Comments on: Know S.E.O. http://www.cuttingedgedjs.com/blog/2010/02/08/know-s-e-o/ MCs, DJs, dancers, vocalists, musicians, and engineers. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:30:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: James Wedmore http://www.cuttingedgedjs.com/blog/2010/02/08/know-s-e-o/comment-page-1/#comment-2418 James Wedmore Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:01:34 +0000 http://www.cuttingedgedjs.com/blog/?p=974#comment-2418 The big secret is that everything you ever wanted to know about SEO is sitting there waiting for you on Youtube. Great FREE content on keyword research, backlinking strategies and more...just gotta google it! The big secret is that everything you ever wanted to know about SEO is sitting there waiting for you on Youtube. Great FREE content on keyword research, backlinking strategies and more…just gotta google it!

]]> By: Clark Mackey http://www.cuttingedgedjs.com/blog/2010/02/08/know-s-e-o/comment-page-1/#comment-2358 Clark Mackey Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:31:26 +0000 http://www.cuttingedgedjs.com/blog/?p=974#comment-2358 Kudos for the great blog. I've been lurking for some time and I enjoy your posts. I run a marketing company that does what you would call SEO, and I have both DJ and a wedding bloggers among my clients. There's a hidden danger in posts like yours: It makes it seem reasonable for business owners, who are rightly confused by SEO options and harassed by SEO salesmen, to do nothing. In my broad view, SEO is just part of a commitment to listen to the customer and give them things that they want. There are good SEO firms out there, and the tactics used are absolutely essential to the future success of small businesses. In this way a business has to make a classic choice: their time or their money. Or, in most cases, some of both. Here's an excellent overview of hiring for SEO: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/whiteboard-friday-choosing-an-seo-consultant Note the bit about business owners who want to outsource both the expertise (knowing what to do) and the content work (writing, editing, running the site). It's that combination - outsourcing everything - that almost never works. Kudos for the great blog. I’ve been lurking for some time and I enjoy your posts. I run a marketing company that does what you would call SEO, and I have both DJ and a wedding bloggers among my clients.

There’s a hidden danger in posts like yours: It makes it seem reasonable for business owners, who are rightly confused by SEO options and harassed by SEO salesmen, to do nothing.

In my broad view, SEO is just part of a commitment to listen to the customer and give them things that they want.

There are good SEO firms out there, and the tactics used are absolutely essential to the future success of small businesses. In this way a business has to make a classic choice: their time or their money. Or, in most cases, some of both.

Here’s an excellent overview of hiring for SEO:
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/whiteboard-friday-choosing-an-seo-consultant

Note the bit about business owners who want to outsource both the expertise (knowing what to do) and the content work (writing, editing, running the site). It’s that combination – outsourcing everything – that almost never works.

]]> By: Denis Sinelnikov http://www.cuttingedgedjs.com/blog/2010/02/08/know-s-e-o/comment-page-1/#comment-2350 Denis Sinelnikov Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:00:42 +0000 http://www.cuttingedgedjs.com/blog/?p=974#comment-2350 Well written article Craig. I agree with the 80/20 ratio about SEO companies. Honest ones are hard to find. I am happy to see your hard work on blogging and using it as an SEO method to increase traffic and ranking amongst your competitors has been so successful. Well written article Craig. I agree with the 80/20 ratio about SEO companies. Honest ones are hard to find.

I am happy to see your hard work on blogging and using it as an SEO method to increase traffic and ranking amongst your competitors has been so successful.

]]> By: Joe Pulcinella http://www.cuttingedgedjs.com/blog/2010/02/08/know-s-e-o/comment-page-1/#comment-2347 Joe Pulcinella Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:20:53 +0000 http://www.cuttingedgedjs.com/blog/?p=974#comment-2347 Nice commentary, Craig. Especially true is the fact that you can't tell the legitimacy of an SEO company by their website. Just as in that famous Peter Steiner cartoon, "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog." Nice commentary, Craig. Especially true is the fact that you can’t tell the legitimacy of an SEO company by their website. Just as in that famous Peter Steiner cartoon, “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.”

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