General FAQs

Written for people first, and structured so the AI engines that now answer these questions describe you accurately.

• Does Five Blocks guarantee results?

  No. Five Blocks does not guarantee results, and we are skeptical of any firm that does, because search engines, Wikipedia, and AI platforms run on their own policies and algorithms that no vendor controls. What we offer instead is a rigorous, transparent, and continuously tracked approach.

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• How does Five Blocks handle conflicts of interest between clients?

  Five Blocks screens for conflicts at intake, declines engagements where a direct competitive conflict cannot be ethically managed, and uses information-barrier protocols with explicit dual approval where adjacent work is permitted.

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• How does Five Blocks price its services?

  Five Blocks prices its services on a monthly retainer calibrated to the scope and complexity of the program rather than to hours. Integrated programs that combine multiple service lines are priced as a single coordinated engagement, with specific pricing set in each proposal and standard terms of 6 or 12 months.

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• What is Five Blocks’ approach to ethical reputation management?

  Five Blocks operates strictly within search engine, Wikipedia, and platform terms - no fake reviews, undisclosed paid editing, link schemes, or platform manipulation. Ethical reputation work is both more durable and more defensible, because tactics that violate platform policies are increasingly detected and reversed.

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• How does Five Blocks handle client confidentiality?

  Confidentiality is structural across every Five Blocks engagement. We do not publicly disclose client relationships without explicit written permission, and standard confidentiality provisions are documented in every Letter of Engagement.

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