Public Evidence Lab / Dossier O-2547

CorroboratedOPPORTUNITY DOSSIER · O-2547

Poor leads after outsourcing Google Ads campaigns to agencies

Collected sample: 4 independent content items across 1 source families. Known publication dates: 2026-08-09 — 2026-10-30.

First seen 2026-08-09 · Last updated 2026-11-09 · Recalculated daily

14.9
Evidence confidence, not a return forecast
4
Independent source items, deduplicated by post
1
Public source families
2
Payment evidence: current spend or explicit intent
ProblemThe source-linked evidence below documents the recurring problem.
People affectedPeople represented in the linked public discussions.
Named alternativesNo existing alternative is named in the qualifying evidence yet.
Collected sample dates · 12 weeks
08-2409-2110-1911-09

These observations describe collected samples, not platform-wide prevalence; they cannot establish whether a problem is widespread or accelerating. Collection scope changed on 09-16 and 09-27; monthly counts must not be read as trends.

Representative evidence

Full evidence chain · 4 items · 3 representative excerpts shown
Payment intent★★★☆☆Current spend

Post title: Am I being scammed, or is this a legit way to grow my consulting business?

There is a cost for campaign creation, I pay for t…

The public layer keeps only a minimal excerpt. Open the source for full context.

Reddit2026-10-30View source ↗
Pain★★★★☆First-hand pain

Post title: ad agency

ever since I hired an agency, my business has been…

The public layer keeps only a minimal excerpt. Open the source for full context.

Reddit2026-09-21View source ↗
Pain★★★☆☆First-hand pain

Post title: Should I be concerned about the PPC agency I’ve hired?

Ads went live 4 weeks ago. One lead so far (highly…

The public layer keeps only a minimal excerpt. Open the source for full context.

Reddit2026-08-09View source ↗

What this evidence does not show yet

To reach Payment-backed we still need:

  • 1 more independent post(s) — we have 4
  • renewed mentions — the recent trend is below the promotion bar

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Scoring summary

Evidence confidence = strength × evidence volume × source diversity × payment × competition × trend × 10. Counts use independent content items; only first-hand pain, current spend, explicit willingness to pay and concrete feature requests affect the score. Repeated posts by one author are discounted. Scoring and status changes follow deterministic rules.

“Payment-backed” means first-hand payment evidence exists in the record. It does not mean the business is worth building. “Fading” is a recency tag shown alongside any evidence level, not a lower level. Read the full methodology.