Are SEO services worth it?

[Suffer]

SEO + PPC = best for you site promotion

[writer101]

i belive it is worth it but i cant really tell since i have only started using the services of one company to boost the ranking of my free articles site. time will tell

[RWeb]

I've wondered the same thing sometimes, but I just set it all up myself and do the SEO. I've had good results, but it takes ALOT of time and effort.

I would just do it myself.

I agree, do it yourself, there is a company called weblinkbuilders.com that do OFF-page SEO which is SOOOOOO time consuming and you have to know where all the best links are.

Once you know how to do Off-Page and the rules around that, then spend 10-20 hours a week in yoru spare time backlinking to relevant sites. An example is here where I'll backlink to a Vegetable Garden site. When Google spiders this page, it'll see the link and that link will be pointing to your page. NOTE: Dont backlink to pages less that 4/3.

[funcutter]

Well third party SEO is important for every site if u want it to make popular. As it helps in increasing on site traffic… But still you can do little work by your own!!?
Points which help in increasing the page rank by your own are…
1) Article submission.
2) Link Exchange.
3) Blog commenting.
4) Bookmarking.
5) Blog submission.
6) News release.
7) Regular Site Updating.
Participate in forums
As all these factors help you in increasing the traffic.. But make sure that you take care while doing this. If you try to do allot marketing then you will be suspected as a spammer.
Best of Luck. Cheers..

[jessicafox]

I want to know if 3rd party SEO firms are really worth it. I've found that it can be quite pricey through companies. I've also read some articles that said SEO companies are not worth it; high rankings can be acheived by setting up your website properly. What is the best choice?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Mike W.

Yes, worth. go for it.
After 3 months, you ll see the difference.

All the best

[MarvinValdez]

In my experience, hiring an SEO company is worth your every penny, now it depends on which company to hire. Since, there are numerous companies out there who offer SEO services, it's your job to select which company could deliver good results. In my part, I highly recommend SKG Technologies for handling your SEO needs, I've been using their services for my 20 websites and they've delivered more than what I expected, almost 80% increase in sales, top 3 rankings on search engines and much more. You could check their website at skgtechnologies.com , I'm promoting them because they deserved it and I also want to help small business owners to compete with the big names in their industry. Cheers!

[yuhang919]

The most important site content

[seorankingflicks]

It is however important to understand that in order for SEO services to be able to successfully contribute to increased online earnings your site needs to be optimized for your targeted keywords. These are the words and phrases that your target audience will be using to search for the products and services that you have to offer.



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[lencemark]

No, SEO services are very useful to make your website rank high and generate huge traffic on your website. SEO is broadly classified into two, they are the on page as well the off page optimization. The meta tags, revisits of the search engine bots, as well as optimization of the content coupled with appropriate changes in the robot.txt helps in attaining good on page optimization. SEO analysts are called into the scene on off page optimization. Some of the services which are included in the realm of off page optimization are posting of unique content, posting in the forums as well as good RSS feeds etc.

[mishell12]

Google Page rank is based on back links. Back links are Links pointing to your website from another website. The more back links you have the higher your PR will be.

1. Join forums, forums are a great way to achieve links to your website. In most forums you are allowed to have a signature and in your signature you can put a link to your website. But another important note to look on is making sure the forum is somewhat related to your website. You will still get credit if it's not, but if it's related to your website than you will be accomplishing two tasks at once.

You will be advertising for your website (bringing in targeted traffic) You will also be building your websites presence.

Your websites presence is very important to your survival. The more people see, or hear about your website the more credibility you will have and this increases your chances of having these visitors come back and possibly become leads.

2. Submit to search engine directories. Search engine directories are a good way to get a free link to your website. They also increase your chances at being listed higher on popular search engines like Google, and overture.

Most search engine directories allow you to submit to their website for free. This will allow you to increase your web presence by being listed on another search engine, and it will also be a free link.

Remember the more links you have the higher your PR will be

3. Using ezine ads (or newsletters). Creating an ezine will probably be the most beneficial step you can take to increasing your web presence. When you create an ezine you will be able to keep visitors coming back to your website for more by using signatures and giving special deals.

Ezine's will also allow you to increase your back links. By creating an ezine you can submit your information about your ezine to an ezine directory. This directory will than link to your website(thus giving you a free link).

4. Creating and publishing articles. Articles are an easy source of generating new traffic. You can include your signature in your article. This will bring in more traffic from article submission directories.

Your signature usually consists of 4 to 8 lines. Usually the first line would be the title of the website that you are trying to advertise. The last line would be the link to the website and the lines in between these would be a sales pitch to draw your viewers into your website.

5. Links from related websites. Gaining links from related websites can be one of the most frustrating tasks you can attempt.

Thanks!!