The ones that you know deliver, regardless of price. Just a litle unsure, its tricky to know who are the real deal and who are just after your money. Thanks
youngmasterr - the seomoz list is by no means comprehesive ... its a personal recommendation from people Rand knows personally, worked with, recommends from himself... frankly, I dont think there is ONE list out there. ALTOUGH - Rands list is very nice and has a lot of cool guys on it that I also worked with, know personally, so not meaning to bash that in any way
Not really, Aaron just got his name out there by marketing. His book is good quality but its not brilliant. There's alot of advanced techniques i or any pro wouldnt put in an ebook for any money.
It's not too difficult to differentiate, those who guarantee #1 placement in 1-2 month for extremely competitive keywords are the ones to avoid.
Marketing is a large part of good SEO. People get free links that way: real ones, made by actual humans.
eeeeeeeeeeexactly. also, having $xxx/hour prices while not being recognized on sight (Rand, Aaron, Earl Gray) is as suspicious as having $x/hour or even $.xx/hour prices.
http://www.seoworldchampionship.com/winners-2007.asp Aren't they the best around? Maybe they work for or a member of a certain company/organization that knows the real deal.
I don't rely on any SEO firm, however my site is on Google first page for the term affiliate marketing, and I didn't do a huge work for that. You may want to work "en solo" (= alone)
Try a freelance site / i'm a seo freelancer tell me your objectives and what are you looking for and we can discuss