In the early 2000's SEO (search engine optimization) companies were basically get rich quick scams.  Most still are, but back then they would charge $10,000 then claim they could make your website "#1 everywhere."  They'd spend a couple hours optimizing your pages and if you ended up in the top 20 after six months, you were lucky.  And for the couple of hours of work, they'd pocket $10,000.  I just did a quick search for SEO companies and like I figured, the days of the $10,000 SEO scammers are gone.  I see a few companies charging $200-$300.  A few don't mention the price, which means they're charging way above the $200-$300 that the other companies are charging.  Once they find out how much money your company makes, this will decide the prices you’ll be charged.

 

I went to a few search engine conferences, which were all big scams.  The companies I worked for sent me to them.  For $1,000, they gave me a $2 book with basic search engine tips, 90% you could find on the net for free.  Then all these search engine experts spoke to the crowd one by one for maybe 20 minutes and told everyone how amazing they were at optimizing web pages.  If you wanted their services they started at $10,000.  One guy said he wouldn't do anything for less than $20,000, with no guarantee of any results, of course!  

 

I've been to several seminars in the early 2000's, been #1 for over 10,000 keywords, and made over $1 million optimizing web pages, getting all of my clients up to #1.  The information I will give you here on search engine optimization is 90% of everything you need to know.  I say 90% because minor points are a waste of time and the "exact" way search engines work changes every few months.  Save yourself hundreds if not thousands of dollars and use the SEO advice I give you.  Since it's the same thing these companies are going to use, why not spend a few hours and do it yourself?