In recent years, many new companies have mushroomed, providing cost effective SEO services to their clients. But with this galaxy of SEO companies, can your really tell who are authentic and who are not?
Before you make a decision that you need a SEO company/firm to help optimize your website/blog, first you need to do a study analysis yourself:
1. The background/history of the SEO companies/firms providing the SEO services.
2. The costing for keywords from the SEO companies/firms (including the timescale).
3. The techniques these SEO companies/firms would be using to promote your website/blog through SEO channel. Some companies state that they have mastered the secret techniques, and hence cannot reveal their techniques. But sometimes these "secret techniques" can prove to be just a damp squib.
4. The detailed flowchart of the entire exercise, which a SEO company/firm would choose to achieve top rankings. In this flowchart nothing should be hidden from clients.
Even though you've pass on the duties to optimize your website/blog to "someone else". It is always good to ask questions and find out more. For example:
- Which keywords to choose?
- What will be time for which rankings will be achieved?
- What rough rankings it will achieve in Google, Yahoo, MSN, and other search engines?
- Writing down your SEO budget for PPC, and organic search engine optimization carefully.
- What will be cost for PPC campaigns?
All these above factors will help you to better understand your project, and also the SEO company/firm you've choosen.
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February 10, 2009 - 4:27am
Princess Sabrina and followers, excellent post and comments.
We are an Internet marketing and web design firm in Scottsdale, AZ and all of our services are completely by the book. We only employ WhiteHat SEO practices and our services are entirely based on the clients needs and goals.
Its too bad that there are firms out there that don't follow a code of ethics.
Thanks for the great converations...
Love your site Sabrina!!
February 10, 2009 - 4:51pm
Code of ethics?
Thanks :)
June 19, 2008 - 6:48pm
We cannot say all SEO Companies that does not provide good service.... Here we are Providing SEO services to the client satisfaction. our team works on to produce the Best and effective result to the clients.
June 7, 2008 - 6:35am
Actually, one should try to research and know more about how search engines work before going to SEM (Search Engine Marketing Companies).
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Just a note: SEO is divided into two major classes. Whitehat and Blackhat.
Whitehat do SEO using orthodox methods, which can get you long lasting but slow results.
Blackhat on the contrary uses unorthodox methods for your site SEO and your site might even get banned from search engines.
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Once done researching, try optimising your website for it and test with relevant keywords. Make sure your keywords exist in the content of the website itself, large images do have alt text...blah blah
If you are too lazy to do so, try playing with Google Adwords or Yahoo Search Marketing. You might save a lot for that than going to SEM Companies.
For most of my clients, i would be able to get them into Top 30 even without going to SEM Companies.
Have fun with it!
ps: well done to your website, Sabrina
June 6, 2008 - 11:17pm
Thank you for such a lovely post. I agree, It is not really easy to rely on the SEO Companies. However, There are quite so many good SEO Company, that are providing cost effective SEO Services Solutions to their clients, From, Link Building, to Directory Submissions, On and Off page optimization, White Hat Organic Approved SEO services, that no doubt bring the good results.
Before opting a company, You have made your points very clear. I agree to your post, but will like to add my own openion...
Before you are finding an SEO Company or an SEO Firm for your Online Business Promotions, or Website Promotions, The good idea should be to check it out, the company, their ethics, know-how in this existing sector, the grip on the market, and about the customer support. Once you are done with these things, Study their Testimonials, The work, they had done in past. If you some-what agree, They are a good company....Stop, and Check it out their own rankings, Backlinks (in-links) or Link popularity, Check it out, if they are really the White Hat Legal Organic SEO Company.
If all the questions go YES (or if you find the appropriate answers to your questions. Go fishing and do discuess further.
Thank you for your post. You have added such a useful and impressive information, That must educate quite so many people.
All the best and Your work is appreciated.
Looking to see more particepents, in order to discuess this post in details further.
Kind regards,
Tina
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