Making the choice to adapt or design your site for SEO is followed by the question: How do I select a good SEO company? The following takes a look at how to select a good SEO company.

It is so important to choose a good SEO company for your website. Unfortunately there are many fly by night or bad SEO companies that are waiting to drain your resources. This makes it imperative to know how to choose a good SEO company. 

Choosing a Good SEO Company

A good SEO company should have the following traits. A good SEO company should:

1. Be easy to find on the web.
2. Be easy to contact.
3. Be consistent in their work standard and ethic.
4. Should have a well designed site that is SEO friendly.
5. Include a contact list on their website.
6. Have an updated website.
7. Include an About Us on their website.
8. Inform you of their SEO steps.
9. Have good ranking in Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs).
10. Have good communication skills.
11. Have staff that act professionally.
12. Keep in contact with you.
13. Keep the customer updated and informed.
14. Answer your questions.
15. Respond to your messages, emails and calls.
16. Have a good reputation.
17. Have satisfied past clients.
18. Employ experienced and knowledgeable staff.
19. Recognise your plans and goals for your website i.e. your overall online strategy.
20. Make you feel that they can do the job well.
21. Have valuable and credible backlinks.
22. Link to credible websites.
23. Be capable of meeting deadlines.
24. Offer market related prices for their SEO services.
25. Provide a breakdown of involved costs.
26. Give you a breakdown of what to expect.
27. SEO knowledge and understanding.
28. Follow industry standards.
29. Inform you that SEO takes time (an average of 2 - 3 months before you start seeing results).
30. Provide you with realistic timescales, which are not too lengthy or speedy.
31. Use ethical SEO techniques - white hat SEO.
32. Work with a 5% keyword density.
33. Be able to give you a website analysis report of your website.
34. Be clear about the amount of work that needs to be done.
35. Know how to attract the right kind of visitor traffic to your site.
36. Give you any feedback that they have about your website.

SEO Company Tips to Remember

Good SEO companies:

1. Do not offer free trials.
2. Do not offer underpriced services.
3. Do not insist they can index a site in only 48 hours.
4. Do not guarantee that your site will be on the first location (not first page) of the major search engines.
5. Do not use unethical SEO techniques - black hat SEO.
6. Do not promise to SEO your site in a few days.
7. Do not believe in overuse of keywords.
8. Do not overuse keywords.
9. Do not use deceitful tactics.
10. Are not secretive about their techniques or seo steps.
11. Show no signs of link swapping.

Conclusion

It is important to choose a good SEO company to adapt or design your site. A bad SEO company has the potential to waste your time and money. It can also jeopardise the credibility of your website - which may land your website in the Google Sandbox.

If you are looking for a reputable SEO company please do not hesitate to contact us or call us on +27 11 463 2040 / 2037 and we will gladly be of assistance.

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