Is it better to give SEO work to companies or do own self?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by georgytank, Mar 17, 2010.

  1. TheBrainchildGroup

    TheBrainchildGroup Peon

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    #21
    If you have the knowledge and time to do SEO work yourself, I think it's worth giving it a shot. SEO is quite consuming and expert SEO requires a lot of knowledge (trial and error, etc.). I charge $150/hr for SEO but always suggest clients give it a shot themselves.
     
    TheBrainchildGroup, Mar 19, 2010 IP
  2. DesiredTech

    DesiredTech Peon

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    #22
    SEO is a hard task for most people, especially when setting their sights on a very competetive niche. It really depends on whether you're knowledgeable enough and have the time to do all of the work yourself.
     
    DesiredTech, Mar 19, 2010 IP
  3. China_girl

    China_girl Well-Known Member

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    #23
    Its obviously better to do it yourself. However it is not so simply to do.

    If you have been doing it before then its an advatnage for you, but if its from the scratch for you, then you have to learn a lot before you start implementing the techniques. In regards of the price what you mentioned I would say its not a perfect comparision. You need to put in more to have a proper SEO plan.
     
    China_girl, Mar 19, 2010 IP
  4. John2010

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    #24
    I think its better to do it by yourself,if you have good knowledge of SEO or hire a person to work under your guidance.
    else you can go for a company providing seo services for your site.
     
    John2010, Mar 19, 2010 IP
  5. leadto

    leadto Active Member

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    #25
    Depends upon your knowledge on SEO...you are seriouly looking for business thn hire SEO expert
     
    leadto, Mar 19, 2010 IP
  6. tsoftseo@gmail.com

    tsoftseo@gmail.com Peon

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    #26
    If you want SEO consultant, ping me at
     
    tsoftseo@gmail.com, Mar 19, 2010 IP
  7. FeralCry

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    #27
    Given that the other parts of of your campaign are sound and you can trade money for time, then this is indeed viable.
     
    FeralCry, Mar 20, 2010 IP
  8. Latox

    Latox Active Member

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    #28
    In my opinion, if you know how - do it yourself.. most SEO companies charge WAY too much for what they offer.
     
    Latox, Mar 20, 2010 IP
  9. allisonays

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    #29
    We can easily say that it is easy to learn things such as SEO strategies, but if you are really a busy person you cant just learn SEO with reading forum sites in just one day, or use Google to look for answers, espert SEO companies have learned different strategies focusing mainly in helping sites to rank up and increase traffic. There are more strategies that are not being shared online, this is how SEO companies differ to each other. Always look for those SEO companies that can surely give value on your money and have a satisfying results in the improvement on your PageRank and traffic.
     
    allisonays, Mar 20, 2010 IP
  10. Beau19

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    #30
    Yes, it's true that you can't take care of SEO if you have too much work to do with your day time job. The thing is that even if you hire people for all your SEO tasks, you still have to check on them to make sure all you wanted is in place. Personally I like to do things myself, even if I have less time for myself. I know the job is done well and I don't have to worry about other people's lazyness. It's less painful to lose some money and ranking because I'm lazy for a week than to know I paid good money to some freelancer and he didn't care at all. Just take some time and learn some more about SEO and then start off easy. Submit your site to dir sub sites like easysubmits.com, write articles and post them in article directories, actively participate in forums to get more SEO information and get backlinks though your signature, build some affiliate sites, etc. If you try it and it doens't work, then yes, go to a company or hire various people. If it does, you save some money and lose your free time to making money...
     
    Beau19, Mar 20, 2010 IP
  11. sherrylinx

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    #31
    It depends on your budget. If it's small, you can do everything yourself, spending 2-3 hours a day working. Find some people, who do directory submissions, blog commenting, article submissions, social bookmarking. They usually don't charge much. But the matter is that you have to spend a lot of time on following up their work, checking reports, making payments e.t.c
    And if your budget is serious, it's better to hire a SEO company.
     
    sherrylinx, Mar 25, 2010 IP
  12. jacknunzon

    jacknunzon Peon

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    #32
    Do it by yourself sir..
    It the best, you can save your money but not save for your time.
    You also got more skill on building link..
     
    jacknunzon, Mar 25, 2010 IP
  13. angelcurtis

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    #33
    DO you have any knowledge regarding on how SEO works? if so you can do it on your own, well just want to remind you that SEO job can be a little complicated, now if you choose to hire a company make sure that the company you will hire are pretty famous on giving their clients a best result
     
    angelcurtis, Mar 25, 2010 IP
  14. abhijit

    abhijit Notable Member

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    #34
    If you can do all the offpage optimization work by your self or aware of all things like article submissions, directory submission, blog posting, blog commentings, forum posting...................then its the best idea to contd your seo by your own

     
    abhijit, Mar 25, 2010 IP
  15. thescoopy

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    #35
    If you do end up doing it yourself I would suggest you read the book "Search Engine Optimization for Dummies" book. Have been through a bunch of books but keep coming to back to it as it has such good foundation principles.
     
    thescoopy, Mar 25, 2010 IP
  16. bordergadge

    bordergadge Greenhorn

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    #36
    it depends.

    if you are busy and your time is more valuable than the money, then hire a company but only higher a good quality company. There are many SEO services which simply do not perform.

    If you want to learn, save money and enjoy doing and don´t mind spending hours upon hours doing repetitive work.... do it yourself.

    If you need help with SEO PM me as I could probably help
     
    bordergadge, Mar 29, 2010 IP
  17. berg101

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    #37
    Actually whatever you have suggested is not enough , on the first place and for the SEO work I ll prefer that you neither should hire a company nor do it yourself. You should assign the job to some free lancer ( SEO expert's) who will charge less and reasonable and will be dependable.
     
    berg101, Mar 29, 2010 IP
  18. Applications developer

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    #38
    The best practice is that let the person work who is expert.
    Means you should assign your project to a SEO.
    If you have not sufficient resource than you may involve them as your expertise and time required.
     
    Applications developer, Mar 29, 2010 IP
  19. james.parker

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    #39
    It is better to hire the seo services from well reputed seo company who have well tracking record in the best possible optimization of the website.
     
    james.parker, Mar 29, 2010 IP
  20. smsinhindi

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    #40
    your first option is better than second one.. however if you can do it yourself that will be best.
     
    smsinhindi, Mar 29, 2010 IP