Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'seo companies'

There is an excellent topic at a WebmasterWorld thread (required paid access). The topic is named, "Am I asking for too much from SEO companies?" In short, the thread has one person who has several sites and has, over the...

Posted on September 7, 2009 8:48 AM

I follow tons and tons of threads on SEO, SEM, Google, etc. I have been doing this for just about six years. One thing I often see is that there are people who want quick answers to why they don't...

Posted on August 20, 2009 8:54 AM

SEO Companies should have ironclad contracts that specify the terms of the business deal and what the deliverables are. Without it, you may not get paid and you may risk your business's future. This should be a no brainer for...

Posted on July 22, 2009 8:41 AM

Jill Whalen posted an article at Search Engine Land that caused a stir in the SEO community. The name of the article is Is Most Of SEO Just A Boondoggle? (not sure if it was named something before). It is...

Posted on July 17, 2009 8:44 AM

Several weeks ago, we discussed the debate over if Google treats SEOs as criminals. We even polled our readers on that question and the results were split. In any event, if you believe this to be true, or even if...

Posted on July 17, 2009 8:22 AM

It is not uncommon to find SEOs asking other SEOs questions in the SEO discussion forums. But it is not everyday where you find the clients of an SEO coming in an asking questions about their own site, only to...

Posted on July 9, 2009 9:16 AM

A HighRankings Forum thread has discussion around a topic I can relate with. My company, RustyBrick, builds out custom web software and sites, including iPhone apps. I often get new customers coming to me with their request to build them...

Posted on July 2, 2009 9:01 AM

A week ago, we asked our readers to vote on their thoughts on if Google sees SEOs as criminals. If you remember, this is based on the double-standard that some bloggers feel Google is placing on some groups over another...

Posted on June 19, 2009 7:07 AM

The Nofollow PageRank sculpting topic was not the only heated debate at last week's SMX Advanced conference. We have some SEOs claiming Google sees all SEOs as criminals before being innocent. Michael Gray's How Google Profiles SEO’s and Lisa Barone's...

Posted on June 10, 2009 8:22 AM

Most of us have had the client from hell but we often don't like to talk about it. There is a Google Webmasters Help thread which takes us through one client from hell. If you read through all 60 or...

Posted on May 26, 2009 8:42 AM

Jill Whalen, in her High Ranking Advisor wrote a piece named Setting Up an SEO Shop Overnight! Jill goes on a well-deserved rant about how SEO companies are popping up left and right, even thought the people running these SEO...

Posted on May 19, 2009 2:53 PM

In any business field, making sure to protect your business from being taken advantage of through the legal arena is something that every company must be prepared for. The larger you are, the more chances you are to be hit...

Posted on May 18, 2009 1:20 PM

A HighRankings Forum thread asks a question that likely applies to most professions on the web, what does one do when a client messes up your portfolio. For example, you provide SEO copywriting services and that content is used on...

Posted on March 24, 2009 7:11 AM

Two days ago, I asked our readers to vote on how important it is for an SEO to specialize within a specific industry. For example, you have doctors who only work with kids (pediatricians) or doctors who specialize on the...

Posted on March 18, 2009 9:09 AM

Two recent articles sparked some discussion around the question if SEOs that specialize in an industry or two are more qualified then SEOs that do not specialize. One article was from Search Engine Land and the other from Top Rank...

Posted on March 16, 2009 8:21 AM

A week ago, we polled our audience asking Are You Still Offering SEO Services Paid By Performance? For example, are you willing to exchange direct payment in exchange for payment on the basis of rankings, or traffic or on revenue...

Posted on March 10, 2009 10:38 AM

There are many ways to price your services. In the SEO world, you can charge a monthly fee, you can charge by hour, you can charge for results, you can take a piece of the action and so on. The...

Posted on March 5, 2009 8:03 AM

Two days ago, I ran a poll asking if SEO companies implement SEO changes or just recommend changes to be implemented. Meaning, does your SEO company normally start with coding changes and upload files to the web server. I now...

Posted on February 26, 2009 8:58 AM

The other day we wrote about being your own SEO client isn't easy, but clearly that doesn't stop the bulk of you from working on your own solo projects. We ran a poll, asking which would you rather do? Either...

Posted on February 24, 2009 8:45 AM

Some SEO companies that I know of either offer recommendations in written form, to be handed off to the developers to implement, while others actually get their hands dirty and make the changes for the client. I was hoping to...

Posted on February 24, 2009 8:26 AM

I hate it when I see companies in our industry acting unprofessional. It makes our whole industry look bad and encourages ill-informed authors to write bad things about this industry. Why am I upset? Well, I saw a thread at...

Posted on February 11, 2009 9:19 AM

There is an excellent paid only WebmasterWorld thread on the topic of why would the best SEOs decide to take on client work, as opposed to building out their own ideas and cashing in on those ideas. The rational is,...

Posted on August 5, 2008 8:57 AM

A Sphinn thread has discussion on if an SEO is worth $350 per hour. The Sphinn thread is an off branch of a blog post that portrays an SEO who seems to not be such a great SEO but is...

Posted on January 31, 2008 6:39 AM

A Cre8asite Forums member tells us his client is about to leave him for another company. The reason is because this other company claims to be a "Google partner" and proved so through a letter they received for participating in,...

Posted on January 25, 2008 6:57 AM

Traffic Power is the name of an SEO company that most SEOs probably still remember. They sued Aaron Wall of SEO Book for writing about their SEO practices. You can see the details of that civil lawsuit over here. Well,...

Posted on January 3, 2008 6:38 AM

I have been following a WebmasterWorld thread that has a site owner asking why his SEO company is requiring him to remove his verification code and add only access to Google Webmaster Tools for the SEO company. Again, Site Owner...

Posted on December 6, 2007 7:30 AM

An interesting Cre8asite Forums thread sprung up over the weekend. Miriam (aka SEOigloo), a respected Cre8asite member, has a client where he has been provided web development work over the past several years. Miriam never provided any SEO services for...

Posted on September 10, 2007 8:11 AM

It appears that Network Solutions, the domain name registrar, is now in the search engine optimization. They have a page guaranteeing top search engine results or your money back. Here are the various plans: You can pay $1800 and get...

Posted on June 29, 2007 6:58 AM

There is an excellent thread over at Search Engine Watch Forums that discusses how one Google AdWords advertiser is too busy these days to manage his account. He asks, what is the safest way to delegate those responsibilities to a...

Posted on May 15, 2007 6:46 AM

A Search Engine Watch Forums thread asks what is the skinny on how Google views site credit links. For example, a web design company might place a sticker on the site, saying, "site designed by Company Name here." This is...

Posted on November 21, 2006 7:25 AM

I received this email this morning from an individual who asked, "Is the below mentioned email id belongs to any of your company official?" The email was sent from web.rustybrick@gmail.com and read as follows: From: Rustybrick [mailto:web.rustybrick@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October...

Posted on October 30, 2006 7:12 AM

There are many ways to seek the right SEO company for you. 1) You can search on the keyword phrase you want to rank well for, and find the top ranked sites, then dig deep to find out who they...

Posted on August 24, 2006 8:30 AM