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How to research an SEO company before hiring them.

Jan 26

Posted by Muskrat37 in Advice for small businesses, link building scams, SEO Scams | No Comments

Link building scams are prolific on the internet. If you have a website, I am sure that you have been solicited by someone promising to get you on the first page of Google, for the keywords of your choice.

I will say this – if SEO were easy, there would be no SEO. SEO is difficult. Building links is difficult. If someone promises you they will have you on the first page of Google in one month, or 90 days…run! No one can guarantee you first page results! What they are really saying to you is, “we have found a way to cheat the system.”

Also – don’t forget – if it sounds to good to be true, it probably is.

How to research link building companies:
First – before you waste your time and energy ask yourself these questions.

  1. Did they contact you via your website contact form?
  2. Did they email you from a gmail account?
  3. Have they provided their website?
  4. Did they provide their phone number?
  5. Does their comments on the contact form have grammatical errors?

If you answered yes to 3 or more of these questions, save yourself the time. They are a link building farm! They are not worth your time to research them.

Are you still considering getting a quote from them to get you on the first page of Google? Then you didn’t take my advice above. :)

Step 1: Ask them for testimonials – they will give you a website they have succeeded with.
Step 2: Go to Google and type in: link: http://www.theurltheygaveyou.com”
Step 3: Look at the links that link to this website. Go ahead, click a few of them. Go to page 5 or 6 – click a few of those links.

Notice any similarities? All these links are on directories – and all the directories probably look very similar. THESE ARE LINK FARMS

Now, back to my earlier advice – Run from this company.

I hope you found this post useful. If you have any questions, please leave them in the comments. I respond to all legit comments.

Chad Musgrove
Owner
Pro AD Insight

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Link Building scams to avoid

Jan 24

Posted by Muskrat37 in SEO Scams, Small Business Tips | No Comments

Recently I have been approached by several companies promising to get me on page 1 of Google for my chosen keywords. Most of these companies have contacted me by filling out a “contact form” on the websites that I manage. (I always get copied when someone fills out one of my clients website forms)

There is always one major red flag. The “SEO professional” that is promising to get me on page one, and promising many 1 way backlinks almost always uses a gmail address. Why not use your companies website email?

The second red flag is that these companies almost always PROMISE page 1 on Google. As we all know, per Google itself, NO ONE can promise or guarantee page 1 ranking on Google. They do not control the algorithm. If someone is promising you page 1 on Google, then they are saying that they have found a way to cheat the system.

What happened to you in school when you were caught cheating? If you cheated on a test, you were probably automatically given an F on the test. You failed right? Well, these companies may get away with their link farming, and spammy links for a while, but they will not get away with it forever. When Google does determine what sites are paying for links, they will be Google Slapped (banned from the search results).

Do you want to risk getting Google slapped and having to start over with your SEO?

The next post is going to give you an example of one of these companies – and a very specific example of one of the websites they use as their testimonial.

I will also show you how to check out these testimonials yourself, so you can avoid getting ripped off by one of these link farms.

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