READ: Best Denver SEO on Colorado Help Center.org

Lets face it. SEO is a tremendous service and can be of great value when performed correctly but the only problem is, not many SEO services do it right.

Over the years, SEM Showdown has reviewed some of the largest internet marketing providers as well as some local brands who do big things and we’re confident that the Colorado Help Center has without a doubt picked the best SEO Company in Denver.

We’ve reached out to the Association of Ethical SEO in hopes to get a list of additional service providers who might stack up as great alternatives.

More to come.

Start here: Yodle Reviews

In addition, Contractor Marketer.com will be posting additional sections to review like-companies very soon!

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If you’ve noticed a significant loss in rankings, chances are you’ve either hired and/or are an SEO firm who has been practicing some crappy spam techniques to gain rankings and now – it’s caught up.

It’s unfortunate but more and more small businesses are finding out they’ve unknowingly hired less than ethical SEO companies, and now they are paying for it.

So what’s next?

The Association of Ethical SEOs list a group of approved “SEO Companies,” who live and breath ethical SEO tactics, and their results are there to show the benefits of doing thing by the book.

Regardless of where you’re at you’ll want to check out Sean Hakes a Denver SEO Consultant who brings over 10 years of professional SEO services, penalty assessment and has consulted some of the largest leading .com’s around the United States.

Small business owners, educate yourself before selecting an SEO provider – it will do you a tremendous service and you’ll find yourself benefiting from SEO rather than scratching your head wondering “Why Me?”.

For weeks speculation peaked with SEO specialist around the World trying to translate what he meant and today, we all know.

Google has heavily targeted web spam. From keyword stuffing and article spinners and link farms, Google’s come down and they’ve come down hard dismembering spammy SEOs in bulk.

For most ethical SEO providers, this news came with open arms and overdue anticipation.

In addition, independent SEO Consultants like the Denver SEO (Sean Hakes) have setup free open-house conferences to setup free consultations to determine and identify web spam and get websites re-listed quickly.

If you’re a small business and you’ve found your website has vanished or be devalued in Google there’s a good chance you’ve been hit by a penality and you should consult an independent, ethical SEO consultant immediately.

I’ve always been a fan of live chat even before ReachLocal announced the launch of TotalLiveChat.

Several years ago I formed iClick ChatBack – a testing environment for live chat that featured intelligent triggers based on users entry points, time on-site and exit points. During this testing period I quickly learned how incredibly powerful adding live chat to a website could influence it’s overall conversion rate, it was drastic.

Last year just before the launch of TotalLiveChat I decided to suspend iClick ChatBack and focus on growing the portion of our business that we do best: Search Engine Optimization.

Several months ago I decided to try TotalLiveChat as a live chat solution for SeanHakes.com and since it’s been live it’s proven to be a powerful marketing tool that well delivers a substantial ROI. A fine addition to our already powerful SEO services.

For those who are unfamiliar with the pricing structure it’s simple; $10/lead and the majority of the ‘sales leads’ tend to be very good.

Though this service has proven to be a great addition to our powerhouse organic services it’s like most, not perfect. We’ve seen a handful of bogus leads come through that were obvious unrelated or non-sales related inquires, but the good leads without a doubt out number the bogus ones and we’ve seen a great overall ROI.

TotalLiveChat: Recommended

As a veteran in the local internet marketing space, it’s been fun interviewing, researching and getting simply put; down and dirty with companies contributing to the internet marketing space. Over the past few years I’ve noticed there is still a very real need for a true local online marketing service that is dedicated and devoted to the success of their clients, the small business owner.

Here’s your official introduction to Jemsu!

First – don’t go to Jemsu.com, it’s still under construction but the brilliant minds behind the new brand are very much alive and have already helped thousands of small business owners (formally Denver SEO, Inc) maximize their success and ROI online with a near perfect customer service and delivery combination of excellent soon-to-be award winning search marketing solutions.

This post is sponsored by: Fort Collins SEO

Denver SEO LLC is currently seeking up to 10 sales team members to help promote and sell search engine optimization, pay per click management, and website design services. We have package offerings ranging from just $295/mo, all the way up to $10,000/mo or more. Our current rankings, branding, and client history make our services easy to sell and maintain for years to come. Sell an average of just two deals per week* and you could be making over $100,000 per year.

We will be offering basic SEO training to the selected candidates, along with extensive sales training from a 25 year sales training professional. Make your own hours and even work from home if you choose. This position is highly lucrative for those willing to put in hard work. Prior experience is a plus, but not required. This is a commission only, 1099 position.

If you would like to apply for this opportunity, please contact Robbie at FIVE ZERO THREE-949-8779 or email us your resume. Please put “SEO Sales Position” in the title of the email to help sort through spam inquiries.

Filed under: Denver SEO Jobs

Earlier today (about 10 hours ago from this post) I Tweeted a news tip to Search Engine Land with notification that RipOffReport.com was no longer indexed in Google verifiable by site:ripoffreport.com. My first thought was that RipOff Report had been penalized and/or perhaps asked to remove the website by a court order or something but thought I’d pass along the tip to Search Engine Land for verification and/or clarification.

Around 8:12PM EST Search Engine Land’s Matt McGee posted the article “Ripoff Report Not Banned, But Removes Itself From Google’s Index.”

You can read the entire story here.

Search Engine Optimization:

“Still more corrosive are attempts at so-called search engine optimization or SEO. Experts in this area promise companies that they can improve page rankings by doing everything from fixing keywords to reorganizing a Web site.

SEO firms argue strenuously that they are legitimate businesses, but in general much of what they do undermines Google’s original intent, namely to analyze the content of pages and Web sites, independently determine what those page are about, and deliver relevant results.

Attempts to change the content of what’s on a page to make it more appealing to the search engine in effect changes that information, often making it less relevant and in effect foiling the search engine’s endeavors to be accurate.

Our search results were just fine before SEO came along, thank you very much.

All of this is a result of the fact that Google is the world’s most popular search engine, which makes it a target. Google fights a daily cyberbattle to keep its results relevant, but it appears to be losing the war, drowning in a sea of SEO.

Perhaps the only way to make Google better is to make it less popular.

So the next time you go to Google something, don’t. Try a different search engine, such as WolframAlpha (for scientific topics), Omgili (for message boards and discussion groups), Lycos, DuckDuckGo, or Quintura. They may give you better results — and help save Google in the process.”

SEO firms argue strenuously that they are legitimate businesses

The SEO scene without a doubt has it’s problems as do most industries. If Quain considers SEO Firms who pay taxes, provide jobs, stimulate their local economy and provide a value added service to small business owners with very limited budgets the opportunity to compete illegitimate, then there’s either a screw loose or he has personal reasons for smacking the SEO Scene.

Our search results were just fine before SEO came along, thank you very much.

I’m not sure which rock Quain has been hiding under but SEO has has been around just about since the beginning of search engines. The only difference is there are more and more text book ‘SEO Experts’ popping up.

So the next time you go to Google something, don’t. Try a different search engine, such as WolframAlpha (for scientific topics), Omgili (for message boards and discussion groups), Lycos, DuckDuckGo, or Quintura. They may give you better results — and help save Google in the process.”

Don’t waste your breath – Google is by far too convenient and accessible. Oh and next time you have the urge to see what’s happening on Fox why not try a different news source (one that isn’t owned by News Corp) like CNN or MSNBC?

My final comment is this: In addition to SEO, Quain claims that Google’s Algorithm is faulty. This comment alone leaves me to believe that Quain at some point investment some time into trying to figure out Google’s Faulty Algorithm and failed.

Now that I’ve guess how about you give it a shot in the comments below.