Comments on: Practices of Top SEO Companies for Small Businesses

By: Lorraine Francis

Lorraine Francis — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:24:44 +0000

My husband has an electrical business and for a while we were doing all our seo in house but we still weren’t ranking well. After doing some research reading blogs, getting testimonials, we hired an seo firm and are very pleased with the results. We just needed a professional to handle it all for us.

By: Running Your Small Business Online

Running Your Small Business Online — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:44:07 +0000

[...] Costs and fees are very important to the small business owner. As you surf the web, you will find that costs/fees will vary dramatically from site to site.

By: Small Business SEO: Costs, Expectations & Realities | Dominate My Rankings

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:41:32 +0000

[...] Meiners wrote a good article Monday on Small Biz Trends: Practices of Top SEO Companies for Small Businesses. It’s designed to help small business owners understand the basic/minimum services that an SEO [...]

By: RedHotFranchises

RedHotFranchises — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:08:12 +0000

I have always been of the opinion that less is more. If I come across a site that is solid text, it puts me off reading it – even if it’s a subject that I’m interested in. However, if it is broken up with good headings and images I will take the information in.

By: SEO for Small Business: The Real Cost of Top 10 Rankings | ineedhits

SEO for Small Business: The Real Cost of Top 10 Rankings | ineedhits — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:20:55 +0000

[...] article “Small Business SEO: Costs, Expectations & Realities” was written in response to a post by Janet Meiners and more precisely a comment on her post. The comment was: many companies that offer SEO [...]

By: GreenChx Paperless Payroll

GreenChx Paperless Payroll — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:01:40 +0000

Good summary of basic SEO strategies and I agree with some other posters that you put them in the right order. All the links in the world won’t bear fruit if the content is no good!

By: RedHotFranchises

RedHotFranchises — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:48:55 +0000

One of the tricks to SEO is to try to make your site as simple as you can. Make use of white spaces on your site so that it visually also pleases visitors. Use appropriate font color with contrasting backgrounds. Less is more. It will help to make important elements more eye catching. A good look is not so important, it is the content , meta tags and the keywords that matter. As they say, Content Is King.

By: Trampolineman

Trampolineman — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:20:29 +0000

Good Advice. One mistake often made is to go for the big, high profile main phrases. Its much easier, and more profitable, AND quicker to go for the long tail of keywords your competitors can’t be bothered to go for.

By: Matt52

Matt52 — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:09:26 +0000

Cool, thanks for sharing these tips. I think, however, that SEO is no longer as cost effective as other measures, such as pursuing viral marketing with online video on sites like YouTube, DailyMotion, AdWido, and so on.

By: How Much Does SEO Cost and What to Expect in Return for your Money « AmIVisible Research Center

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:46:49 +0000

[...] Small Business Search Marketing, Matt Mcgee followed up on Janet Meiners’ Practices of Top SEO Companies for Small Businesses with a really good and informative post on how much SEO should cost and what you should expect in [...]