Avoid Scams

3 Nov

Posted in Around the Network, Blog Jobs, Blogger Jobs, Blogging, Content Writing, Jobs and Careers, Problogger Jobs, Work From Home Jobs by gracelim No Comments

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Ever since I started learning to appreciate books, I have always considered my self to be a writer. Well not really the writer type who sells award wining books. I just found my passion in writing. Little did I realize that not only does it enable me to practice my skills but blogging allows me to earn money. I used to spend hours at the internet looking for home based jobs. Some were scams, some dint make sense. One of the things to look at when finding home based jobs is their background. Later on, I discovered one promising site that opened so many doors for me for blogging.

There are several tips to take on before trusting some SEO sites.

Check References

Whether you want to have your home painted, rent a vacation villa, or have your website optimized, it makes sense to ask others about the services they use and what their experience has been. Ask the SEO company for references which will include sites they have optimized, and the keywords they have optimized those sites for. Follow up the references by contacting the site owners and ask them if their SEO company has provided the results they promised. You don’t know whether the sites provided for reference are owned by friends of the SEO providers, so search for the company name in a search engine and see if they are mentioned in forums etc. A little research at this point can save a lot of heartache later on.

Make them Work

Verify what keywords the SEO company will optimize your site for. Any company will be able to have your website achieve a top ten ranking for ‘hairdresser in myverysmalltown’, but they’ll have to actually work (and be good at it) to achieve a similar ranking for ‘business’ or ‘US loans’, Their guarantee will be useless if they are based on optimizing for keywords that have little or no competition.

Don’t believe an SEO company has a special relationship with Google, or special openings into other search engines, no matter what they say. Search engines guard their objectivity jealously, and would not want to lose their reputation by promoting your site unfairly. If the Search Engine Optimization company promises you special treatment, stay away from them.

Achieving and maintaining good ranking positions in search engine results takes continued time and effort. It is not a once-only exercise that can be charged for, and then forgotten about. Search engines promote sites which show evidence of long term continued development and organic growth. A site that makes a big impact and then sits unattended will not have a long term future.

There are some of the things I learned from blogging fingers. They allow you to learn more about SEO and blogging. Always remember that NOT all blogging are scams. Most of them allow people to learn more.