Be wary of insidious games and malicious scams that untrustworthy SEO agencies may pull off on clients! These handy tips will help you fish out scams and get the best out of your money’s worth.
1. ‘Guaranteed’ #1 on Google rank. SEO and other optimisation methods will take weeks and months of hard work from your agency’s team. Most of the time, no one can guarantee you the number one spot on Google’s first page. They may give you an affordable SEO price but be wary of this empty promise.
2. Incredibly low SEO pricing. If the SEO pricing offer is too good to be true, it probably is. They may even give you a ‘free run’ of their services but it may just lead to malicious insider attacks. Beware of them giving out free runs and persuading you to give out your account details on your CMS site, please keep your details secured and only give access to your trusted team members only.
3. “Secret SEO Trades” from their agency. There are no secret SEO trades and truthful agencies will give you a clear outline of their plans and SEO service prices, whether it's a six month contract or a year-long one. Always keep in mind that your transactions are as good as a papertrail (keep a solid copy, just in case), so be sure to do your research well.
4. Their promises are always non-verbal. As mentioned before, keep a clear way of communication and every SEO price quotation that they give is a promise they should keep. Their prices should stay firm and agreeable between each party. In any case that their prices keep on getting high as ‘services’ are added, it’s within your right to ask for proof for the add-on services that you specifically didn’t ask for.
Keep up on your toes with these tips from OOm SG!
