What should I expect to pay for high quality SEO services?

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What should I expect to pay for high quality SEO services?
Also, are SEO services typically done for a single web page only...
or are they typically done for the entire website?
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  • Profile picture of the author GodMode52
    Depends on your niche , competition , website.. 500$ , 1000$ , 5000$ , 20000$ , 100000$? Random questions ftw!
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  • Profile picture of the author Mark Singletary
    Originally Posted by James Liberty View Post

    What should I expect to pay for high quality SEO services?
    James, the only way to really answer that is to first know how much available credit you have on all your credit cards combined.

    Mark
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    • Profile picture of the author heavysm
      Why is this coming from a dude with 1000+ posts? Lol just one more reason why post count says nothing about knowledge or experience.
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      • Profile picture of the author Kevin Maguire
        Originally Posted by heavysm View Post

        Why is this coming from a dude with 1000+ posts? Lol just one more reason why post count says nothing about knowledge or experience.
        Dafuq kinda retarded comment is that? WF is the worlds largest marketing forum.

        Online
        Offline
        SEO
        PPC
        WSO
        Email
        MMO
        MLM
        etc...etc...etc...

        This list is non exhaustive as to the amount of sections and interests that it covers.
        Most of the members are not involved in SEO, in any way shape or form. Only in your little mind.
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        • Profile picture of the author heavysm
          Originally Posted by Kevin Maguire View Post

          Dafuq kinda retarded comment is that? WF is the worlds largest marketing forum.

          Online
          Offline
          SEO
          PPC
          WSO
          Email
          MMO
          MLM
          etc...etc...etc...

          This list is non exhaustive as to the amount of sections and interests that it covers.
          Most of the members are not involved in SEO, in any way shape or form. Only in your little mind.
          Maybe I'm hoping that a senior warrior is willing to scour the forum doing his own research rather than asking a hyper broad question.

          It's like asking how much money in PPC will give him X amount of profit. That comes from experience. Similarly asking how much quality SEO costs depends on the project, meaning a f#ck ton of variables.

          The OP should ask a more specific question, possibly with his site or general niche, so we can at least have something of value to give him a better answer.

          Maybe I should go to the main forum and ask how much I should expect to pay to build a stable online business? :rolleyes:
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          • Profile picture of the author GodMode52
            Originally Posted by heavysm View Post

            Maybe I'm hoping that a senior warrior is willing to scour the forum doing his own research rather than asking a hyper broad question.

            It's like asking how much money in PPC will give him X amount of profit. That comes from experience. Similarly asking how much quality SEO costs depends on the project, meaning a f#ck ton of variables.

            The OP should ask a more specific question, possibly with his site or general niche, so we can at least have something of value to give him a better answer.

            Maybe I should go to the main forum and ask how much I should expect to pay to build a stable online business? :rolleyes:
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          • Profile picture of the author Kevin Maguire
            Originally Posted by heavysm View Post

            Maybe I'm hoping that a senior warrior is willing to scour the forum doing his own research rather than asking a hyper broad question.

            It's like asking how much money in PPC will give him X amount of profit. That comes from experience. Similarly asking how much quality SEO costs depends on the project, meaning a f#ck ton of variables.

            The OP should ask a more specific question, possibly with his site or general niche, so we can at least have something of value to give him a better answer.

            Maybe I should go to the main forum and ask how much I should expect to pay to build a stable online business? :rolleyes:
            Well as you put it. If "You" see him as a "Senior Member". Maybe you should show him a little ******* respect. Instead of chiming in with retarded useless comments about his question in the first place.
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            • Profile picture of the author Michael Carlin
              To be honest I'm always suspicious of SEO services.

              If they're so good at SEO, why not rank their own sites?

              If they sell SEO long term, they need to make sure their clients have a return on investment, a margin that they could often make themselves.

              I do JVs because someone owns a product or service to sell, I can't replicate that service so I can't cut that person out. But at the same time, you need an incentive to rank sites well... and profit share is the best way.

              If they suck at SEO, they won't get paid. Best way to do business.

              And why do so many thread here turn into a competition?

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              • Profile picture of the author Kevin Maguire
                Originally Posted by Michael Carlin View Post

                To be honest I'm always suspicious of SEO services.

                If they're so good at SEO, why not rank their own sites?
                Hey Michael,
                Maybe I'm the exception to your conclusion. I've been doing SEO for clients for years, without really ever building or owning my own sites. Sure I've bought hundreds of impulse buy domains and one or two "Done-for-you" WSO sites, with the intention of building/ranking them. But to be honest, building and owning sites just wasn't something I was attracted to working online.
                I'm an SEO, not a Web Designer, not an inventor/product creator and not a bricks and mortar business owner.

                I'm not the type who's good at conceptualizing my own products and never really saw the benefit of being an affiliate and selling someone else's. Wierd? Idk?

                It's only this year, I said ok, now it's time to build one. And just one so I could give it my full attention. I cut my client list from 5 to 2, and set the 3 I let go up with a trustworthy and adequate replacement. And the 2 I kept, they are in very competitive markets, so the challenge is always there and plus, I've still got bills to pay.

                Another weird thing, was that I've been working online in one form or another since early 1998. When We had 56k dial-up connections. But it's only this year I've become a member of Warrior Forum. Another weird thing. So lets conclude I'm weird and go against your assumption.
                But then again, I don't try sell SEO here either so.
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                • Profile picture of the author GyuMan82
                  Originally Posted by Kevin Maguire View Post

                  Hey Michael,
                  Maybe I'm the exception to your conclusion. I've been doing SEO for clients for years, without really ever building or owning my own sites. Sure I've bought hundreds of impulse buy domains and one or two "Done-for-you" WSO sites, with the intention of building/ranking them. But to be honest, building and owning sites just wasn't something I was attracted to working online.
                  I'm an SEO, not a Web Designer, not an inventor/product creator and not a bricks and mortar business owner.

                  I'm not the type who's good at conceptualizing my own products and never really saw the benefit of being an affiliate and selling someone else's. Wierd? Idk?

                  It's only this year, I said ok, now it's time to build one. And just one so I could give it my full attention. I cut my client list from 5 to 2, and set the 3 I let go up with a trustworthy and adequate replacement. And the 2 I kept, they are in very competitive markets, so the challenge is always there and plus, I've still got bills to pay.

                  Another weird thing, was that I've been working online in one form or another since early 1998. When We had 56k dial-up connections. But it's only this year I've become a member of Warrior Forum. Another weird thing. So lets conclude I'm weird and go against your assumption.
                  But then again, I don't try sell SEO here either so.
                  Word.

                  I hate the whole "well if you're so good at SEO why do you sell your services, why not just bank your own sites?" argument.

                  Here are some reasons:

                  1. A man can only build so many sites without losing his mind.

                  2. Diversification of Income.

                  3. We connect with brick and mortar businesses that we cannot ourselves profit from. This is an opportunity that is not available to us online. I don't own a carpet store, dental practice, law firm etc.

                  4. Create new business opportunities. I have business dealings offline that have come from my work online.

                  5. Just to keep things fresh.


                  But yeah back to the OP's question, how much you pay is going to vary quite a bit depending on niche and expectations.
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                  • Profile picture of the author TZ
                    Originally Posted by GyuMan82 View Post

                    Word.

                    I hate the whole "well if you're so good at SEO why do you sell your services, why not just bank your own sites?" argument.

                    Here are some reasons:

                    1. A man can only build so many sites without losing his mind.

                    2. Diversification of Income.

                    3. We connect with brick and mortar businesses that we cannot ourselves profit from. This is an opportunity that is not available to us online. I don't own a carpet store, dental practice, law firm etc.

                    4. Create new business opportunities. I have business dealings offline that have come from my work online.

                    5. Just to keep things fresh.


                    But yeah back to the OP's question, how much you pay is going to vary quite a bit depending on niche and expectations.
                    Very true - my wife and I have learned a lot from working for bricks & mortar businesses too. Working local we found how much Google Adwords charges local companies...A LOT. We also learned that for the competitive niches (mortgage brokers, plumbing, etc.) the competition is fierce.

                    We don't run Adwords (PPC) for any clients right now, but we once and they were spending about $6 bucks a click for FLAT ROOFING. Their daily Adwords bill was around $300-$350. We built them a site, took #1-#3 positions for three good keywords - they're saving a ton of Adwords money now.

                    We have a client who has two carpet store locations.

                    Diversification of income is a BIG deal when you see all the Google algo changes going on these days!
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              • Profile picture of the author vinness
                Originally Posted by Michael Carlin View Post

                To be honest I'm always suspicious of SEO services.

                If they're so good at SEO, why not rank their own sites?
                I must agree.

                Better to learn SEO on your own. You can always outsource if you need some help on certain matters but you should be the one guiding your site.
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              • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
                Originally Posted by Michael Carlin View Post

                To be honest I'm always suspicious of SEO services.

                If they're so good at SEO, why not rank their own sites?
                You could also say the same thing about stock brokers. If they are so good investing money, why do they need a job?

                It really comes down to the same thing you mentioned about joint ventures. It's just a different angle. I'm not a lawyer. I cannot sell legal services. However, it is highly valuable for a lawyer to rank for their targeted keywords. Working together, I can make a lot more working as their SEO than I would selling 99% of affiliate products out there. On top of that, I don't have to deal with their clients.

                Same thing with mortgages, real estate, insurance, furniture, etc.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Ranking these keywords will require drastically different budgets:
    • auto insurance
    • why does my dog bark at the mail man
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  • Profile picture of the author LiftMyRank
    It depends on how competitive your keywords are, any good SEO will match the budget to the keywords competitiveness, if you're going after competitive keywords I would steer clear of anything under $100, just ain't going to happen.

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  • Profile picture of the author Kevin Maguire
    Wow I've been here since November. Damn time flys
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  • Profile picture of the author TZ
    Yeah - saw the OP's post count too, but figured he was perhaps wondering what people are charging these days, where, and for what. One thing I do know for sure is that there are SEO firms charging huge dollars for medicore services, and there are some small outfits (like some of the people here I'm sure) who know what they are doing, provide a great service, and work out of their house.

    So where we live in Canada (250,000), we have a base pay scale (per month);

    - city wide low competition $199
    - city wide med competition $299
    - city wide high competition $399
    - province wide $799 base (higher for more comp)
    - canada wide $1599 base (higher for more comp)
    - global WWW $2799 base (higher for more comp)

    For big cities and states/provinces the numbers would have to go up.

    My daughter works for an SEO firm in Canada and they won't even talk to you unless you have a min of $10,000 per month to spend.

    Regarding the pissing match above....that's what I love about the WF - you grow a thick skin here or go home. Love being able to practice getting lambasted and practice firing it back. ;-)
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  • Profile picture of the author Dentist
    There are 3 types of pricing when it comes to SEO based on different SEO companies.
    1- High one time payment (To me doesn't make sense and I am not a fan)
    2- Hourly charge (Again not a fan)
    3- Setup fee and monthly fees.

    I can give a number of benchmarks based on my experience:
    - If you are targeting a few global (none-local) low-medium competition keywords:
    a) If you go to a reputable company in the US, the minimum cost will be $1000/month + $1000 setup fee.
    b) If you find a good provider in India/elsewhere you can pay $100-200/m

    If you do the same with low-medium competition local keywords in the US, the starting price will be $500/m

    If you have more than several keywords, or you want to target high competition keywords, then expect higher prices.

    In the end, for the people who try to make a scene from answering to any questions instead of actually answering it by sharing some knowledge, this is how you provide a legit answer to a legit question. Just my 2 cents
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
      Originally Posted by strategic seo services View Post

      IAlso, having backlinks built to multiple pages appears more natural.
      I hate when people say stuff like this. It is just not true and clear people are just regurgitating crap they heard from someone else without actually investigating it themselves.

      Having links to internal pages is 100% dependent on the business. If you are doing SEO for a local business, for example, 99% of the links are going to go to a homepage. With very, very rare exceptions, nobody is linking to the internal page of the website of a dental office.
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  • Profile picture of the author wpseoguy
    As someone said above, why these "seo" agencies doesn't make seo for them? How can you trust them? I don't know, about you guys, but I'm very paranoic at seo subject, so I prefer to do it my self. Of course, I use some seo tools, like all in one seo and squirrly seo, for helping me out, but I don't pay so much for someone else to do what I can do by myself. Also, I like to learn about seo, and how can you learn about it if not from your mistakes. Plus, only you can understand your business.
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  • Profile picture of the author nik0
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    I think TZ is pretty spot on with those prices although you probably won't rank for "Real Estate New York" with a $399/month budget.
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    • Profile picture of the author TZ
      Originally Posted by nik0 View Post

      I think TZ is pretty spot on with those prices although you probably won't rank for "Real Estate New York" with a $399/month budget.
      Yeah - those single city rates I listed are for a very small city at 250,000 pop.

      New York Real Estate would be WAY more.
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      • Profile picture of the author linkbuildr
        Originally Posted by TZ View Post

        Yeah - those single city rates I listed are for a very small city at 250,000 pop.

        New York Real Estate would be WAY more.
        We work on one of the top 10 ranking brokers for Manhattan on their companies budget is well over $10k/month for their SEO and social media marketing efforts.
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        • Profile picture of the author TZ
          Originally Posted by linkbuildr View Post

          We work on one of the top 10 ranking brokers for Manhattan on their companies budget is well over $10k/month for their SEO and social media marketing efforts.
          Weird...I was going to suggest $10K+ a month, but I really didn't know, and I would have been talking out my ass. (it happens):confused:
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  • Profile picture of the author Hansons
    Normally, you should keep $500/month in your budget if you are planning to use SEO services.. even there is no guarantee!
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  • Profile picture of the author linkbuildr
    Depends on the vertical but we don't take on a client with less than $2500/month. That's mainly because we do content marketing and not link spamming. That and we don't work on affiliate sites, only real businesses.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    You defiantly don't need to build external links for ranking multiple pages. You have to have external links but those links can point to a single page, once that page is ranking then you can piggyback off that ranked page with internal links. You don't have to piss around with external links for every single new/relevant keyword.

    I see some folks around this forum talk about being on the no link building bandwagon, that's not realistic, it's super longtail keywords with 7 search traffic per month.

    Anyways, rank for a root keyword with external links, then piggyback multiple relevant keywords with internal links & SEO gets easier. You have to have a starting point (external links).
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  • Profile picture of the author humbledmarket
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    Originally Posted by James Liberty View Post

    What should I expect to pay for high quality SEO services?
    Also, are SEO services typically done for a single web page only...
    or are they typically done for the entire website?
    Many have already pointed out it really varies so I'm not going to kill that point.

    Pertaining to your 2nd question though, it also depends on the SEO package you get. Most firms that provide "high quality seo" would probably consider your general website (specifically the domain authority which with a high authority domain can help your other URLs on the website) and a few other URLs you have selected.

    I highly doubt a SEO firm would SEO the whole website at once (probably onsite optimization) but not offsite. Neither would you want to dilute your efforts and move slower.
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  • Profile picture of the author Abrar Tariq
    It depends on Loads of different things. FOr example seo packages being offered, what they have. seo packages which simply do some bookmarking and submit some articles to different directories are cheaper and than seo packages which offer guest posting service as well. Have a look at service we are offering, you can compare that to other service and have a good idea ---> Seo packages
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    • Profile picture of the author amcg
      Originally Posted by loudINMedia View Post

      Generally depends upon your website type, its liability, etc. other factors to pay for good seo service.

      The more risk you can take, the more great returns are waiting for you in near future !
      This is true. With online marketing, you can obviously have profound impact without spending a huge amount. NastyGal is a good case study here - they leverage social media and don't appear do much in the way of paid media or offline advertising.
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  • Profile picture of the author Voasi
    Originally Posted by James Liberty View Post

    What should I expect to pay for high quality SEO services?
    Also, are SEO services typically done for a single web page only...
    or are they typically done for the entire website?
    I've had clients pay me $300/mo. for SEO. I've also had clients pay me $120,000/mo. for SEO. WIDELY depends on the niche, how aggressive you want to be, how competitive the keywords are... Lots of variables.
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