Should we hire an SEO agency or use GetPreferred?
An SEO agency works to move your website up Google rankings. GetPreferred works to make your institute the name that gets recommended, including inside AI assistants, when a parent or student asks there. If your only worry is Google rank, an agency fits. If parents are getting competitor names from AI, ranking alone will not fix it.
An SEO agency works to move your website up Google rankings. GetPreferred works to make your institute the name that gets recommended, including inside AI assistants, when a parent or student asks there. If your only worry is Google rank, an agency fits. If parents are getting competitor names from AI, ranking alone will not fix it.
| What you are comparing | GetPreferred | Traditional SEO agency |
|---|---|---|
| Main goal | Being the institute that gets named and enquired about | Moving keywords up the Google results page |
| AI assistants | Treated as a place parents already ask, and worked on directly | Usually out of scope or newly added on top |
| Enquiry handling | SPRM covers enquiry capture and WhatsApp follow up | Ends at the website visit |
| Website | Institute website is part of the work, not a separate bill | Often you must supply the site and fix it yourself |
| Reporting | Where your institute stands when parents and students ask about your city | Rank positions, traffic and impressions |
| Sector fit | Built only for education admissions in India | Usually serves every industry with one playbook |
| What you must run | One owner for the whole chain | Coordination between agency, web vendor and front desk |
| Starting point | Free AI visibility report before any commitment | Usually a proposal and a retainer |
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When the other option is the better buy
A good SEO agency is often the better buy, and pretending otherwise would be dishonest. A single-campus school whose website is already decent and whose front desk already answers every enquiry the same day does not need the rest of what we sell: an agency doing focused content and technical work will cost less for the part you actually need. A local agency that knows your city and its schools can also beat us on plain Google rankings. And an agency will usually work month to month, where we ask for a three month minimum. If you want a narrow scope, a smaller bill, or no lock-in, take the agency.
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Questions institutes ask
Can we keep our SEO agency and still use GetPreferred?
Yes. Many institutes keep an existing agency for Google work while GetPreferred handles AI visibility, the website and enquiry management. The free report shows where the overlap is.
Why does an SEO agency not cover AI answers?
Most agency contracts were written for search rankings. Being named inside an AI answer depends on different things, so it is rarely covered unless it was scoped in from the start.
How do we know if our agency is working?
Ask what a parent or student gets when they ask an AI assistant about schools or coaching in your city. Rank reports do not answer that. The free AI visibility report does.
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