Answering 5 Common SEO Shopping Questions
Posted by Marty Weintraub on February 25th 2009 in SEM, SEO | 1 comment
The bandwidth involved working with my SEM colleagues, twittering, staying in touch with Facebook peeps and processing clients is delightfully staggering. Sometimes an innocuous written exchange blasts across my desk amidst the noise, strikes a nerve and leaves me in thought.
In this case a state-level branch of a well known national brand, pinged me by email to ask common SEO shopping questions, including classic misunderstandings: personalized search and “site submissions.” The inquiry was a bit of a “Dear John” letter, so other firms likely received a similar inquiry. We don’t respond to RFPs but make it our practice to answer polity to reasonable questions time-allowing, with the corporate mantra being to support potential clients.
I’m memorializing my answers to that inquiry in this post, for the benefit of future clients and our Account Managers. I’ve fictionalized names to protect anonymity. Read the rest of this entry »
