TommyCarey
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We've all been around the block when it comes to doing SEO, but how do you spot a bad SEO company? These bad seo companies will usually follow the same suit when it comes to a few things and they usually respond the same way. The internet is plagued with bad SEO companies and below I'll go over how to spot them.
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And that's something that goes largely overlooked by people as well. The small print. But it's a sound thing to do to check out their small print, their terms and conditions first before parting with you cash for such SEO work. Because nobody can guarantee 1st page ranking. They can guarantee to do the work and that's fair enough. But no SEO provider will guarantee it in an x amount of time or offer a full refund if they don't get you there. If they did, they would soon go out of business lol
But these are all some very sound things to know about when speaking to and thinking of using an SEO service. And one thing I would say, as another thing you can do before you do, is to check out the reviews for that company. Sure reviews can be faked, but these are often quite easy to spot if you know what to look for. But if you dig deep enough, you can usually find some real ones by people that have used them before and are less-than-happy with their results and customer service received.
Such places to find such reviews wouldn't be on their own site though since they wouldn't really put negative reviews on their sites. But actual review sites, Yelp even and the like and social media as well. Always search out that company on social media first. Facebook, Twitter etc etc as these often have reviews (both good and bad) that they can't remove. ;) Thanks Raz! Great tips for choosing the right SEO company. And these are some very important things to know about them as well when choosing one. And I know some people that deliberately ask those types of questions just to see what their response will be. Like can you rank me on the 1st page of Google within one month. Anyone that says yes to that without even knowing what the keywords you want to rank for, let alone the site you want to rank is not an SEO company that probably can. They may say yes they can, but this is usually just to get you to hand over your cash. But when it's all paid for and done, and you're not ranking on the 1st page of Google, they refer you to their "small print" which stipulates we don't guarantee 1st page rankings and there can be no refunds (in part or in full) for work that has already been carried out. And that's something that goes largely overlooked by people as well. The small print. But it's a sound thing to do to check out their small print, their terms and conditions first before parting with you cash for such SEO work. Because nobody can guarantee 1st page ranking. They can guarantee to do the work and that's fair enough. But no SEO provider will guarantee it in an x amount of time or offer a full refund if they don't get you there. If they did, they would soon go out of business lol But these are all some very sound things to know about when speaking to and thinking of using an SEO service. And one thing I would say, as another thing you can do before you do, is to check out the reviews for that company. Sure reviews can be faked, but these are often quite easy to spot if you know what to look for. But if you dig deep enough, you can usually find some real ones by people that have used them before and are less-than-happy with their results and customer service received. Such places to find such reviews wouldn't be on their own site though since they wouldn't really put negative reviews on their sites. But actual review sites, Yelp even and the like and social media as well. Always search out that company on social media first. Facebook, Twitter etc etc as these often have reviews (both good and bad) that they can't remove. ;)
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