1. Set the geographic boundary before reading the numbers
Altadena is a CDP in Los Angeles County, California—not a synonym for the entire county, a metropolitan area or every community a firm serves. That distinction matters when a dashboard reports cities, keywords, calls or leads. A city label can describe a search target, a caller’s stated location, a landing-page relationship or another field; those are not automatically interchangeable. Bosseo’s public ROI Dashboard page says its reporting can include city data, keyword rankings and leads by case type. It does not establish that every location field uses the same definition. Ask how Altadena is represented, what broader geography is included, and whether the firm can inspect the underlying records before treating a city view as a market result.
Recommended approach
Create a written geography definition for the consultation: Altadena, Los Angeles County, California, and any additional service areas the firm deliberately approves. Keep population context separate from performance metrics. Require each city, county or state view to identify what it measures and what it does not.
