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How to Tell if a Search Consultant/Agency Sucks
Mike Davis

How to Tell if a Search Consultant/Agency Sucks

There is a reason why SEOs/SEMs have a terrible reputation. We suck! Well, at least 90% of us do. Even worse than the fact that there are thousands of amateurs playing at being search marketers is the fact that some frauds know just enough jargon to swindle thousands of companies out of millions of dollars every year. It’s difficult enough to get good clients that want to work with you and are that are willing to put in the time and effort into growing their business without then having to convince them that you are not going to rip them off like the last company did. It’s infuriating. So how can business owners who are unfamiliar with search marketing tell if the consultant they’re considering/using sucks? I’m so glad you asked!

Website Design Wars: SEO Agencies vs. Web Design Agencies - Worldwide Trends
Carla Dawson

Website Design Wars: SEO Agencies vs. Web Design Agencies - Worldwide Trends

Web Design Agencies are great at making beautiful websites, but can they do SEO too? We analyzed award-winning website designs throughout the world to see how SEO friendly they were. We also compared these websites to leading SEO Agency websites to see how they were design wise. We noticed that most SEO agencies have great rankings, but poor designs and we noticed that web design agencies have beautiful websites but poor SEO.

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Nick Sayers

Announcing Moz Academy!

Announcing Moz Academy, the one-stop resource for inbound marketers! This is the classroom where you can learn all about SEO, link-earning, social media, and content marketing. Each lesson is short and to-the-point.

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