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SEO Scams and How to Avoid Them
Search Engine Optimization
By: Stephen S Alison
Inexperienced customers usually expect unrealistic results when
it comes to SEO. This is mostly caused by some so-called
optimizers who promise things that just aren’t possible. When it
comes to SEO, you should always do your research before you hand
over any money. This applies to every aspect of your business as
do most SEO related techniques. It is always important to keep
in mind that your SEO work is no more or less than another
business expense. You should never fork over money until you
have done your research and ensured that you will be provided
with a quality product.
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Basically, there are only a few choices when it comes to getting
search engine traffic. You can use pay per click ads, or submit
your site to the search engines and hope you get a good ranking.
Instead of hiring some overpriced company who know nothing about
optimizing your site, you should keep control of your site and
save money by doing the SEO yourself. Another great
resource is to find a site that you would like to post your ads
and pay them for a static link. |
These links are very powerful because they will increase your
Google page rank since they are permanent. They are dually
useful because you know where the traffic is coming from and you
know that you are getting traffic from a site that is related to
your own.
Legitimate companies won’t try to hide anything – if a company’s
WHOIS information looks suspicious, then buyer beware. Any legit
SEO specialist or company will give you more for nothing than
they make you pay for, to show that they’re serious and they can
deliver on their promises.
Basically, there’s no shortage of websites that promise to get
your site to that number one position in the rankings. The
biggest problem is that all of these scam ‘search engine
marketing companies’ use recycled information (the same
information anyone can get from the web). Worse, many of them
use outdated information, or information that’s just plain
wrong. There are too many inexperienced people out there trying
to make a buck, without having any knowledge.
The truth is that no one can guarantee the number one position –
they can try to get your site there, but it’s rare for anyone to
even be able to guarantee you the top 10 nowadays. In many cases
you have just as much chance of getting yourself into a top 10
position as any of these companies do. Any person or company
that guarantees you a number position is just out to take your
money: beware of these people! They’re out there and you might
not even realize what you’re dealing with at first, as they do a
good job of pretending to be knowledgeable about SEO.
Not only do you have to be careful of the unscrupulous companies
doing SEO, but you also you need to be careful of some of the
companies trying to sell you SEO tools. Apart from being a waste
of your money, some tools can actually damage to your site's
rankings. There’s plenty of software that is honestly helpful
but there are still problem cases, especially with search engine
submission software. Many search engines and directories won’t
accept a site that is submitted through one of these programs.
Unfortunately, the Web has more than its fair share of
fast-talking con-artists ready to separate naive people from
their hard-earned money.
If you do outsource search engine marketing, make sure you find
a real, specialized search engine marketing firm to do the work
for you. You need to be certain that you’re using a trustworthy
firm with a first-rate track record -- check them out and see
who they’re working with currently. Knowing something about the
subject helps you to ask questions and make the right decision.
Do-it-yourself marketing is still the best way, if you can put
in the time and effort to complete it. It can be time consuming
in the beginning, and if you don’t have the two or so hours a
week it takes then you should consider hiring someone to do it
for you. Search engines are a great way of finding out more
about SEO – learn as much as you can before you get
started and you’ll do much better than the people who didn’t
bother.
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Websites. Search engine optimization isn’t rocket science, but
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