Is It Out of Scope? — SEO & marketing
Is adding new user roles and permissions out of scope for a SEO / marketing project?
Yes. Application-level access control has no organic search component and isn't covered by an SEO retainer.
There's no meaningful overlap between application permissions and organic search work, so a request like this reaching an SEO team is almost always a case of the wrong contact being asked rather than a genuine gray area.
Is it out of scope?
Yes, cleanly. User roles and permissions are application logic with no SEO dimension, and the retainer doesn't extend to development work of any kind.
Clause typically implicated
Clause typically implicated
Exclusions clause→ — The retainer covers organic search work — application access control is excluded outright, with no adjacent SEO angle.
Example contract wording
Example contract wording (illustrative, not legal advice)
This one's outside our retainer — user roles and permissions are application development, not something with any SEO component. I'd point this toward whoever's handling development on your side.
How MarginFlow flags it
MarginFlow flags this outside_scope on SEO contracts with high confidence and a short explanation, since there's no plausible SEO angle to weigh before responding.