Backlinks verses Blogs/Articles

Hello All

OK I'm sorry I'm a newbie and hope this is not an ignorant question.

I have had two quotes from SEO companies.

They are both of similar prices but one is concentrating on 300-500 back links a month and the other 36 blogs/4 press releases month.

They both claim their techniques are the best....

Does any one of these techniques stand out to be better.


One is SEOconsult the other is Just searching

Its a minefield out there!!!

Apologies if I haven't been specific enough but would really appreciate some independent advice


Thanks in Advance

300-500 backlinks per month is a strict no. Most of them will be spammy for sure. The other guy also doesnt make any sense. What he will do with 36 blogs, may be will get 36 blog links for your website and with 4 press release, 4 back pr back links. If u r looking for such type of seo companies, then better do it urself.

Depends on where the links come from, how they're obtained, how permanent they are, the other pages linked to from those sites and a number of other factors. Are they both willing to explain in detail everything they do and how it will help before they do it?

The 36 blogs and 4 press releases per month sounds like they have a network of sites solely meant for promoting other sites, which is meant to manipulate ranks, which is against Google webmaster guidelines. At the same time, gaining links for no apparent reason would do the same.

It all depends on the methods the companies use to obtain these. A company with a quota for a certain number of links per month (or blog/press releases) tends not to focus on quality, and therefore, there results will tend to be of poor quality also.

All said is solely my opinion.

Thanks for your reply

I don't have the knowledge or the time to gain enough knowledge to be able to compete with my competitors who are using SEO firms.

I need an SEO firm but its just so difficult. I am new to SEO and there seems to be so many sharks out there. I am just looking for an honest service at an honest price.


Without good SEO knowledge its difficult to know exactly what I am getting.

I've read many reviews and tried to gain some basic knowledge about SEO but I feel this is not enough to truly know what a company will do for me.

Any help on this or any unbiased recommendations would be really appreciated.

Dandare

Go to the members section here and filter by reputation and/or post count. The top members would all be a good choice. It may take a few tries to get one that does SEO for other people, though. Many here make enough money on their own sites to not worry about working for others. Good luck.

Hi Dan

This is a problem for a lot of companies. How do you employ someone to do a job you know nothing about? It certainly is tricky.

There are lots of members on this forum that could do a great job for you. Click on the members tab at the top of the page and filter by reputation. Anyone with 1000 plus posts and 30 plus rep points has been giving advice on this forum to have been chased away if they didn't know their stuff.

What industry are you in?

Hi

Firstly, thank you all for the instant advice.

I specialise in " Net Curtains "


Its not a hugely competitive market in the UK and feel with the right SEO I hope to achieve a good position.

That wouldn't on the surface be a massively competitive market.

Your problem here is being able to evaluate the skills of the potential SEO's that you are thinking of using. Have you checked their references? And I mean called or mailed the people that they have given you asking if the work they have done has produced the desired results.

Any good SEO will be able to do this. If they can't then don't use them!

What sort of budget do you have? The reason that I ask is that if you scrape the SEO barrel then you can wind up with some real cr**

Hire an author who will write unique, informative, engaging, authoritative and highly linkable content about your products. NOT SALES PITCHES - INFORMATIVE USEFUL INFORMATION. If you are a great writer then do it yourself. After you have a lot of this content in place then go out asking for links.

Hi

Yes your right, I'm not educated enough in SEO to be able to evaluate the SEO companies I speak to.

I dont check the references they forward on, as I presume they will be satisfied customers. I have looked at some review sites which have helped a little. Even this can get confusing though, as one SEO told me today that the site TOPSEO is something the SEO companies pay for.

I been quoted between £2000 and £4500 annually.

I'm not looking for the cheapest as yes this can also make you wary as to WHY.

I'm just looking for an honest SEO with a realistic price. I guess the only way without going in blind is hopefully to get some recommendations....

I dont suppose you know of any one?

Thanks

For that sort of budget I am afraid I don't.

IMHO for that sort of money you would be better of learning for yourself. It really isn't that difficult, the advice that egol gave is well worth digesting.

I think I should start up an SEO vetting company to help out with people wanting to hire an SEO but not knowing what to ask. lol

On a serious not do not hire any SEO without taking up their references. Don't just accept the first ones they give you, ask them for 10 and call them all!

"I think I should start up an SEO vetting company to help out with people wanting to hire an SEO but not knowing what to ask. lol"

......Dont do that as then people like me would then have to find someone to vet you...another whole headache

Well thanks for the advice any way.

If I had the time I would try and learn.

If any of you really really really nice people want some SEO work for that sort of budget or can point me in the right direction, feel free.

You could try NewSEO
Not sure if the budget would fit but he is very good

Outsource this job. The kind of budget you have is only good enough to pay the house rent in southhampton for a studio flat in some dodgy location but it is a big money in India. If u r looking forward to outsource, then one candidate is already talking to you