough that it cannot be said of them.
They say- connective3“Unrivalled Performance”
- Journey Further“impossible to ignore”
- Commodity · 75%Table stakesSectionbroad multichannel integrated service offering
- “Buzzworthy Digital PR”
- “We're delivering for brands looking to achieve more – aligning every channel to expand Human-First reach.”
You say this 2 different ways.
Embryo, Impression and Journey Further make the same claim (75% of the set). It cannot set you apart, so it should not carry the section.
They say- Embryo“Using a modern, multi-channel marketing strategy to transform your business into an authority in your market.”
- Impression“PR & Social: Digital PR & Content, Brand PR, Creative Campaigns, Organic Social, Influencer Marketing”
- Journey Further“Legacy performance marketing and channel first thinking means your marketing will only ever be a sum of its individual parts”
- Commodity · 75%Table stakesSectionpaid media and PPC capability
- “Conversion-focused paid search”
A buyer comparing tabs sees this on Embryo, connective3 and Impression too (75% of the set). Yours earns nothing by repeating it up top; it can live lower down.
They say- Embryo“Our team manage over £2 million worth of monthly Google ad spend.”
- connective3“£44M ad-spend portfolio”
- Impression“Paid Media: PPC & Paid Search, Paid Social, Paid Shopping, Google Shopping”
- Commodity · 75%Table stakesSectionsenior expert team and talent investment
- “Together, we will find your untapped potential, set our targets, and hand-pick a multichannel spring team with the right blend of skills for your unique…”
Embryo, connective3 and Impression got here first as far as a buyer can tell. Keep the fact for readers who need it; move the position to a claim only your page can make.
They say- Embryo“You partner with experienced SEO consultants who genuinely care about your online success.”
- connective3“Let us build a team perfect for your needs”
- Impression“We attract the most talented, creative problem-solvers in the industry”
- Contested · 25%SharpenSectiontrack record and longevity as proof
- “Since 2009, we have transformed challenger brands into dominant market leaders”
connective3 is on this territory too (25% of the set). It narrows the field without winning it — make it specific enough that it cannot be said of them. Nobody else uses your exact words, but everyone is on the ground. Nobody else makes this exact claim, but everyone occupies the territory — lead with the specific, not the generic.
They say- connective3“30% YoY agency financial growth”
Claim-by-claim evidence
Every claim on your page (18)
What the columns mean
- Claim
- The grouped claim, then your exact line beneath it.
- Type
- What kind of claim it is: category, segment, outcome, capability, quality or proof.
- Placement
- Where it sits on your page: hero, section or body copy. Hero claims weigh most in the index.
- Same claim
- Share of the competitors making this exact claim. Drives ownership and ownable share.
- Same territory
- Share of the competitors with any claim in the same buyer-facing territory. This is what the index is scored on.
- Sayability
- Whether a competitor could truthfully make the same claim: anyone could, copyable with effort, or hard to copy.
- Relevant
- Whether buyers decide on this. A unique claim nobody buys on is not ownable.
- Ownership
- Commodity: 60% or more of the set says it. Contested: 20–59%. Unique: under 20%, owned when it is also hard to copy.
Tap a column to sort by it; tap again to reverse. Sorted by Same claim, highest first.
Trusted by leading/top brands “Search marketing trusted by the UKs best brands.” | proof | Hero | 75% | 100% | Anyone could say it | Yes | Commodity |
Industry award wins and finalist recognition “Salience wins Best Use of Content at EU Search Awards!” | proof | Body | 75% | 75% | Anyone could say it | Yes | Commodity |
Our team is highly experienced “There's plenty of experience in the Salience team” | proof | Body | 75% | 75% | Anyone could say it | Yes | Commodity |
Named client wins and long-running client partnerships “Lindt rekindles partnership for SEO” | proof | Body | 50% | 100% | Anyone could say it | Yes | Contested |
Ranked/listed as a top agency by third parties “Salience - Top Digital Agency” | proof | Body | 50% | 75% | Anyone could say it | Yes | Contested |
We make brands impossible to overlook “We make brands impossible to overlook.” | outcome | Hero | 25% | 50% | Anyone could say it | No | Contested |
Digital PR capability “Buzzworthy Digital PR” | capability | Section | 25% | 75% | Anyone could say it | Yes | Contested |
Hand-picked team assembled for your needs “Together, we will find your untapped potential, set our targets, and hand-pick a multichannel spring team with the right blend of skills for your unique…” | capability | Section | 25% | 75% | Anyone could say it | Yes | Contested |
Multichannel alignment expands reach and growth “We're delivering for brands looking to achieve more – aligning every channel to expand Human-First reach.” | outcome | Section | 25% | 75% | Anyone could say it | Yes | Contested |
Paid search / PPC capability “Conversion-focused paid search” | capability | Section | 25% | 75% | Anyone could say it | Yes | Contested |
We publish free industry research and insight “We challenge ourselves to provide helpful information to the industry” | quality | Body | 25% | 25% | Anyone could say it | No | Contested |
Human/customer-first rather than algorithm-first search “Human-first search marketing. Everywhere customers search, you sell.” | category | Hero | 0% | 75% | Anyone could say it | Yes | Unique for now |
Content engineered for SEO and AI citations “Content-engineered to dominate SEO and AI citations” | capability | Section | 0% | 75% | Copyable with effort | Yes | Unique and owned |
Full breadth of search expertise applied to your targets “All of our search marketing expertise is available when it comes to hitting your ambitious performance targets.” | capability | Section | 0% | 75% | Anyone could say it | Yes | Unique for now |
Long track record turning challengers into leaders “Since 2009, we have transformed challenger brands into dominant market leaders” | proof | Section | 0% | 25% | Copyable with effort | Yes | Unique and owned |
We deliver a clear actionable strategy for profitable growth “We will present a clear, actionable Human-First strategy for profitable customer growth.” | outcome | Section | 0% | 100% | Anyone could say it | Yes | Unique for now |
We make your success unstoppable “We make your success unstoppable.” | outcome | Section | 0% | 100% | Anyone could say it | No | Unique for now |
An intro meeting is worth your time “It's worth an hour or two of your time; trust us.” | quality | Body | 0% | 50% | Anyone could say it | No | Unique for now |
- Trusted by leading/top brands“Search marketing trusted by the UKs best brands.”proofHerosame claim 75%same territory 100%Anyone could say itCommodityAlso on Embryo, connective3, Journey Further
- Industry award wins and finalist recognition“Salience wins Best Use of Content at EU Search Awards!”proofBodysame claim 75%same territory 75%Anyone could say itCommodityAlso on Embryo, connective3, Impression
- Our team is highly experienced“There's plenty of experience in the Salience team”proofBodysame claim 75%same territory 75%Anyone could say itCommodityAlso on Embryo, connective3, Impression
- Named client wins and long-running client partnerships“Lindt rekindles partnership for SEO”proofBodysame claim 50%same territory 100%Anyone could say itContestedAlso on Embryo, Impression
- Ranked/listed as a top agency by third parties“Salience - Top Digital Agency”proofBodysame claim 50%same territory 75%Anyone could say itContestedAlso on Embryo, Impression
- We make brands impossible to overlook“We make brands impossible to overlook.”outcomeHerosame claim 25%same territory 50%Anyone could say itnot a buying criterionContestedAlso on Journey Further
- Digital PR capability“Buzzworthy Digital PR”capabilitySectionsame claim 25%same territory 75%Anyone could say itContestedAlso on Embryo
- Hand-picked team assembled for your needs“Together, we will find your untapped potential, set our targets, and hand-pick a multichannel spring team with the right blend of skills for your unique…”capabilitySectionsame claim 25%same territory 75%Anyone could say itContestedAlso on connective3
- Multichannel alignment expands reach and growth“We're delivering for brands looking to achieve more – aligning every channel to expand Human-First reach.”outcomeSectionsame claim 25%same territory 75%Anyone could say itContestedAlso on Embryo
- Paid search / PPC capability“Conversion-focused paid search”capabilitySectionsame claim 25%same territory 75%Anyone could say itContestedAlso on Impression
- We publish free industry research and insight“We challenge ourselves to provide helpful information to the industry”qualityBodysame claim 25%same territory 25%Anyone could say itnot a buying criterionContestedAlso on Journey Further
- Human/customer-first rather than algorithm-first search“Human-first search marketing. Everywhere customers search, you sell.”categoryHerosame claim 0%same territory 75%Anyone could say itUnique for now
- Content engineered for SEO and AI citations“Content-engineered to dominate SEO and AI citations”capabilitySectionsame claim 0%same territory 75%Copyable with effortUnique and owned
- Full breadth of search expertise applied to your targets“All of our search marketing expertise is available when it comes to hitting your ambitious performance targets.”capabilitySectionsame claim 0%same territory 75%Anyone could say itUnique for now
- Long track record turning challengers into leaders“Since 2009, we have transformed challenger brands into dominant market leaders”proofSectionsame claim 0%same territory 25%Copyable with effortUnique and owned
- We deliver a clear actionable strategy for profitable growth“We will present a clear, actionable Human-First strategy for profitable customer growth.”outcomeSectionsame claim 0%same territory 100%Anyone could say itUnique for now
- We make your success unstoppable“We make your success unstoppable.”outcomeSectionsame claim 0%same territory 100%Anyone could say itnot a buying criterionUnique for now
- An intro meeting is worth your time“It's worth an hour or two of your time; trust us.”qualityBodysame claim 0%same territory 50%Anyone could say itnot a buying criterionUnique for now
How this was calculated
Sameness measures how much your claims overlap with the sites compared. It does not measure message quality or whether buyers prefer you.
AI-analyzed: an AI read each page on its own and grouped the claims that say the same thing. No score here was written by a model — every number is computed from those groupings in our own code, with the weights below.
How the score is built
| Category | Weight | Yours | What a high score means |
|---|---|---|---|
Messaging Category framing, who it is for, and the outcome promised | 30% | 76 | The most expensive kind of sameness. A buyer cannot tell what job you do that the others do not. |
Claims Attribute and benefit claims — speed, ease, quality, ROI | 30% | 38 | Every shared claim is a line already read on another tab. Cut the ones nobody owns and spend the space on something they cannot. |
Features Capabilities and functions the page lists | 15% | 75 | Expected in a mature category, and the least alarming of the six. Feature parity is normal; leading with it is the mistake. |
Proof The kinds of evidence offered: customer logos, numbers, testimonials, case studies, badges | 10% | 36 | Same kinds of proof as everyone means the proof stops working as proof. It is scored on the kind of evidence, not on which customers are named. |
Structure Section order, navigation, CTA language and placement | 10% | 0 | The generic SaaS template — hero, logos, three-feature grid, testimonial, CTA. Familiar is not the same as memorable. |
Visual Palette family, imagery style, layout patterns | 5% | 34 | Weighted lowest on purpose: buyers rarely decide on this. Worth knowing, rarely worth fixing first. |
Each site was read on its own first, with no knowledge of the others, so your page gets no benefit of the doubt a competitor’s does not. A category nothing could be measured for drops out and the rest are re-weighted, rather than counted as zero.
What we compared (5 pages read)
What it cannot tell you
The index can find where two pages converge. It cannot say whether a buyer would notice, or which of your reasons to buy actually land. A single check also moves several points between runs, so read the band and the ranking, not the last digit.
Your highest-impact changes
- 1Table stakesYour hero copy says “Search marketing trusted by the UKs best brands.”.
Embryo, connective3, Impression and Journey Further all say it too. Buyers may still need it, but shared ground cannot carry your hero — move it lower and give that space to something only you can say.
- 2Table stakesYour section copy says “We will present a clear, actionable Human-First strategy for profitable customer growth.”.
Keep the fact, lose the position: embryo, connective3, Impression and Journey Further all say it too, and your section is spending its first impression on the same territory as theirs.
- 3Table stakesYour section copy says “We make your success unstoppable.”.
This is the set's common ground — Embryo, connective3, Impression and Journey Further all say it too. It will not set you apart wherever it sits, and in the section it costs you the one place a distinctive claim would be read.
- 4Table stakesYour section copy says “Content-engineered to dominate SEO and AI citations”.
A buyer with three tabs open reads a version of this on every one of them. Say it further down for the readers who need it; the section should carry a claim they will only find here.
- 5Table stakesYour section copy says “Buzzworthy Digital PR”.
True of you and true of them: Embryo, Impression and Journey Further say it too (75% of the set). That is why it decides nothing, and why the section is the wrong place to spend it.
- 6Table stakesYour section copy says “Together, we will find your untapped potential, set our targets, and hand-pick a multichannel spring team wit…”.
In the section: Embryo, connective3 and Impression say it too (75% of the set). Buyers may still need it, but shared ground cannot carry your section — move it lower and give that space to something only you can say.
- 7Table stakesYour section copy says “We're delivering for brands looking to achieve more – aligning every channel to expand Human-First reach.”.
In the section: Keep the fact, lose the position: embryo, Impression and Journey Further say it too (75% of the set), and your section is spending its first impression on the same territory as theirs.
- 8Table stakesYour section copy says “Conversion-focused paid search”.
In the section: True of you and true of them: Embryo, connective3 and Impression say it too (75% of the set). That is why it decides nothing, and why the section is the wrong place to spend it.
The only way to know if it matters.
This report can tell you where your messaging overlaps. It cannot tell you whether a buyer would care, or which of your reasons to buy actually land. Put the page in front of real B2B buyers in your target market and ask them.







