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  "publisher": "Neaptide",
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    "owner": "Neaptide",
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        "text": "What does Neaptide charge for GEO Core, and what is the minimum initial service fee? Search the web and cite the source for the price, currency, initial term, taxes and audit inclusion. If a fact is not available, say so."
      },
      {
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        "language": "en",
        "text": "What is included in Neaptide’s free GEO audit, and how does it differ from its paid GEO Audit? Search the web and cite sources. Check the number of questions, platforms, planned responses, page limits and whether implementation is included."
      },
      {
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        "language": "ru",
        "text": "Сколько стоит GEO Core у Neaptide и какова минимальная плата за первоначальный период? Найди информацию в интернете и укажи источники для цены, валюты, минимального срока, налогов и включённого аудита. Если сведения не найдены, так и напиши."
      },
      {
        "id": "scope-ru",
        "language": "ru",
        "text": "Что входит в бесплатный GEO-аудит Neaptide и чем он отличается от платного GEO Audit? Найди информацию в интернете и укажи источники. Проверь число вопросов, платформ, запланированных ответов, лимит страниц и включено ли внедрение."
      }
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    "purpose": "Branded retrieval and factual accuracy; not unbranded discovery or market share",
    "unit": "One fresh chat per question and repetition",
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      "search used if visible",
      "source URLs captured",
      "neaptide.ai source present",
      "accuracy against dated publisher page"
    ],
    "stoppingRule": "Stop this surface on sign-in wall, rate limit or blocked access; log missing attempts, never treat as negative answers",
    "publication": "Own-domain metrics and own URLs only; raw complete evidence retained in editorial archive. No claims of promotion lift."
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    "sourcePanelsCaptured": 6,
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      "scope-ru-r2"
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    "collectionEndReason": "Collection ended for production publication at the user’s request. Uncollected runs are not negative observations; this is an incomplete convenience sample."
  },
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    "usableSourcePanels": 6
  },
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      "initialMaxUSD": 7425,
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          "text": "NNeaptide.aiAEO and GEO pricing: what the budget should cover",
          "url": "https://www.neaptide.ai/en/blog/geo-pricing-scope?utm_source=chatgpt.com"
        }
      ],
      "ownDomainPresent": true,
      "finding": "Answer reports GEO Core price unavailable and discusses an older hypothetical budget, despite current service page publishing it.",
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        }
      ],
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        }
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          "url": "https://www.neaptide.ai/en/services/promotion?utm_source=chatgpt.com"
        }
      ],
      "ownDomainPresent": true,
      "finding": "Current GEO Core price not found; hypothetical EUR example explicitly rejected as real fee.",
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        }
      ],
      "ownDomainPresent": true,
      "finding": "Current GEO Core fee and term not confirmed; describes old hypothetical EUR budget.",
      "evidence": [
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    "Questions name Neaptide: this measures branded retrieval, not unbranded discovery.",
    "Unauthenticated ChatGPT web; model not exposed; region and retrieval settings not controlled; browser UI in Russian.",
    "Only six of eight planned attempts have archived results; no Russian scope results are available.",
    "Repeated fresh chats are not assumed statistically independent.",
    "Response evaluation is by the publisher, not an independent benchmark.",
    "No estimate of market share, error prevalence, leads, revenue or promotion lift.",
    "Archived UI cannot establish which page version the system retrieved or why it selected a source.",
    "One pricing response is discussed in the article as a worked example; the remaining observations are provided here."
  ]
}