Since the inception of the Internet, consumer and business owners alike have used the World Wide Web to connect with each other. Search engines like Google, Bing and Yahoo comprise most of the market share when it comes to finding what a user may want or need on the World Wide Web. It’s no surprise that many marketing online companies have gone to great lengths to develop methods that increase the likelihood of a potential customer in this highly competitive environment.

Search engine optimization (SEO) is a commonly used term among Internet marketers. Enabling a search engine to easily find and properly place an e-commerce site above the completion is the sole purpose of SEO. There are many schools of thought when it comes to effective means of creating an optimized website.

Many Internet marketers agree that having good keywords throughout a website is the best way to achieve the desired result of SEO. Many people have tried and often failed at such practices as keyword stuffing or other “black hat” methods that are less than honest. Keyword research while writing evenly flowed content is the absolute best way to allow search engine bots to easily scan web pages and provide the potential customer with the best experience.

Many people are scrapping multimedia plug-ins such as flash or other similar navigation menus as it is impossible for search engines to crawl them. Although some attributes of these media rich additions can make a website standout, these methods are not search engine friendly. Using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) can achieve many goals when it comes to providing an even balance of richness and SEO. Not only can a webmaster create unique looking websites with this technology, it also provides a lighter footprint when it comes to server storage and page load times.

Submitting a site-map to major search engines such as Google, Yahoo and Bing will help speed up the time it takes for a website to be indexed. Using meta tag descriptions of pictures and postings can also give the website owner an advantage in some instances too.

See what a website marketing company has to offer before making an educated decision about their services. Competition is at an all time high as many brick and mortar business realize the marketing potential online. With a solid plan and a basic understanding of SEO, making it on the well sought-after first page rank on a major search engine can be achieved

Hi everyone!

I believe there are some rumours going around in the internet marketing scene recently about a brand new search engine optimization course by Matt Carter and Terry Kyle. I just read Matt’s blog last week and it is confirmed that this course, SEO Experts Academy will be officially launched on the 25th of October this year.

Before I go on any further, you must be wondering who are Matt Carter and Terry Kyle?

Matt Carter is a full-time super affiliate marketer from Sydney, Australia, who has been making lots of money through marketing physical products online. His latest release was Rapid Profit Formula, which is a course that teaches people how to create profitable niche affiliate sites from scratch.

It was a huge hit among internet marketers and has received great recommendations by fellow marketers in the Warrior Forum. He is an expert at SEO, having obtained the 3rd position for a highly competitive keyword “affiliate marketing” in Google USA.

Terry Kyle is well-known among internet marketers as a Backlink and SEO expert. He has 2 websites which are currently ranking on the 1st page of Google USA for a highly competitive keyword, “Backlinks”, shows that he really knows what he is doing.

Both Matt Carter and Terry Kyle are well-known for their no-nonsense approach to Search Engine Optimization. They are also honest internet marketers who always deliver what they promised. Therefore, you can reassure that SEO Experts Academy is going to be a fantastic SEO training course for people who want to master SEO and dominate their niche markets.

Now, What is SEO Experts Academy About?

It is a complete SEO training course that holds your hand and guides you through the complicated SEO world with a detailed route-map in the form of videos and PDFs. The course is split into 3 levels: Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced. Therefore, you can run through the course materials according to your level of proficiency.

Who Should Try It?

This course is intended for people who are serious about making money online through hard and smart work. I mean there is no shortcut to online success. You will definitely need to put in some effort to go through the course materials and most importantly, apply what you have learnt. Otherwise, you will just be wasting your money. And with Matt Carter and Terry Kyle as your tour guides, success is certainly within reach.

The question comes up often. Many people have been burned by SEO Services, but many have also been rewarded by SEO Services. Like any business transaction or purchase you should only spend your money when you feel comfortable. Your comfort zone should pull from various dependencies, such as how well do you know this business, how long have you been doing business with this person or entity, what is your first impression, how do you personally feel about this person or entity ability to provide this service, and how well have you done your homework.

The truth about SEO services is that it is normally not hard work, but that doesn’t mean its easy. It still takes time, dedication, effort, strategy, technique, method, skill, and experience to perform quality SEO services. Anyone can use SEO services because it is within your reach to learn, but not everyone can apply sensible strategy to make SEO work. That is why SEO engineers are needed to accomplish the almost impossible, but the question is how do you know you are making the right choice and not overpaying for SEO services?

I can honestly say for the most part SEO service providers are on the up and up who want nothing more than to do professional business and provide quality SEO services. Identifying every shady SEO service may not be possible, but I have some recommended advice which should help anyone get a fair and quality rate for SEO services.

– Set yourself a “realistic” marketing budget and goal

– Shop around

– Don’t buy until you feel comfortable

– Remember “cheap does not always mean better”

– Ask for references / referrals / portfolio

– Verify references / referrals / portfolio

– Ask for statistical growth and progress reports

Set Yourself a Realistic Marketing Budget and Goal

This simply mean do not kid yourself and think you can pay $200 and overnight you will make thousands. Instead, create a budget depending on your marketing needs, competitive industry, projected outcome, and length of time. If you are looking for your website to rank in the Top 10 search engine result page for a particular keyword or keywords then expect to pay in the thousands, often times tens of thousands, for quality, professional, and reliable SEO services, almost always depending on the competitiveness of the keyword. If you want to rank in the top 10 for the keyword “Google”, this in most cases impossible, but I am sure there are some SEO companies who will accept the challenge, but will charge in the thousands if not millions to attempt this insane marketing goal.

Shop Around

Find the most appealing SEO services and compare those to other competitive SEO services. Don’t settle for “cheap” or “inexpensive”, but settle for “effective” and “strategy”. Anyone can do SEO work, but not everyone can improve results using SEO services. This is because, SEO is about technique and strategy. It’s not about just throwing thousands a links around the web and sitting back waiting for the explosion. Its actually a lot more complicated than that, as it is about having strategy, technique, and competitive edge. You must find SEO services which live by this principle and can offer you the strategic road map you need for success.

Don’t Buy Until You Feel Comfortable

You should always feel comfortable with entrusting your money into an SEO service provider paws. If you have special needs such as you want to sign a contract, you want a specific pay schedule, or you have any questions, make sure you get answers and are comfortable with the projected outcome then move forward. I personally suggest getting a contract which outlines the projected outcome and any other bullet points, then also exploring the consequences or possibilities if the projected outcome is not met.

Remember “Cheap Does Not Always Mean Better”

This is a buyer beware notice. When someone offers $20 SEO services or even $200 SEO services, I would say “buyer beware”. There may be a handful of highly skilled SEO providers who can offer you SEO services at a discount or for extremely low rates, but most of the time these providers either do not know their service worth or know exactly what they are doing, but may have had a lucky streak. You will have to pay top dollar or aggressively, yet still affordable for quality, strategic, and experienced SEO services. SEO engineers is what I like to call them. These are SEO’s who understand the SEO concept, who pioneer SEO methods, and who don’t always follow the trend, but know the trends.

Most of the SEO engineers are not going to be cheap, but well worth every dollar spent. If you take into consideration other marketing and advertising platforms, such as television broadcast advertising, print advertising, large tradeshow/fair booth advertising, etc. internet marketing and search engine optimization cost peanuts compared to these other advertising methods and have a farther audience reach. SEO services can easily cost between $5,000-$25,000, it can even be much more than this, depending on your needs, but this is far more inexpensive and cheaper than other advertising platforms. So, next time you think that SEO service cost too much, think about the other methods of advertising and their rates, along with return on investment (ROI). SEO services come out on top every time when compared against these other advertising platforms.

Ask for References / Referrals / Portfolio

Any SEO service provider should be able to point you to their qualifying work. SEO service providers should be able to present you with affectionate websites which they have performed SEO work on. This can even be the SEO service provider personal website, they should be able to point you to their rankings in the search engine as well as some result driven SEO work within the site or across the web.

Verify References / Referrals / Portfolio

Verifying information is not always easy or accomplishable. You should attempt to reach out and verify what you can. If a shady SEO business was going to scam, then I am sure this is where they would start, with testimonials. I suggest verifying what you can, but don’t get overwhelmed with referrals because it may be the shady SEO business giving self praise. I actually have some good verification tips, but that’s another article all within itself.

Ask for Statistical Growth & Progress Reports

The SEO service campaign should include periodic progress/performance reports so you can track your website progress. Tracking your website progress is important in many ways. First, it tells if the SEO engineer is doing their job. Second, it tells you if the SEO methods, strategy, and technique is working or not. Third, it tells you how well the search engines are reciprocating your SEO efforts. And lastly, it tells you how much progress is being made and at what rate. All of this advanced reporting information and trend tracking can give you an overview of your website potential while giving you the opportunity to design or redesign your landing pages to increase your return on investment (ROI).

Okay, to wrap it up, just be sure you stay out of shabby internet neighborhoods and when making any online transaction, do your homework first. Also, remember “cheap does not equal better”. Think about it, would you rather pay in the thousands to one SEO company for quality SEO work, which will produce results and increase your website overall performance or would you rather pay cheap $200 to many different SEO’s who don’t ever really give you the results you deserve. If an SEO engineer can increase your website sales and exposure by 80% without your site ever reaching the top 10 search results then you still got a good deal. This is the effect of skilled and experienced SEO services. The only difference between your website and the websites in the top 10, is those websites have SEO engineers working for them who understand SEO.