Should I need to pay for SEO?

13 years ago

Originally Posted by deborahright

Should I need to pay for SEO? Now due to the recent Google planning, if your content is unique, if you know how to use meta tags then you can easily acquire good rank and more than that, there is GoogleAdwords which will automatically enhance page.

Short answer is yes. You need to pay with money or applied knowledge over time.

To rank in a competitive market you will still need backlinks that the Google ranking software "likes".

Google Adwords is certainly an option. Just make sure the numbers make sense.

eg. If you are paying $1 per click for a potential lead for a $9.95 ebook then maybe not. If, on the other hand, you are paying $3.25 per click for a potential lead on a $300,000 reconditioned Lear jet engine, then maybe Adwords is for you.

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GodMode52

13 years ago

Short answer is lol.

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bigcat1967

13 years ago

Learn SEO yourself...never trust anyone else...

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patco 13 years ago

Originally Posted by bigcat1967

Learn SEO yourself...never trust anyone else...

I fully agree with this! I also prefer doing it myself, I can always help others, but I prefer working on my own websites in order to be 100% sure that if I get something wrong, I won't hurt other people's websites!
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- yukon Banned 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by strategic seo services
  
  I agree that you should learn SEO yourself, so that you can know which outsourcers you can trust.
  
  If all buyers knew SEO that would put profile link sellers out of business.
  
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Oscarfishlover

13 years ago

Learning the basics of SEO is all most people really need. Obviously if you are setting up a very important website that requires a position at number one on Google then you will obviously have your work cut out. However, it's really not difficult to learn how to create decent page headings, using the correct keywords that relate to your website's content. If your website falls into a niche category then your life will obviously be made easier because you haven't got so many people in competition with you. There are tons and tons of websites and you Tube videos that will give you really great advice on how to optimise your website for the search engine.

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SEODollz

13 years ago

There are two types of people that get Google penalties:

1) Churn and burn spammers that know going in that they are breaking the rules but it's worth it to them

2) Do-it-yourselfers that learn only enough to get in trouble

Oh wait ok there is a third:

3) Business owners that hire the cheapest possible "SEO" and have no idea that they re sending their site to the slaughterhouse (but they should really know better, you get what you pay for.)

So my vote is : either take 6 months to a year to seriously study basic SEO on your own, enough to at least reasonably understand the risks or hire a good SEO with a great track record and references.

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pizzacashmon3y

13 years ago

Originally Posted by SEODollz

There are two types of people that get Google penalties:

1) Churn and burn spammers that know going in that they are breaking the rules but it's worth it to them

2) Do-it-yourselfers that learn only enough to get in trouble

Oh wait ok there is a third:

3) Business owners that hire the cheapest possible "SEO" and have no idea that they re sending their site to the slaughterhouse (but they should really know better, you get what you pay for.)

So my vote is : either take 6 months to a year to seriously study basic SEO on your own, enough to at least reasonably understand the risks or hire a good SEO with a great track record and references.

this is the best answer in this thread. take 6 months to a year and use that time as "education" to become a master at seo.

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