is seo a profitable business

Discussion in 'General Business' started by Jalpari, May 27, 2007.

  1. #1
    what is seo business?
    how one can start her/his own seo business?
    i notice alot of people are in seo business as compare to hosting and designing business what is the reason behind it? is Seo more profitable so people choose SEO as a business why not hosting or designing?
     
    Jalpari, May 27, 2007 IP
  2. R0b

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    For one thing, you can get consulting fees for SEO. You can't really consult on something like hosting, except in rare cases where someone has a very unique problem. SEO, on the other hand, is something that varies a lot for each site and the goals of each site owner, so it's a more unique solution than the other things you mentioned, thus it's worth more.
     
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  3. kizza

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    I believe SEO companies can charge much more because potentially it allows an owner to earn a huge amount more from organic traffic. Although design/hosting allows you to have an online presence, we all know you can have a site and nobody goes there. SEO is what can really make sales and it can involve much hard work to get to the top. With hosting/design the method of doing it is simple, with SEO, the SE's are changing the algorithms and SEO companies have to adapt. There are many different elements to SEO too, from internal seo to external and link campaigns etc. Its not a definite thing. Its easy to go up a few places (if you're ranking around 300), but it can get extremely difficult to be ranked highly, which is why it can be charged more too.

    Now over to your first question. SEO is making sites rank higher on search engines (that's pretty much it). To start your own SEO business, learn how to do SEO :D Then maybe try it out on some of your own sites and see how it goes. Don't try doing it for other people unless you can do it yourself. You can find many articles around the net about it and how to do it. Some companies do competitions worldwide for SEO, where people have to SEO their site for certain keywords and the #1 after a few months wins a prize. You can see that it can be tricky, but profitable.

    Overall, I think if you can find clients, then it can get very profitable. I know here in the UK, the professional companies charge thousands of £££s for sites.

    I hope I covered your points here.

    Thanks.
     
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    Any business has the potential to be profitable, so i don't really understand what you are asking.

    You can make money out of anything and everything. Some people make a lot and some people make nothing.

    It all comes down to you and if you're good at it or not.
     
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    candj Banned

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    Yes,if we do it in a correct way,its really a profitable business.
     
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    Jalpari: How do you have 300 posts on this forum, and not know the answer to your question?
     
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    My mind's been triggered by the same question.:rolleyes:
    Anyway, surely SEO can be a very lucrative business just when handled by the right people with those smart ideas and execution later on.
     
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    Better to work as a freelancer first to check the market and review your success before you start a company.
     
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    I agree with sonofsam.
    If you are serious about it, research the SEO field a little bit, see what it takes for you to make your cash, ask yourself if it's worth the time and effort.

    But overall - those who know the game, make big bucks out of SEO.
     
    ir0n, May 28, 2007 IP
  10. Jalpari

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    mostly posts are about adsense and webdesigning i know wht seo is ? but don't know what is the reason behind it that mostly people choose seo as a business as compare to designing/ hosting
     
    Jalpari, May 29, 2007 IP
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    Jalpari Notable Member

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    well guys i am not going for a seo business i just wanted to know the reason why seo becomes first choice.
     
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    thanks for a detailed reply
     
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    pm me i can give u more deails
     
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    if u want more details om me
     
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    SEO seems to be the new get rich quick scheme on here at the moment.

    Unless you've had a few years experience working on your own sites and getting results (real results, not on keywords people never search for) in Google then you're almost certainly not qualified to start offering your services to clients.
     
    MattUK, May 30, 2007 IP