PE/VC Due Diligence

Your acquisition target claims $2M organic traffic value.Is it real?

ParadoxSEO turns raw data into commercial judgment. Not another dashboard of metrics — a clear verdict on what to do and why it matters.

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SEO Due Diligence Report

Acme Corp Acquisition Target

Analysis completed 2 hours ago

Investment Verdict
CONDITIONAL

Requires remediation

CRITICAL RISK

42% of traffic from 3 pages

Single point of failure. Algorithm update could wipe $840k value.

VALUATION IMPACT

Traffic value overstated 35%

Branded traffic inflates metrics. True defensible value: $1.3M not $2M.

OPPORTUNITY

$1.2M upside identified

15 quick wins could double traffic within 6 months post-acquisition.

Executive Summary: Proceed with acquisition but negotiate $700k reduction to account for technical debt and overvalued traffic.

The Problem

Tools Give You Numbers.
Decisions Require Judgment.

You have Ahrefs. You have Semrush. You can see the metrics. But what should you actually do? And what happens if you don't?

PE/VC

Investors Value What They Can't Verify

That $2M organic traffic claim in the CIM? No one's validating it. By the time you realise it's inflated, the deal's closed.

Agencies

Every Audit Is Different

Your team delivers 10 audits a month. They're all different depths, different scopes, different quality. Your brand reputation is inconsistent.

Enterprise

The Board Wants Answers, Not Data

"How's SEO going?" You send a spreadsheet. They wanted: "We'll capture $400k new revenue by fixing these 3 things."

Everyone

Percentage Scores Mean Nothing

"85% SEO Score" while your robots.txt blocks Google. Binary pass/fail on critical issues is infinitely more useful than arbitrary percentages.

The Difference

What Tools Tell You

Ahrefs, Semrush, etc.

  • Domain Rating: 48
  • Organic Keywords: 2,847
  • Traffic Value: $34.8k/mo
  • Referring Domains: 156

"Okay... so what do I do with this?"

ParadoxSEO

What You Actually Need

Commercial judgment

  • !Critical: 2 broken canonicals blocking 40% of pages
  • !Risk: Traffic value overstated by 35% (branded queries)
  • +Opportunity: $120k recoverable with 3 quick fixes
  • Verdict: Fix canonicals before acquisition closes

"Now I know exactly what to do."

The Solution

The 301-Aspect Framework

A comprehensive SEO audit framework modernised for 2026. Entity-first SEO, AI visibility tracking, and governance maturity — all in one systematic approach.

102 aspects

Health Check

Technical fundamentals that must work

InfrastructureCore Web VitalsIndexabilityArchitectureOn-PageDevice
157 aspects

Competitive Analysis

Position vs market and competitors

VisibilityEntityContentIntentLinksLocalAI Visibility
42 aspects

Governance

Operational capability and maturity

StrategyMeasurementTeam CapabilityIntegration

Gate-Based Scoring: Pass or Fail

Forget arbitrary percentage scores. Our gate-based system reflects how SEO actually works: some things must pass before others matter.

11

Critical Gate

ALL must pass or everything else is irrelevant

22

Essential Gate

>90% pass required to proceed

14

Important Layer

>80% for Grade A

A

Excellent

B

Good

C

Functional

D

Issues

F

Critical fail

How It Works

From Domain to Deliverable
in Minutes

No more hours of manual data pulling. Enter your domain and let the 301-aspect framework do the heavy lifting.

01

Enter Your Domain

Input your domain and we automatically connect to Ahrefs, run crawls, and pull all relevant data in minutes — not hours.

  • Auto-crawl up to 10,000 pages
  • Ahrefs data integration
  • GSC connection (optional)
02

Choose Your Dashboard

Select the view that matches your use case: Diagnosis for audits, Comparison for competitive analysis, Progress for tracking, or Commercial for pitches.

  • 4 dashboard variants
  • Same data, different lens
  • Export to PDF/Excel
03

Get Actionable Output

Receive a gate-scored audit with clear pass/fail status, prioritised actions, and boardroom-ready visualisations you can share with clients.

  • Gate-based scoring
  • Prioritised action list
  • Client-ready reports

Four Dashboards, One Truth

Same underlying data, visualised for different audiences and purposes.

Diagnosis

What's broken?

For: Client team

Comparison

Where do we stand?

For: Strategy

Progress

Are we improving?

For: Ongoing client

Commercial

What's the prize?

For: Budget holder

301
SEO Aspects Audited
47
MVHC Critical Checks
4
Dashboard Variants
85%
Time Saved vs Manual

Trusted by SEO Professionals

ParadoxSEO cut our audit time from 40 hours to 8. The gate-based scoring finally gives clients something they can understand and act on.
SC
Sarah C.
Founder, Digital Growth Agency
The PE due diligence package saved us from a bad acquisition. Found $2M in organic traffic value that was at risk due to technical issues.
MW
Marcus W.
Operating Partner, Growth Capital Fund
Finally, a governance framework that makes sense. We can actually track if SEO recommendations are being implemented across our portfolio.
JM
James M.
VP Digital, Enterprise Retail Co.

Pricing

Simple, Transparent Pricing

Start with a free audit. Upgrade when you're ready to scale.

Starter

For solo consultants and freelancers

$149/month
  • 3 audits per month
  • MVHC Health Check
  • Diagnosis Dashboard
  • 1 team seat
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Pro

For growing agencies

$299/month
  • 10 audits per month
  • Full 301-aspect audits
  • All 4 dashboards
  • 3 team seats
  • Progress tracking

Agency

For established agencies at scale

$599/month
  • 30 audits per month
  • White-label reports
  • API access
  • 10 team seats
  • Priority support

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