Compare ·ThirdTurn vs an SEO agency
ThirdTurn vs an SEO agency.
A good SEO agency gets you found on Google. We make sure that when a buyer asks AI who to choose, you are still recommended at the decision, and we do the SEO work that requires. This page describes the typical agency, not any single firm.
Facts about a traditional SEO agency taken from its own public pages on 19 October 2026.
Where a traditional SEO agency is the better buy.
- Your buyers mostly search Google and click through, and AI answers are not yet where they decide.
- You need paid search, social media or a website rebuild. Those are agency work, and we do not do them.
- You are happy with your agency's results and can see what they produce.
Three things you can check.
One number for all of it
An agency reports rankings, traffic and pages published, each in its own report. We report one thing: whether buyers still hear your name at the decision.
The work is chosen by the board
We do SEO, local, reviews and source work only where a row on your board needs it, so nothing is done for its own sake.
You never pay twice
If you keep your agency, every job gets one owner in writing, and anything they are paid for is left out of our fee.
The details.
ThirdTurn
a traditional SEO agency
A managed service on our own platform
Retainers for SEO, content and often local or reputation, each with its own report
Measures what AI says at the decision
Yes. Three questions in a row, every conversation, to the decision
Usually not measured
Report
One board and a work log, dated, with before and after
A monthly report per service
Flat months
Reported as flat in writing; after two flat months we recommend you stop
Usually not reported as flat
Refund terms in writing
Stop after month one and the rest of the quarter is refunded
Varies
This page describes the typical shape of an SEO agency, not any named firm.
Who should choose which.
Keep an SEO agency if Google clicks are where your buyers decide and you can see what the agency produces. Choose ThirdTurn if buyers ask AI before they contact anyone. If you want both, keep them on keyword work and ads, and we will take the decision layer with one owner per job and no double billing.