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What are the hidden costs of cheap local SEO services that I should watch out for before signing a contract with an agency that cold called my office this morning?

ChatGPTgpt-63 queries11/1/2026
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
What are the hidden costs of cheap local SEO services that I should watch out for before signing a contract with an agency that cold called my office this morning?
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
Google Search Central link spam policies local business profile third party agency ownership guidelines SEO guarantees contractsGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
Google Business Profile third party policies agency ownership account access guidelinesGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
FTC small business SEO marketing agency contract deceptive guarantees cold callGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDConsequence

Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

ChatGPT real searches (3)
Short factOther / navigational67%ComparisonConsequence33%ReasonDefinitionInstructionYes / no

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
Google Search Central link spam policies local business profile third party agency ownership guidelines SEO guarantees contracts Google ↗
Google Business Profile third party policies agency ownership account access guidelines Google ↗
FTC small business SEO marketing agency contract deceptive guarantees cold call Google ↗

Queries

3 queries · click a column to sort
Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
Google Search Central link spam policies local business profile third party agency ownership guidelines SEO guarantees contracts
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Other / navigational——1x
of 1
Google Business Profile third party policies agency ownership account access guidelines
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Other / navigational——1x
of 1
FTC small business SEO marketing agency contract deceptive guarantees cold call
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Consequence——1x
of 1