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Holiday Cat Pictures

Here are my top 5 kitty funny pics!

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Canadians Love Facebook

Last year, some people believed that Facebook would only be a momentary phenomenon in Canada, but the social network surprised everybody and using it is now part of a daily routine.


Facebook was created in the United States in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, a 23 year old young man. At first, the website was only accessible to students of Harvard. Today more than 250 000 new users are being added every day and the site is particularly popular among the Canadians since 8 million of them, on a total number of 60 million members, adheres to Facebook.

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SEO Fees – Search Engine Optimization Rates and Pricing.

SEO fee charges are never fixed and rely heavily on demand and competition.. There are things to look out for when selecting SEO company with little history and with low SEO fees.

The most common rate charge for quality SEO usually starts at a minimum of $2000 and can go up to $50.000 +. Of course, if you are a small business owner in a niche field I would say that SEO fees will range from $2000 to $5000.

SEO Crooks with Low Search Engine Optimization Rates.

Things to look out for:

Do not be lured in by low search engine optimization fees – you get what you pay for is true, just like anywhere else. Search Engine Marketing firm might promise you competitive SEO rates with number one rankings, however such rankings may be worthless. For example, we had a call to surveillance equipment store whose owner was convinced he had proper SEO in place because he ranked number one on Google for the term “620 buy digital camera “.

What sense does it make to rank for that term while you are selling surveillance equipment? People landing on your site will be disappointed and leave because they will not find products they were looking for. Your website needs to rank for relevant terms that actually reflect products you are offering. In the case of surveillance equipment store, “surveillance equipment” or “video surveillance equipment” would be perfect.

Another SEO fee to look out for is the unjustified maintenance fee. It is true that search engines constantly change their algorithms and it is essential to keep SEO going after the initial optimization. One thing can be added – is the fee worth it? Here are some ways to justify it:

  • You are among top/first page results for a very traffic rich keyword.
  • You are getting a lot of business
  • Your SEO firm releases updates and updates your website
  • Your Search Engine Optimization Company is quick to react. Whenever rankings slip, they prop you back up.

Monthly SEO fees depend on competitiveness of your field as well as the aggressiveness of an SEO campaign. The average charges to aim for are from $200 to $1000 per month.

Trick that companies play – is charging people who know little about search engine optimization fees that are low, while optimizing for very easy terms. For example, it is quite hard to optimize a website for “buy digital camera” while it is fairly easy to get number one for “buy digital camera camcorder combination”.

Keyword Discovery research tool shows:

“buy digital camera camcorder combination” has 14 yearly searches

while

“buy digital camera” generates 559

Of course the numbers are estimates and various formulas need to applied in order get more precise numbers. This is just to give you a good visual.

The difference lies in the amount of searches conducted by people, as well as the competition. The more people search for it, the tougher it is to get rankings, the higher SEO fees, however in the long run revenues will pay for optimization rates. With less people searching with a particular keyword, there is less competition making it quite easy to get the desired spot – SEO charge fees should be low. Though the illusion might be there, profits will not come or will be very low.

You get what you pay for.

Another thing to watch out for are the inbound calls that guarantee number one spots for a fee of $99 – $200. There are exactly the SEO crooks we’ve talked about and you will be simply handing over money for nothing.

Good Luck.

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