Its been a hectic month but at last we have finally got around to once again publishing the results for July. The scoring process got an upgrade and we have also added a new feature - The Next Best - were we have the SEO Companies that just missed out on the Top Ten for their League. It adds a bit more friendly competition plus we can all see who is working their asses off to get featured. Right, enough of the chit-chat here’s the beef…
Once again the votes have been counted and the points shared. June has brought with it a few surprises this month and a totally new feel on both the UK and International Top Ten SEO Companies league tables.
I decided to run my own Top Ten lists of the SEO Companies currently plying their trade over the Internet. I split the lists into segments to help give a better insight in to how certain SEO companies are ranking for their market.
Each month we run a little program here at North South Media to pick out the top SEO Companies that are ranked highly for their profession across all the major search engines (Google, Yahoo, MSN) and score them appropriately according to their position against competitive keyword queries.
This excerise not only shows ourselves who has been pro-actively marketing their site but also allows us to get a better insight on the up-and-coming companies who are just outside the Top Ten and are pushing their way in.
The project was taken from a regional, national and international view point. The regional area chosen was Scotland (it is only right that I run the campaign in my own market place), the national area was the UK.
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Below are the rankings for the present and past months.
The segments are as follows:
Points were awarded for a company’s position within the search engine for various competitive keyword phrases. The points were also weighted against the participating search engines in the experiment.
Search Engine Scope and point weighting:
Regional (Scotland) Keyword phrases:
National (UK) Keyword phrases:
International Keyword phrases:
This article was borne from an experience I had recently within an on-line SEO Forum. The poster asked a question on how to help his client get page one listings in Google and also what to put in his monthly SEO report. When I replied that he should never have taken this client on in the first place when he had no knowledge about SEO, the poster retorted abusively and chastised myself for not giving him the advice that he required. This got myself thinking: ‘How many charlatan SEO or Web Design companies are out there ripping clients off with promises of Page One listings or exuberant prices for no return!’
It has been stated many times on the web that getting to grips with SEO is more achievable when you start to rank your site for local searches. I agree with this wholeheartedly. Trying to roll up your sleeves and compete for highly competitive keywords when you have little or no experience is soul destroying and nine times out of ten a persons SEO experience will end right there.
Many-an-argument has taken place within on-line forums and community sites over the importance of having a top ranking position for a sought-after keyword phrase. Some contributors have readily stated that they are more-than-happy if their site comes within the top ten to twenty positions stating that their customer/client’s on-line ROI (Return On Investment) targets have been met and traffic to the site has doubled, tripled or peaked greater than their initial expectations.
Many websites suffer from not engaging with their audience. They may receive a constant stream of visitors 24/7 visiting their site but they fail to capitalize on this audience. Why? A common problem with most static sites and e-commerce shopping carts is they fail to hold the attention of the user long enough to earn a trusted vote of confidence and consider what is on offer.
Getting your site noticed on the internet can be a very daunting and sometimes expensive experience, especially if it’s a competitive market. This is why I decided to write this article to help and aid those struggling with or have just launched a new site and have limited or no budget set aside for marketing their website online.
Why would you build a website that can’t be seen by the search engines? Why would you pay for a website that can’t be found in the search engines?
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