₹5,000/month SEO sounds tempting — until you calculate what it actually costs.
The cheap SEO playbook is always the same: spun articles, directory spam links, and keyword-stuffed pages. It can work for a quarter. Then Google catches up, rankings collapse, and the ‘agency’ has already moved on.
Here is how to audit any SEO proposal in five minutes:
1. Ask for two current ranking reports — 6 months apart. Real SEO shows steady growth lines, not viral spikes.
2. Ask what links they will build. ‘500 directory submissions’ = run. ‘Digital PR and niche edits’ = a real conversation.
3. Ask who writes the content. If they cannot name their writers, an algorithm is writing it.
4. Ask how they report. Good agencies show leads and revenue, not just ‘impressions’.
Cheap SEO is the most expensive marketing you can buy — because you pay for it twice: once in fees, and again in recovery.