Is It Out of Scope? — SEO & marketing
Is supporting an additional browser or device beyond the agreed matrix out of scope for an SEO retainer?
Yes. Browser/device compatibility is technical implementation work, outside organic search strategy.
This occasionally surfaces after a technical SEO audit flags a rendering issue, and the client asks the SEO team to also fix compatibility for the specific browser or device where it was noticed.
Is it out of scope?
Yes. Flagging a rendering or crawlability issue tied to a specific browser is within audit work; fixing the underlying compatibility is development work.
Clause typically implicated
Clause typically implicated
Exclusions clause→ — Browser and device compatibility fixes are development work excluded from an SEO retainer's audit and strategy scope.
Example contract wording
Example contract wording (illustrative, not legal advice)
We flagged the rendering issue on [the target] in the audit, but fixing that compatibility is development work — happy to point you toward the right team for that.
How MarginFlow flags it
MarginFlow flags compatibility-fix requests outside_scope on SEO contracts, while treating the audit-level flag as included.