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Vetting troubleshooters/recovery specialists - any advice what to ask?

Hi everyone. One of our sites was hit by an update around October and dropped by about 20% in clicks and impressions on GSC. Unfortunately, conversions followed suit.

Our SEO consultant hasn't been able to identify a way to help it recover, so we're thinking of looking for someone who specialises in recovery.

I know I should look for someone who can at least present a case study of a site that he managed to troubleshoot and recover for an update, as well as how or when they decide to pivot from a strategy that isn't working (because I don't want to do the wait-forever-for-results thing).

But is there anything else I should be looking for to separate good options from bad? Or anything else I should know about potentially hiring troubleshooters? And I know this might be harder to answer, but what should I expect the going rate to be?

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