Choosing a SEO company
A good and reputed search engine optimization company will not advertise their SEO services through pay per click advertising. They should appear high in the search engine rankings. Therefor the first point is that one should avoid the SEO Company that advertises them through PPC listings.
Preferably I personally recommend choosing an SEO company that list high in the search engines for the keywords like “search engine optimization”, “SEO services”, etc. Conversely some companies appear in the top position by using short term unethical tactics. These unethical tactics are frowned by Google. And the companies using these tactics are at a risk of being dropped from Google. If you find a company using these tactics, then I strongly recommend not to approach them, as your website may be removed from Google search engine result page.
To say the truth there are no SEO companies that are trustworthy. This means that are many scam SEO companies, if you know how to select a reliable SEO company then you are at a lower risk of hiring a scam SEO Company. Here is a list of points that can be kept in mind when choosing a SEO company for your website.
If the company promises #1 ranking in SERP (search engine result page) then doubt their competency. Since no one can guarantee no 1 ranking in Google.
Google the company names to find more information and feedbacks about the company.
Check the page rank of their SEO Company.
Ask in forums and get recommendation from your friends, partners, etc. as a word of mouth is very important.
If you have selected a company then feel free to ask them certain questions. The questions you are going to ask must be tricky which helps you to rank their efficiency.
Ask the company for the sample sites they have done optimization and feel to refer their clients. If you get rejected for the sake of confidentiality then you must doubt the credibility of that SEO Company, since there must be no secret about the former customers.
If the company do automated submission of if they use any black has SEO techniques stay away from those companies.
Try to get some personal impressions about the company and ask them tricky questions. Search engine optimization is a constant process and so it needs continuous effort all the time. So it is always advisable to select a company that provides post optimization maintenance than to believe a company the rush your site to the top position and then leave your site in the wild.
I tried to list out some of the most common issues in selection the best SEO Company. Of course there are many other things that have to be kept in mind and each one is different in each cases. So give yourself some thought before you get to sign the contract of an SEO Company.
