How much should I pay for SEO

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by londonwebdesign, Sep 1, 2011.

  1. #1
    Hi

    We made a site and we want to get it to number one for 4 different keywords. I'm paying an SEO company £600/m and I am getting around 200 links a month with PR0-3..

    After 7 weeks Im still not in the top 1000 on Google for any 4 of my phrases? Am i getting ripped off?

    THanks

    Adam
     
    londonwebdesign, Sep 1, 2011 IP
  2. Bauger

    Bauger Active Member

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    I would reevaluate that service. Do they give you reports on what submissions they do? For $600/ month you can get better service else where that for sure and get better rankings faster. It also depends on your keywords too. If its high volume it will take longer to rank
     
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  3. lifeplayer

    lifeplayer Notable Member

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    Depend on your keyword. By the way, 7 weeks is enough for you to get into first 10 pages.
    Not sure what the seo company tell you, 200 PR0 to PR10 might not enough and the price is too expensive
    Wondering what kind of link they are providing
    600 per month is good enough to get more high PR quality link
     
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  4. common sense

    common sense Member

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    IF you have time then you must read books on seo .................

    that will save lot of your money
     
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  5. pirvan.marian

    pirvan.marian Greenhorn

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    I think they're needed six months of work or much.
     
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  6. jvfconsulting

    jvfconsulting Active Member

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    Before tackling your off page SEO, did the SEO company do any on-page SEO?
     
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    ilyasfut Peon

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    From PR0 to PR3 ??? from my experience PR0 site are very very bad to get ranked fast.
    I ranked my site 4th on GooGle and got PR1 in less than 1 mouth :rolleyes: without using any service, and by building less than 10 backlinks :cool:
    Go to .edu Backlinks bro
     
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  8. SOLOWPOET

    SOLOWPOET Active Member

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    You may want to read up a Bit on SEO and Page ranking Methods as one Person said above and then Go for some Cheaper outsourcing Help to Build Backlinks and Anchortext Links for The Keywords you're trying to Rank for and whatnot. I mean If you Have the Time.
     
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    Ilona Andrews Peon

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    I think you to gain some knowledge on Seo field . For the best results in ranking first do good on page and after that off page . Your site will improve in search engine .
     
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    DIGITALCHAMELEON Peon

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    #10
    There is a lot of good SEO company out there. Just choose the good one.
     
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    thrallie Peon

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    Some keywords take longer than others to get into the top 1000. However with 4 keywords you should of seen movement by now. Are those onpage PR links? If those are forum profiles, the person is really not doing their job.
     
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    mind.tricks1 Member

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    need to see work report, i can't say perfectly. that what they are doing in their seo service? . what they have include in their SEO packages
     
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    geester1 Well-Known Member

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    Yes, the price does seem rather expensive, you also need to balance the price with service and how the person understands your SEO requirements, which is sometimes difficult on DP.
     
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    #14
    First of all nobody in SEO can ofer 100% guarantees especialy for #1 so if they promise #1 good luck with such "experts" any of them

    I personaly charge 500-900/keyphrase if you wish we can discuss about your site

    Regards
     
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    john edword Peon

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    Well if they are taking 600$ per month, and site is still not even at 1000 index of Google, then its really bad. Ask them to send you reports on weekly basis and try to monitor their work yourself.
     
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    sandip.rd Peon

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    You paying £600/m is too high for 200 links a month with PR0-3..
    After 7 weeks You still not in the top 1000 on Google for any 4 of your phrases.
    I think an SEO company make you fool.
     
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    I think your paying too much from what they can actually do. If you want things done right, do it yourself.
     
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    Recently i also suffering from the same problem but one of the company name "Canada On Top" really did marvelous job for my SEO projects. I want to recommend you the name of the website "www.canadaontop.com". After one month of my selected plan i was in top 100 in Google SERP.
     
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    SEO can be gleaned, besides it's always changing so what works now may not be the case in a year's time, if you join some of the busy SEO forums, you will learn all you need to know the same way as many of the "professionals"
     
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  20. Alex-Brooks.co.uk

    Alex-Brooks.co.uk Well-Known Member

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    It really depends on your keywords, if you fancy sending me your website URL, I'll happily take a look and let you know what I think, but without knowing your website URL/keywords, it's pretty hard to judge.
     
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