1.) I ran a couple reports to assess SEO (http://www.urltrends.com/ and http://websitegrader.com/ With websitegrader I was a 66 out of 100 ranked. I need more meta, alt for images, and some other things. 2.) I submitted to DMOZ. Is ZoomInfo good to submit to? 3.) Would you pay the $299 to be listed in the Yahoo! Directory? 4.) Any opinions on this SEO software - http://www.ibusinesspromoter.com/optimize/top-10-rankings.htm I was thinking of getting it or do you recommend something better, cheaper, easier to use in your opinion? 5.) Know of a good deal on SEO contractors who do a good job? And what is a fair price in this arena? Thanks!
1. Sounds like a fair statement 2. Not a huge fan of directory submissions The link value is poor and when is the last time you browsed a directory for something? 3. Had a few clients do that a few years ago to no avail. 4. Pft. Best done manually and not a huge fan of those folks due to... well.... read this http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1528088 5. There are handful or so around here. If you peruse the SEO board here you should be able to spot them pretty quickly. hope that helps and good luck with your project. Nice initiative you have going on in your sig link. Nigel
1.) I ran a couple reports to assess SEO (http://www.urltrends.com/ and http://websitegrader.com/ With websitegrader I was a 66 out of 100 ranked. I need more meta, alt for images, and some other things. Get to work on those. 2.) I submitted to DMOZ. Is ZoomInfo good to submit to? Never heard of that site but will take a look. 3.) Would you pay the $299 to be listed in the Yahoo! Directory? If you have the budget for it, yes. 4.) Any opinions on this SEO software - http://www.ibusinesspromoter.com/opt...0-rankings.htm I was thinking of getting it or do you recommend something better, cheaper, easier to use in your opinion? IBP is good for SEO companies to use but you should probably know quite a bit about SEO before bothering with software. 5.) Know of a good deal on SEO contractors who do a good job? And what is a fair price in this arena? I would avoid the fake SEO's you find offering to get you ranking for low prices, chances are you will end up banned or penalized. A good professional SEO company, who is native English speaking will run you $500-$1000 a month at least.
Thanks Nigel Lew and S A W for your informed responses. I will look into doing all this myself as I got books recommended from another thread. I think I need to take a stab at it. I can't afford $500 - $1000 mos. for SEO services.
1.) I ran a couple reports to assess SEO (http://www.urltrends.com/ and http://websitegrader.com/ With websitegrader I was a 66 out of 100 ranked. I need more meta, alt for images, and some other things. Yes, make sure your meta tags, header <h1> through <h6>, title tags and alt tags are all complete to raise your score. 2.) I submitted to DMOZ. Is ZoomInfo good to submit to? I only recommend DMOZ, Yahoo Directory and BOTW generally. 3.) Would you pay the $299 to be listed in the Yahoo! Directory? Yes, and have several times 4.) Any opinions on this SEO software - http://www.ibusinesspromoter.com/opt...0-rankings.htm I was thinking of getting it or do you recommend something better, cheaper, easier to use in your opinion? Well this is subjective, but I personally think IBP is a great piece of software. There are others such as SEO Elite, and WebCEO that all basically try to do the similar things in slightly different ways. 5.) Know of a good deal on SEO contractors who do a good job? And what is a fair price in this arena? A "good" SEO will charge more than the budget you indicated typically, but there are ways to start small and scale your budget upwards as you see results. You could also learn yourself if you have the time to do your SEO, but not the funds to hire someon. I offer a mentoring program for those in this situation.