Can Anyone Guarantee Search Engine Rankings With SEO Services?

Do you have a guarantee?

I get asked that all the time when a new potential client is contemplating hiring me for SEO or Search Engine Optimization Services.

SEO is simply the act of optimizing your website and the off site pages that link to it – with a specific keyword or phrase.

Can anyone guarantee you a #1 Google ranking?

Of course not.

What can be guaranteed?

I personally can almost always (99% of the time) promise a first page ranking (depending on the keyword), however – giving  a time frame as to when that can happen is almost impossible. Factors like competition, cost, time, etc. are all part of the process. On average it can take from 3-6 months to rank for a medium competitive keyword.

Why would anyone wait 3-6 months to rank; simple — most keywords have two numbers associated with them, one is the “traffic” amount per month and the other is the “cost per click” if you were to advertise on Google.

Example: if your keyword get’s 1,000 searches per month and the per click cost to advertise on that keyword is $2, then that keyword has a monthly advertising value of $2,000.

That keyword is now worth $24,000 per year — and some keywords are worth millions per month; given those values you have to expect some competition especially when trying to rank naturally with SEO (Search Engine Optimization).

SEO works, and it takes time; anyone offering to “guarantee” you a top 3 ranking in a short period of time is either misleading you or they are choosing keywords with little to no value in terms of [traffic times cost].

Here’s what I can guarantee…

1. you’ll be satisfied that I’m doing the work; being able to see your rankings increase over time (I provide monthly reports).

2. you’ll be able to get in touch with me easily via email or phone – this is my business and I make myself available to all my clients as needed.

3. my current clients have been with me for years and years, I can guarantee that you’ll feel the same and that my SEO services will only grow and scale up as you see success.

4. I can guarantee that once you’re on my “inner circle” of consulting clients, you’ll get access to services that your competitors don’t want you to see, and I’ll show you “under the hood” so to speak within the internet marketing world and you’ll see possibilities that are truly amazing for your business.

No one can guarantee what the search engines rank and don’t rank, or what they like and don’t like however – there are a few fundamentals that I apply consistently that will give you the best chance of ranking success using my SEO services.

Terry Lamb
SEO Consultant

703-574-4719