Hi, I have been burned twice by SEO companies offering their services through this forum. At the moment I can not afford to pay someone local or from the US for SEO services, and the two that have jipped me are from the sub-continent. That said, I refuse to believe that there aren't any good ones from that region. I was hoping before I have to go to Elance etc, and do extensive research, I could at least get a few names form those that have had good experiences. PLEASE DO NOT TRY AND SELL ME YOUR SERVICE BY REPLYING TO THIS, AS THIS IS HOW I GOT BURNT THE FIRST TWO TIMES
Do it yourself...its not that hard to do. Time consuming-yes, but thats it. A large part of the so-called pro's are f*ckwits. Read as much as possible here---ask questions when you are stumped and soon you will be good to go.
Do it yourself buddy, wat are saturdays and sundays for. I kno a guy working as a professional SEO coming to me every single day for tips(funny part is he's coming to me), so i do agree we clearly lack good SEO professionals in India. Although with the cheap brute force we have we can achieve lots many thing.
hmc, even my granny can rank for "rapidshare review" after my basic advices, this is not compete keyword in any case. It can be seen easily just by looking at top 10 results. As for tridean... I think you should share with us info about DP SEO companies, how they cheated you and all other details and after then we'll listen their point of view. Cause at the moment you are very demanding and have no decent money for SEO Your mistake was to save money in SEO. Anyway if their services was under $1000 for whole process for something like 6 monthes there is BIG chance it's ripoff. And I mean they are in cheap country. Also you should read some articles how to choose SEO company, there are lots of them (articles as well as companies )
Do it yourself until you can afford a legit service. A legit and GOOD company charge what they are worth. I should know. A lot of times, you don't know what your ultimate long term goals are. A good SEO will sit down with you and go through your business and marketing plan and ultimately increase ROI. ROI increase by a certain % should be in EVERY SEO contract. Paying a "Company" to get you a top ten ranking for a keyword YOU chose (Seeing you obviously do not know much about SEO) is a disaster waiting to hapen. We have had too many clients just like you have been done over by so many others. We end up explaining what went wrong. Most of the time, it's due to lack of education on the subject by the client. (No offence).
If you love what your doing, it doesn't matter and you are performing well... SEO makes profits, but their are companies that cheat on their SEO. It's really bad!!!
do your research so you know what SEO-ers are talking about, you don't need to know why everything ranks like it does but knowledge in this area will stop the BS. It's really a matter of trust, most SEO firms won't talk positively about another so it's a bit hard. When one phones you up, ask for a list of clients that are doing well that you can speak to and there point of views on the company regarding customer support, level of service and of keeping you in the loop and go from there. There is always the other option of doing it yourself and there's plenty of help out there, such as here!
Care to share more information about these "SEO companies"? sounds to me like you went with the "SEO Experts" that will give you guaranteed rankings for 25$ .... and then you get what you paid for....
Ok, looks like I copped a bit of flack from a few - never mind that is my fault. Firs of all, I know my SEO, and have done well with my first ever web site (#1 in Google, MSN and Yahoo) The problem is I know the time it takes to get there, and this is time I do not have. Now I did not hire some $25 per xxxx whatever number of links bullshit. I took what I wanted and presented it two companies and what I wanted was a mixture of directory submissions, article submissions, press release submissions, SB submissions, directory submissions (for my directory), video submissions (as I do plenty of video now). And I also gave a time frame as to what and when I wanted it done. What I want to know is why is it when I ask (and other;s for that matter) for some help on something I get the exact opposite. I know my budget limitations, and I know what I want. All I want from the forum is some fu%^ing names of peope I can approach. Not a lesson in life from so called people who try and act like they know it all. Please forgive me those that replied with the best of intentions, but there were a couple of replies that really pissed me off.
You haven't choese write anyway i'm seling my service but i think i will be ignore (but that's why i didn't post my services here i work thrue freelance sites it's safer for both sides )
And if you read my first post it said - before I go searching elance.com etc, I'll try here first. Obviously not a good idea
Hello maybe I can be of assistance. I went through a formalized SEO training about 8 months ago. Not that I needed it but wanted to see if there was something I was missing since what I knew was all self taught. Well there were some valuable nuggets in the training that I picked up and more importantly met some really good people. One in particular was a girl by the name of Alison. She is REALLY good and has been doing SEO work for a long time and definitely knows what she's doing. She says she goes through the training EVERY year just as a refresher course and since the company pays for it why not she says. Well let me tell you she's been GREAT! The girl is as honest as they come and more than genuine. I have her contact information. If you are interested she is in Ohio and always takes on sidework here and there when she can to help people. I mean the girl is as sweet as can me. Let me know if you'd like her info but she definitely works for a reputable company and knows her stuff. I am based here in Cali and can't take on any more clients but hope this information I provided for the contact can help you. PM me and I will give you her info.
I do SEO of my site myself. I have heard many thing about SEO company and i dont have that much budget either. yeah DIY might take you some times and effort but it's worth it to learn somethign that's important for your site. if you have no time i will say hire other people to do it. if yes, do it yourself. If you want to knwo which one is best with comment. try to check it from freelanc site. those coder are good and you have a chance to read the comments from many other previous customers. choose the one that got good reputationa and comments.example are www.getacoder.com and www.getafreelancer.com i always use those.