Admitted to a ranking on documented work, outside the top three for every question it appears in. None of its 2 documented work claims comes from an independent source.
Best position #15 Local SEO in San Francisco, of 37 · also in 1 more ranking
Why: Rated from the evidence on file (sources, independence, confirmed quotes), not by an editor.
Opens in your own account with a ready question and a link to the same data. Nothing about you is sent.
- Your business matches the client types on file (small businesses, local businesses) and the industries on file (small business, local business).
- You need the setup fee in writing before you commit: it is not published.
Starting price is below the median of ranked agencies for this question.
No documented work claim comes from an independent source yet.
- None of the 2 documented work claims comes from an independent source; all are the agency's own account or sources it controls.
- Few outside reviews mention Local SEO work specifically.
- Ask for the hourly rate, setup fee: not published.
- Ask for two client references you can call: no independent accounts of its work on file.
- Ask which case is closest to your business and what the measured result was: no proof on file carries a number.
- #14 405 Ads50Ranks above on this question#14#15 this oneScore5050Independent00PriceFrom $2,500/monthFrom $597 per monthModerate confidence · own published cases
- #16 HawkSEM49Ranks below on this question#16#15 this oneScore4950Independent00PriceFrom $1,515/monthFrom $597 per monthModerate confidence · own published cases
All detailsEverything behind the summary above: the same data the machine feed serves for SEO Socially.Open ↓Close ↑
Score by criterion#15 Local SEO in San Francisco: 50/100
| Criterion | Weight | Points | Share | What it rests on |
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| Evidence for this query | 30 | 8 | 27% |
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| Fit to this query | 25 | 25 | 100% |
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| Capability depth | 15 | 13.8 | 92% |
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| Reliability | 10 | 3 | 30% |
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| Transparency | 10 | 5 | 50% |
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| Reputationweakest | 5 | 0 | 0% |
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| Market credibility | 5 | 0 | 0% |
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- -3 No independent source on file: Every claim on file is first-party or a Vendar profile field.
- -2 Profile below decision-ready status: the profile is collected but not reviewed yet.
All claims in the feed2 of 2 on file · 0 of 2 work claims from an independent source
Who says it, across all 2 claims on file: independent source 0 · linked to the agency 0 · listings the agency writes 0 · agency's own words 2. Independent share of work claims: 0%. 1 distinct source pages.
Claims per need in this feed: Local SEO 1 · SEO Agencies within a $6,000 Monthly Budget 2. The full ledger of 2 is on the proof page.
SEO Socially performed local SEO optimization and setup for Romanov Painting. The client reported receiving extra work, adding four employees, and remaining booked up before the high season.
Agency's own wordsseosocially.comclaimed: Recorded as the source states it; not independently confirmed.quote confirmed, checked Nov 3, 2026describes workLocal SEOSEO Agencies within a $6,000 Monthly BudgetQuote from the source page
Having performed Local SEO optimization and setup, we are honestly not sure what to do with the extra work we are receiving, having already added four additional employees we are still booked up and its not even the high season. Solid local seo practices that will actually help your small business rank and get found.
SEO Socially handled web design for Andor Landscape Tree. The client described the outcome as amazing.
Agency's own wordsseosocially.comclaimed: Recorded as the source states it; not independently confirmed.quote confirmed, checked Nov 3, 2026describes workSEO Agencies within a $6,000 Monthly BudgetQuote from the source page
I was very pleased with SEO Socially by how they handled the web design. As a business owner time is always something you do not have enough of, but Vadim made it easy and low stress for me. The outcome was amazing. I would definitely recommend SEO Socially for other businesses.
Positions in every ranking2 rankings
2 positions: 2 where a claim on file names the need, 0 listed on offer only. The top 2 by evidence first; the rest open below.
| Ranking | Rank | Score | Claims for the need | Confidence | Weakest criterion |
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| SEO Agencies within a $6,000 Monthly Budget · San Franciscoon its own published cases | #1 of 4 | 50 | 2 (0 independent) | Moderate confidence | Reputation 0 of 5 |
| Local SEO · San Franciscoon its own published cases | #15 of 37 | 50 | 1 (0 independent) | Moderate confidence | Reputation 0 of 5 |
Fit and geography
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA, USAAgency's own words
- Service regions
- San Francisco, CA, USAVendar profile field
- Client types
- small_business, local_businessVendar profile field
- Industries
- Small Business, Local BusinessVendar profile field
- Named clients in confirmed proof
- Romanov Painting, Andor Landscape TreeIndependent source or agency, see the claims list
Only rows marked “Verified by Vendar” were checked. Rankings place an agency in a city by headquarters or by documented work for clients there, never by a service region alone.
Pricing in fullFrom $597 per month
- Model
- not disclosed
- Minimum monthly budget
- $597 per month
- Project minimum
- not disclosed
- Hourly rate
- not disclosed
- Typical range
- not disclosed
- Minimum term
- 1 month (month to month)
- Setup fee
- not disclosed
- Engagement models
- not stated
Source: Agency's own words. Every figure above is the agency's published number; a row marked not disclosed has no published figure.
Inside the Local SEO band (up to $6,000/month).
Median disclosed monthly floor in each ranking: Local SEO $2,500 (23 of 37 disclose) · SEO Agencies within a $6,000 Monthly Budget $598 (4 of 4 disclose)
Reputation
No review platforms on file.
How it counts: No third-party reviews on file. Ratings say nothing about work on a specific need and never count as evidence for it.
- Awards
- none on file
- Certifications
- none on file
Company and process
Founding year, team size and working process are not disclosed.
- Founded
- not disclosedNot disclosed
- Team size
- not disclosedNot disclosed
- Languages
- not statedVendar profile field
- Services
- SEOVendar profile field
- Technologies
- not statedVendar profile field
- Workflow
- not documentedAgency's own words
- Onboarding
- not documentedAgency's own words
- Reporting
- not documentedAgency's own words
Company fields come from the vendor profile; only fields with status verified were checked by Vendar.
How confidence is computedLower confidence
- Confidence
- Lower confidence, 62 of 100
- Evidence posture
- thin: No independent source documents this vendor's work; treat it as a candidate only.
- Capped by
- Rated from the evidence on file (sources, independence, confirmed quotes), not by an editor.
- Best position confidence
- Moderate confidence
It starts from the data completeness and source reliability of the profile, and is capped when independent proof of work is thin. The next level is Moderate confidence. One independent claim with a measured result for the best-ranked need is the fastest way up.
- Who the company is: website, headquarters, founding year, team size, logo, regions served: founding year, team size, logo10/20
- Fit: services, industries, client types15/15
- Commercial terms: model, entry price, hourly rate, minimum term, setup fee: model, hourly rate, setup fee9/20
- Documented work: cases naming a client and a result (target 5) and work claims overall (target 10): 0 cases with a named client and a result, 2 work claims2/30
- Reputation: rating and review count on two or more platforms, each with 10 or more reviews: 0 platforms with a rating and 10 or more reviews0/15
- Who is speaking: independent sources among work claims (full marks at 40%): 0 of 2 work claims are independent0/30
- Checked against the source page: confirmed, or half for partly confirmed: 2 confirmed, 0 partly, of 2 with a source25/25
- Numbers backed by a verbatim quote from the source: 0 of 020/20
- Seen within the last 365 days: 2 of 215/15
- Not contradicted: claims their source no longer supports: 0 not supported by their page10/10
These two scores describe the profile itself and never change a position.
Limits and how to correct them
- No independent source names local SEO 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: the profile is collected but not reviewed yet.
- Use as a caveated candidate only: no independent source documents this vendor's work.
- None of the 2 documented work claims comes from an independent source; all are the agency's own account or sources it controls.
- Fewer than three external evidence claims are normalized.
- No third-party evidence claims are normalized.
- Only one external source URL is exposed.
- Best position rests on: Published by the agency on its own site.
- 2 of 2 claims on file are the agency's own words or sources it controls; 0 come from an independent source.
- Open: Three strongest proofs name a client and a measured, dated result (0 of 3)
- Open: At least a third of documented work comes from independent sources (0 of 2 work claims)
- Open: Founding year, team size and headquarters on file (founding year missing, team size missing)
- Open: At least three named clients (2 named)
- Open: Citation sources point outside Vendar and read as labels (1 sources, 0 self-citations, 0 code labels)
Machine-readable version
This section carries the same data that AI assistants receive.
- Schema
- vendar.ai.vendor-summary.v1
- Model
- Evidence-weighted ranking 2026.11.7
- Data as of
- Nov 3, 2026
- Generated
- Verification
- Not verified
- Sources checked
- not yet
- Citation readiness
- Candidate only, with a caveat
- Do not infer headquarters from service-area coverage.
- Do not treat paid visibility as organic ranking proof.
- Do not present a source-thin profile as independently verified.
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