SEO Deal

Arleigh · Sep 17, 2008

I just got this question from other forum and I found it interesting to discuss here.

Here's the question: Is it better when thinking about SEO for your site to

1. "have a go yourself" (when you know now about it , just how important it is) or
2. pay someone to do it
or
3. pay someone to teach you?

Kindly share your ideas.

dragon · Sep 17, 2008

SEO is pretty simple really imo so i'd get someone else to write content (im lazy!) and then optimise it with on page seo myself (seo is going to be the same principles, whatever niche you're in). Then do links/off page seo myself and/or pay someone else to do the rest of the off page seo.

hope that helps

ratboy · Sep 17, 2008

Learn it yourself. It actually isn't that hard. You need to read this:

Amazon.co.uk: Get to the Top on Google: Tips and Techniques to Get Your Site to the Top of Google and Stay There: David Viney: Books

And then draw up a list of 30 key points to tick off per site. By learning it yourself you can then add and adjust these points to fine tune your seo. It isn't that hard, just takes time and patience. "It is not magic"

bensd · Sep 17, 2008

^ very good book. Read it a couple of months ago and would definitely recommend.

-Ben

WaftyCrank · Sep 17, 2008

SEO is not rocket science. I provide SEO services at a cost but provided you have good information on how to do it then you can do it yoruself.
Just follow the good rules and avoid black hat SEO traps.

If you feel confident in doing it then it wont hurt to give it a bash mate.

Misa21 · Oct 9, 2008

Do it yourself you can learn SEO by reading free ebooks online..

mit · Oct 30, 2008

If you have a small site / blog, that would be good to learn the SEO. But if you have a big site and has big competitive keywords, then it's better to hire some company to do so. Well, that's my view only.