“How many emails or phone calls do you receive

from SEO companies  claiming to get your website on top ?”

What you’ll learn in the next 15 minutes –

• How to search and shortlist good SEO companies
• 10 crucial points to consider before you hire an SEO company
• Conclusion

How To Search And Shortlist Good SEO Companies?

Criteria for shortlisting SEO vendors:-

• Quality Content
• Quality Blogs
• About Us
• Trust and Credibility
•  Pricing

Myth – The Highest Ranking SEO Companies Must Be The Best Ones

“ This is not at all the case. Actually, most of the great  SEO companies I know are referral only and their websites are very basic. They put their efforts into ranking their clients, not their own stuff. ”

– Rand Fishkin

From Seomoz

Ask Them What SEO Strategy They Will Implement On Your Website

Many companies focus only on link building. This approach is lazy and avoids making necessary changes to website code and copy (apart from changing meta tags).

Here is a basic checklist:

• Keyword and keyword phrase selection
• Creation of quality content
• Link building campaign including social bookmarking.
• The uniqueness of meta tags
• Use of sitemaps

Avoid companies that advocate reciprocal linking, because it’s a clear indication that the SEO company is using outdated SEO tactics.

Ask About Their Social Strategy For SEO 

Social Strategy For SEO Should Include :

• Installing Google +1 button on your website
• Creating a Google Plus Brand Page for your business
• Outreach to prominent Google Plus one users in your industry and vote requests for your website

Is Google Places Listing A Part Of Their SEO Strategy?

You should look out for these deliverables:

• Submitting your business to Google Places
• Enhancing your Places profile by adding images, videos.

Not having Google Places in your SEO plan would mean losing visibility and business from your Local County/ City. Google Places should be part of default SEO plan and not be an added feature.

What is their Article Marketing Strategy?

Squidoo-HubPages-Article place-Ez Information- Go Articles-Ezine Articles- Article Bay- Article Center

Do They Provide Guaranteed Rankings?

“ From 1996 through to today, SEO scams have used “guaranteed rankings and traffic” as a slimy catchphrase to lure in gullible buyers with too-good-to-be-true promises. That association has stained the

entire industry and repulsed even businesses that might consider using the “guarantee” label. ”

– Rand Fishkin, From SEOmoz.

No one can guarantee a #1 ranking on Google

“Beware of SEOs that  claim to  guarantee rankings, allege a “special relationship” with

Google, or advertise a “Priority Submit” to Google. There is no priority submit for Google. ”

– Google SEO Guidelines

• What  Kind Of Online Reporting & SEQ Intelligence Tools Will You Get?
• Ask for a List of Past Success Stories I Case Studies I Testimonials & References
• Who Will Make Changes To Your Website. You or The SEO Vendor?
• How Long Has The SEO Vendor Been In Business?
• Clarify What Kind Of Support You Will Get

Conclusion

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