SEOs In 2012: The Big SEO Survey

Aug 21, 2012 - 8:12 am 1 by
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SEOmoz announced the results of their big survey where they polled 6,491 respondents on 53 different questions about their jobs and the industry in the SEO world.

You can see the full survey over here.

Here are the key highlights...

What SEOs Work On:

SEOs jobs

SEO Client Budget are still low:

2012 SEO Industry Survey

Top SEO Tools (Google Dominates):

Top SEO Tools

The other tool surveys might be too skewed to share because SEOmoz is a tool provider.

Here are salaries by role:

2012 SEO Industry Survey

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