Help with keyword selection

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Hi, I posted a message before asking for a review of my website and you guys were very helpful with that. After doing some extensive research on different companies I have chosen the one which is going to do all SEO related tasks (did this through Elance). The price will be performance based as follows:

#search engine optimization #keyword #selection
  • If they will do onpage seo as well, then you got pretty good offer to get ranked for your keywords.
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  • They could potentially take $1k of your money an then leave your keywords at position 30.

    I either like to work as follows:
    -Do 'x' amount of link building for $x
    OR
    -Achieve rankings at which I would be profitable for $x

    From their perspective (once they have ranked you top 30), they could either earn an extra $600 by pushing 10 keywords to top 10 (i.e. $60 per keyword - very cheap!), or they could earn an extra $1000 by finding a new client and pushing their keywords to top 30.

    I would have expected a far more tapered price levels to keep the company interested in ranking your site, for instance:
    Top 50 - $50
    Top 40 - $150
    Top 30 - $300
    Top 20 - $500
    Top 10 - $1000

    But if you say they have a trusted history, then they may well follow through with your orders right to the end.

    You could always try given them 3-5 keywords to start with, and then based on how they perform with these you could give them more.

    Best of luck!

    Regards
    Will
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    • I thought about this and changing the structure more to your style, but decided not to push that button based on their long history and the fact that I can just call the Credit Card company and put a claim on it to get all the money back (I know its probably wrong to think like that about the Credit Card charge back but gotta protect myself somehow as elance will only protect payments that were made in the previews 30 days). Right now they have 43 feedback over the last 12 months with a 4.7 average. 85% recommended and 19% repeat. They have taken 173 jobs and reached 510 milestones with 142 clients whom have already paid so some projects are in progress for sure.
  • I had gone through the post. The Key words are the best sources for finding the theory behind any task or a project. The Post promoted is providing detailed information regarding the task. Could you please produce some more attachments for the more detailed view?
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    Help with keyword selection

    Hi, I posted a message before asking for a review of my website and you guys were very helpful with that. After doing some extensive research on different companies I have chosen the one which is going to do all SEO related tasks (did this through Elance). The price will be performance based as follows: Milestone 1 - To start work - $300