Should I hire an SEO or optimize my website myself?

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    Should I hire an SEO or optimize my website myself? I really want to get some good rankings for my site but I don't have a lot of money. Can I realistically expect to get some decent rankings without hiring a professional SEO to do it for me?
     
    Naveen.jha, Feb 22, 2010 IP
  2. brother_of_devil

    brother_of_devil Peon

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    Read my signature
     
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  3. smile633

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    I always tell myself: Either I have time or money. If I don't have money, I need to invest time to do it myself! :) Good luck!
     
    smile633, Feb 22, 2010 IP
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    Revelations-Decoder Well-Known Member

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    Sounds about right, so if you have the time do it yourself. If you cock it all up and get nowhere, well you know what you need to do then > "hire someone!". :)
     
    Revelations-Decoder, Feb 22, 2010 IP
  5. ChaibiAlaa

    ChaibiAlaa Peon

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    #5
    That's quite simple :
    SEO Expert = Fast SEO
    Youseld = Learning SEO + Slow SEO BUT effective
     
    ChaibiAlaa, Feb 22, 2010 IP
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    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    I believe in DIY but since you are still grappling with the basics like Anchor Text you might be better to hire a professional in the short term.
     
    sarahk, Feb 22, 2010 IP
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    Hi, you can get lots of tutorials and guides online. Try to search it on Google. :)
     
    carfanatic01, Feb 22, 2010 IP
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    jezzz Notable Member

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    I guess you must test yourself! you can promote your site more efficiently with respective to your desired marketing channels! however SEO will do paid job to complete it
     
    jezzz, Feb 22, 2010 IP
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    Good advice. Also to consider are you an seo expert already or will have a massive learning curve with lots of research time and trial and error?

    What is your tolerance for frustration and getting no results for 3 months, 6 months or longer?
     
    alexander13, Feb 22, 2010 IP
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    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    Clearly not an expert!
     
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    Do it yourself if you know what you're doing, otherwise hire someone...
     
    GuruCreation, Feb 22, 2010 IP
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    if you have money and time, do it yourself and get help from SEO experts, you will learn from them too
     
    LBP, Feb 22, 2010 IP
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    You can do it by your own if you have a little knowledge about what your doing. Achieving good ranking is not hard, give yourself some time to read articles and e-books regarding SEO.
     
    Copymoves, Feb 22, 2010 IP
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    #14
    you can learn seo yourself online
    it is not so hard to master basic seo service
    but if you do not have so much time
    you can pay someone to do seo work
     
    dailyearner, Feb 22, 2010 IP
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    It's all about what you know in this world. Take the time, do some research and you will concur your dreams.
     
    eagleshot, Feb 22, 2010 IP
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    if your have 50% SEO knowledge so optimize your site to your way bcz some SEO fundamentals are same for each and every website but if your have only 10% or 20% knowledge so hire SEO person bcz some time you don't what you doing and some time your create mistake so google will get bad effect and you penalized by google.
     
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    It depends on how much time you can spend for learning seo and the learning curve associated with it. You can always invest some time and effort, in learning seo and doing it yourself, which you will then know about yourself the intricacies of it, etc.
     
    Traffic-Bug, Feb 22, 2010 IP
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    its better if you will do it yourself.
     
    Harry12, Feb 22, 2010 IP
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    If you take the time to learn SEO, you can include it in everything you do on the net,,,,,more sites. articles. posts and a whole lot more...
    In the long run worth the effort......;)
     
    JimGee, Feb 22, 2010 IP
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    Well it all depends on u.
    If u r strong enough in the field of Optimization then u can for it.
    And if your subject knowledge is very poor for the same,u should surely hire an expert.
     
    kuldep, Feb 22, 2010 IP
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