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From: yorky

Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:01:02 -0700 (PDT)

Local: Fri, Jul 4 2008 10:01 am

Subject: Re: How can a site owner recognize a competent SEO?

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Hi everybody
I am not a professional webmaster I am 70 years old and did not get
into computing until about 91 and have never had a tutor only books,
and books or tutorials always seem to assume that you know more than
you do, i just use logic i have just built a site for a friend
www.raistrickahaw.co.uk and when i ran it by whois seo it came out at
98% allowing for errors it is not bad for an old man,how I envy you
young guns, I just wish I had, had somebody looking over my shoulder
and telling me what i was doing wrong. I canonly build basic websites
I love flash for headers but I am lost with java script. webado has
tried to enlighten me but i think i finished up trying her patience
and she is brilliant
, my own site www.floridahotelblackpool.co.uk comes in at 2 or 3 for
the search term, blackpool central hotels, or hotels in central
blackpool, out of about a million combinations, so you see i have a
lot of competition.
Sorry I know I got off subject a bit but my advice is use common sence

On Jul 3, 7:25 pm, Adam Moro wrote:

> Great idea, John! I can't wait to hear what people say. Becky,
> although I think most of everything you suggest is on-point, I don't
> think you understand something very important about off-page SEO.
> Benefits from off-page efforts do not die when the money runs out.
> Just because you aren't paying your SEO company anymore for link
> development doesn't mean the links they developed while working for
> you will simply dissappear. It frightens me that someone who seemingly
> has a grasp on the fundamentals of SEO doesn't recognize that. That
> sounds rude but it's not meant to be. It honestly worries me a bit.

> But be careful about the misleading questions though. It's very easy
> to tell when someone's doing that and it can actually help the smarter
> "snakeoil" types to better profile you. If they know what you do know
> about the shady stuff, then they'll know what you don't know as well.

> On Jul 1, 12:58 am, JohnMu wrote:

> > Hi everyone!

> > We just added something to the blog asking for feedback on our page
> > about finding an SEO:http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2008/06/what-are-your-seo-...

> > I'd love to get your feedback here as well!

> > Suppose a webmaster were to come to you and ask for advice on finding
> > someone who can help optimize his site for search engines. How would
> > you recommend that they get started? Where should they look for SEOs?
> > Which questions should they ask? How could they recognize competent
> > (or incompetent) SEOs?

> > I know that in some cases it's a good idea to learn all of this
> > yourself, but in many situations it's just not possible or they just
> > need help to make sure that things are right.

> > Looking forward to your feedback!
> > John

> > PS The updated help center page is athttp://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35291

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