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FREE Search Engine Optimization » SEO Advice

Okay, every SEO in the world will probably love me for this, but that isn’t the point of this post. Honestly, I am sick and tired of receiving requests for “free” this and that. I am an SEO consultant. I do not give out SEO advice that is going to put you on page one, in position one, for free. That, would be stupid. Why in GOD’s green earth would I do that? (Yes, I believe in GOD, sue me …)
Search Engine Optimization is a business like any other.
Try asking your accountant or lawyer for free advice … good luck.

I hate to break this to all of those that “expect” that they “should” have the number one site in the search engines …
No … you shouldn’t. It takes an SEO to do that. Moreover, If you are looking for some excellent “FREE SEO Advice” … Be Careful. Most “Free SEO Advice” is bullshit created to scam you into a bogus campaign. Any SEO that is worth their weight, will most definitely charge you for their services. Unless of course they are just trying to con you into a worthless campaign.

Now, getting that off my chest, if you are looking for a good search engine optimization consultant, you have to take in to consideration a couple of things …

First and foremost, in some competitive markets, high search engine rankings can be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars per year. It’s also important to note that if you are looking to generate business from a web site, you most definitely want to entrust your rankings to someone that can prove their success.

Don’t take an SEO’s word, get proof of their work

Just to make that clear …

Don’t take an SEO’s word, get proof of their work

If an SEO won’t show you their successful campaigns, chances are that they haven’t any. If you decide to launch an SEO campaign on a web site that is poised to generate profits in one way or another, you had better think really hard whether you want to entrust your business investment strategy on “free advice” …

Oh, another thing too … if you are trusting the success or failure of your web site’s rankings to a web designer, you better make sure that they know what they are doing … If a web designer builds you a highly attractive site, with lot’s of images and or Flash, then you might want to find out just how long they have been designing sites.

An SEO campaign is more expensive if a site has to be redesigned. If a designer has any interest in getting your site to generate business, they will usually tell you that you need to speak with a search engine optimization consultant, before you start the design of your site. If they don’t, then you are gambling with the future success of your web site. The reason that I mention this is because most designers have no clue about search engine optimization and don’t really care about it either. Granted, some do … but, to be frank? it’s not their business, designers know how to make sites that “look good” … (sometimes). Designers do not specialize in building web sites that will bring your business … business.

That is the job of a good SEO, and that’s my “free” seo advice …

2 comments

1 Gerrid Smith { 06.05.08 at 5:36 pm }

Excellent post Ed! Definitely well said, and definitely accurate. Any good SEO will not give advice for free.

Also, people should note (as you said) that web designers do not know SEO. Most designers consider “doing something with keywords and meta tags” to be SEO - Obviously we know that’s not true.

The bottom line, hire a good SEO firm (like Edward’s) - It’s well worth it!

2 Eddie { 06.16.08 at 4:19 pm }

@Gerrid Smith

Thanks … bathing me in compliments will definitely win me over :)

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