Importance of SEO (yes, dumb title...but..)
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Today i called up my landlord.
They have a very high quality web site which provides a certain kind of service. The niche is incredible keyword rich. Their site is established, its over 5 years old.
So i quoted her a price for SEO work. My first quote might have been a little high. No big deal, in the next mail i made her a better deal, still waiting for their reply.
(Just as a sidenote, what i charge is way, way less compared to SEO companies which would probably charge thousands for such a job. I have experience doing this for my own site, i KNOW i can rank them)
The kicker here is when i looked over their site, checked keywords and rankings.
They are nowhere anywhere with ANY keyword, not even in the top 200. (Usually i dont even scan more than top 100..but i couldnt believe that they are not even in top 100 for any keyword)
Their site, although over 5 years old....has PR0 and Alexa of 1.6Mill.
What i am saying here...do people realize that they are basically wasting money if they do NOT employ at least some kind of SEO....or being aware what a SIGNIFICANT difference it would be if they were to rank page #1 in Google with some of those keywords?
It made a little bit sad. For me, it would be a welcome additional income..and for them a boost for a great website which right now is hardly anywhere in terms of rankings. Whatever they pay me they would gain back in a few months, this is almost a given.
I hope that she at least considers my latest offer.
How do you make people realize it doesn't always make sense to "save" a couple hundred bucks...and how do you make people/potential customers realize it is really bad to have a business website...but having NO ranking whatsoever with it. Maybe i should go in their office with the market samurai printout with this long list of keywords all showing "-" for rankings...
Sigh...
They have a very high quality web site which provides a certain kind of service. The niche is incredible keyword rich. Their site is established, its over 5 years old.
So i quoted her a price for SEO work. My first quote might have been a little high. No big deal, in the next mail i made her a better deal, still waiting for their reply.
(Just as a sidenote, what i charge is way, way less compared to SEO companies which would probably charge thousands for such a job. I have experience doing this for my own site, i KNOW i can rank them)
The kicker here is when i looked over their site, checked keywords and rankings.
They are nowhere anywhere with ANY keyword, not even in the top 200. (Usually i dont even scan more than top 100..but i couldnt believe that they are not even in top 100 for any keyword)
Their site, although over 5 years old....has PR0 and Alexa of 1.6Mill.
What i am saying here...do people realize that they are basically wasting money if they do NOT employ at least some kind of SEO....or being aware what a SIGNIFICANT difference it would be if they were to rank page #1 in Google with some of those keywords?
It made a little bit sad. For me, it would be a welcome additional income..and for them a boost for a great website which right now is hardly anywhere in terms of rankings. Whatever they pay me they would gain back in a few months, this is almost a given.
I hope that she at least considers my latest offer.
How do you make people realize it doesn't always make sense to "save" a couple hundred bucks...and how do you make people/potential customers realize it is really bad to have a business website...but having NO ranking whatsoever with it. Maybe i should go in their office with the market samurai printout with this long list of keywords all showing "-" for rankings...
Sigh...
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