Got screwed by seo company. Need a little help...

Discussion in 'Link Development' started by basejumperbynite, Dec 21, 2010.

  1. #1
    Ok, I have a yellow pages directory and was called by an seo company locally here in Washington. I spent thousands & i'm talking over $15,000 and I have zero backlinks showing at all.

    I now understand the concept of optimization. I need it for all my categories to beat superpages and dexknows.com

    How do I go about making a backlink now for my directories? Is there a fast way to do this etc. I see a lot of tools online, but for obvious reasons, I am very reserved.

    Shit outta 15 grand....JDM
     
    basejumperbynite, Dec 21, 2010 IP
  2. elicitservers

    elicitservers Peon

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    Ouch. I'd never invest that kind of money without some sort of assurance, or definitely at least not entirely upfront and without proof of work being done. Building links isn't too difficult of a task, there are many ways to do it (blog commenting, forum posting, link directories, etc...). Are you looking to do the work yourself or looking to hire someone to work on SEO for you?
     
    elicitservers, Dec 21, 2010 IP
  3. basejumperbynite

    basejumperbynite Peon

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    I was assured. I was given analysis reports, links to his sites he had seo'd, he was very honest. I was given a link report that said I had 174 backlinks, then the next time I ran it, there was only 1? I am not looking for someone right now. I have 7 directories and obviously my time is better spent selling my product and space. But for now, I need to learn all I can from seo professionals, so I am not taken for a fool again.

    I know links are the "gravy" in seo. It just seems like it'll take forever.
     
    basejumperbynite, Dec 21, 2010 IP
  4. basejumperbynite

    basejumperbynite Peon

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    When I just read your reply, you have a link there to your site without the url? Thats what was to happen for my pages. I don't understand how I can make one of those to my home page and will this help my yellow pages.
     
    basejumperbynite, Dec 21, 2010 IP
  5. GuruCreation

    GuruCreation Notable Member

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    What's your site?

    What are your targeted keywords? I'll take a look at it all.

    Send them to me by PM..
     
    GuruCreation, Dec 21, 2010 IP
  6. rohnsmith

    rohnsmith Active Member

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    that is huge money.If you have yellow pages site it means the site is very big and if it can be done professionally you can achieve 50 % result just by onpage changes..
     
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  7. Animal888

    Animal888 Member

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    #7
    I am sorry to hear that...

    I assume you are talking about the link in elicitservers footer. This is done by an <a> tag.
    Will show as 'Your text here' and links to www.yourdomain.com

    Suggest you invest in some books:
    SEO for dummies - beginners guide
    The Art of SEO - more advanced.
    Then read seomoz beginners guide and start testing...

    Best of luck...:)
     
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  8. healthcon

    healthcon Member

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    You should first focus on your on-page optimization. After that do a natural link building through blog and forum posting. Create some article and press release for your site.
     
    healthcon, Dec 21, 2010 IP
  9. hankkz

    hankkz Peon

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    you mentioned the links, but how is your traffic and/or your rankings in the search engines?
     
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  10. twoD

    twoD Peon

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    $15,000 seems like a lot considering there are many SEO firms that will now even offer performance based campaigns where you simply pay when you get ranked.

    Sadly, there's more to it than just backlinks, as today any old idiot can buy a copy of whatever the current SEO auto bookmarking tool is and pretend to be an SEO pro. While linking is important, content, coding, as well as a number of other factors all have an impact on how your site is ranked. You probably received instant analysis reports from one of these 'tools' that looks pretty good, but as you've seen, none of the links stick, ever.

    I'm sorry you got ripped off. Let's just hope that he didn't do more damage to your rankings, but with no backlinks showing, it really does sound quite bad.
     
    twoD, Dec 21, 2010 IP
  11. russian001

    russian001 Peon

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    This is a huge amount of money and you could make a great linkbuilding with it. As some people said above, just make on-site optimization and your website will increase in rankings. Also try to get natural links from appropriate content instead of doing spam methods (blog commenting, forum signatures and etc).
     
    russian001, Dec 22, 2010 IP
  12. ampped101

    ampped101 Well-Known Member

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    #12
    Basically for 15,000, you could have posted 100,000,000,000 backlinks.
     
    ampped101, Dec 22, 2010 IP
  13. keith115

    keith115 Active Member

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    and then get banned/blocked from search engines ...
     
    keith115, Dec 22, 2010 IP
  14. etia86

    etia86 Active Member

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    I prefer to invest in stoke market with that amount of money. I might be double it. hehe :D
     
    etia86, Dec 22, 2010 IP
  15. carol.prime

    carol.prime Active Member

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    #15
    im sorry to hear about that mate. :(

    You need to be careful in choosing the right staff you will be trusted spc. in this kind of business.
    Ask for more relevant files, samples, documents that will be used as a proof the legality of
    of the service they are offering.
     
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  16. usualwork17

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    Never trust without enough assurance. That was 15 grand, big bucks.
     
    usualwork17, Dec 23, 2010 IP
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    indyguidedotinfo Notable Member

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    #17
    what is the companies name who jerked you? id' sue his ass
     
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    templbi Peon

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    #18
    Tough road. i think you are on the right path now, trying to learn some basic SEO yourself then you can hire someone and know a little about the craft. As others posted there are so many "SEO" experts you have to be careful. Even on this site justy look under services there are tons of posts for peoples SEO services.
     
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    With so many forum posters here, you can't trust anyone easily.
    So better learn the basics as what templbi said and hire other who know a little about this.

    Be careful in trusting next time,.
     
    usualwork17, Dec 27, 2010 IP
  20. frogjy

    frogjy Well-Known Member

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    12000????? gyy..you spend so many money..no result???so bad...
     
    frogjy, Dec 28, 2010 IP