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Reading time: 6 – 10 minutes Most webmasters today hardly have enough time to manage their web business and like to outsource most things which can be outsourced effectively. Outsourcing a web design or a service like SEO saves precious time and money when done correctly. The challenge most webmasters face today is finding the correct outsourcing partner. One who is well qualified to carry out the job, has the necessary references of past work experience and is also affordable. This article is an attempt to guide webmasters to correctly outsource SEO services. The SEO Outsourcing checklist: 1. Does the SEO Company/Professional you are hiring have a pre-formed plan for how they plan to execute your project? 2. Are they professionally qualified and do they have any third party certification which can be verified by you? 3. Do they have a website where you can examine their credentials, prices, testimonials, SEO package details? 4. Do they have contact details on their website like... 

Reading time: 5 – 8 minutes It is time to look at those SEO questions from the folks who need help and guidance. Let take a read of some of the Dear SEO Drama Queen email which floods her box every day..this is a Prozac moment about to happen in the SEO world. Dear SEO Drama Queen I want a number one ranking for my web site. The keywords are clothes, sneakers and hats. I read so much out there on how important it is to be on Google. Can you promise me a #1 ranking for my 3 keywords? Thanks BA Greetings BA Of course I can guarantee #1 rankings on Google for those very generic keywords that compete against missions of other sites. AN SEO who couldnt isnt worth their wait in gold. It is easy. First, I need you to purchase about 100,000 shares of Google stock. Once you are a major holder, we can then bribe Google to either place you on top or we will sell their stock to Yahoo. Let me know when you have made the purchase Best SEO Drama Queen Dear SEO Drama Queen I contacted an SEO company... 

Reading time: 4 – 6 minutes Based on my experience in executing SEO projects for over half a decade, I am posting a blog entry which deals with the suggestions for a client working with any SEO professional or SEO firm for optimizing his website. Have complete faith in SEO professional: Once you finalize SEO professional or SEO Company, trust their skills. Also you need to trust their knowledge and experience. Do give them freehand to work on their methodology and indulge yourself in learning basics about their methodology and approach. You can discuss the blueprints they prepare for your website, in detail with them. This will help your SEO professional in gaining your confidence and also will help you in reaching a comfort level with your SEO professional. Have reasonable / realistic expectations about your SEO project: SEO can’t work miracles irrespective of their experience and past track record. Especially if the site is new, it may take months to really see traffic building... 

Reading time: 2 – 2 minutes By Tarun Gupta SEO Content Writing is quite an integral part of web designing and development. However, unfortunately, this concept is valued by only a limited number of design companies and thereby, countless SEO firms undertaking the task of website maintenance and creation remain deprived of experienced, efficient content writers staff. It is important for all webmasters to realize that the contents presented on the site must have the power of captivating visitor’s interest and offering them useful information. While searching something, visitors have a tendency to go through various sites, so that they can pick up the best from the lot. And when they are visiting a myriad of websites, it is natural to expect that they would not give much time to any dull site. Moreover, they often do not feel the need of reading full content, and jump out of the sites after reading tag lines. Hence, we can say that tag lines are considerably important for the...