Problem · Agency, team and reporting
We want to switch agencies without losing rankings. Take your accounts, data and links with you.
Changing SEO providers is risky only if the handover is messy: lost access, missing data, links that disappear when payments stop.
Is this you?Signs we usually see
- Your agency controls key accounts
- You don’t have a list of work done
- Links were placed on the agency’s own network
- Content lives in the agency’s tools
01 / Quick checks
Three checks you can run today
Each takes minutes. Together they tell you whether this page is about your problem.
- List your accountsSearch Console, analytics, tag manager, Business Profile, hosting, domain, who owns each?
- Request your dataReports, keyword lists, content and link lists, in files you keep.
- Check link ownershipAre any links on sites the agency controls?
Access and continuity handover
Inventory business-owned properties, supplier accounts, code, content rights and external placement dependencies.
| Situation to check | Proposed scope | Boundary |
|---|---|---|
| List your accounts | Search Console, analytics, tag manager, Business Profile, hosting, domain, who owns each? A rented network asset requires a contract decision while a client-owned analytics property requires authorised access transfer. | Possessing an export does not prove ownership of the account, licence or publisher placement. |
| Request your data | Reports, keyword lists, content and link lists, in files you keep. | Keep an unchanged comparison sample so this check can distinguish the proposed cause from unrelated variation. |
| Accounts owned by the agency | You lose history and control when they leave. | Treat this as a hypothesis until the affected URL or account evidence supports it. |
| Ready to commission a fix | Document access restoration, revoke obsolete privileges only after continuity checks and retain the inherited baseline. | [CONFIRM: access, scope, owner, fee and review date before work begins.] |
Access and continuity handover
Illustrative blank specification. This is a diagnostic structure, not a client result.
- Affected population
- Inventory business-owned properties, supplier accounts, code, content rights and external placement dependencies.
- Decisive observation
- A rented network asset requires a contract decision while a client-owned analytics property requires authorised access transfer.
- Alternative explanation
- Possessing an export does not prove ownership of the account, licence or publisher placement.
- Acceptance evidence
- Document access restoration, revoke obsolete privileges only after continuity checks and retain the inherited baseline.
- Supporting check
- Are any links on sites the agency controls?
- Approval
- [CONFIRM: accountable owner and authorised next step.]
What the first handover should make clear
- Inventory business-owned properties, supplier accounts, code, content rights and external placement dependencies.
- A rented network asset requires a contract decision while a client-owned analytics property requires authorised access transfer.
- Document access restoration, revoke obsolete privileges only after continuity checks and retain the inherited baseline.
- The original observations, unresolved questions and any client access needed for the next scope.
02 / Likely causes
What usually causes it
In the order we usually check them. Most cases have more than one.
- Accounts owned by the agencyYou lose history and control when they leave.
- Rented linksLinks that disappear when payments stop.
- Undocumented changesNo one knows why the site is set up as it is.
- Content in their systemsDrafts and assets not handed over.
- Notice periodsContract terms that limit timing.
03 / What we do
How we fix it
Four steps, in order. You see the evidence and the plan before anything changes on your site.
- Step 01Access checklistEvery account moved to your ownership.
- Step 02Data handoverHistory, lists and files secured.
- Step 03Risk reviewLinks and changes that may be reversed.
- Step 04Smooth startA first 90-day plan from day one.
04 / Services
Services that fix it
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TopClick is not VAT-registered
SEO consulting ↗Advice on architecture, hard diagnostics and upcoming releases.From $[X] /hourRequest
Link audit & penalty recovery ↗Toxic links, manual actions and negative-SEO attacks found and cleaned up.From $[X] /projectRequest
05 / Questions
Questions about this problem
01Will rankings drop when we switch?
Not because of the switch itself. Drops happen when links are removed or changes are undone, that’s what the handover checks for.
02Who should own the accounts?
You. Agencies should get access as users, never ownership.
03Where do we start?
With the free snapshot: we check your site for this problem, confirm the likely cause and send a written first scope with a price.
Start here
Check your site for this
- 1Send your site — we confirm the cause and where we would start
- 2We check search and AI visibility
- 3PDF by email: five website problems and AI visibility, within two business days of receiving your website URL
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