I do not have enough time to concentrate on search engine optimisation for my site so was considering using the services of a third party seo company. Does anyone have any experience with using these companies? are they positive or negative? I have been looking @ a company called searchenginegenie and they claim to be able to get my out of the sandobx filter in less than 3 months & to get me 55 first page rankings in google for keywords that i stipulate; as well as increase the content size of my site and arrange my linking etc. All sounds a bit too good to be true... especially with the sandbox guarantee
Then I'd steer clear of them. No company can make promises like those only Google could if they went in to SEO A good SEO doesn't make promises, but they can offer you a proven track record of successful optimisation for previous clients.
Without analysing your site and the industry with the competition, if any SEO company guarantees results within days, then you can conclude that they are fake. This is my views.
they have compiled a "bespoke" quote for my site, industry etc... and have showed me some examples of their work. The thing that interested me the most was getting me out of the sandbox filter within 3 months - is this possible?
No, it's impossible to give any guarantees. Most SEOs will compile a bespoke SEO solution for each client.
No matter which ever firm you choose, always keep in mind that there is no word as such guarantee in SEO. Its based on expertise that firms are able to committ rankings in certain time frame but still noone can sign a legal document for same. I guess searchenginegenie is a very popular firm, but beware of any promises.