Looking for SEO Specialist

miju

Can anyone suggest the best place to advertise for SEO specialists which stands best chance of avoiding the cowboys.

Mainly looking for a freelancer

RobGJ

I think the best way to track down SEO specialists is to do a few Google searches with varying keywords around SEO like "SEO Specialist Dublin", "SEO specialist Ireland" etc and see who is top of the organic listing the most, or consistently ranks the highest, and odds are they should be pretty ok. Hope that helps..

JJ10

Try having a look on LinkedIn. Could be a good way to find someone from an agency and ask them to do it freelance.. They should be a lot cheaper.

3sixty

To be honest doing a search on google will give you the best chance of coming across a cowboy.

They will promise you first page ranking, number of pages blah blah blah. Agencies, the top ones in dublin will charge you well for seo services.

Get recommendations thats my advice. Otherwise do it yourself. Seo is about promotion and can be done in a variety of ways and you are the best person to do this. It just takes a bit of time every day.

Good luck.

tricky D

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Here's one way to help weeding out the cowboys by getting a SEO person who does the following:

Avoids guarantees of ranking. Improvement in ranking yes, guarantees, no.
Avoids magic wands or tricks, packaged formulas.
Uses natural semantic markup (by default preferably) with content aimed primarily at users, but with a view to SEO. Rule of Thumb: Design content for users.
Uses GWT properly. (amazing what even just a few minutes can do here if you've a clue eg. integration with G+)
Promotes web presence in a natural and organic way on social networks and other third party 'utils'/sites.
Has track record.
Knows the value of various types of links: anchor text, follows/nofollows, etc...
Really knows how to use search and how target market(s) users use it.
Keeps up with the current trends from authoritative sources. No qualifications as they are usually out-of-date or just rubbish.
Knows the limits of SEO and when to seek alternative strategies.

Can confidently demonstrate the above.

That's just a quick 5 minute off the top of my head list, so there'll be a few more factors...

Rozzy

I got a crowd based out in Dun Laoighre to do SEO for my website there two years ago. they were excellent. think they were called voodoo.ie.

Blindside87

Get an SEO company that can show you results for tough niches.

Anyone can get results for "plumber small town" so check out how competitive the niches are they have results in and what sort of time line they are giving you.

Definitely don't get tied in a contract. If they are actually going to deliver then why the contract? You would stay with them if they are doing what they claim and getting you traffic which will equal sales.

JJ10

Would a contract not just be safe business practice by the agency? Safe guarding themselves?

AaronDig

Hi man, I am currently doing a Post Grad in Digital marketing and looking. I just got back from China where I was in a digital marketing role. I would be more than happy to sit down for a few hours and give you a hand with SEO, PPC or whatever( for free of course)

PM me if you want to get in touch