FAQs
What is SEO?
The acronym stands for Search Engine Optimization, but
today it stands for much more and with our company we
take a holistic approach and work not only with your web
content, organization, pay per click ads and code, but
also work to make your company's marketing efforts
focus, reinforce and build on your SEO goals.
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How much will it cost?
After our initial consultation we should have a very
good idea of how much work it will take to reach your
goals. If we feel your goals need adjusting or you need
educating on why we might feel you should consider a
different direction – we will make sure you understand.
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How do you charge?
We don't charge monthly fees. We only charge for the
work that we do. We know that most of what we do is a
mystery to most of our clients so our invoices are
incredibly detailed.
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My competitors spend an incredible amount of money on
the web – how can I compete?
Depending on what area of the market you want to reach,
there is usually a strategy to work around the margins
of competitors that dump money on pay per click ads. In
fact, we kind of specialize in these type of cases. In
the rare case we can't find something that we think will
work – we will advise you.
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What can't you help me with?
If you are doing something that people commonly look on
the web for, chances are we can help you. If you are
starting a business built around a new concept, or
product that no one has heard of (in other words, no one
is searching for), the challenge is steeper. In some
cases we may steer you to traditional marketing to
launch something that is uniquely “new.”
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When will we see results?
For some results 30 days. It can take a while, for some
keywords it can take over a year. The more focused your
campaign the faster you will see results.
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What other benefits can I expect?
Customers will be able to find your specific products
and items in simple Google, Yahoo or Bing searches – and
using the search function on your own site.
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What is Black Hat SEO?
The best way to answer that is to say that we are “White
Hat” or ethical SEO specialists. We don't use “tricks”
or shady practices that could possibly get your site
penalized or even blacklisted. We don't use “cheats” or
try to fool the Search Engines. Doing things our way
leads to longer lasting results that usually can
withstand changes to parameters that search engines
constantly undergo.
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Why isn't my site showing up in Search Engines?
- You may not have a search engine friendly site design.
- Your site may not be visible to search engines.
- You might be missing what the search engines need in
order to index your site.
- You may have code that is preventing search engines from
crawling your content.
- Your site may be penalized or may have been blacklisted
for some unethical trick a previous webmaster may have
installed.
- Your site may not have been properly sent/submitted to
the search engines.
- Your site may not have content that is compelling or
interesting
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Why are SEO services expensive?
Doing what we do and being effective at it requires that
we practically spend two hours keeping up with the
latest research and techniques for every hour we can
work on a client's site. What we do takes much
forethought, research and skill and is time consuming to
institute. When you compare what our results are and
balance it against the cost of conventional marketing
(TV, print ads, radio, magazine ads, etc.) then what we
do is quite inexpensive. Over and over again it has been
proven that skilled SEO work can be the most effective
ad dollar you can spend.
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Can you get me a top position?
No one can guarantee a number one position. If they do,
run the other way – fast. The algorithms that search
engines use change constantly, not to mention methods
being instituted by your competition and new sites
hitting the internet everyday. Obtaining a high ranking
is somewhat similar to managing a retirement portfolio.
You adviser will do their best to monitor the market and
other indicators to make sure your assets are being
managed to the best of their abilities. You adviser
cannot guarantee your portfolio will be worth a certain
dollar amount on a certain date.
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