How many Dallas SEO agencies have documented small business work?

2 of the 37 SEO agencies Vendar tracks in Dallas have at least one small business claim on file under the published rubric, and 10 more from other cities join the ranking with documented small business work; 2 of the 12 ranked have an outside source naming it, and 2 have one that describes the work rather than listing the service. The other 35 Dallas agencies are listed unranked until evidence is added.

Which Dallas small business agency fits my type of business?

By the clients named in their documented small business work: Home and trade services: Seota Digital Marketing (#6). This comes from client reviews and case studies on file, not from the agencies' own positioning; the number after each name is its place in the ranking.

What does small business cost in Dallas?

Among the ranked agencies that disclose a monthly floor, retainers start at $299/month and the median floor is $1,248/month. 5 of 12 ranked agencies disclose some pricing signal.

How is this list different from the Dallas SEO page?

The Dallas SEO page ranks every SEO agency serving the city. This page keeps only the agencies with small business evidence on file, scores them on the small business query with the published model, and cites the claims behind every position. The model, its weights and the rubric are on the How we rank page.

When was this list updated?

The newest profile verification among ranked agencies is September 22, 2026; the newest evidence claim was checked on November 3, 2026. Scores are recomputed from the profiles whenever a profile changes; the ranking model is version 2026.11.7.

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Dallas / Small Business

Small Business SEO Agencies Serving Dallas (2026)

12 agencies are ranked on documented small business work: 2 based in or serving Dallas and 10 from other cities, marked as such; 2 confirmed by an independent source; payment does not affect the order.

Data as of November 3, 2026 · Evidence-weighted ranking 2026.11.7 · How this ranking works ↓

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1Main Street ROI 56 · From $2,500/month · clients 4.9/5 (241)5 small business claims on file: 0 third-party, 3 first-party, 2 profile signals; outside claims from 1 distinct site
2ASTOUNDZ 52 · From $1,495/month · clients 4.9/5 (104)2 small business claims on file: 1 third-party, 1 first-party, 0 profile signals; outside claims from 2 distinct sites
3SEO Impact Pros 51 · From $1,000/month · clients 5.0/5 (8)5 small business claims on file: 0 third-party, 5 first-party, 0 profile signals; outside claims from 1 distinct site

Budget in Dallas: disclosed monthly floors run from $299 to $2,500, median $1,248; 5 of 12 disclose a price.

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Main Street ROI

New York, NY, USA · team 10-49 · since 2010

national coverage · From $2,500/month · clients 4.9/5 (241) Agency's own published cases

A boutique SEO agency that turned away small-business leads below its $1,500/month minimum referred those leads to Main Street ROI and has earned over $15,000 in referral commissions to date… (Agency's own words, mainstreetroi.com)

No independent source names small business work; the evidence is first-party or editorial.

56/100

Moderate confidence

Not verified · Sources checked Apr 2026

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ASTOUNDZ

Houston, TX, USA

national coverage · From $1,495/month · clients 4.9/5 (104) 1 documented

A client review states that Astoundz developed a new website for Donna Capito's small business and that she saw favorable results almost immediately. The… (Independent source, trustindex.io)

Never verified against official sources.

52/100

Confidence not rated yet

Not verified

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SEO Impact Pros

Houston, TX, USA

national coverage · From $1,000/month · clients 5.0/5 (8) Agency's own published cases

Brook Borovsky says SEO Impact Pros built her small business website, created her AdWords account and does her SEO, and that she booked clients very fast. (Agency's own words, seoimpactpros.com)

No independent source names small business work; the evidence is first-party or editorial.

51/100

Moderate confidence

Not verified

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TopSpot Internet Marketing

Houston, TX, USA · team 150+ · since 2003

national coverage · Projects from $1,000 Agency's own published cases

TopSpot Internet Marketing revised the paid search strategy for client 44 Farms, a family-owned beef business in Cameron, TX, targeting off-season holidays and the summer grilling season to reduce reliance on Q4 reve… (Agency's own words, topspot.com)

No independent source names small business work; the evidence is first-party or editorial.

51/100

Moderate confidence

Not verified · Sources checked Sep 2026

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Inbound SEO & Google Ads Agency

Houston, TX, USA · since 2008

national coverage · pricing not disclosed · clients 4.5/5 (13) Agency's own published cases

Inbound rebuilt the website, fixed citations, and ran keywords for World Trade Cargo Freight Services, a family-owned freight provider at the Port of… (Agency's own words, inbound.inc)

No independent source names small business work; the evidence is first-party or editorial.

43/100

Moderate confidence

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Seota Digital Marketing

Frisco, TX, USA · since 2009

national coverage · pricing not disclosed · clients 4.8/5 (53) Agency's own published cases

Ben Davis, Founder of The Gents Place, says Seota designed a website for his small business that performed faster, was easier to use, and made the company… (Agency's own words, seota.com)

No independent source names small business work; the evidence is first-party or editorial.

43/100

Moderate confidence

Not verified

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Houston Digital Marketing

Houston, TX, USA

national coverage · pricing not disclosed · clients 5.0/5 (19) 1 documented

A review by Richard Resendez credits the agency's content marketing work with improving his small business's online visibility and credibility. (Independent source, trustindex.io)

Pricing not disclosed; budget fit cannot be checked before outreach.

42/100

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YellowFin Digital

Houston, TX, USA · since 2017

national coverage · pricing not disclosed · clients 5.0/5 (2) Agency's own published cases

YellowFin Digital ran a Google Ads PPC campaign and built a high-converting landing page for Lone Star Property Services, a family-owned irrigation… (Agency's own words, yellowfindigital.com)

No independent source names small business work; the evidence is first-party or editorial.

38/100

Moderate confidence

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K Business Solutions Inc.

Houston, TX, USA · team 60+ · since 2007

national coverage · pricing not disclosed · clients 5.0/5 (146) Agency's own published cases

K Bizz Solutions designed a website and created a logo for Mission Car Care. The client said the website reflected the small business and its personality. (Agency's own words, kbizzsolutions.com)

No independent source names small business work; the evidence is first-party or editorial.

37/100

Moderate confidence

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Code and Design Group

Houston, TX, USA

national coverage · From $299/month Agency's own published cases

Code and Design Group ran an email campaign for Leah Liam's small business startup, and she reported encouraging results. (Agency's own words, codeanddesigngroup.com)

No independent source names small business work; the evidence is first-party or editorial.

35/100

Moderate confidence

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83 more agencies considered without externally confirmed small business work, 35 of them serving Dallas

This is an absence of evidence, not a quality rating.

One sourced claim moves an agency into the ranking.

No small business claim on file yet. (80)

Sources on file say the vendor offers small business; no case study or client review documents the work yet. (1)

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Only Vendar profile tags name small business; no outside source on file yet. (2)

Frequently asked questions (6)

How many Dallas SEO agencies have documented small business work?: 2 of the 37 SEO agencies Vendar tracks in Dallas have at least one small business claim on file under the published rubric, and 10 more from other cities join the ranking with documented small business work; 2 of the 12 ranked have an outside source naming it, and 2 have one that describes the work rather than listing the service. The other 35 Dallas agencies are listed unranked until evidence is added.
Which Dallas small business agency fits my type of business?: By the clients named in their documented small business work: Home and trade services: Seota Digital Marketing (#6). This comes from client reviews and case studies on file, not from the agencies' own positioning; the number after each name is its place in the ranking.
What does small business cost in Dallas?: Among the ranked agencies that disclose a monthly floor, retainers start at $299/month and the median floor is $1,248/month. 5 of 12 ranked agencies disclose some pricing signal.
Which of them are verified?: 0 of 12 ranked agencies are verified. Verified means Vendar confirmed the company, its service and its market on official sources and stamped the profile with the date. A participation status or a partner relationship does not make a profile verified.
How is this list different from the Dallas SEO page?: The Dallas SEO page ranks every SEO agency serving the city. This page keeps only the agencies with small business evidence on file, scores them on the small business query with the published model, and cites the claims behind every position. The model, its weights and the rubric are on the How we rank page.
When was this list updated?: The newest profile verification among ranked agencies is September 22, 2026; the newest evidence claim was checked on November 3, 2026. Scores are recomputed from the profiles whenever a profile changes; the ranking model is version 2026.11.7.

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#	Agency	Score	Evid./30	Fit/25	Capab./15	Reliab./10	Transp./10	Reput./5	Cred./5	Pen.	Conf.	Claims	Verified
1	Main Street ROI	56	19.5	16.2	1.6	7.2	10	4.9	0	-3	0.8	5/0	Not verified
2	ASTOUNDZ	52	20	12.8	8.6	3	5	4.9	0	-2	n/a	2/1	Not verified
3	SEO Impact Pros	51	15.5	16.2	10.8	3	5	2.4	0	-2	0.8	5/0	Not verified
4	TopSpot Internet Marketing	51	15	9.7	8.6	7.2	7.5	0	5	-2	0.8	3/0	Not verified
5	Inbound SEO & Google Ads Agency	43	17.5	10.3	12.9	7.2	0	0	0	-5	0.8	6/0	Not verified
6	Seota Digital Marketing	43	14	10.3	9.1	7.2	0	4.2	0	-2	0.8	3/0	Not verified
7	Houston Digital Marketing	42	20	10.3	10.4	3	0	0	0	-2	n/a	2/1	Not verified
8	YellowFin Digital	38	13	10.3	8.5	6.6	0	1.2	0	-2	0.8	2/0	Not verified
9	K Business Solutions Inc.	37	8	6.8	9.1	7.2	2.5	5	0	-2	0.8	1/0	Not verified
10	Code and Design Group	35	8	12.8	11.3	3	5	0	0	-5	0.8	1/0	Not verified
11	Fast Hippo Media	34	6	19	8.8	3	2.5	0	0	-5	0.8	1/0	Not verified
12	Dallas SEO Dogs	30	8	15.5	8.7	3	0	0	0	-5	0.8	1/0	Not verified

Pool 37 · ranked 12 · unranked 83 (2 with profile tags only) · verified 0 · pricing disclosed 5 · case studies on file 10 · an outside source names the work 2 · an outside document describes it 2

Claims: claims for this need in the feed / of them from a third party. Confidence is the number behind the High, Moderate and Lower labels; it never changes the order.

D1Breakdown per agencyPoints, facts, claims with weights and reviews behind every position

#1 Main Street ROI56/100 · Moderate confidence 0.8

Published by the agency on its own site · national coverage · From $2,500/month · projects from $2,000 · 74 claims on file

Evidence for this query	19.5/30	0.65	5 small business claims on file: 0 third-party, 3 first-party, 2 profile signals; outside claims from 1 distinct site; A boutique SEO agency that turned away small-business leads below its $1,500/month minimum referred those leads to Main Street ROI and has… (mainstreetroi.com, claimed); A PPC-focused agency refers inquiries from small businesses below its ad spend threshold to Main Street ROI, which manages those clients'… (mainstreetroi.com, claimed)
Fit to this query	16.2/25	0.65	Serves Dallas from New York, NY, USA; no local office on file; Retainers from $2,500/month, inside the small business band (up to $4,000/month); Profile names small business clients
Capability depth	1.6/15	0.106	1 of 23 listed services are SEO services; 5 of 74 claims on file concern small business
Reliability	7.2/10	0.72	In business since 2010; Retention not documented
Transparency	10/10	1	Pricing disclosed (From $2,500/month); Team size 10-49; Workflow or reporting cadence documented
Reputation	4.9/5	0.98	241 third-party reviews at 4.9
Market credibility	0/5	0	No awards, certifications or media mentions with a source on file

Penalties: No independent source on file -3 (Every claim on file is first-party or a Vendar profile field.)

Limits: No independent source names small business work; the evidence is first-party or editorial.; Last verified April 2026; details may have changed since.; No independent source on file: Every claim on file is first-party or a Vendar profile field.

A boutique SEO agency that turned away small-business leads below its $1,500/month minimum referred those leads to Main Street ROI and has earned over $15,000 in referral commissions to date.
Agency's own words · mainstreetroi.com · claimed: Recorded as the source states it; not independently confirmed. · weight 0.8 · describes work · checked Nov 1, 2026
A PPC-focused agency refers inquiries from small businesses below its ad spend threshold to Main Street ROI, which manages those clients' paid campaigns while the agency receives monthly referral checks.
Agency's own words · mainstreetroi.com · claimed: Recorded as the source states it; not independently confirmed. · weight 0.8 · describes work · checked Nov 2, 2026
Official testimonials include SMB and local-business feedback; useful as context but less independent than a review platform buyer reviews.
Agency's own words · mainstreetroi.com · claimed: Recorded as the source states it; not independently confirmed. · weight 0.6 · describes work · checked Nov 1, 2026
Profile best-fit tag: Small Business.
Vendar profile field · Vendar profile · internal_signal: status on file · weight 0.4 · checked Apr 27, 2026
Editorial use case: SEO retainers for small businesses that need practical ROI.
Vendar profile field · Vendar profile · internal_signal: status on file · weight 0.4 · checked Apr 27, 2026

Reviews: Google 4.9 from 241 reviews. Ratings never count as evidence for this question.

Best for (profile): Small Business, By Budget, Lead Generation SEO, SEO Consulting

#2 ASTOUNDZ52/100 · Confidence not rated yet

Confirmed by an independent source · national coverage · From $1,495/month · 35 claims on file

Evidence for this query	20/30	0.667	2 small business claims on file: 1 third-party, 1 first-party, 0 profile signals; outside claims from 2 distinct sites; A client review states that Astoundz developed a new website for Donna Capito's small business and that she saw favorable results almost… (trustindex.io, verified); A client named Donna Capito states in a Google review that ASTOUNDZ developed a new website for her small business and that she started… (astoundz.com, claimed)
Fit to this query	12.8/25	0.51	Serves Dallas from Houston, TX, USA; no local office on file; Retainers from $1,495/month, inside the small business band (up to $4,000/month)
Capability depth	8.6/15	0.5710000000000001	1 of 1 listed services are SEO services; 2 of 35 claims on file concern small business
Reliability	3/10	0.3	Founding year not disclosed; Retention not documented
Transparency	5/10	0.5	Pricing disclosed (From $1,495/month); Team size not disclosed; Process not documented
Reputation	4.9/5	0.98	104 third-party reviews at 4.9
Market credibility	0/5	0	No awards, certifications or media mentions with a source on file

Penalties: Profile below decision-ready status -2 (Profile status is ready_for_render_audit.)

Limits: Never verified against official sources.; Profile below decision-ready status: Profile status is ready_for_render_audit.

A client review states that Astoundz developed a new website for Donna Capito's small business and that she saw favorable results almost immediately. The result mixes website development and other work, so it is not attributable to one service.
Independent source · trustindex.io · verified: Checked against the source page by Vendar. · weight 1.2 · describes work · checked Nov 2, 2026
A client named Donna Capito states in a Google review that ASTOUNDZ developed a new website for her small business and that she started seeing favorable results almost instantly.
Agency's own words · astoundz.com · claimed: Recorded as the source states it; not independently confirmed. · weight 0.8 · describes work · checked Nov 1, 2026

Reviews: Google 4.9 from 104 reviews. Ratings never count as evidence for this question.

#3 SEO Impact Pros51/100 · Moderate confidence 0.8

Published by the agency on its own site · national coverage · From $1,000/month · 28 claims on file

Evidence for this query	15.5/30	0.517	5 small business claims on file: 0 third-party, 5 first-party, 0 profile signals; outside claims from 1 distinct site; Brook Borovsky says SEO Impact Pros built her small business website, created her AdWords account and does her SEO, and that she booked… (seoimpactpros.com, claimed); A Google review from brook borovsky says SEO Impact Pros built the small business's website, created its AdWords account, and does its… (seoimpactpros.com, claimed)
Fit to this query	16.2/25	0.65	Serves Dallas from Houston, TX, USA; no local office on file; Retainers from $1,000/month, inside the small business band (up to $4,000/month); Profile names local business clients
Capability depth	10.8/15	0.723	1 of 1 listed services are SEO services; 5 of 28 claims on file concern small business
Reliability	3/10	0.3	Founding year not disclosed; Retention not documented
Transparency	5/10	0.5	Pricing disclosed (From $1,000/month); Team size not disclosed; Process not documented
Reputation	2.4/5	0.477	8 third-party reviews at 5.0
Market credibility	0/5	0	No awards, certifications or media mentions with a source on file

Penalties: Profile below decision-ready status -2 (Profile status is ready_for_render_audit.)

Limits: No independent source names small business work; the evidence is first-party or editorial.; Never verified against official sources.; Profile below decision-ready status: Profile status is ready_for_render_audit.

Brook Borovsky says SEO Impact Pros built her small business website, created her AdWords account and does her SEO, and that she booked clients very fast.
Agency's own words · seoimpactpros.com · claimed: Recorded as the source states it; not independently confirmed. · weight 0.8 · describes work · checked Nov 1, 2026
A Google review from brook borovsky says SEO Impact Pros built the small business's website, created its AdWords account, and does its SEO, and that clients were booked quickly.
Agency's own words · seoimpactpros.com · claimed: Recorded as the source states it; not independently confirmed. · weight 0.8 · describes work · checked Nov 1, 2026
SEO Impact Pros built a small business website, created its Google Ads account, and handles its SEO; the client reports booking clients very fast and that ChatGPT recommends them.
Agency's own words · seoimpactpros.com · claimed: Recorded as the source states it; not independently confirmed. · weight 0.8 · describes work · checked Nov 1, 2026
SEO Impact Pros completely rebuilt a small business website and took over its SEO and marketing; the client reports significantly improved search rankings.
Agency's own words · seoimpactpros.com · claimed: Recorded as the source states it; not independently confirmed. · weight 0.8 · describes work · checked Nov 1, 2026
A customer identified as brook borovsky says SEO Impact Pros built the customer's small business website, created an AdWords account, and does SEO; the customer says they booked clients very fast and that ChatGPT recommends them.
Agency's own words · seoimpactpros.com · claimed: Recorded as the source states it; not independently confirmed. · weight 0.8 · describes work · checked Nov 2, 2026

Reviews: Google 5 from 8 reviews. Ratings never count as evidence for this question.

#4 TopSpot Internet Marketing51/100 · Moderate confidence 0.8

Published by the agency on its own site · national coverage · Projects from $1,000 · hourly $150 - $199 · projects from $1,000 · 53 claims on file

Evidence for this query	15/30	0.5	3 small business claims on file: 0 third-party, 3 first-party, 0 profile signals; outside claims from 1 distinct site; TopSpot Internet Marketing revised the paid search strategy for client 44 Farms, a family-owned beef business in Cameron, TX, targeting… (topspot.com, claimed); A marketing director at a small business says TopSpot improved their AdWords account and helped launch remarketing ads and a Google… (topspot.com, claimed)
Fit to this query	9.7/25	0.39	Serves Dallas from Houston, TX, USA; no local office on file; Projects from $1,000; no monthly floor disclosed
Capability depth	8.6/15	0.5710000000000001	1 of 1 listed services are SEO services; 3 of 53 claims on file concern small business
Reliability	7.2/10	0.72	In business since 2003; Retention not documented
Transparency	7.5/10	0.75	Pricing disclosed (Projects from $1,000); Team size 150+; Process not documented
Reputation	0/5	0	No third-party reviews on file
Market credibility	5/5	1	4 recognitions with a source on file: Internet Advertising Competition Award, Stevie Awards, Grand Stevie Award, American Business Awards; Sources: iacaward.org, checked Nov 2026; blog.stevieawards.com, checked Nov 2026

Penalties: Profile below decision-ready status -2 (Profile status is ready_for_render_audit.)

Limits: No independent source names small business work; the evidence is first-party or editorial.; Profile below decision-ready status: Profile status is ready_for_render_audit.

TopSpot Internet Marketing revised the paid search strategy for client 44 Farms, a family-owned beef business in Cameron, TX, targeting off-season holidays and the summer grilling season to reduce reliance on Q4 revenue.
Agency's own words · topspot.com · claimed: Recorded as the source states it; not independently confirmed. · weight 0.9 · describes work · checked Nov 1, 2026
A marketing director at a small business says TopSpot improved their AdWords account and helped launch remarketing ads and a Google shopping campaign, with improvements described as ongoing.
Agency's own words · topspot.com · claimed: Recorded as the source states it; not independently confirmed. · weight 0.8 · describes work · checked Nov 1, 2026
A marketing professional at a small business industrial manufacturing company says TopSpot built their pay per click ads from the ground up and that paid search remains a significant part of their online traffic, generating opportunities, leads, and new customers.
Agency's own words · topspot.com · claimed: Recorded as the source states it; not independently confirmed. · weight 0.8 · describes work · checked Nov 2, 2026

#5 Inbound SEO & Google Ads Agency43/100 · Moderate confidence 0.8

Published by the agency on its own site · national coverage · price not disclosed · 21 claims on file

Evidence for this query	17.5/30	0.583	6 small business claims on file: 0 third-party, 6 first-party, 0 profile signals; outside claims from 1 distinct site; Inbound rebuilt the website, fixed citations, and ran keywords for World Trade Cargo Freight Services, a family-owned freight provider at… (inbound.inc, claimed); Inbound rebuilt the website, fixed citations, and ran keyword work for World Trade Cargo Freight Services, a family-owned freight provider… (inbound.inc, claimed)
Fit to this query	10.3/25	0.41	Serves Dallas from Houston, TX, USA; no local office on file; Pricing not disclosed; Profile names small business clients
Capability depth	12.9/15	0.857	1 of 1 listed services are SEO services; 6 of 21 claims on file concern small business
Reliability	7.2/10	0.72	In business since 2008; Retention not documented
Transparency	0/10	0	Pricing not disclosed; Team size not disclosed; Process not documented
Reputation	0/5	0	No third-party reviews on file
Market credibility	0/5	0	No awards, certifications or media mentions with a source on file

Penalties: No independent source on file -3 (Every claim on file is first-party or a Vendar profile field.); Profile below decision-ready status -2 (Profile status is ready_for_render_audit.)

Limits: No independent source names small business work; the evidence is first-party or editorial.; Pricing not disclosed; budget fit cannot be checked before outreach.; Never verified against official sources.; No independent source on file: Every claim on file is first-party or a Vendar profile field.; Profile below decision-ready status: Profile status is ready_for_render_audit.

Inbound rebuilt the website, fixed citations, and ran keywords for World Trade Cargo Freight Services, a family-owned freight provider at the Port of Houston, a 7-year client. Over one year versus baseline, the site saw +700% new users, +725% sessions, and +300% conversions.
Agency's own words · inbound.inc · claimed: Recorded as the source states it; not independently confirmed. · weight 0.9 · describes work · checked Nov 1, 2026
Inbound rebuilt the website, fixed citations, and ran keyword work for World Trade Cargo Freight Services, a family-owned freight provider at the Port of Houston, a 7-year client. Over one year versus baseline the site saw +700% new users, +725% sessions, and +300% conversions.
Agency's own words · inbound.inc · claimed: Recorded as the source states it; not independently confirmed. · weight 0.9 · describes work · checked Nov 1, 2026
Inbound rebuilt the website of World Trade Cargo Freight Services, a family-owned freight provider at the Port of Houston, and ran keyword work; over one year versus baseline the site saw +700% new users, +725% sessions, and +300% conversions.
Agency's own words · inbound.inc · claimed: Recorded as the source states it; not independently confirmed. · weight 0.9 · describes work · checked Nov 2, 2026
Inbound worked with World Trade Cargo Freight Services, a family-owned warehouse and cargo freight provider at the Port of Houston, rebuilding the site, the SEO, and the Google Ads program from scratch. The engagement has lasted 7+ years and counting, and the page does not state specific results.
Agency's own words · inbound.inc · claimed: Recorded as the source states it; not independently confirmed. · weight 0.8 · describes work · checked Nov 1, 2026
Inbound worked with Bay Area Recovery Center, a family-owned drug and alcohol rehabilitation center with five locations on the Galveston Bay, rewriting the content, cleaning up the citations, and modernizing the site. The engagement has lasted 3+ years and counting, and the page does not state specific results.
Agency's own words · inbound.inc · claimed: Recorded as the source states it; not independently confirmed. · weight 0.8 · describes work · checked Nov 1, 2026
Verified client Matt Brown states in a five-star review that after nearly two years of working with Inbound and Clicked Solutions, his small business went from having zero online presence to being listed, discovered, and generating leads.
Agency's own words · inbound.inc · claimed: Recorded as the source states it; not independently confirmed. · weight 0.8 · describes work · checked Nov 1, 2026

#6 Seota Digital Marketing43/100 · Moderate confidence 0.8

Published by the agency on its own site · national coverage · price not disclosed · 36 claims on file

Evidence for this query	14/30	0.467	3 small business claims on file: 0 third-party, 3 first-party, 0 profile signals; outside claims from 1 distinct site; Ben Davis, Founder of The Gents Place, says Seota designed a website for his small business that performed faster, was easier to use, and… (seota.com, claimed); Seota Digital Marketing designed and developed a custom WordPress website for Comfort-Air Engineering, a family-owned HVAC and plumbing… (seota.com, claimed)
Fit to this query	10.3/25	0.41	Serves Dallas from Frisco, TX, USA; no local office on file; Pricing not disclosed; Profile names small business clients
Capability depth	9.1/15	0.604	1 of 1 listed services are SEO services; 3 of 36 claims on file concern small business
Reliability	7.2/10	0.72	In business since 2009; Retention not documented
Transparency	0/10	0	Pricing not disclosed; Team size not disclosed; Process not documented
Reputation	4.2/5	0.8320000000000001	53 third-party reviews at 4.8
Market credibility	0/5	0	No awards, certifications or media mentions with a source on file

Penalties: Profile below decision-ready status -2 (Profile status is ready_for_render_audit.)

Limits: No independent source names small business work; the evidence is first-party or editorial.; Pricing not disclosed; budget fit cannot be checked before outreach.; Never verified against official sources.; Profile below decision-ready status: Profile status is ready_for_render_audit.

Ben Davis, Founder of The Gents Place, says Seota designed a website for his small business that performed faster, was easier to use, and made the company more money.
Agency's own words · seota.com · claimed: Recorded as the source states it; not independently confirmed. · weight 0.8 · describes work · checked Nov 1, 2026
Seota Digital Marketing designed and developed a custom WordPress website for Comfort-Air Engineering, a family-owned HVAC and plumbing company with over 60 years of service in San Antonio, Texas.
Agency's own words · seota.com · claimed: Recorded as the source states it; not independently confirmed. · weight 0.8 · describes work · checked Nov 1, 2026
Seota Digital Marketing designed and developed a custom WordPress website for Comfort-Air Engineering, a family-owned HVAC and plumbing company with over 60 years of service in San Antonio, Texas. The platform brought three service brands together and was built for lead generation.
Agency's own words · seota.com · claimed: Recorded as the source states it; not independently confirmed. · weight 0.8 · describes work · checked Nov 2, 2026

Reviews: Google 4.8 from 53 reviews. Ratings never count as evidence for this question.

#7 Houston Digital Marketing42/100 · Confidence not rated yet

Confirmed by an independent source · national coverage · price not disclosed · 13 claims on file

Evidence for this query	20/30	0.667	2 small business claims on file: 1 third-party, 1 first-party, 0 profile signals; outside claims from 2 distinct sites; A review by Richard Resendez credits the agency's content marketing work with improving his small business's online visibility and… (trustindex.io, verified); A Google review from Richard Resendez says the vendor's content marketing and online presence optimization significantly improved his… (houstondigitalmarketing.net, claimed)
Fit to this query	10.3/25	0.41	Serves Dallas from Houston, TX, USA; no local office on file; Pricing not disclosed; Profile names local business clients
Capability depth	10.4/15	0.6920000000000001	1 of 1 listed services are SEO services; 2 of 13 claims on file concern small business
Reliability	3/10	0.3	Founding year not disclosed; Retention not documented
Transparency	0/10	0	Pricing not disclosed; Team size not disclosed; Process not documented
Reputation	0/5	0	No third-party reviews on file
Market credibility	0/5	0	No awards, certifications or media mentions with a source on file

Penalties: Profile below decision-ready status -2 (Profile status is ready_for_render_audit.)

Limits: Pricing not disclosed; budget fit cannot be checked before outreach.; Never verified against official sources.; Profile below decision-ready status: Profile status is ready_for_render_audit.

A review by Richard Resendez credits the agency's content marketing work with improving his small business's online visibility and credibility.
Independent source · trustindex.io · verified: Checked against the source page by Vendar. · weight 1.2 · describes work · checked Nov 2, 2026
A Google review from Richard Resendez says the vendor's content marketing and online presence optimization significantly improved his small business's visibility and credibility.
Agency's own words · houstondigitalmarketing.net · claimed: Recorded as the source states it; not independently confirmed. · weight 0.8 · describes work · checked Nov 1, 2026

#8 YellowFin Digital38/100 · Moderate confidence 0.8

Published by the agency on its own site · national coverage · price not disclosed · 39 claims on file

Evidence for this query	13/30	0.433	2 small business claims on file: 0 third-party, 2 first-party, 0 profile signals; outside claims from 1 distinct site; YellowFin Digital ran a Google Ads PPC campaign and built a high-converting landing page for Lone Star Property Services, a family-owned… (yellowfindigital.com, claimed); YellowFin Digital ran a PPC advertising campaign via Google Ads and built a high-converting landing page for Lone Star Property Services… (yellowfindigital.com, claimed)
Fit to this query	10.3/25	0.41	Serves Dallas from Houston, TX, USA; no local office on file; Pricing not disclosed; Profile names small business clients
Capability depth	8.5/15	0.564	1 of 1 listed services are SEO services; 2 of 39 claims on file concern small business
Reliability	6.6/10	0.66	In business since 2017; Retention not documented
Transparency	0/10	0	Pricing not disclosed; Team size not disclosed; Process not documented
Reputation	1.2/5	0.239	2 third-party reviews at 5.0
Market credibility	0/5	0	No awards, certifications or media mentions with a source on file

Penalties: Profile below decision-ready status -2 (Profile status is ready_for_render_audit.)

Limits: No independent source names small business work; the evidence is first-party or editorial.; Pricing not disclosed; budget fit cannot be checked before outreach.; Never verified against official sources.; Profile below decision-ready status: Profile status is ready_for_render_audit.

YellowFin Digital ran a Google Ads PPC campaign and built a high-converting landing page for Lone Star Property Services, a family-owned irrigation, landscaping and fencing company. The page reports a 13.76% decrease in cost per click, a 14.23% reduction in cost per conversion, a 212% increase in conversions, and a 156% increase in phone calls. Because the engagement combined paid ads and a landing page, the results are not attributable to one service alone.
Agency's own words · yellowfindigital.com · claimed: Recorded as the source states it; not independently confirmed. · weight 0.9 · describes work · checked Nov 2, 2026
YellowFin Digital ran a PPC advertising campaign via Google Ads and built a high-converting landing page for Lone Star Property Services, a family-owned hardscaping, land clearing and pond building company. The engagement combined paid ads and a landing page, so the results are not attributable to one service alone.
Agency's own words · yellowfindigital.com · claimed: Recorded as the source states it; not independently confirmed. · weight 0.8 · describes work · checked Nov 1, 2026

Reviews: Google 5 from 2 reviews. Ratings never count as evidence for this question.

#9 K Business Solutions Inc.37/100 · Moderate confidence 0.8

Published by the agency on its own site · national coverage · price not disclosed · 12 claims on file

Evidence for this query	8/30	0.267	1 small business claim on file: 0 third-party, 1 first-party, 0 profile signals; outside claims from 1 distinct site; K Bizz Solutions designed a website and created a logo for Mission Car Care. The client said the website reflected the small business and… (kbizzsolutions.com, claimed)
Fit to this query	6.8/25	0.27	Serves Dallas from Houston, TX, USA; no local office on file; Pricing not disclosed
Capability depth	9.1/15	0.604	1 of 1 listed services are SEO services; 1 of 12 claims on file concern small business
Reliability	7.2/10	0.72	In business since 2007; Retention not documented
Transparency	2.5/10	0.25	Pricing not disclosed; Team size 60+; Process not documented
Reputation	5/5	1	146 third-party reviews at 5.0
Market credibility	0/5	0	No awards, certifications or media mentions with a source on file

Penalties: Profile below decision-ready status -2 (Profile status is ready_for_render_audit.)

Limits: No independent source names small business work; the evidence is first-party or editorial.; Pricing not disclosed; budget fit cannot be checked before outreach.; Never verified against official sources.; Profile below decision-ready status: Profile status is ready_for_render_audit.

K Bizz Solutions designed a website and created a logo for Mission Car Care. The client said the website reflected the small business and its personality.
Agency's own words · kbizzsolutions.com · claimed: Recorded as the source states it; not independently confirmed. · weight 0.8 · describes work · checked Nov 3, 2026

Reviews: Google 5 from 146 reviews. Ratings never count as evidence for this question.

#10 Code and Design Group35/100 · Moderate confidence 0.8

Published by the agency on its own site · national coverage · From $299/month · 5 claims on file

Evidence for this query	8/30	0.267	1 small business claim on file: 0 third-party, 1 first-party, 0 profile signals; outside claims from 1 distinct site; Code and Design Group ran an email campaign for Leah Liam's small business startup, and she reported encouraging results. (codeanddesigngroup.com, claimed)
Fit to this query	12.8/25	0.51	Serves Dallas from Houston, TX, USA; no local office on file; Retainers from $299/month, inside the small business band (up to $4,000/month)
Capability depth	11.3/15	0.75	1 of 1 listed services are SEO services; 1 of 5 claims on file concern small business
Reliability	3/10	0.3	Founding year not disclosed; Retention not documented
Transparency	5/10	0.5	Pricing disclosed (From $299/month); Team size not disclosed; Process not documented
Reputation	0/5	0	No third-party reviews on file
Market credibility	0/5	0	No awards, certifications or media mentions with a source on file

Penalties: No independent source on file -3 (Every claim on file is first-party or a Vendar profile field.); Profile below decision-ready status -2 (Profile status is ready_for_render_audit.)

Limits: No independent source names small business work; the evidence is first-party or editorial.; Never verified against official sources.; No independent source on file: Every claim on file is first-party or a Vendar profile field.; Profile below decision-ready status: Profile status is ready_for_render_audit.

Code and Design Group ran an email campaign for Leah Liam's small business startup, and she reported encouraging results.
Agency's own words · codeanddesigngroup.com · claimed: Recorded as the source states it; not independently confirmed. · weight 0.8 · describes work · checked Nov 3, 2026

Positions 11 to 12: the same breakdown is on each agency's profile, linked from the table above, and in the machine-readable version below.

D2What counts as evidence for this questionRubric 2026.09

A claim counts as small-business evidence when a source on file describes SEO work for a small, owner-led or single-location business: who the client was, what the agency did, and ideally what changed in rankings, calls or leads. Client reviews from small-business owners and case studies with a named small client carry the most weight. A share of small-business clients that an agency sets on its own directory profile is the agency's description of itself and weighs as little as a service listing. A Vendar service listing or profile tag never earns a rank on its own.

Terms that count:: small business, small businesses, small-business, smb, smbs, family-owned, family owned, owner-operated, owner-led, single-location, single location
Minimum to be ranked:: 1 claim on file under this rubric, of which 1 from a source outside Vendar.
Budget band:: up to $4,000 per month

In plain words: a case counts when it names small business work and where it was published can be checked.

D3Eligibility and orderWho is admitted, how ties break, what payment does

Ranked vendors have at least 1 claim on file that supports small business under the published rubric, of which at least 1 comes from a source outside Vendar; the rest are listed unranked.

The vendor lists the page's service on its profile.
The vendor serves the page's market: headquarters or a listed service region in the city. When a need page has fewer than ten ranked vendors from the city, agencies from other cities join it only if they are headquartered in the same state or have published work (a case study, a project, a client review) that names the city or its state. A line saying a company serves the whole country is not enough. They are ranked by the same score, geography counts 0.3 for them, and each position says where the agency works from. Mobile development is bought remotely, so its city pages take agencies from anywhere in the United States under the same condition: documented work for the need. The same holds for SEO needs bought remotely: international, enterprise, consulting, recovery, marketplaces, startups, B2B SaaS, ecommerce, AI search visibility, audits, technical and content-led SEO. Local SEO, small business, lead generation and high-ticket services stay with agencies from the city and its state.
A need page that still has fewer than ten ranked agencies after that is filled from the city's own agencies whose sources say they offer the need but document no project for it yet. They always stand below every agency with documented work, are labelled "Offers this service; no documented project on file yet", carry lower confidence, and do not count toward the threshold that opens a page to search engines.
For an intent page, at least one claim on file supports the intent under the page's rubric, and at least one of those claims comes from a source outside Vendar. Our own service listings and profile tags describe the intent but document nothing, so they add weight to a vendor that already has outside evidence and never earn a rank on their own. Vendors without outside evidence appear below the ranking, unranked, never padded into it.
For an intent page, at least one of those claims documents work the vendor has done: a case study, a project or portfolio entry, or a client review. Service pages, price lists, positioning statements and directory listings say what a vendor offers, not what it did; they add weight to a vendor that already has documented work and never earn a documented position. They can only fill a page that is short of ten, below every documented position and labelled as such (see below).
A position may rest on case studies the agency published on its own site. It is admitted and labelled "Published by the agency on its own site" until an independent source documents the same kind of work.
Filtered views (an entry price, a pricing model, a team size) are not rankings of their own: they show agencies ranked for at least one need in the city, each with the score of its best need, and keep only those that meet the condition. An agency that does not publish the fact is listed below with the reason.
Draft and needs-data profiles are never listed.
Rank order is the score, highest first. Ties break on evidence points, then on the number of third-party claims, then alphabetically.
There is no hidden ordering: no hand-curated slug lists and no paid boost in the sort on any listing.
If an editor overrides a position, the position is labelled as an editorial placement with a written reason and ordering_basis set to editorial. No such placements exist on evidence-ranked pages today.
Every ranked position explains itself from its score components and cites the claims behind them, with their sources.
Sort: score_out_of_100, highest first; ties break on evidence points, then third-party claim count, then name.
Payment: Paid visibility never changes the order of a listing.
Top-list threshold: An intent page is offered to search engines when its ranked list has at least five evidence-backed vendors (three when the city has fewer than twenty vendors for the service). Only agencies from the city itself (headquarters or a listed service region) with documented work count toward it: agencies filled in from other cities and agencies that only offer the need do not. A page whose list rests mostly on agencies from other cities is titled “agencies serving” the city instead of “best agencies in” it, says how many are local, stays on the city page and in its feed, and is kept out of search engines until enough local agencies document the work; otherwise the same national list would stand behind six city pages. Below the threshold even with outside agencies the page stays published with noindex, keeps its URL, links and feed, and is left out of the city page's list of rankings. A page whose top ten repeats 70% or more of another need's top ten in the same city, or has the same top three, also stays noindex while the stronger of the two is offered; it opens when the lists differ. The same holds across cities: of the pages for one need whose top tens share 70% or more, only the one with the most local agencies is offered to search engines.

Weights: Evidence for this query 30 · Fit to this query 25 · Capability depth 15 · Reliability 10 · Transparency 10 · Reputation 5 · Market credibility 5. Penalties: Profile flagged for review -5 · Evidence not re-checked in 18 months -5 · No independent source on file -3 · Profile below decision-ready status -2.

D4How claims are counted

Paid agency directories that sell placement are not a source. Their reviews are not cited, never support a position and do not count toward reputation; a profile may show how many reviews such directories hold as one unnamed figure, for context only. Ratings come from open review platforms: Google, Trustpilot and BBB.
Provenance is recorded per claim: third_party, first_party, internal (a Vendar profile field) or unknown.
Verification status is recorded per claim: verified, claimed, internal_signal or unverified.
Every record on file has a role: a claim states a fact; a source reference is a link without a statement (an official site, a directory profile); a research note is Vendar's own remark. Only claims count as evidence. A source reference never earns weight, however its title reads, and a research note never reaches a page or a feed.
Every claim with a source URL is checked against that page by an AI reader and the result is recorded: confirmed, partly confirmed, not supported, or page unreachable. A claim the page does not support stops counting toward any position until a later check confirms it; a claim whose page cannot be read still counts and says so.
Third-party claims outweigh first-party claims; profile fields are the weakest signal and are labelled as such.
A position may rest on case studies the agency published on its own site; such a position is admitted and labelled "Published by the agency on its own site" on the listing, the profile and the feed (evidence_basis: own_published) until an independent source documents the same kind of work. Its confidence is at most moderate.
In the ranking, who is speaking is decided by the source address: the vendor's own site and platforms where the vendor publishes about itself (platform partner directories and portals, case-study hosting sites, paid release wires) are the vendor's own word, not an independent source, whatever domain they sit on. Client reviews on a partner directory stay third-party.
On the profile and in its feed the rule is stricter: who is speaking is decided by who wrote the text. Every claim falls into one of four classes: independent (a client, the press, a rating written by a third party); linked to the agency (a person who worked at or through it, writing in the first person); a listing the agency writes (the platforms above, or another page retelling what the agency says); and the agency itself. Only the first class counts as independent there (section 18).
A claim counts for an intent only when the rubric's terms appear in the claim or its source. The rubric is published on the page.
Claims that only describe the company's location or history are not intent evidence.
Each claim is marked by whether it documents work (describes_work in the machine feed): case studies, projects, portfolio entries and client reviews do; service pages, pricing, positioning statements, review-platform profiles and employer reviews do not.
Claims from the same source count with diminishing weight: each further claim adds half as much as the one before it. Everything an agency says about itself, on any page, is one source; outside documents are told apart by the site that published them. The number of reviews on one platform, or of pages on an agency's own site, cannot carry a position.
Evidence documented on two or more different independent sites earns a small bonus over the same amount of evidence from one site.
Review platforms that compete with Vendar stay in the machine feed with their source URL, because a claim must be checkable, but pages do not name or link them; where other sources exist, they are listed first.

Verified means Vendar confirmed the company, its service and its market on official sources and stamped the profile with the date. A participation status or a partner relationship does not make a profile verified.

D5Dates and versions

Data as of: Nov 3, 2026
Newest evidence check: Nov 3, 2026
Feed generated: Nov 4, 2026
Ranking model: Evidence-weighted ranking 2026.11.7
Rubric: Small Business 2026.09
Update cadence: Fast signals, monthly: licence status, site alive, review rating and count, pricing pages, team page. Evidence, each base cycle: case studies, portfolio, services, client types, press and awards. Full re-verification, yearly: registry, address, ownership, every claim a rank rests on. Event-driven, within days: a vendor update, a buyer report, a dead link, a regulator record, a dispute.
Next evidence pass due by: Feb 1, 2027

Every date shown is a data date. A listing's updated date is the newest verification date among its ranked vendors and the evidence claims their ranks rest on; the same value appears in the page text, the structured data and the machine feed.

D6Known limits of the method

A position reflects documented work for the page's question, not the quality of an agency as such. Without a public case or a visible campaign the result of an agency's work cannot be known from outside. An agency with no public evidence is not worse: there is nothing to confirm it with, so it is listed below the ranking instead of being ranked low.

About 20 of 100 points rest on what the vendor says about itself without an outside check: years in business, team size, retention, prices.
The weights favour older, larger and local vendors: full marks at ten years and around 100 reviews, awards count toward market credibility, a vendor that works remotely gets 0.3 on geography, an undisclosed price gets 0.2.
The weights 30/25/15/10/10/5/5 are set by judgment and are not yet calibrated on client outcomes.
Reviews on directories are often collected by the agency itself.
The ranking decides who is speaking by the source address only: a person who worked at or through the agency writing on their own site, or a third-party page retelling what the agency says, still counts as third-party in a position. The profile and its feed already count them as the agency's word, so a position can show more third-party claims than the profile shows independent ones.
Market credibility counts recognition with a source on file, including recognition the vendor reports about itself.
Claims are checked by AI models, not by people. Code confirms that the quoted words are on the page; it cannot confirm that the page itself tells the truth. A case study on an agency's own site stays the agency's word even when the check confirms it.
Confidence is shown next to the score and does not change the order.

D7Machine-readable version

This section carries the same data that AI assistants receive.

/ai/listings/marketing/seo/dallas/small-business

Schema vendar.ai.decision.v1 · Evidence-weighted ranking 2026.11.7 · generated Nov 4, 2026 · methodology /scoring

Dallas buyer context

What a small business should get for the money

A small budget buys attention, not headcount. The question is who actually touches the account each month and whether the scope survives a quiet quarter.

Fit

Names the person doing the work, not only the account manager.
Scopes to a budget you can hold for a year without a long lock-in.
Reports in calls, leads and bookings, in language you use.

Proof

Show results for a business of my size, not for your biggest client.
What exactly happens in month one, and what do I have to do?
What do I keep (pages, profile, data) if we stop?

Budget

Ranked here and disclosing a monthly minimum: 4, from $299 to $2.5K.
Middle of that range: about $1.5K a month.
8 of the 12 ranked agencies do not publish a minimum; ask on the first call.

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