The fastest way to the summit.
Fuji is the mountain. Nine, read kyū in Japanese, sounds like the word for swift. Put together, Fuji 9 means the fastest way to the top. In search, that is exactly the job.
- 富士
- FujiThe summit. 3,776 m, with nothing near it as tall.
- 九
- KyūNine, the number in our name.
- 急
- KyūSwift. Same sound, and also the word for a steep climb.
Since 2014
Fuji 9 started with one goal: make the complex world of SEO clear, useful and tied to results for businesses of every size. Our team of seasoned strategists, technical experts and content specialists has worked inside enterprise brands and alongside local business owners, and we bring both views to every account.
Search has changed more in the last three years than in the decade before it. AI answers, zero-click results and new crawlers have rewritten the rules. We have kept pace by doing the work ourselves, every day, for clients large and small.
What we stand for
- Ethical methods. White-hat SEO built for long-term gains, never shortcuts that put your domain at risk.
- Constant learning. We test, measure and adapt as search engines and AI platforms evolve.
- Measurable results. Clear goals, honest reporting and service we are proud to put our name on.
Jeff Preston
Co-founder. Started Fuji 9 in 2014 and built it alongside 15 years of in-house SEO leadership.
Jeff has run search for some of the most competitive sites on the web. At Disney he took over a Disney.com built almost entirely in Flash and grew its organic traffic 400%. At Realtor.com he led the team that overtook Zillow for the top spot in non-branded real estate search. He founded Fuji 9 in 2014, ran it on the side through those in-house years, and has led it full time since 2025. Clients get that same enterprise discipline, without the enterprise overhead.
- 2008 to 2018
- The Walt Disney Company. SEO Analyst to Senior Manager, SEO, across Disney.com, ESPN.com, DisneyStore.com and StarWars.com. Grew Disney.com organic traffic 400% and ESPN.com US sports news traffic 41%. Moved Disney’s games, movies and TV sites to a new domain, design and CMS with no loss of organic traffic.
- 2014
- Founds Fuji 9. Takes on consulting clients alongside his in-house roles.
- 2018 to 2023
- Realtor.com. SEO Director, then Senior Director, SEO. Took Realtor.com from #2 to #1 in non-branded real estate search, ahead of Zillow, Redfin and Homes.com. Organic traffic grew 62% in two years, then 19% more through a high-rate housing market.
- 2024 to 2025
- Asurion. Senior Director, SEO. Led the SEO and local optimization team driving lead acquisition across local and national search.
- 2025 to now
- Fuji 9, full time. Strategy and hands-on work across SEO, paid search, local, AI search and analytics.
Jeff holds an MBA in Finance and Information Systems from the University of San Diego and a BA in International Relations from Brigham Young University. He has spoken at 25 industry conferences since 2011, including SMX, Pubcon and SEOktoberfest, with a keynote at SMX Sydney. Recent talks include G50 Summit in Austria in September 2025 and again in September 2026, and Advanced Search Summit in Napa Valley in October 2023. He speaks Japanese, and his honors include Marketer of the Year and a Presidents Award.
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